I've never been a fan of "lets see YOU do better". I guess for two reasons. The first being that there are plenty of really talented people out there and some of them invariably can do better. Does doing better give you the right to be an asshole: ofcourse not. Secondly, when music is released for public consumption, it is naturally released for public opinion. Whether or not the opinion is informed is irrelevant if its posted on a forum that anybody can access. But to summarize, Mayer ROCKS!
John Mayer is one of the greatest songwriters I have ever heard, in my opinion he is the best. His songs are so unique and diverse, no two songs sound alike. He writes great love songs and is a great guitar player. With songs like Vultures, Neon, Splitscreen Sadness, Clarity, to blues stuff like Slow Dancing and Gravity, just to name a few are so great I don't see how people don't like him.
Ya know, I just cant get into this guy....He's a good guitar player and all?...But none of it moves me like others have. I've looked into his stuff, and nothing really stands out as " oh, thats John Mayer"...ya know what I mean?....Maybe its all the Hollywood scarlets hooplah he surrounds himself with,...he seems to get more recognition for that, than his guitar playing...
@libertyfalls I actually went ahead and ordered that DVD.. ( as well Albert King too !! ).....I'll be honest. He plays & sings well. He wasnt brought to my attn until I saw a Crossroads show on CMT. Him & Keith Urban...and a couple songs caught my ear. Not so much the playing. I've seen Kieth in person, and the man can shred if/when he wants to. John's good, just not identifiable to me.....yet?...We'll see. Thx for the tip!
@libertyfalls .....I got & watched the DVD. It was ok , more to listen to, than watch for me....To put it best ? Watch this DVD, then right afterwords?...pop in a live SRV live DVD. Curious to what your thoughts are going to be....
Man this guy gets A1 trim out the Wazoo. Isn't that why we all started? This guy is the only reason there are enough good looking chicks at the Crossroads Fest to put on the DVD for all the Wankers. Landreth, Cray, McLaughlin, Guy, Trucks, and Carlton combined don't get half the action this guy does which truly qualifies him as a Master in his own right.
John Mayer, we all know he's a serious player that cares a lot about his tone and his soloing. It's just wrapped in a complex manner into a celebrity pop guy popular with the ladies. That's why us He-men find it hard to sponge of his masculinity. haha some shit like that,
@christenstjohn dude, WOW. you seriously think that top gun cover comes anywhere close to john mayer? with that level of distiortion a half-blind deaf retarded monkey from mars could play guitar. post a clean guitar cover that comes anywhere near john's tapping bit at the biginning and ill admit im wrong. BUT so that i clear things up, im NOT a mayer fanboy. he is far from the best guitarist ive heard.
@christenstjohn It's his phrasing that's impeccable. You don't have to sweep/tap/shred all the time you know? Also keep in mind that he's mostly a blues player.
Do you not like him or do you not like blues? If the answer is blues or both, then there isn't much credibility to your statement, now is there?
@christenstjohn LAME? lame is air drumming tou "your love" like a fucking homo.i like your hair though... its the same doo my mom had in 1987. keep on rocking queer:)
If john is in to letting beats go by, and "playing with the tension, I think he is really talking about playing in the groove, and should take a not from the master--Tre Anastiasio. BTW I am a mayer fan, just saying some of you guys would probably like Tre.
i dont mean anything bad by this, but i think john mayer plays alot better when hes live than on his original recordings, i mean you can really see his skill, its quite impressive. I mean when I hear his tracks on his records they dont quite have the same flare as when hes playing live or with other guitarists, maybe he tones it down abit on his records for the mainstream or maybe he just works better in front of a crowd. But whether you like his songs or not, hes still a beast at blues soloing
i like the slap pick thing but its super easy alot of people say its hard but its not then again i started playing bass before guitar so its easy for me
In reading everyones comments it looks like a good amount of you have big boy crushes on John Mayer. Yeh he is a good guitar player but his music gargles balls. Lesson was ok at best. Bring the hate mail
@manbearpigwillgetyou When you start jamming with bb king, clapton, buddy guy, etc. let me know. If his music gargled balls he wouldnt be worth 40 million. Im sure youre some fat pimpled pig that just lost 48 hour battle on world of warcraft and are making stupid comments out of frustrated, exhausted bordeom...
