Sound Like John Mayer | For UNDER £500!!!

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👆 In today's episode of Sound Like, Rabea & Matt take on a mega challenge to recreate the blues-rock tones of John Mayer for Under £500!! Equipped with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster, Fender Champion 40 & an array of Tone City & Mooer pedals. How close can the guys get without busting the bank?

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[JimmyCrumbs]

It would be super helpful if you guys talked more about how you're dialing in the tones on the amp and guitar, especially since EQ etc. is a big part of sounding like the artists. So talking about what EQ settings you're using, which pickups are on/off, and maybe talking a little bit about what those specific things do to the tone would be a nice addition. I think a lot of new players struggle to really understand how to use EQ so having examples like that would be awesome!

I love these videos btw, thank you guys for putting out great content :)

[meelosh]

Man that helpless riff was so bang on! Great job Rabea you’ve gotten good at playing those Mayer riffs 🤘🏻

[GerryBlue]

I'm also looking for the 'How to get John Mayer's hot girlfriends for under £500' video, pls

[anthonysclafani]

For a guitar that ridiculously cheap, Squiers are such good value. Not a high end guitar (obviously) but the quality is surprisingly good. I have one (not my main guitar) that I played for a while and def recommend it, esp for beginners.

[MrJudgeSauter]

It is not only about gear - it is about technique and using fingers to play also. A great guitar player does not need expensive gear to get a killer tone. Rabea is the best example here!

[ferramirez]

There should be a whole entire section dedicated to JM cult on andertons! 😍

[widowmaker]

finally you returned after 3 weeks!

sounds like without busting:

Slayer (Kerry King, Thomas Araya & Jeff Hanneman)
Ratt (Warren DeMartini & Robbin Crosby)
The Aristocats (Guthrie Govan)
James Bay
Trivium (Corey Beaulieu, Paolo Gregoletto & Matt Heafey)
My Chemical Romance (Frank Iero, Ray Toro & Mikey Way)
Jefferson Airplane (Jack Cassady)
Children Of Bodom (Alexi Laiho)
Andy James
Exodus (Gary Holt)
Dokken (George Lynch)
Dillinger Escape Plan (Ben Weinman)
Lamb Of God (Mark Morton, Willie Adler & Ben Campbell)
Living Color (Vernon Reid & Doug Wimbish)
Bullet For My Valentine (Matthew Tuck & Michael Paget)
Van Halen (Eddie & Wolfgang Van Halen)
Jimmy Eat World (Jim Adkins & Tom Linton)
Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
The Winery Dogs (Ritchie Kotzen & Billy Sheehan)
Yngwie Malmsteen
James Burton
Jeff Beck
Jimmie Vaughan
Eric Johnson
Buddy Guy
The Beatles (George Harrison & Paul Mccartney)
Weather Report (Jaco Pastorius)
My Bloody Valentine (Kevin Shields)
Freddy King
Unicorn (Tamio Okuda)
Joe Bonamassa
The Black Crowes (Rich Robinson)
Duane Eddy
Stray Cats (Brian Setzer)
Fall Out Boy (Joe Trohman, Patrick Stump & Pete Wentz)
Chet Atkins
Steve Vai
Meshuggah (Frederik Thorendal, Marten Hagstrom & Dick Lovgren)
Racer X (Paul Gilbert & Chris Bouliet) or Mr Big (Paul Gilbert & Billy Sheehan)
Periphery (Jake Bowen, Misha 'Bulb' Mansoor, Mark Holcomb & Adam Getgood)
Korn (James 'Munky' Schaffer, Brian 'Head' Welch & Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu)
Megadeth (Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman & Dave Ellefson)
Dream Theater (John Petrucci & John Myung)
Toto (Steve Lukather)
St Vincent
Deep Purple (Steve Morse)
Shinedown (Zach Myers & Eric)
Avenged Sevenfold (Synyster Gates, Johnny Christ & Zacky Vengeance)
Keith Merrow
Nevermore (Jeff Loomis)
Black Veil Brides (Jake Pitts & Jinxx)
Nikki Stringfield
Dinosaur Jr (J Mascis & Lou Barlow)
Marylin Manson or Rob Zombie (John 5)
Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
Opeth (you can choose from : Mikael Akerfeldt, Frederik Akesson, Peter Lindgren, Kim Pettersson, Andreas Dimeo Dan Nilsson or Micke Bargstorm so choose a line up)

