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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
Mids6
Bass6.5
Gain2.5
Reverb5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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