Gravity (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

The Gravity by John Mayer guitar tone is built on a Two-Rock / Dumble-style, dialed in at gain 3/10, bass 5, mid 6, treble 6, presence 5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

Amp settings (0–10)

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

Original gear

Guitar: Fender Stratocaster · Amp: Two-Rock / Dumble-style (clean-to-breakup)

Pickups

neck/middle single-coil

Tone character

Warm, singing, low-gain Strat blues — neck pickup, a smooth amp on the edge of breakup, a light transparent overdrive.

Note: Acoustic/clean pop tone — on electric, a clean amp with low gain and a bright, natural EQ gets you there.

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