Awesome lesson....covered neon recently...so it was easy to get his pick/slap style......will have to work on it though to get that off time thing and playing around...........he's brilliant ...like all great blues player it seems that he "made the deal with the devil himself"....u kno wat i mean !!
@Alwayseatseconds SInce he went to berklee probably standard figured bass notation with extensive knowledge of traditional and jazz music theory. Including modes, scales, etc. The great thing about berklee is they have separate classes for blues, jazz, progressive etc. So they can teach you applied theory in that specific genre. They also focus heavily on commercial music. Berklee is the place to be.
@libertyfalls berklee is cool but you gotta be top of the class to really get the full effect of the school and its a quarter million dollars for 4 years.
you can go to small conservatories and they can do fine.
@jakesimmons815 Well most people dont graduate from berklee unless they want to teach. Most people go te berklee not only for the education but for the contacts out there. All of my buddies and myself never graduated. We got offered killer opportunities through different people doing various things for good money. But yeah, it was like 16,000 a semester when I went. Very pricey.
john mayer is partly the reason why i sold my electric guitar, his amazing ability to play is enough to compensate for my lack of guitars and musical ability
@rjaafar you must have never loved to play guitar...selling your guitar because of John Mayer's talent made you feel like crap inside? thats a weak ass exscuse to stop playing
yeah, he's a freak of nature. People like him would have been killed in the middle ages because they would be considered "possessed" or accused of being a witch. LOL!
john mayer and keith urban did a crossroads together and Mayer was clearly out playing him when they would go back and forth on songs. Urban is a good player but Mayer was on top of him during the whole thing. They're totally different players too. Im sure urban would smoke Mayer on country style songs.
I see Mayer is getting more to that Jeff Beck kinda thing. In other words starting to make the guitar sound complicated as much as possible and weird :D
aaaaahhhhhhh finally a video where you see the right hand technique,like on the intro to neon live in la,one of my fav things about mayer his right hand stuff
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haha I lol'd hard at the intro. Hes ana amzing player.
IOf he just shut his fucking mouth, stop dating so publicly, stayed out of the lime light..Well he would have been considered one of the greatest musicians of our generation....
"Hey, this is John Mayer here, and I'll be teaching you how to turn people off at a party" (proceeds to hysterically butcher Sweet Child 'O Mine) bahaha I didn't think Mayer was that funny
I've never been a fan of "lets see YOU do better". I guess for two reasons. The first being that there are plenty of really talented people out there and some of them invariably can do better. Does doing better give you the right to be an asshole: ofcourse not. Secondly, when music is released for public consumption, it is naturally released for public opinion. Whether or not the opinion is informed is irrelevant if its posted on a forum that anybody can access. But to summarize, Mayer ROCKS!
rodneythemodney 3 months ago
John Mayer is one of the greatest songwriters I have ever heard, in my opinion he is the best. His songs are so unique and diverse, no two songs sound alike. He writes great love songs and is a great guitar player. With songs like Vultures, Neon, Splitscreen Sadness, Clarity, to blues stuff like Slow Dancing and Gravity, just to name a few are so great I don't see how people don't like him.
blender186 4 months ago
'noodled around with'
TonySarandrea215 6 months ago
Thats the uglyest les paul iv'e ever seen
Eroos94 7 months ago 3
0:22 BAYWATCH song hahaha
drah22692 10 months ago
G@Y!!!
joesl8 10 months ago
Ya know, I just cant get into this guy....He's a good guitar player and all?...But none of it moves me like others have. I've looked into his stuff, and nothing really stands out as " oh, thats John Mayer"...ya know what I mean?....Maybe its all the Hollywood scarlets hooplah he surrounds himself with,...he seems to get more recognition for that, than his guitar playing...
