John Mayer Strat & Fender Pro Reverb -clean tone

[3GCMusic]

Oopps! I should have read the video captions better. It states what speakers are used...sorry :/

[3GCMusic]

Tomo, what speakers are in the Pro reverb?

If not stock; I'd love to hear your recommendations. Thanks!

[princeoftroy89]

I hope you are my teacher someday, Mr. Fujita.

[RuecianG]

Tomo, how do you like the Pro Reverb for its bedroom volume? I'm thinking about getting a Princeton, Pro, or Deluxe Reverb, but I'm not sure if the Pro will suit me or be too loud. I really enjoy the Fender clean tone and don't really care for Fender amps breaking up too much!

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@RuecianG Pro Reverb is a great amp for any volume. Princeton is nice chioce too. Tomo

[RuecianG]

@TomoFujitaMusic Had the opportunity to trade one of my guitars and got a DRRI. Perfect for me. Not a big fan of when it gets really overdriven but it sounds really angelic at around 6. Thanks for the input! I need to try out a Pro Reverb one of these days.

[DeanMusic95]

Great tone. Great playing as well

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@DeanMusic95 Thanks!

Tomo

[fend14]

funny how the teacher uses a student's signature strat :)

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@fend14 That was a gift from John. I think it' funny to think that you think this is funny!

[RyanHigaftw]

Hey thanks :)

What would be a good pick for blues? I'm looking for a good round tone...

[RyanHigaftw]

Hey Tomo, a lil question :) I have exclusively been playing with my fingers for about 2 and a half years, but i really like the edgy tone a pick gives, but im having some difficulties when playing fast licks... How can you improve your pick accuracy?

Magnus

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@RyanHigaftw I think most people practice guitar for a lot of hours but you should practice to build your condition/foundation for your performance so you need to practice simple chromatic scale for your picking and fingering. Check my AYGP dvd. You will improve this.

[Fichtezxc]

Beautiful, beautiful tone. Wow. I have a Deluxe and I haven't quite been able to achieve a tone like that. What was your EQ like if you remember?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@Fichtezxc Thank you so much! Set treble 6-7, bass 3-4. then work on your touch, picking nuances with dynamics.

Tomo

[slowhand124]

I have tried all those amps, these Fender pro series Twin and Pro, sound pretty good, a little different, but good nonetheless. Other Fender sleepers are the Fender 75 from the eighties.

[bellsmyre49]

I've got an early Silverface - sounds very similar

[petrochemicals4u]

sweet !......guess you could loose hours just foolin around with that sound !....ahh, those summer nights ! ! !

[tjalla]

Where's the compression in the audio coming from?

[iceman91291]

great playing!!! love your tone!!! how much did this pro reverb cost you? and would you recommend it over a deluxe reverb reissue?

[zaccyo]

sweet tone just sounds like a robot is playing its that boring

[hypnotard]

how is this amp different than a '64 bandmaster?

Better? I have a '63 concert I love and a '69 twin

any comparisons I could relate to? Is the PR much nicer than the bandmaster?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@hypnotard GZ34, 6L6(2) 40 watts, just amazing Fender combo to me.

Tomo

[chaosIsTheOnlyPower]

Fine, fine playing. A little bit of Pat Metheny in there too on the more open jazzy licks, maybe!?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

@chaosIsTheOnlyPower Thanks! Pat is great guy. I love Wes, Joe Pass.

Tomo

[hyeronimusss]

Thanks Tomo, your videos are pure inspiration!!!

Your tone is fantastic. So here's a tone question, do you think the difference between blackface and silverface vibrolux and pro reverb is really significant? The difference of price is.

I've heard many people say that the first silverface are almost the same, and you can bring them back to blackface circuitry quite easily. Is this pure bullshit?

Thanks, and send more videos...

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for your kind words. Think about this, if you get a great amp, how long are you gonna use? My first Pro Reverb (Black Face) I bought it in 1991 or 92... so close to 20 years. For price, if you get really great education for getting your best tone, I would spend as much as I can or more! I tell my students to get tube amp even if you need to get a loan! Because it will help from the day one!!!!

