The John Mayer Song Nobody Can Play

0:00 - Introduction
0:45 - The song
2:12 - The John Mayer 'Bounce'
3:48 - Riff breakdown
6:57 - The honest truth
7:40 - Final results

[JamieHarrisonGuitar]

Thanks for the shoutout bro! Glad you enjoyed the video! And if you ever change your mind, there’s always room for you at the nerds table! 😜

[aniruddhuniyal]

After years of practice I can finally play the live version. I can finally do the part where he says good evening.

[ziggy]

John Mayer is one of those artist that makes difficult look easy…until you try it. His motions are very fluid, but at the same time he’ll pull off a hard stop when needed. Amazing player.

[peterkovic]

Insane how John write this song when he was, what, like twenty years old? Dude’s a genius.

[TheMobileGuitarist]

I can’t remember the quote exactly but John said something along the lines of “your unique sound comes from trying to emulate your heroes and failing at it”

[thebostonkid]

This video came at the exact right time. I´m currently trying to learn the intro riff of Periphery´s "Wax Wings" and your sentence "You loosen up when you get comfortable with something, you tighten up when you learn something new" really motivated me to continue practicing.

[Gray_Vox]

Literally how in the name of God did John create this riff at 21 YEARS OLD???

[lobosolo]

Every bassist who mastered the double thump technique is probably very happy that they could probably transfer that skill to this song

[pabloacuna]

People focus too much in learning the right notes but what makes this riff great is the groove and the percussive feeling.

[tosh]

There is something special about seeing a skilled guitarist open up about a riff they struggle with and cover what they did to work through getting better. Watching countless YouTube videos where all you see are guitarists just shredding it, can be really demoralising for a student. This made me very happy, thank you for sharing. 🤘🏼🎸

[georget]

Tyler : makes video explaining why he has only one acoustic guitar
Also Tyler: makes a video with a new acoustic guitar

[thelucidator]

Heard John perform this song live in Pittsburgh last weekend and it was stunning, I wont forget the goosebumps it brought.

[Btn]

I remember in 2004 spending about a week straight in my dorm learning how to play neon until I would never forget. Was very rewarding to master.

[DaveSwart]

This song literally almost broke me. Broke my spirit. I thought I was good. Not great. Good. Good enough to learn almost anything with enough time. Then Neon. It took me about a year to confidently say I got it. I just DO NOT have the anatomy to use my thumb for the low-E on the last chord of the riff - I had to come to terms with that. Use my pinky. Yes - exactly as you explain it at 6:20. Now I’m in love with this tune and love messing around with alternate intros. Lot of space to mess around.

[BenAck]

"Songs are like stories and stories are like songs." - John Mayer.

[Random_dudebro]

I learnt the neon riff from Jamie’s course after many failed solo attempts and I can now play it as an A- student.
I have continued to use johns bounce/slap techniques constantly in my everyday playing and it’s extremely useful for keeping time and for adding a new dimension to your overall musicality. I recommend every guitarist use Jamie’s neon course

[ethannavarro]

that video is what introduced me to john mayer. that video changed my life. not in a hyperbole way. it truly changed my life. thank you tyler. you introduced me to my favorite musician, which brought me closer to my guitar, to music, songwriting, and arguably every relationship i have todsy

[JC-nssm]

Came for the strings, left cuz of the false advertising

[leonkheric]

I'm learning this riff. My main instrument is the bass, so the bounce was actually pretty intuitive for me. For anyone having a hard time with this song, check out some slap bass exercises, maybe some songs by Flea and practice them on the guitar. This makes the song way easier if you master the tecniques.

[MCPerez]

NEON is hands down one of the top guitar solo that people has been done and added improvements but cant replicate What John did a masterpiece indeed