Just my honest opinion...not knocking him...
rcrinlv02 10 months ago
@rcrinlv02 You should listen to his John Mayer Trio set on "Where the Light Is". Much better than any of his pop stuff.
libertyfalls 10 months ago 13
@libertyfalls I actually went ahead and ordered that DVD.. ( as well Albert King too !! ).....I'll be honest. He plays & sings well. He wasnt brought to my attn until I saw a Crossroads show on CMT. Him & Keith Urban...and a couple songs caught my ear. Not so much the playing. I've seen Kieth in person, and the man can shred if/when he wants to. John's good, just not identifiable to me.....yet?...We'll see. Thx for the tip!
rcrinlv02 10 months ago
@libertyfalls agree'd John mayer Trio is much more of a bluesy setting and in my opinion much better than his pop stuff... better musicians too
sblopez08 10 months ago
@libertyfalls .....I got & watched the DVD. It was ok , more to listen to, than watch for me....To put it best ? Watch this DVD, then right afterwords?...pop in a live SRV live DVD. Curious to what your thoughts are going to be....
rcrinlv02 10 months ago
@libertyfalls With Pino Palladino ! It blown my mind !
zeLudoo 10 months ago
@rcrinlv02 man if your spine doesn't shiver when he plays his solo on Belief on the Where the Light Is DVD, then John Mayer just isn't your bag baby.
therichardchannel 10 months ago
Man this guy gets A1 trim out the Wazoo. Isn't that why we all started? This guy is the only reason there are enough good looking chicks at the Crossroads Fest to put on the DVD for all the Wankers. Landreth, Cray, McLaughlin, Guy, Trucks, and Carlton combined don't get half the action this guy does which truly qualifies him as a Master in his own right.
captbillyboy 10 months ago
@rcrinlv02 dude i FELT exactly the same way UNTIL i heard "vultures" check that song out....INSANE...and "no such thing" is also pretty good..
willdill 8 months ago
@rcrinlv02 i agree. the trio's performance on where the light is is what really turned me on to him. i felt the same way as you for a long time
samnovak100 6 months ago
John Mayer, we all know he's a serious player that cares a lot about his tone and his soloing. It's just wrapped in a complex manner into a celebrity pop guy popular with the ladies. That's why us He-men find it hard to sponge of his masculinity. haha some shit like that,
sportsportsport 11 months ago
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This is too funny....is this dude supposed to be good or something??? so fucking average and lame.
christenstjohn 1 year ago
@christenstjohn I dare you to post anything near this good.
libertyfalls 1 year ago 8
@libertyfalls hahahahahahaha!!! EASILY. I'll post it just for you.
christenstjohn 1 year ago
@christenstjohn 80's hair metal doesnt count.
libertyfalls 1 year ago 27
@libertyfalls leave it, man. some ppl on youtube are just ... bitter :) check my vids!
gabrieltsiry 1 year ago
@christenstjohn dude, WOW. you seriously think that top gun cover comes anywhere close to john mayer? with that level of distiortion a half-blind deaf retarded monkey from mars could play guitar. post a clean guitar cover that comes anywhere near john's tapping bit at the biginning and ill admit im wrong. BUT so that i clear things up, im NOT a mayer fanboy. he is far from the best guitarist ive heard.
TheRockClassicfan 10 months ago
@christenstjohn you're just not guitar geek enough to get these jokes
rodrigozamo 1 year ago
@christenstjohn It's his phrasing that's impeccable. You don't have to sweep/tap/shred all the time you know? Also keep in mind that he's mostly a blues player.
Do you not like him or do you not like blues? If the answer is blues or both, then there isn't much credibility to your statement, now is there?
