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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

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
0
Reverb
4
Treble
6
Presence
5.5

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

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