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I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) Guitar Tone Settings
John Mayer · 2000s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (John Mayer Signature or Custom Shop, likely with Big Dipper pickups)
Pickups
Fender Big Dipper single-coil pickups
Amp
Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, Continuum album (2006). Gear confirmed for studio era; live setups may differ. Focus is on the clean riff/verse tone, not solo or live versions.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain0
Reverb4
Treble6
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Envelope Filter · modulation
- Tape-style Delay pedal (model unknown, likely Dunlop EP103 Echoplex or similar) · delay
Guitar → Q-Tron Envelope Filter → Tape-style Delay → Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (spring reverb on amp)
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- glassy and articulate
- touch-sensitive
- slightly compressed
- subtle envelope filter quack
- clear single-coil clarity
- gentle tape-style delay repeats
- soft attack, fingerstyle
- studio-quality clean
- slightly scooped mids