if you want to be a good guitar player are even a great one we MUST all ( i believe) get so so in to the guitar just like j mayor, who is so clearly possessed with this guitar.
you would think before sending the guitar to the artist - they would play it ? test drive it. I love my 74 strat - had it since new all pickups changed - crappy original build. my 78 Tokai Les Paul Reborn - now I understand quality. Buy Japanese. fellow in guitar shop hand built a tele - Fralins etc - best Tele I have ever played (~40 years of playing). save $ and avoid the two big names. buy Fender when its on an amplifier
@backauf I see where you're coming from...a Custom Shop instrument costs way too much to arrive not functioning properly. I guess there are flukes too tho
Not shocked at all that Fender sent John Mayer his "signature" guitar and forgot to wire it. I've got some great custom shop strats and teles but I worked at a music store for a few years and I played some guitars that should've been scrapped instead of being sent out. Also almost every guitar they sent needed a full setup upon arrival. Same with Gibson. Barely a custom shop guitar from Gibson came in even playable.
Pretty telling that you can be John Mayer, design a Fender Custom Shop guitar, they build it for you, and yet they still screw up the wiring. Heheheh.
i get so jealous watching him play sometimes,so i shut my laptop and storm over my guitar to see if i can do any better....damn you john. i'll be there someday!
Go ahead and buy a Fender Custom Shop kids. spend yourself over 2,000 bucks for new wood. I have a Tokai (mid 80's Strat knock), and my Tokai neck pickup and the "fourth" pick up option has more tone and feel than this thing. And puhleeze..don't put a guitar in the freezer, or in a cold garage.
please have a look at our alternative soul to squeeze cover on my channel, we are just trying to get the video noticed it is so hard for us as young and aspiring musicians, it would mean a lot to us if you just took the time to view the video
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The real story of The Black One: "Eric Clapton has a guitar named Blackie, so I ripped him off. End of story. By the way, I, John Mayer, am a trite hack and an epic overarching douche-bag."
I think John Mayer is a really fantastic talent and amazing player! However, he is so far up his own ass because of it , I'm surprised he can even breathe! Just tone it down a bit man...But keep making an playing great music!
That's pretty shocking that the fender custom shop fucked up the wiring on a guitar. Maybe he should have stuck around for more steps to make sure they got it right. I can see it now *custom shop tech "la, la, la wiring's done' *john mayer 'why isn't that wire connected' 'oh shit!'
Excellent guitar player but...you know? John Mayer had NEVER had the BLUES. He has technique...no doubt....what he needs is for the woman of his dreams to leave him, develop a really expensive drug problem, lose it all...or come close....when that happens, this guy will be one of the TRULY best. He hasn't lived or lost, you can tell by him talking and it shows in his playing.
@mortalengines65 Blues is not actually being sad anymore. It is now a style, has been for while. I would argue that you can play 'happy blues' about how fucking good your life is. And that's what john does. And he does a great job.
He just explained all the reasons why I love when he plays this guitar. I thought I was crazy, but I really can hear a difference between this guitar and his others. Phew.
fuckin awesome watchin him play gravity and remembering exactly how he played it on the album. These pickups are remarkable, I have a nice strat but I can't get a tone this beautiful no matter how I try. guess i need to buy em :p
9:25 "thats just plain sick". John's face was like a fifteen year old's. The man will always remain to be the kid who sat in his room and played along to all the classic blues albums, just like any other guitar crazed blues fan. Thats what makes him so inspiring, that he was just like one of us, and he made it.
Just stop. That ground could have come out for any number of reasons. I had an issue with my Gibson Les Paul after 2 weeks with the volume knob randomly cutting out. Sometimes shit just happens.
The black one sounds gorgeous and Eric C., Eric J, Jimi, Stevie, etc. would not have played Fenders if they were a joke. Get off your high horse.
@MrNickhinshaw A ground cannot just "come out" for any number of reasons... There are two reasons... 1. it wasn't solder correctly ie a dry solder joint (meaning lack of workmanship) or 2. It wasn't soldered in the first place!....
