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Slow Dancing in a Burning Room Guitar Tone Settings — John Mayer

John Mayer · 2000s · blues

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
2004 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster
Pickups
Fender Big Dipper single-coil pickups
Amp
Dumble Steel String Singer
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)

Studio recording, 2006 album 'Continuum'. Clean sections tracked with Stratocaster into Dumble SSS; Marshall also used for layering but clean tone is primarily Dumble. Pickup selector in position 4 (neck + middle).

Amp Settings

Mids
6
Bass
6.5
Gain
2.5
Reverb
5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • Analog Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay

Guitar → Analog Delay pedal → Dumble Steel String Singer (with spring reverb)

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Tone Character

  • glassy and articulate
  • warm and smooth
  • touch-sensitive
  • bell-like highs
  • clear note separation
  • dynamic response
  • slightly scooped mids
  • lush ambience from delay/reverb
  • fingerstyle clarity
  • not compressed or overdriven

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