Chasing John Mayer's 'Burning Room' Guitar Tone

[RafFail]

John said himself, when he was demoing the PRS Silver Sky, that he rolls the volume knob down to 9 to roll off the highs for his “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” tone. He also said that he uses that song as a reference for the neck-middle split on Strats. Definitely an iconic sound, even to his ear.

[CyprusHartford]

Tone is everything, which is why I sound like a dying cat when I play.

[jamesbannan]

In my opinion the live in la version is better

[HerrMeier]

John Mayer: "I always hated the sound of midrange and started rolling off the tone on all my Strats down to 5"
Tyler: "I'm gonna go and boost the mids" :D

[billmcelgunn]

Tyler this is a really cool idea for a video series! Maybe you could do some on more artists? For example Hunting the tone of James Hetfield Steve Vai Jimi Hendrix all those guys have pretty interesting guitar tone also a good way to learn about amps and pedals and settings

[og]

Anything John Mayer related I'll watch.

[justinmassey]

Mayer has mentioned in a few interviews that he rolls the tone on the guitar between 5-8 (never 10), depending on the strings, venue, the life of the tubes, etc.

[sandersonmartins]

You have to do this with bohemian rhapsody. The tone on the solo is my ideal tone, simply amazing. The guitar sounds like a powerful engine, at least to me

[sigurdfyllingkarstad]

I tried slow dancing in a burning room. The fire got so hot that I ended up slow burning in a dancing room...

[tobias]

Cool to see John Mayer finally getting recognized for his tone and general musicality.

[Uman_]

Please do Cliffs Of Dover next. That tone is eargasm

[san.]

'John Mayer in the title experiment' continues...

Sick video!!!

[paw]

My god the playing at the end was amazing!!! LOVE the tone you got from that setup too. Brilliant stuff.

[blindboymusic]

I am convinced that "Tone" Is just "How much reverb can I get away with?".

[knowledgepablo]

If JHS isn't paying you for this, they should. This is literally the best demo of what this pedal can do that I've seen so far. Well done. John Mayer is a tone master and you pretty much nailed it.

[jonathanbolger]

John mayers tone is always so juicy man. Even his earlier stuff, if you listen to the solo on city love. I never understand how he can get that clarity with also the low end quality. Maybe some dynamic compression or something in the studio. Plus he's basically mastered the feel of that straty sound with his delicate touch.

[travisstewart]

I love watching videos like this. This gentleman is top class, on a level most people will never reach. That being said it shows you why John Mayer is considered one of the greatest of all time. That’s not A put down it’s a put up for John Mayer and why he’s one of the greatest of our generation.

[bubsxy]

The intro was always throwing me off, as I couldn't realize how the first note sounded off when I played it back. It was cool that you found out that it was a finger tone and now my life is complete. thank you

[benhorsley]

At 6:37 he sounds more like Knophler than Mayer

[adamturner]

It's one of the sickest tones ever recorded... no doubt. John's a sound genius and has unbelievable sound engineers so ya that's how that comes. What's amazing is not only the killer riff but how to get to that. Truly genius.