In regards to your les paul issue with the volume knob.... Once again that could have either been a dry solder joint or a faulty pot... if it is due to a dry solder joint then that is once again poor work if it is a faulty pot not gibsons fault...
@brissyproducer You just stated why it COULD have just popped out, not couldn't have. It can very well just pop out because of a weak solder joint or it being banged aorund in transit. Remember, John Cruz also did a lot of relicing to this so maybe it happened when he was working on it.
does anybody know something about the plans, fender and mayer had, to release a version of "the black one" for sale? i remember reading something in 2009, but since the day i never heard anything.
any body know why at 4:59 it looks so easy and effortless to bend there? I try that and it kills my fingers, cant seem to get the right note and the string slips out of my grip... is my action too high? set up wrong? or my callouses aren't hard enough?
@LkJumper33 Its prob your neck radius, most strats have a 9.5 inch radius but john specifies a 12 inch radius on his strats. I recently bought a fender deluxe players strat (upgraded from a squire vintage modified strat) and it is so much easier to bend the strings even though i use 11 guage ernie balls because it has a 12" radius instead of 9.5".
@LkJumper33 it mostly comes from lots of practice. they come naturally when ur fingers r strong enuf. and maybe ur not using, say, ur third finger to bend and using the fingers before that to help. and as for action...that's personal preference. if u can look at the neck and the strings look pretty low, it's all good. but if they look high, that's cuz they r, and the action is bad. sounds like ur a beginner tho...the callouses come when u play alot and you play hard. so play as much as u can! ;)
I wouldn't say "that's it" if I had it in front of me. I would fucking cry. and that's coming from a guy who already owns a John Cruz Strat and thinks it's guitar of his life. but this thing has so much mojo going on... it would almost be like approaching #1.
@gonfm77 dude...Mayer has said some real stupid stuff ...like the playboy interview...and I mean that was some stupid stuff but for you to say the guy is stupid only reveals his IQ is so much higher then yours and you just cant figure out what he saying. Whats stupid is you making such a stupid comment. But hey dont feel bad..I really think theres hope for people like you that left school before the 8th grade. ...Love Mike
@emacification Hey Mike do not fell bad, I didn't mean to hurt you.... Was just a comment, not big deal! Just that, he's kind of stupid... There is not about IQ or anything else, just something in him that might you don't understand that make him look kind of stupid an unreal man. Hey, but he plays nice, that his job and he make it right, just to me looks like a not real man, I don't know, sorry if the comment upset you, that wasn't the idea, wasn't the intention.... Regard's. All the best!!!
@gonfm77 no love...didnt hurt my feelings...your comment just sounded retarded and I wanted to respond. Hope I didnt hurt your feelings. Im sure your a nice guy...you just make stupid comments. But hey..thats what u-tube is for..hehehhehe With warm regards, and deep love and hope for the future of retarded people...Mike
@emacification Hey Dude you sound upset.... Are you in love of this guy???....... Again I didn't mean to hurt you.... sorry if i did.....All the best!
@gonfm77 With all the love and warm feelings I sent you still think Im upset? Gosh I need to be careful...you a little more retarded then I first thought. Im so sorry. Love? Why didnt you say you had a problem with you feelings getting hurt so bad. WoW Im so sorry love. You know, stupid people can be happy to..please always remember that. OK? There is a place for stupid peope in this world so be happy..safe and dont talk so much..it only makes you look stupid..hehehhehehe
There's not much of John Mayer's music I don't like, but I hate the 'my sound comes from the right equipment' kinda thing, and it 'has to be perfect'. I can't help thinking that if you handed Jimmy Hendrix a Squier Strat, or hand Jimmy Page an Epiphone Les Paul, they'd rock the shit out of that. Hand Mr Mayer anything other than £2000+ worth of relic and he'd complain about it instead of just getting on with the job. It puts budding guitarists off. It's not what you play it's how you play it.
@systemsmith True, but as a creative person, I can say that I recognize and understand that need to find that sonic signature. An instrument that really speaks to you is really an amazing thing. You come up playing what you can get, and if you're successful at it you get to play what you really want. I know I'd probably at least try a Dumble if I had the opportunity.