Greenwithevil 1 year ago
@christenstjohn LAME? lame is air drumming tou "your love" like a fucking homo.i like your hair though... its the same doo my mom had in 1987. keep on rocking queer:)
henryshomebrew 7 months ago
0:10 "This of course is a Gibson Les Paul." :D
richicious 1 year ago 2
I'm not completely sure what he is talking about on this video, but he sure makes it look good. :)
cassandre2468 1 year ago
If john is in to letting beats go by, and "playing with the tension, I think he is really talking about playing in the groove, and should take a not from the master--Tre Anastiasio. BTW I am a mayer fan, just saying some of you guys would probably like Tre.
gamergeek3000 1 year ago
He really likes that 90210 theme song
officerleroyable 1 year ago
4:43 - 5:10 .... "you know?" haha. I WISH I DID
tylerdwells 1 year ago
what effects does have on that?
patrickspicer1 1 year ago
@patrickspicer1 Cornish NG-2 Fuzz.
libertyfalls 1 year ago
@libertyfalls and some reverb :)
gabrieltsiry 1 year ago
@libertyfalls what kind of nut is that?
gamergeek3000 1 year ago
@gamergeek3000 LSR roller nut I believe
libertyfalls 1 year ago
@libertyfalls yeah it didn't really look like it maybe an older model?
gamergeek3000 1 year ago
That guitar could use a paint job.
safenders 1 year ago
Where can I get that Les Paul ??
afiqfalif 1 year ago
i dont mean anything bad by this, but i think john mayer plays alot better when hes live than on his original recordings, i mean you can really see his skill, its quite impressive. I mean when I hear his tracks on his records they dont quite have the same flare as when hes playing live or with other guitarists, maybe he tones it down abit on his records for the mainstream or maybe he just works better in front of a crowd. But whether you like his songs or not, hes still a beast at blues soloing
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Mrjamesanonymous 1 year ago
Pearls before swine...(in my case)
cho0ser 1 year ago
This of course is a ... Gibson Les paul. :D Mouahahhahah. Killer jokes !
takaminescafe 1 year ago
all i'm saying is, you can knock John Mayer all you want to. I personally think he is an amazing guitar player.
FatMaro 1 year ago
i like the slap pick thing but its super easy alot of people say its hard but its not then again i started playing bass before guitar so its easy for me
stbreal 1 year ago
hes pretty damn good
Taygoo15 1 year ago
Hahahaha, Johny M. You rule
philotze 1 year ago
In reading everyones comments it looks like a good amount of you have big boy crushes on John Mayer. Yeh he is a good guitar player but his music gargles balls. Lesson was ok at best. Bring the hate mail
manbearpigwillgetyou 1 year ago
@manbearpigwillgetyou When you start jamming with bb king, clapton, buddy guy, etc. let me know. If his music gargled balls he wouldnt be worth 40 million. Im sure youre some fat pimpled pig that just lost 48 hour battle on world of warcraft and are making stupid comments out of frustrated, exhausted bordeom...
libertyfalls 1 year ago 52
@libertyfalls ahaha killed him
adoyehman 1 year ago
@libertyfalls now thats hate mail!
tylerdwells 1 year ago
@libertyfalls i couldnt agree with you more!
chandlerhi 1 year ago
@libertyfalls hahaha that was an amazing post man...im laughin my ass off
jerseyPE1207 1 year ago
@libertyfalls Hey, WoW is a fun game =P It's just like any other game idk why its so outcasted, now MW3 sucks balls (I'm not fat though =P)
GuitarMaster6567 3 months ago
@manbearpigwillgetyou fucking moron.
texasguitarist94 1 year ago
@manbearpigwillgetyou I couldn't agree with you more. He gargles big, fat, gnarly, hairy balls.
christenstjohn 1 year ago
good lesson very helpful
helldx07 1 year ago
Great! Thank you John for this lesson. It's a good thing to have some tips from a great guitar player!
jazzmann94 1 year ago
HAHAHAHA welcome to how to shred!
fEkuaR 1 year ago
oh man... the first minute just kills me... this is great... I'm such a guitar geek...
rodrigozamo 1 year ago 3
@rodrigozamo samee hahah
MrMusicM67 1 year ago
bahaha this is awesome the start cracked me up! sweet child of mine lmao!
intheblues 1 year ago
he's a flipping god omg.
