GuitarDistortedRiff
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) Guitar Tone Settings
John Mayer · 2000s · blues
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 2004 John Mayer Signature Stratocaster)
Pickups
Fender Big Dipper single-coil pickups
Amp
Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 2006 (Continuum album). Gear confirmed for studio use in this era; settings and pedals inferred from era and multiple sources. Focus is on the riff/chorus section, which is the most driven/distorted part of the song.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain4
Reverb4
Treble6
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron Envelope Filter · modulation
- Klon Centaur (or similar transparent overdrive) · overdrive
- Delay pedal (model unknown, likely Boss DD-2/DD-3 or tape-style) · delay
Guitar → Klon Centaur (overdrive) → Q-Tron Envelope Filter → Delay pedal → Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature (with spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- warm and vocal-like
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- smooth, compressed drive
- percussive attack
- rounded highs
- slightly scooped mids
- clear note separation
- quacky envelope filter effect
- subtle ambient delay
- medium output, not harsh