I'm going to have to agree with jmillzz2 here and say as a creative person,
guitar playing is a feeling thing, it's like talking.
if you have stuff in your throat, or a stuffy nose, you can't reach your full potential.
A runner wouldn't show up to the olympics with shitty shoes on. so why would you expect a great guitarist to be satisfied with playing a shitty/low-grade guitar?
Not saying it can't be played well, but it makes a huge difference in higher level playing.
he did not buy this guitar fender most likely gave it to him to get more publicity to the Fender Custom Shop. Cool video with a sweet story behind the infamous "Black One"
he bought some mega expensive custom shop, handmade thing, and on the first try it doesn't sound the way he wants, and the first response is to freeze the guitar??! Not to send it back in?? Or to call the fender people?!
So john spends thousands of dollars on his dream guitar from the fender custom shop, and when he finally gets it, someone hooked the ground wire wrong -__-
That guitar for him is like say...Blackie for Eric Clapton. Or even Lucille for BB. He can play other guitars and sound great, cus he's amazing, but when he pulls that it's not just an instrument. It's part of him, part of his image, part of his body, part of his soul.
That white boy can PLAY. He may have said some dumb racial stuff in an interview but... He can play definitely play blues like he was black in his past life.
whats neat is that yes he is making mistakes , but its Incredible that being a musician no matter how many times you make mistakes in practice, some how we get motivated on stage and we play amazingly . I know from being in college band and various other Rock slash jazz blues bands, that some how performing live just gives you that extra something in your style Ya know?
I'd be pretty choked if I was as famous as him, made my own signature guitar, then when it arrived it wasn't wired right
GearAlley 1 day ago
I love how he's looking up from the guitar like he's been daydreaming :)
FlyingMarsmallow 2 days ago
anyone know what gauge strings John uses?
GOreelz 4 days ago
@GOreelz ernie ball power slinkys
443556jack 3 days ago
if you want to be a good guitar player are even a great one we MUST all ( i believe) get so so in to the guitar just like j mayor, who is so clearly possessed with this guitar.
john814ce 6 days ago
the guitar said "wow, he makes me sound good."
30JLETO 1 week ago 2
love his thoughtfulness towards guitar
SuperReadyFreddy 1 week ago
"sorry guitars player of america who can play it better"
10/10 trolling
zlalaman2 1 week ago 6
I just love that he's just another guitar player. That's amazing. So humble.
bubbaj7396 1 week ago
God, I just love him...
almusicismylife 1 week ago
"You know??"
theairino 1 week ago
i just can feel it ;)
fiszmenek 2 weeks ago
think I might go listen to Continuum.... again.
Spreaders88 2 weeks ago
I would sell my Soul
for this Guitar!
pasi8800 2 weeks ago
you would think before sending the guitar to the artist - they would play it ? test drive it. I love my 74 strat - had it since new all pickups changed - crappy original build. my 78 Tokai Les Paul Reborn - now I understand quality. Buy Japanese. fellow in guitar shop hand built a tele - Fralins etc - best Tele I have ever played (~40 years of playing). save $ and avoid the two big names. buy Fender when its on an amplifier
backauf 3 weeks ago
@backauf I see where you're coming from...a Custom Shop instrument costs way too much to arrive not functioning properly. I guess there are flukes too tho
SuperReadyFreddy 1 week ago
john mayer could read from the dictionary and make it sound deep. i love this man
bouboubouify 3 weeks ago
I used to think he was really pretentious. He actually seems like a really cool guy and a really talented musician.
PBANDSNOW 3 weeks ago
I want that guitar!
RooRayMusic 3 weeks ago
Way to go Fender....send JM a guitar like that and forget to hook up a ground....kinda sad
I'll build from a Carvin kit first
Tuff guitar in the end tho I will admit
smooretogo 4 weeks ago
Not shocked at all that Fender sent John Mayer his "signature" guitar and forgot to wire it. I've got some great custom shop strats and teles but I worked at a music store for a few years and I played some guitars that should've been scrapped instead of being sent out. Also almost every guitar they sent needed a full setup upon arrival. Same with Gibson. Barely a custom shop guitar from Gibson came in even playable.
brettlac 4 weeks ago
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itonycSD 4 weeks ago
he's so yummy :)
freakingtv 1 month ago
Pretty telling that you can be John Mayer, design a Fender Custom Shop guitar, they build it for you, and yet they still screw up the wiring. Heheheh.