saamveeee 1 year ago
Awesome lesson....covered neon recently...so it was easy to get his pick/slap style......will have to work on it though to get that off time thing and playing around...........he's brilliant ...like all great blues player it seems that he "made the deal with the devil himself"....u kno wat i mean !!
sunaljain 1 year ago
Hahahaha he's so funny :D
fenderguitargirl 1 year ago
I'm a huge fan of Mayer, his signature move (the slap/pick) is way too hard to learn it
radiohm3 1 year ago
@radiohm3 then spend more than half an hour working on it. its not hard at all
gregg441 1 year ago
@radiohm3 Dont listen to that dude. The slap/pick thing is a bitch. Not impossible, but its hard to get down.
libertyfalls 1 year ago
@libertyfalls
what slap/pick thing?
tapilaha 1 year ago
@tapilaha watch the song neon
MrMusicM67 1 year ago
He's hilarious
GoingCamando20 1 year ago
That was some funny stuff. He is such an amazing musician.
dr6926 1 year ago
He is freaking intelligent, talented, funny and I presume handsome as well. Girls love him don't they?
Rozq87 1 year ago 3
@Rozq87 Yeah, he only dates A list celebrities.
libertyfalls 1 year ago
what kind of theory does he know?? is it nashville number system?? or what
the just modes and all that??
Alwayseatseconds 1 year ago
@Alwayseatseconds SInce he went to berklee probably standard figured bass notation with extensive knowledge of traditional and jazz music theory. Including modes, scales, etc. The great thing about berklee is they have separate classes for blues, jazz, progressive etc. So they can teach you applied theory in that specific genre. They also focus heavily on commercial music. Berklee is the place to be.
libertyfalls 1 year ago
@libertyfalls berklee is cool but you gotta be top of the class to really get the full effect of the school and its a quarter million dollars for 4 years.
you can go to small conservatories and they can do fine.
but if you got the cash, have at it
jakesimmons815 1 year ago
@jakesimmons815 Well most people dont graduate from berklee unless they want to teach. Most people go te berklee not only for the education but for the contacts out there. All of my buddies and myself never graduated. We got offered killer opportunities through different people doing various things for good money. But yeah, it was like 16,000 a semester when I went. Very pricey.
libertyfalls 1 year ago
0:08 .... This ofcourse is a gibson les paul hahahahaaha
mtllc555 1 year ago
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mtllc555 1 year ago
uhhhmmm YES PLEASE. he's gooooood.
jusseroo 1 year ago
Idiot Savant.
cho0ser 1 year ago
shit he's fast!
0MsFeet 1 year ago
I need to change my pants.
macbethshoes47 1 year ago
@macbethshoes47 Yeah, I filled the cup the first time I saw this too...
libertyfalls 1 year ago
He has the most amazing long fingers. His hands are are a lyrical turn-on. I could look at them for hours.
geezloueeze 1 year ago
I love what he say's at the very end of the video, that's so true !
Fabouss 1 year ago
This guitar solo makes me want to senselessly mutilate my own genitals.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago 3
Too much Vibrato.
AnonymousWhitePerson 1 year ago
It still BLOWS my mind when people say that he isnt a good guitar player or that he is overrated!! Pisses me off really!
musicvari8ion714 1 year ago 5
@musicvari8ion714
nickmartone1986 1 year ago
@nickmartone1986 totally agree with u
nickmartone1986 1 year ago
john mayer is partly the reason why i sold my electric guitar, his amazing ability to play is enough to compensate for my lack of guitars and musical ability
rjaafar 1 year ago
@rjaafar you must have never loved to play guitar...selling your guitar because of John Mayer's talent made you feel like crap inside? thats a weak ass exscuse to stop playing
googlelizer 1 year ago 4
lol, i wasnt really serious, i sold my guitar cuz i had to build a new computer, i do play ukulele though
rjaafar 1 year ago
seriously fuck you for being so good.
polandsprings09 1 year ago
how is he generating that much speed without hammering genius is there anything i can do to get that fast.
jonneyb1316 2 years ago 3
yeah, he's a freak of nature. People like him would have been killed in the middle ages because they would be considered "possessed" or accused of being a witch. LOL!
