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Riff Tone

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room

John Mayer

Guitarblues2000s

Original Gear

Guitar2004 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster (John Mayer Signature, likely Black One or Monterey Pop, maple neck, single coils)
AmpTwo-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (studio recording, Continuum era, 2006)

Amp Settings

gain2.5
bass6.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording, 2006 (Continuum album). Guitar is Mayer's signature Strat with 'Big Dipper' single coils. Amp is Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature, used for clean tones on Continuum. Settings estimated based on genre, era, and forum user attempts to match the studio tone. No evidence of live-specific gear for the original studio riff section.

Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothglassy and articulatetouch-sensitiveslightly scooped midslush reverb ambiencebell-like claritydynamic and expressivenot harsh or brittlefull-bodied cleansubtle compression

Difficulty

The riff requires advanced chord shapes, thumb-over-the-neck technique, and precise fingerstyle/hybrid picking to achieve the clean, articulate sound and dynamic control characteristic of Mayer's playing.

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