BY busting:
Muse (Matt Bellamy & Chris Wolstenholme)
Blink 182 (Tom Delonge)
B.B King
Metallica (James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett & Clifford Lee Burton)
Deftones (Stephen Carpenter & Sergio Vega)
Oasis (Noel Gallagher & Gem Archer/Paul Athers)
Nirvana (Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic)
Slipknot (Mick Thomson, Jim Root & Paul Grey)
Jimi Hendrix
Queens Of The Stone Age (Josh Homme & Troy Van Leeuwen)
Eric Clapton
Rush (Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee)
Gary Moore
U2 (Bono, The Edge & Adam Clayton)
Joe Satriani
Randy Rhoads
Iron Maiden (Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Janick Gers & Steve Harris)
Black Stone Cherry (Chris Robertson & Ben Wells)
Alterbridge (Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy)
Santana
Biffy Clyro (Simon Neil & James Johnston)
Zakk Wylde
Motley Crue (Mick Mars & Nikki Sixx)

John Mayer has a massive penis!

[matt_phistopheles]

I think that the power supply of John Mayer's pedal board alone will cost more than this entire rig.^^

I'm not a huge John Mayer fan so I can't comment about how authentic the tone is. But I think that this small and affordable setup sounds really good, no matter how close it gets to the artist's rig. Good job!

[mishkatrahman]

Now THIS is what you call "Without busting the bank", not a rig worth £1500

[manhattanflashh]

Good to have ya back once again! Really good sound for such a low price, very well done, boys. Now, since QOTSA is about to release Vilains, a sound like by busting the bank would be awesome!

[devon]

Sound like... without going to the bank

[willyorkmusic]

Yay! It's back! Now, here's some requests I have:

Without busting:
Disturbed
Smashing Pumpkins
Eddie Van Halen
Seether
Bad Religion
KoRn
Bowling For Soup
Staind
Breaking Benjamin
The Beatles
Linkin Park
Bring Me The Horizon
Pete Townshend/The Who
Dinosaur Jr
Primus

By Busting:
Blink-182
Jimi Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
Metallica
Incubus
Mark Tremonti
Slipknot
U2
Alice In Chains

[TheIllusiveBlane]

for less than 400 honestly the sound is awesome, I might do this. I already have that exact amp.

[Chilinoploppy]

Holy crap that first bend with vibrato on Gravity was freakin amazing! Best I've ever heard by anyone other than Mayer himself! And the sustain man!

[prof_jesus]

It's 12:02am right now, and today, I'm receiving a bullet and a champion 40 from amazon 🥰 I finally have myself a beginner's gear after 7 years...

[matthew]

Just proves how much tone Rabea has in his hands! Quality stuff!

[arkapravadutta]

Dude honestly I just looked at the 1500 quid version of sounding like John Mayer then went back and listened to some John Mayer and then listened to this.
Honestly this sounds so much more like John Mayer

[raulmiranda]

I just recently got myself one of those fender champion 40 amps. It's really worth the money since I'm also aiming for something close to the John Mayer tone. So I'm psyched they chose that one for this vid.

[joshyboi]

Great to see you guys back! Definitely my favourite Andertons show!

Artists I'd like to see? Bernard Butler from Suede, and James Dean Bradfield... both underrated indie geniuses!

[antonlundstedt]

please do sound like evh, or eric johnson plaese!?