Tomo

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Early SF is similar to BF. but I would get a BF. but you should be careful ... someone can get a FACE (New BLACK FACE) to replace old Silver Face....so make sure ask or see date stamp on inside of amp. Good luck to find one and you will improve your tone forever!

Tomo

[kicker44]

Tomo, what kind of practice or knowledge led you to know all these chord voicings that you're playing here. I love the chord movements and would like to know more about the path to get there. Any thoughts?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks for asking. Good question! Those are called "Spread Triads" so if you practice triads ... then move middle note to bottom or top... then you can get these sounds. but you need to hear musical sound, movement otherwise these knowledges are useless. Plus a lot of listening good jazz, blues records from 50s,60s. Away from internet!

Tomo

[mmaier2112]

Sweet pedal steel type licks!

Love 1:16

Great tone in them fingers, dude.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! Bending and vibrato! Great E.G. technique.

Tomo

[masamiboi23]

hey tomo, when you play live, what do you usually have your amp volume and guitar volume at? im sure you adjust it quite a bit during a set, but i was hoping to know where you start.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Very simple. Vol 4, treble 6, bass 4. And I don't touch it during my performance.

Tomo

[tystratocaster]

SOOOOOO GOOOOD

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks!

Tomo

[29396]

My dream setup...

Is right here,

and my ears are hearing it.

I guess I can pretend they're mine :D

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Great guitar and amp!

Tomo

[leozingy]

Great demo! I love the Red Fang in my Mesa Boogie Studio .22+ (the 1x12 best overdrive amp I've ever heard, including Dr.Z, Rivera, Zinky and similar amps). I'm considering buying a speaker for my new Fender Princeton Reverb (got it as a gift from my brother for my 25th birthday, still can't believe it :D ) and Red Fang sound sooo amazing, but I really like the Celestion Blue Alnico. Any advice? (BTW - love your style, your vids are really helping the funky side of my playing!)

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! For Fender Princeton... Eminence Legend 105s... is great!

Tomo

[lanesuzza]

Please give me your thoughts on the 2 speakers. I play hard rock and I am looking to replace the original speakers in my 1966 Pro Reverb. I am considering the Eminence. You have great tone and touch, thanks for posting this video.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

If you play hard rock.... Try Wizard & Gov mix... or Texas Heat. Nice to have a '66 Pro Reverb! Thank you.

Tomo

[sleakitweasel]

Easily the best Fender guitar/amp demo on YT.

What a great sound!

I've got mid-70's Champ and Twin Reverb. The latter is SCARY loud but only really sounds great with the master volume all the way up and the channel volume adjusting volume.

Nice!

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks! Love vintage Fender amps.

Tomo

[paulefty]

This is how a Strat's supposed to sound like :P

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

Tomo

[caiomoc2]

I could listen to that all day long...

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much!

Tomo

[JLTBS]

Your Amp is Wonderland.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you.

Tomo

[rmweav11]

Wow, Tomo you're the man! Great taste and tone!

[jhuggins27]

give me your gear

[SteelStringSlinger]

I really like the tone you're getting by throwing British speakers in a Fender! Sounds amazing. I'm gassing for a Red Fang for my Princeton.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! I like these mix of spekaers. Greeat!

I love RW&B too. Another PR has RW&B , Texas Heat mix.

Tomo

[bap1093]

Your tone is AMAZING

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you.

Tomo

[skate41punk182]

Tasty warm tone.... love it!

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks!

Tomo

[alexrempel12390]

Freakin' delicious.

[tissuechang]

It's amazingly beautiful, but this sounds to me as if all the tone knobs are turned off, but than again im not a talented listener ~

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you so much! guitar's tone was full 10. My amp setting was ... treble 6-7.. bass around 4... this amp has no mid. Warm tone comes from how I play it.

Thanks!

Tomo

[stylerkidpro]

I would love to come to berklee and get tought how to play that warm tone :D but im still a bit too young and im from germany so its a bit difficult :D

[markcloutier]

nice clean picking-sweet sound

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thanks!

