Song Rigs
John Mayer — Gear by Song
How Mayer's rig changed track to track — specific amp settings, key gear, and what you need to replicate each tone.
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Continuum · 2006
Warm, controlled overdrive from a Two-Rock into a Dumble-style clean platform — the defining Mayer lead tone. Smooth com…
Fender Stratocaster (neck or neck-middle pickup)Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer (drive 3, level 7)
See full rig →Gravity
Continuum · 2006
Slower, heavier blues with more amp saturation than Slow Dancing — the Two-Rock pushes into light crunch for this track,…
Fender Stratocaster (neck pickup)Klon Centaur (light drive, treble boost)
See full rig →Belief
Continuum · 2006
Maximum Two-Rock saturation plus a heavier fuzz-style overdrive for the main riff — this is Mayer's most aggressive Cont…
Fender Stratocaster (bridge pickup for riff)Fuzz pedal (Fulltone 69)
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