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Gravity Riff Guitar Tone Settings — John Mayer
John Mayer · 2000s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
2004 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster (John Mayer Signature prototype, alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard)
Pickups
Custom-wound 'Big Dipper' single-coil pickups (slightly scooped mids, low output)
Amp
Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (early 2000s, 100W head, 2x12 cab, clean channel)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, Continuum album (2006). Mayer used his Custom Shop Strat with Big Dipper pickups and a Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature amp for the main riff section. No evidence of Klon or TS9 on the riff (those are for solos).
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass6.5
Gain3
Reverb4.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- touch-sensitive
- slightly scooped mids
- sparkling highs
- dynamic and percussive
- clear, bell-like Strat character
- smooth sustain
- edge-of-breakup when played hard
- not compressed or overdriven
- classic blues Strat rhythm