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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
Notes & Caveats
- Gain adjusted to 0 for clean tone
- No official amp knob settings for the studio recording found; settings estimated based on typical Two-Rock clean tones for Mayer's Continuum era.
- Pedal models inferred from multiple sources and audible effects; exact studio pedalboard not fully documented.
- Some sources reference live or cover setups; only studio-era gear and effects included.
- Envelope filter (Q-Tron) is referenced in multiple sources and is clearly audible in the riff section.
- Delay is audible in the recording and referenced in Premier Guitar; model inferred as tape-style delay.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. Mayer's tone here is clean but warm, with a touch of breakup and prominent mids for clarity. The bass is full but not boomy, treble is mellow to avoid harshness, and the reverb is moderate for ambience. These settings reflect his typical Two-Rock/Dumble-style amp approach from the Continuum era.