libertyfalls 2 years ago 2
Totally agree well put LOL.
jonneyb1316 2 years ago
just keep practicing
tystratocaster 2 years ago
ha-ha "this of course is Gibson Les Paul"..LOL.. around 4:00 it's like thumb slapping/popping on the bass, John..
dnielgeo 2 years ago
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While he is extremely good, Keith Urban Has him beat by a long shot
rpcurry 2 years ago
john mayer and keith urban did a crossroads together and Mayer was clearly out playing him when they would go back and forth on songs. Urban is a good player but Mayer was on top of him during the whole thing. They're totally different players too. Im sure urban would smoke Mayer on country style songs.
libertyfalls 2 years ago
i really liked the John Mayer/Brad Paisley Crossroads...I could care less about Keith Urban...
adelaidemusicgroup 2 years ago 3
Me too! lol!
libertyfalls 2 years ago
@rpcurry are you joking?
bohnjm3 2 years ago
no way ... hes soooo good its unreal. love his style. best modern musician of our time. saw him in philly on sunday. love you john mayer
manfred4 2 years ago 3
tang ina ang galing!!!
caloyjp 2 years ago
He is a freakin great guitarist!!
And God I wish I could play like him!Oh how I wish...
sireagz 2 years ago 2
it almost looks easy...
JustMauro9254 2 years ago
haha oh wait he just said the ng-2
quilicimusic 2 years ago
god damnit it i want to know what he's using
quilicimusic 2 years ago
I love that flick at 8:07
When he does that live in Memphis I am gonna lose my sh*t!!!!!!
MRAZorback1 2 years ago
I see Mayer is getting more to that Jeff Beck kinda thing. In other words starting to make the guitar sound complicated as much as possible and weird :D
peelopuu 2 years ago
aaaaahhhhhhh finally a video where you see the right hand technique,like on the intro to neon live in la,one of my fav things about mayer his right hand stuff
Philbo69 2 years ago 5
hes just too fucking good
ARocketToTheStars 2 years ago 17
@ARocketToTheStars hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
christenstjohn 1 year ago
hahaha hilarious.
CFALLIS0002 2 years ago
damn where can i get the whole lesson, the magazine?
andy21212121rfggadg 2 years ago
that is the whole lesson.
libertyfalls 2 years ago
haahah the outakes were classic!
Spidey2391 2 years ago
this is cool..........but i wish guitar world would have let him teach one of his own songs
DevinBellROCKS 2 years ago
I felt the same at first, but what I love about this lesson is that it provides a great insight in his right-hand technique, which I love btw.
kennooNL 2 years ago 4
gibson les paul...funny guy
worldshottestgiant 2 years ago 5
MOTHER FFFFFFFFFFFF !"#!#$ PLEASE STOP JOHN... every day playing better and better
tomasterrizzano 2 years ago 4
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haha I lol'd hard at the intro. Hes ana amzing player.
IOf he just shut his fucking mouth, stop dating so publicly, stayed out of the lime light..Well he would have been considered one of the greatest musicians of our generation....
Coulda shoulda woulda!
Jelloxox 2 years ago
still is
nateguitarsoccer 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
hi guys check out my cover of edge of desire on my channel, theres a guitar tutorial on there too, peace
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dormeurt 2 years ago
a lesson given by one of the greatest guitarist
please create a chain of special lessons for your fans
dormeurt 2 years ago 18
@dormeurt amen to that , he is by far one of the greatest guitarist, nd he is funny also..:)
anildhan123 2 years ago 2
@dormeurt you must be joking. Good but certainly doesnt make that list
juniwilliams 1 year ago
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dormeurt 2 years ago
"Hey, this is John Mayer here, and I'll be teaching you how to turn people off at a party" (proceeds to hysterically butcher Sweet Child 'O Mine) bahaha I didn't think Mayer was that funny
ZepIV 2 years ago
At least he didn't play Stairway to Heaven.
rockdaddio 2 years ago
haha, excellent
Skoog13 2 years ago 2