BlueRidgeJ79 1 month ago 3
i get so jealous watching him play sometimes,so i shut my laptop and storm over my guitar to see if i can do any better....damn you john. i'll be there someday!
KylePlaysHisGuitar 1 month ago 11
I wish i was good as him. :((
jonbajet 1 month ago
I've got an '82 Ibanez Roadstar II, just something my dad gave to me, and it resonates enough on it's own.
ATravis24 1 month ago
@bluesinduluth You only wish lol
stabandhack1 1 month ago
Find out he name of the guy who did the wiring and scratch his name off the guitar
Bluebuthappy182 1 month ago
Does he use 0.11 strings?
MJGirl94 1 month ago
@MJGirl94 @6whatusay9 i'm guessing .10's or .09s
voodooblueskid 1 month ago
@MJGirl94 ernie ball slinky .10's....he's and ernie ball endorser
ilivestrong25 1 month ago
@ilivestrong25 thanks.
MJGirl94 1 month ago
Go ahead and buy a Fender Custom Shop kids. spend yourself over 2,000 bucks for new wood. I have a Tokai (mid 80's Strat knock), and my Tokai neck pickup and the "fourth" pick up option has more tone and feel than this thing. And puhleeze..don't put a guitar in the freezer, or in a cold garage.
bluesinduluth 1 month ago
@bluesinduluth yeah right..
Mcstrat22 1 month ago
i think 2.0
wendlingmax69 1 month ago
does anyone know the string gage he uses on the blackone?
6whatusay9 1 month ago
John Mayer forgot the solo! Awesome!
trugangsta4real 1 month ago
sounds like out of my mind around 7:45
zschelske1 1 month ago
das jus plain sick 9:27
isk8tnikes 1 month ago
worst fucking camera angle
chook2148 1 month ago
John has 4 other guitars and just bought a new one and was also jealous with the black one.
spac3crow 1 month ago
howd he get the guitar to look like that?
awesomesaucebosswoo 1 month ago
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vinnieIbz 1 month ago
i bet his calluses on his fingers are almost as hard as my boner from listening to him play
dmv1010 1 month ago 2
@dmv1010 lol wtf
ChrisGalinato 1 month ago
How can anyone doubt his talent after watching this video??
minhdiszles 2 months ago
So much for Fender and paying attention to details !
TheSAJ11 2 months ago
Black 1 made 5 accounts to dislike this as revenge for John tossing it in the freezer.
TheExiledTexan 2 months ago 31
really awsome to see this!
ArjanLoeve 2 months ago
How he get's the paint off???
arjan1602 2 months ago
What amp is he playing?
RUOCCOLOCO 2 months ago
@RUOCCOLOCO If he's using his regular amps, a Two Rock John Mayer Signature Reverb.
MemorymanDL 2 months ago
@RUOCCOLOCO His dumble amp. It's rare and over 8000$
minhdiszles 2 months ago
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SlashAE 1 month ago
Clapton vibrato is the best....
felipecei 2 months ago
2:10 nice pick switch!
TheSoultrain515 2 months ago
Is this a Rust on the plug jack?
RedCurlyHead 2 months ago
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The real story of The Black One: "Eric Clapton has a guitar named Blackie, so I ripped him off. End of story. By the way, I, John Mayer, am a trite hack and an epic overarching douche-bag."
Maafa1619 2 months ago
I think John Mayer is a really fantastic talent and amazing player! However, he is so far up his own ass because of it , I'm surprised he can even breathe! Just tone it down a bit man...But keep making an playing great music!
SplitSpades11 2 months ago
at the end he looks up like a little kid who just got out of a candy store with the biggest lolipop.
