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Solo Tone
City Love (Live In Birmingham)
John Mayer
Guitarblues2000s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely early 2000s, possibly Custom Shop or SRV model)
AmpTwo-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (primary live amp for this era, with possible Fender Hot Rod Deluxe backup)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6.5
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Notes
Live performance, 2003 (Birmingham show, 'Any Given Thursday' era). John Mayer is known to use a Stratocaster into a Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature for solos during this period, with a Tube Screamer and Klon Centaur for solo boost. No evidence of other guitars or amps used for this specific solo.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothsinging sustaintouch-sensitiveedge-of-breakup crunchclear note separationslightly compresseddynamic response to pickingsmooth midrange boostarticulate highsmild overdrive for solo boost
Difficulty
The solo requires advanced phrasing, expressive bends, and dynamic control, with fast runs and subtle touch sensitivity characteristic of Mayer's live blues playing.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely early 2000s, possibly Custom Shop or SRV model)
AmpTwo-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (primary live amp for this era, with possible Fender Hot Rod Deluxe backup)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Live performance, 2003 (Birmingham show, 'Any Given Thursday' era). John Mayer is known to use a Stratocaster into a Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature for solos during this period, with a Tube Screamer and Klon Centaur for solo boost. No evidence of other guitars or amps used for this specific solo.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothsinging sustaintouch-sensitiveedge-of-breakup crunchclear note separationslightly compresseddynamic response to pickingsmooth midrange boostarticulate highsmild overdrive for solo boost
Difficulty
The solo requires advanced phrasing, expressive bends, and dynamic control, with fast runs and subtle touch sensitivity characteristic of Mayer's live blues playing.