Tomo

[onemind777]

beautiful sound..and i love all those different jazz and blues styles of chords. Thats why ive always loved john mayer because he would fuse them into pop music. I think that is pure genius.

[MaggotBrain10]

Nicely done as always, Tomo. You should do a video tutorial of your famous "Mary Had a Little Lamb" harmonization.

[HuckleberrySlim]

I was wondering. Do you ever listen to John Frusciante?

[WTig3r]

I listenn too jesus

[OhYeah729]

haha word.

[ultibe]

how can i get that clean tone??? pls help newbie guitar player here..

[TomoFujitaMusic]

It's Vintage Pro Reverb, 2-6L6s, 40 watts!

Nice Eminence speakers... so it's clean tone.

Tomo

[ultibe]

thanks!! ill surely add that to my cart!!

[intheblues]

A fender twin, deluxe, de-ville, prosonic and about 10 others will give you a nice clean tone :)

[hazegar08]

Are you human?? You are so good!!!

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you! I am a regular guy.

Tomo

[sato85santi]

que buennn videooooo!!! te felicito... me encanto!!! un abrazo desde Ar

gentina

[ak231510]

Can you tell me what your amp settings are on when you try to get a John Mayer tone?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

My amp was set around 2..2.5? My guitar was .. 9 maybe?

Tomo

[love2playguitar]

which guitar u like more the srv strat or mayers cus iam having a hard time deciding

[ams914]

the mayer strat has bigger dipper pups that you can't find on any other guitar. so the sound is very true to his music.

[Stefanrocks]

where did he find them if they were never used in any other guitar before?

[ams914]

he designed them with fender.

[Stefanrocks]

thats pretty sick.!

[ams914]

yup. don't jump on it yet though because they are coming out with the two versions of "the black one," which is that relic strat he always plays...

[byusnowboarder]

sweet!  Do you have more info about that?

[ams914]

Search JM videos, there is one called "the black one." That's what he calls the guitars. he said he would make 83 super limited edition ones that exactly replicate his, and then an infinite number of more affordable versions for a span of a year or something like that.

[masamiboi23]

if you dont mind me asking, what are your amp and guitar volumes at?

[GuitarEd48]

Great playing and great sound!you have both Strats,the SRV-and JM sig,so can you say me if the sound on the JM is near the SRV -strat,because of this Big Dippers pickups...?I have an SRV strat and that sound amazing but the neck is very thick and difficult to play for me.

[YogiSizzle]

The JM strats neck is pretty thick too, not as thick as the SRV, but still on the thick side

[DrGit]

Sounds fantastic as always Tomo

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

Tomo

[rokthedok]

horrable guitar no wonder john made you play back upi ...haha jk

[DelSpaarky]

Wait, I think that's a slide. My bad.

[TomoFujitaMusic]

No slide! Bending...  Rear pickup-fingers. Yes. Tomo

[DelSpaarky]

Those are some pretty steep bends at about 1:35 and 1:40. Very smooth. Had me thinking it was a slide. Very good.

[DelSpaarky]

Is this mostly fingers, no pick? Sounds like fingers only at about 1:20 in.

[bombacaototal]

Hey Tomo, I saw you playing with a SRV sig and a John Mayer sig strat and was wondering which one do you think has a better tone

Thx

[TomoFujitaMusic]

I love both. Each has own special one. I have '92 SRV sig... pickups were changed... saddles , springs (Raw Vintage) .. My JM sig is totally stock. Great guitar! So I use both.

Tomo

[bombacaototal]

Thanks a lot for the insight Tomo!! It really helps me a lot......I hope you can keep up with the great sound...

Cheers

[Stratsire]

what gauge strings are you using?

[TomoFujitaMusic]

D'Addario 10-46 Tomo

[Stratsire]

thanks. great tone

[TomoFujitaMusic]

Thank you!

Tomo

[diablo76]

That's a sweet sounding amp!

[gregory49]

Great Tomo!