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Your guide to John Mayer's guitar gear, era by era

We take a head count of the six-string sensualist's most significant guitars, amps and pedalboard rigs

Guitar World · Aug 20, 2025

“That guitar is a very special one because Ritter made that guitar for him. It’s actually the prototype”: Isaiah Sharkey has acquired a one-of-a-kind guitar that was originally crafted for a jazz great

The John Mayer and D'Angelo collaborator discusses his budding friendship with the jazz legend, and how he ended up acquiring this one-of-kind jazz guitar

Guitar World · Aug 16, 2025

"I've never played a PRS Silver Sky but that might be about to change": All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – and I've just solved a problem I didn't even know I had

My favorite Silver Sky finish to date has been launched alongside new gear from Blackstar, Kiesel, Epiphone and more

Guitar World · Aug 9, 2025

Scheana Shay recalls 'awkward' run-in with John Mayer

Scheana Shay has opened up about an awkward encounter with John Mayer, her ex-partner.

BANG Premier · Jul 31, 2025

D’Angelico celebrates Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary with 3 special-edition guitars – which revive the Lightning Bolt design

Two electrics and an orchestra acoustic from D’Angelico bring back a special-edition Grateful Dead finish that pays homage to the pair’s first collaborative model

Guitar World · Jul 30, 2025

How Many Celebs Has Scheana Shay Hooked Up With? Inside the Wildest Bombshells from Her New Memoir

Scheana Shay's tell-all memoir 'My Good Side' reveals shocking celebrity hookups, including John Mayer and Eddie Cibrian - and the real story behind her dating life in Hollywood.

International Business Times UK · Jul 24, 2025

Teen Finds Out The Real Reason His Estranged Mom Reached Out, Says “No”

Would you donate a kidney to save the sister you’ve never met?

Bored Panda · Jul 22, 2025

“I didn’t know John had a pink one coming out, so it looked like John had given me a pink guitar and I’d relic’d it. People were mad”: Zach Myers’ heavy relic’d PRS John Mayer Silver Sky has given him so much grief he might burn it

Myers got the jump on PRS when he started playing a relic'd pink Silver Sky – before the official Roxy Pink version came out

Guitar World · Jul 22, 2025

“He influenced Jimi Hendrix, Prince… John Mayer once told me, ‘Yeah, you just play how you are,’ and he played in a gentle soft-spoken kind of way”: Ella Feingold reveals the unsung guitar hero that every up-and-coming guitarist should learn from

The Grammy-winning guitarist talks about the “Gentle Genius” who inspired her sound and deserves more widespread recognition

Guitar World · Jul 18, 2025

“They’re humbuckers but have an amazing, almost Dumble harmonic range”: Keith Urban offers first look at his Tele-inspired PRS signature model

Urban saw John Mayer with his Dead Spec Silver Sky and set about designing a guitar that he too could use for a whole set – and it has an f-hole shaped after his tattoo

Guitar World · Jul 12, 2025