Music is like a drug. If you don't believe me, listen to music when you're upset and see how you feel after. :)
Mayer can tune into a channel of music that few people can tune into.
avin4723 2 months ago
I love when he lets the guitar speak for him.
sboardboy 2 months ago
I think only guitar players can appreciate how awesome something like this is.
kenco117 3 months ago
Listen to some Hendrix songs and check how much John copies his style.
John is right..He is not a great, GREAT, guitarist, but it's nice that someone delivers the blues to another generation.
Grtz.
MrPieterWittenberg 3 months ago
That's pretty shocking that the fender custom shop fucked up the wiring on a guitar. Maybe he should have stuck around for more steps to make sure they got it right. I can see it now *custom shop tech "la, la, la wiring's done' *john mayer 'why isn't that wire connected' 'oh shit!'
Levibetz 3 months ago
@Levibetz im sure it was more like something happened to it during shipping. Maybe enough solder wasnt applied and it popped up. it happens.
Danklin24 2 months ago
Excellent guitar player but...you know? John Mayer had NEVER had the BLUES. He has technique...no doubt....what he needs is for the woman of his dreams to leave him, develop a really expensive drug problem, lose it all...or come close....when that happens, this guy will be one of the TRULY best. He hasn't lived or lost, you can tell by him talking and it shows in his playing.
mortalengines65 3 months ago
@mortalengines65 Blues is not actually being sad anymore. It is now a style, has been for while. I would argue that you can play 'happy blues' about how fucking good your life is. And that's what john does. And he does a great job.
Levibetz 3 months ago
It's amazing that what John calls messing around is what the rest of us say "How is that not a song yet?" to
TalkingCardCreator 3 months ago
Youtube refrence
wishafu1 3 months ago
@blok31092 put it in your frezer ha
wishafu1 3 months ago
Fender Custom Shop soldering... epic fail...
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9:25 he pops his head up like he couldnt even believe he just did that
stickybelvedere 3 months ago
johns other 4 guitars disliked this.
MrJossieZamora 4 months ago 80
@MrJossieZamora if his other guitars disliked it he would have like 300 dislikes!!
sejtur 3 months ago
@MrJossieZamora Then he most have bought a new one now :D
makiman1994 2 months ago in playlist Uploaded videos
He just explained all the reasons why I love when he plays this guitar. I thought I was crazy, but I really can hear a difference between this guitar and his others. Phew.
nina052696 4 months ago
This and the first part are... just marketing for the Fender Customshop, sorry.
KitchenMarshall 4 months ago
@KitchenMarshall well they did a good job marketing
OpsoclonusMyoclonus 3 months ago
guys hes using a bassman which is an incredible difference in tone to a 'regular' fender amp or his two rocks
FreaquedeMusique 4 months ago
@FreaquedeMusique I just see a dumble sss and an alessandro cabinet.
watch "Rig Rundown - John Mayer" here on youtube and stare at the very amp you see in this video.
MiniDaab 4 months ago
@MiniDaab oh yeah nvm xD i thought the dark brown alessandro cabinet was a bassman xD
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"Thats just plain sick"
davossss 4 months ago
fuckin awesome watchin him play gravity and remembering exactly how he played it on the album. These pickups are remarkable, I have a nice strat but I can't get a tone this beautiful no matter how I try. guess i need to buy em :p
blok31092 4 months ago
@blok31092 I'd say it's probably the amp more than the pickups. In my experience, strats can change their tone a lot from amp to amp.
CaramelMarshmallow 4 months ago
that ehhh in 8.09 is priceless, hes like yeah i doesnt get better than this.
TommyDai1 4 months ago
@TommyDai1 nah its cause he made a mistake
DiamondMusicChannel 4 months ago
@DiamondMusicChannel watch again, you'll get there
Azzy1921 4 months ago
Refreshing to know that someone as good as him can still make mistakes! Still beautiful bit of impromptu jamming though.
