Blues Rock2001Room for Squares
Neon Amp Settings
by John Mayer
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Original Recording Settings
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Original Gear
- Guitar
- 1996 Fender SRV Signature Stratocaster. Novax Expression fanned-fret guitar also used in studio.
- Pickups
- Fender Texas Special single-coils (neck or position 4 (neck+middle))
- Amplifier
- Fender Vibro-King (60W, 3x10" Jensen)
- Channel
- Single channel
- Tuning
- drop_c
- Pickup Selector
- neck or position 4 (neck+middle)
- Strings
- Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10-46
No Two-Rock or Dumble at this time — early career Fender Vibro-King era.
Amp Settings
Bass
4.0
Mid
5.0
Treble
6.0
Volume
4.0
Clean volume estimated at 4. Reverb at 3-4. Pre-Two-Rock era — Vibro-King was primary amp.
Effects Chain
No effects - straight into the amp
Playing Technique
Fingerstyle with thumb-slap — no pick. Thumb acts as percussive 'bass drum' on low C string; index finger plucks melodies. Famously difficult technique.
Sources+
- Ground Guitar (Novax Expression page, SRV Strat page, gear timeline)
- JohnMayerGear.com
- The Gear Page forums
- Equipboard
- Reverb.com
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