John Mayer tone test with Texas Specials and Hot Rod Deluxe

This is a video for a buddy of mine that wanted to hear John Mayer tone (mostly his clean tone) through Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pickups. Some of the songs I quickly half-assed learned before I put the video up. The sound came out much more compressed than usual for some reason. I think my amp might have been a hair too loud. Oops.

Here is the list of gear I used in the demo in various places:

John Mayer strat from www.custom-relics.com
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Special Edition
Marshal BB-1 clone from General Guitar Gadgets
Fulldrive 2
ZenDrive
Demeter Compulator

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[callehasty]

What did you activate at 0:12 Sounds awesome

[libertyfalls]

@callehasty It was the fulldrive 2 on the flat mids setting..  THe TS-10 I got replaced the fulldrive 2 on my board. I think it sounds way better.

[frisk1111111111]

nice playing! what's the second song that you played called?

[libertyfalls]

@frisk1111111111 second song I played (starting at 0:54) is slow dancing in a burning room

[WarlikeSRK]

@libertyfalls

Hey I have a question: on your site you also offer a Black One NOS for 1600$ but there are no pics of that guitar, is that a identical replica of the fender limited run of 500 black one guitars, or something else? Would love a replica of the shiny piano black guitar haha!

[libertyfalls]

@WarlikeSRK I need to get a picture up there. Sorry about that! Its just like the 500 NOS black1's only finished in nitro paint instead of poly. If you email me I can send you a few pictures.

[libertyfalls]

@millos13star John Mayer already exists... no point in painstakingly learn some song note for note... Ill still leave that to cover bands...

[libertyfalls]

@Echoplex1 You need to get your guitars straight man...

[libertyfalls]

@maySRV1 Our guitars speak for themselves. You can hear how great they sound by watching our uploaded videos on youtube. We even play one of our black1's through a John Mayer signature Two-Rock. Email us for a full list of specs and payment options at toomanypedals@hotmail.com. We can get started on building you a guitar for as little as $500 down!

[libertyfalls]

@maySRV1 Our guitars play, feel and sound like Custom Shop/Masterbuilt model strats. They are all made in america, hand made and hand assembled and are all made from equal or better quality wood than Fender uses. We took every single spec from the masterbuilt 83 limited edition black1's and recreate it. We even took exact pickup readings and winding specs from the pickups used in the limited black1's.

[maySRV1]

How is the sound of this custom-relic-guitar compared with a fender?? I want to buy this one from Tokyo：).Fender limited edition "BLACK 1" is too expensive to buy.But this guitar price is exactly good for buying and nice relic!

[libertyfalls]

@AntiRellik The one in this video was my first attempt at a black1. I used a real fender. Now we use the highest quality Fender replacement parts money can buy. Since we buy all of our bodies and necks unpainted we can make a much better guitar and paint them in 100% nitro paint. We can start with a genuine fender guitar but the end result is never as good and ends up being much more expensive. Our guitars are comparable to custom shop/masterbuilt. check out our facebook page