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9:25 "thats just plain sick". John's face was like a fifteen year old's. The man will always remain to be the kid who sat in his room and played along to all the classic blues albums, just like any other guitar crazed blues fan. Thats what makes him so inspiring, that he was just like one of us, and he made it.
banazo00 4 months ago
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banazo00 4 months ago
its like willie nelsons trigger
TheNoseGlasses 4 months ago
Mofo knows how to play that axe.
Budyguy222222 4 months ago 2
Such nice tone
JaySon33883 4 months ago
Just shows how fender quality control is not up to scratch! They didnt even finish wiring up John Mayers Guitar!!! What a joke!
brissyproducer 4 months ago
@brissyproducer I guess SUHR has it together!!! Suhr takes it up a few notches in quality!
area859 4 months ago
@brissyproducer
Just stop. That ground could have come out for any number of reasons. I had an issue with my Gibson Les Paul after 2 weeks with the volume knob randomly cutting out. Sometimes shit just happens.
The black one sounds gorgeous and Eric C., Eric J, Jimi, Stevie, etc. would not have played Fenders if they were a joke. Get off your high horse.
MrNickhinshaw 4 months ago
@MrNickhinshaw A ground cannot just "come out" for any number of reasons... There are two reasons... 1. it wasn't solder correctly ie a dry solder joint (meaning lack of workmanship) or 2. It wasn't soldered in the first place!....
In regards to your les paul issue with the volume knob.... Once again that could have either been a dry solder joint or a faulty pot... if it is due to a dry solder joint then that is once again poor work if it is a faulty pot not gibsons fault...
brissyproducer 4 months ago
@brissyproducer You just stated why it COULD have just popped out, not couldn't have. It can very well just pop out because of a weak solder joint or it being banged aorund in transit. Remember, John Cruz also did a lot of relicing to this so maybe it happened when he was working on it.
Danklin24 2 months ago
I never really noticed how fantastic his vibrato is until now.
TheSpearsProductions 5 months ago 38
8:25
raphjcm77 5 months ago
does anybody know something about the plans, fender and mayer had, to release a version of "the black one" for sale? i remember reading something in 2009, but since the day i never heard anything.
bonesmaan 5 months ago
@bonesmaan @bonesmaan its already for sale, and has been for about a year.
RezaReza22 5 months ago
@RezaReza22 thank you, totally missed that :/
bonesmaan 5 months ago
@bonesmaan dude its out
bluedagger46 4 months ago
@bonesmaan
yeah man
maybe should try Ebay, few guys still have one for about $16.000,00 and up
Thompsongast 4 months ago
What a gorgeous tone.
milindrakulugammana 5 months ago
7:52
GuitarsRule08 5 months ago
I like how he incorporates blues, the song could be nowhere near "bluesy" but he'll step down and down again and hey.. there it is.
ParsonWilkerson 5 months ago
hrmmm custom shop guitar without a ground hooked up?
mattsavedbygracengai 5 months ago
@mattsavedbygracengai happens...lol...people aren't perfect
gibsonguitardude12 5 months ago
Nevermind lol I'm not for sure if mayers is a 12 inch radius, but trust me they are easier to bend. You should go try one out.
nathoniel01 6 months ago
any body know why at 4:59 it looks so easy and effortless to bend there? I try that and it kills my fingers, cant seem to get the right note and the string slips out of my grip... is my action too high? set up wrong? or my callouses aren't hard enough?
LkJumper33 6 months ago
@LkJumper33 gauge .10 stringsbtw
LkJumper33 6 months ago
@LkJumper33 Its prob your neck radius, most strats have a 9.5 inch radius but john specifies a 12 inch radius on his strats. I recently bought a fender deluxe players strat (upgraded from a squire vintage modified strat) and it is so much easier to bend the strings even though i use 11 guage ernie balls because it has a 12" radius instead of 9.5".
nathoniel01 6 months ago
@LkJumper33 it mostly comes from lots of practice. they come naturally when ur fingers r strong enuf. and maybe ur not using, say, ur third finger to bend and using the fingers before that to help. and as for action...that's personal preference. if u can look at the neck and the strings look pretty low, it's all good. but if they look high, that's cuz they r, and the action is bad. sounds like ur a beginner tho...the callouses come when u play alot and you play hard. so play as much as u can! ;)
hiphopsucks96 6 months ago
"I'm not a good guitar player"
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gaiolinn 6 months ago
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1990Olloccin 6 months ago
So is the guitar naturally reliced through John's playing or was it like that when he got it?
SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 6 months ago
@SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 i'm almost positive that it was like that.
funkyp4nd4 6 months ago
@SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1 See part 1.
whatsitallabouthey 6 months ago
I wouldn't say "that's it" if I had it in front of me. I would fucking cry. and that's coming from a guy who already owns a John Cruz Strat and thinks it's guitar of his life. but this thing has so much mojo going on... it would almost be like approaching #1.
DavidGrando 6 months ago
This guy is kind of stupid, but play realy nice!
gonfm77 6 months ago
@gonfm77 dude...Mayer has said some real stupid stuff ...like the playboy interview...and I mean that was some stupid stuff but for you to say the guy is stupid only reveals his IQ is so much higher then yours and you just cant figure out what he saying. Whats stupid is you making such a stupid comment. But hey dont feel bad..I really think theres hope for people like you that left school before the 8th grade. ...Love Mike
emacification 6 months ago
@emacification Hey Mike do not fell bad, I didn't mean to hurt you.... Was just a comment, not big deal! Just that, he's kind of stupid... There is not about IQ or anything else, just something in him that might you don't understand that make him look kind of stupid an unreal man. Hey, but he plays nice, that his job and he make it right, just to me looks like a not real man, I don't know, sorry if the comment upset you, that wasn't the idea, wasn't the intention.... Regard's. All the best!!!
gonfm77 5 months ago
@gonfm77 no love...didnt hurt my feelings...your comment just sounded retarded and I wanted to respond. Hope I didnt hurt your feelings. Im sure your a nice guy...you just make stupid comments. But hey..thats what u-tube is for..hehehhehe With warm regards, and deep love and hope for the future of retarded people...Mike
emacification 5 months ago
@emacification Hey Dude you sound upset.... Are you in love of this guy???....... Again I didn't mean to hurt you.... sorry if i did.....All the best!
gonfm77 5 months ago
@gonfm77 With all the love and warm feelings I sent you still think Im upset? Gosh I need to be careful...you a little more retarded then I first thought. Im so sorry. Love? Why didnt you say you had a problem with you feelings getting hurt so bad. WoW Im so sorry love. You know, stupid people can be happy to..please always remember that. OK? There is a place for stupid peope in this world so be happy..safe and dont talk so much..it only makes you look stupid..hehehhehehe
emacification 5 months ago
There's not much of John Mayer's music I don't like, but I hate the 'my sound comes from the right equipment' kinda thing, and it 'has to be perfect'. I can't help thinking that if you handed Jimmy Hendrix a Squier Strat, or hand Jimmy Page an Epiphone Les Paul, they'd rock the shit out of that. Hand Mr Mayer anything other than £2000+ worth of relic and he'd complain about it instead of just getting on with the job. It puts budding guitarists off. It's not what you play it's how you play it.
systemsmith 6 months ago
@systemsmith True, but as a creative person, I can say that I recognize and understand that need to find that sonic signature. An instrument that really speaks to you is really an amazing thing. You come up playing what you can get, and if you're successful at it you get to play what you really want. I know I'd probably at least try a Dumble if I had the opportunity.
jmillzz2 6 months ago
@jmillzz2 True. I stand by my comment but I guess I'm also just a little bit jealous.
systemsmith 6 months ago
@systemsmith
I'm going to have to agree with jmillzz2 here and say as a creative person,
guitar playing is a feeling thing, it's like talking.
if you have stuff in your throat, or a stuffy nose, you can't reach your full potential.
A runner wouldn't show up to the olympics with shitty shoes on. so why would you expect a great guitarist to be satisfied with playing a shitty/low-grade guitar?
Not saying it can't be played well, but it makes a huge difference in higher level playing.
oborojin 6 months ago
9:25 he pops his head up like he couldnt even believe he just did that
stickybelvedere 6 months ago 3
"...that's just plain sick..."
well said, fender dude...well said.
hiphopsucks96 6 months ago 4
I notice John went on a trance and became one with the black one at the end.. nice solo, typical John Mayer!
