🎸 Artist tone guide

How to get John Mayer's guitar tone

John Mayer across 3 famous tones — mostly through Dumble Overdrive Special, Two-Rock / Dumble-style, acoustic / clean, with single-coils. Here is where to start, then adapt any of it to the guitar and amp you actually own.

Starting point (averaged): gain 2.5 · bass 5.5 · mid 6 · treble 6.5 · presence 5 (out of 10)
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John Mayer's go-to amps

Dumble Overdrive Special ×1Two-Rock / Dumble-style ×1acoustic / clean ×1

3 famous John Mayer tones

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
gain 3.5 · bass 6 · mid 6.5 · treble 6.5
Gravity
gain 3 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 6
Neon
gain 1 · bass 5 · mid 6 · treble 7
Settings are community-researched estimates. Adapt any to your gear at GuitarToneAdapt · amp settings · all 1,100+ tones.