How To Get John Mayer's 'Last Train Home' Guitar Tone

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Is John Mayer bringing Sob Rock back? Was he really using a Soldano amp in his latest "Last Train Home" music video? Was Tomo Fujita right that you only need 2 pedals to create John Mayer's sound? Well... The Captain & Danish Pete attempt to answer all of these questions with a collection of chorus pedals, Klon-style overdrives, and of course a PRS Silver Sky.
How close will they get to John's Live Jimmy Kimmel guitar tone? Let's find out!

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↪️ Episode Guide ↩️
» 0:00 Last Train Home Guitar Solo
» 1:07 Thoughts on John Mayer's New Song?
» 2:35 What Gear is John Mayer using?
» 5:05 What Pedals are on the Table?
» 8:06 How Does it Sound with No Pedals?
» 8:43 Adding Overdrive Pedals
» 9:50 Delay
» 10:36 It's All About The Chorus!
» 11:20 How Does it Sound with a Fender Stratocaster?
» 13:03 Did John Use a Wah Pedal?
» 14:50 Which Chorus Sounds Best?
» 21:22 Testing Tomo Fujita's Suggestion
» 22:12 Last Train Home Outro Jam

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[jonathancalhoun]

I think you guys did the best job of nailing the tone of anyone so far. It really makes me want a Silver Sky, too.

[jeffroq]

The real challenge is how can John Mayer get Pete’s tone.

[steved]

it runs deep - In the credits of the Continnum album John thanks to lots of people, half way down the list "Eric Clapton - knows I steal from him and is still cool with it"

[TheLateBoyScout]

John Mayer looks like he' playing a 3/4 size guitar, but really he's just a 1 1/4 human playing a regular sized guitar.

[oncameramastery]

Gotta love those 80s Clapton vibes!!! 👍👍👍

[MurphSchnitzel]

I have never seen such a huge promotion campaign for a music single on Youtube. Each channel promotes this song for free.

[chadimac]

Danish Pete nailed the JM tone but when The Captain busted out the boosted Strat on the outro, I lost my mind. Brilliant tones all the way around.

[Foodgeek]

I actually owned a Boss CE-2, a Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9, a RAT distortion and a Dunlop Wah back in the late 80's. That was the stuff.

Unfortunately they were all stolen after someone broke into out rehearsal space 😭

[sbourgeois]

The Captain's playing has gotten soooo tasty! Playing with Pete sure has brought him to the next level. Love it

[PeteBreen]

Finally! Danish Pete whips out the purple Sky to dazzle us with his brilliance. #StillNotGayerForMayer 😂

[markoraiders]

Good to see that I am not the only one obsessed with this song

[JT-wvzs]

I’ve been waiting patiently for some new JM music. This is worth the wait. Loving the 80’s vibe and the clarity (get it?) of the Silver Sky.
Well done Andertons on getting us close to the tone.

[gavterrygt]

Lovely August tone from Lee on that last jam out

[Lamz..]

Really nice, well done guys. I would have loved to see how close you could get with just a Boss Katana though.

[cdbrown]

I watched a video where somebody commented where they noticed SOB rock backward is “80’S” rock. 🤷‍♂️

[JakeRommer]

Get sharkey up in the building for an interview!

[oncameramastery]

Great to see the guys, 'Working on the sound of the band, Trying to get the music right'! :-)

[AtariForeva]

Next: When My Train Pulls In by Gary Clark Jr., need that fuzz thing set proper with SG or 335.

[Blipsop]

If that last part is solely the Dimension into a Klon, I’m ordering a Dimension now! I used to run my chorus into my overdrive till a ‘pro’ told me I had my pedals in the wrong order. So I changed it. Never liked chorus after that, but never made the connection that the sound I love is ‘the wrong order.’ John Mayer and this video you did made me realize how perfect that sound suits me. Thanks so much!

[electricgypsyblues]

anyone that wants to get in deep with this sound, Listen to Clapton's August and Behind the sun albums