DanielOnGuitar 6 months ago
Sick tone ! Thanks for the upload.
sixela002 6 months ago
he did not buy this guitar fender most likely gave it to him to get more publicity to the Fender Custom Shop. Cool video with a sweet story behind the infamous "Black One"
NLFEllis 6 months ago
めっちゃどや顔
akira5150 6 months ago
he bought some mega expensive custom shop, handmade thing, and on the first try it doesn't sound the way he wants, and the first response is to freeze the guitar??! Not to send it back in?? Or to call the fender people?!
joshhoe 7 months ago
The thing went whooooooooooooooooop, and started playing right :D
Life4Guitar 7 months ago
So john spends thousands of dollars on his dream guitar from the fender custom shop, and when he finally gets it, someone hooked the ground wire wrong -__-
what does that say about the "custom" shop...
coolerty 7 months ago
@coolerty thats definatly a custom job haha
justinsokoloski 7 months ago
If he ever get the crazy idea of making an instrumental album, something like this, with drums and all that, I 'd definitely buy that.
TheUnderdogComplex86 7 months ago
Thanks for posting!
surfocaster 7 months ago
That guitar for him is like say...Blackie for Eric Clapton. Or even Lucille for BB. He can play other guitars and sound great, cus he's amazing, but when he pulls that it's not just an instrument. It's part of him, part of his image, part of his body, part of his soul.
liupot 7 months ago 2
@liupot this guitar is a mix between Clapton's Blackie and SRV's ONE... look at them... they t=mixed into John Mayers.
heartofonelove 7 months ago
That white boy can PLAY. He may have said some dumb racial stuff in an interview but... He can play definitely play blues like he was black in his past life.
ajahni 7 months ago 10
Not a good guitar player..?..Yeah right...Awesome guitar player for sure.!
ziggassedup 8 months ago
Inspiring guitar playing.
OrlandoKnows 8 months ago
He makes the guitar sound like a voice. Its incredible
whitetowl 8 months ago
You can tell by the way John talks, that he doesn't watch TV.
MrVeeRob 8 months ago
9:03 this moment gives me hope but why I don't know
Giorgigogaladze 8 months ago
9:00 my best part ;SS
Giorgigogaladze 8 months ago
what's the chord at 6:31? thanks.
markcheung07 8 months ago
i love hearing him talk. the details are essential
tattoofthesun 8 months ago
first time i ever heard him play a solo which is the same from the album.... normally, it ALWAYS DIFFERENT...
stockmarket101 9 months ago
wow you can clearly tell he learned how to bend from BB haha
dougsusername 9 months ago
whats neat is that yes he is making mistakes , but its Incredible that being a musician no matter how many times you make mistakes in practice, some how we get motivated on stage and we play amazingly . I know from being in college band and various other Rock slash jazz blues bands, that some how performing live just gives you that extra something in your style Ya know?
uamsax11 9 months ago
What effects ped is he using?
joshuatreble 9 months ago
@joshuatreble none. theres a tuner in the back
johhnyringolevio 9 months ago
Wish I could play THAT sloppy...haha
scales57 9 months ago 43
nice too see him struggle....makes him so human^^
insaneinthebrain1978 10 months ago 7
john please just come to terms with the fact that you're the best guitar player/songwriter you've ever heard...
jclp81 10 months ago 3
He looks so proud at the end
wanttobelief 10 months ago 2
I want to listen to Over and Over
rinuextreme 10 months ago
Haha, 9:22-9:30, you can see the child in his eyes, joyous from guitar playing. True, naked, joy.
musicPMA 10 months ago 4
I want to learn how to jam like that alone...seems pretty easy...just have chops
VicRoseMusic 10 months ago
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VicRoseMusic 10 months ago
This is one of the rooms inside of his house...
bluesguitarfan100 10 months ago
For him thinking he's not a good player, I sure like his style! ...and his taste in tone!
whapaso 10 months ago