Chasing John Mayer's "Burning Room" Guitar Tone

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[@jamesbannan52]

In my opinion the live in la version is better

[@sombal1999]

man i cant decide which i like more, for me the ideal version would be the voice of the studio version and the guitar playing of live in la

[@devinking1319]

James Bannan the live in LA solo tone is why I have a strat!

[@brunovidana7837]

James Bannan way better bro, I agree.

[@Indiegaze]

I think when he is testing out his Two-Rock signature prototype is my favorite tone of his. It's probably my favorite piece of playing from him as well.

[@Plums72]

facts

[@RafFail47]

John said himself, when he was demoing the PRS Silver Sky, that he rolls the volume knob down to 9 to roll off the highs for his “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room” tone. He also said that he uses that song as a reference for the neck-middle split on Strats. Definitely an iconic sound, even to his ear.

[@CyprusHartford]

Tone is everything, which is why I sound like a dying cat when I play.

[@stugeh]

Yes. Thats the reason.

[@robertfpjr]

I sound like a pregnant moose when I play.

[@joeshmoe8310]

What setup do you use? My rubber bands across a tissue box can’t even come close to that dying cat sound.

[@stugeh]

@@robertfpjr thats sexy as hell. Take me

[@shaunvale4934]

Yeah... That's why

[@8o8g91]

Anything John Mayer related I'll watch.

[@liamfidler3824]

John Mayer in the title

[@ivarsnorrijonsson8377]

Any comment with John Mayer i’ll read

[@visorsonly5251]

Same

[@shreddievanhalen1]

My favorite guitarist for sure

[@jonathanwright8802]

which is why so many guitar channels feature him. click bait.

[@HerrMeier007]

John Mayer: "I always hated the sound of midrange and started rolling off the tone on all my Strats down to 5" Tyler: "I'm gonna go and boost the mids" :D

[@TheBaseballGuy9]

Scoop the mids definitely falls under Mayer Tone 101!

[@toniwonkanobi]

Yeah, honestly. JM, at least in that song, is sans mids. Not sure why this guy's first instinct is to boost the mids lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@NeonLeonNoel]

In the PRS interview John Mayer did, he said he turned around on midrange, and loves the middle pick up now.

[@HerrMeier007]

@@NeonLeonNoel True, but he said he thinks the middle Pickup in his Silver sky is now finally usable. It's still by far not his signature sound. His Dumbles and Two Rocks Have the middle and bass around three whilst the treble is at like 9. He also turns off his tone controls half way on his guitar and even has the silver sky pick ups engineered in the way to sound rolled off, because he doesn't enjoy the mids he gets from normal single coils. So if you want to nail his slow dancing tone you're definitely better off to scoop the kids.

[@glennmattison3180]

@@NeonLeonNoel That comes playing with Dead & Co. Jerry loved the middle pickup.

[@billmcelgunn7819]

Tyler this is a really cool idea for a video series! Maybe you could do some on more artists? For example Hunting the tone of James Hetfield Steve Vai Jimi Hendrix all those guys have pretty interesting guitar tone also a good way to learn about amps and pedals and settings

[@danielrynn7118]

Bill McElgunn If you want Jimi‘ s tone, check out the KZbin channel Millstap he nails it to a tee!

[@Jgonzskates]

I’m 100% in on that series

[@lilTwigLP]

Look up dave Simpson's series "how many tones can you get out of the orange cr120"

[@guitargamez7930]

Could you do a synyester gates tone chase?

[@harrycoleman727]

Don't forget Eric Johnson

[@nidhishkumar2801]

Do comfortably numb next

[@tnikoli40]

@Sourav Biswas fuzz and tons of reverb

[@cheekyboy5000]

@@tnikoli40 and a fender stratocaster!

[@tnikoli40]

@@cheekyboy5000 not necessary. Can be done on a les paul

[@johanneswarn5488]

This

[@gtizzle101]

Play in E with delay and reverb

[@justinmassey5692]

Mayer has mentioned in a few interviews that he rolls the tone on the guitar between 5-8 (never 10), depending on the strings, venue, the life of the tubes, etc.

[@nyg974ever29]

Um no, do your research

[@gabrielcesarrogerio]

Just remember that his pickups have some difference in tone, in therms of frequencies

[@b_m3998]

Nerf__Operator29 watch the silver sky demo. He actually claims to have never used a strat past 5 on tone knobs because he thinks the frequency range after 5 is unusable

[@joshmuz9018]

Interesting when I play my strat I can't take neck or middle above 7 or 8 and bridge maybe 6. Eric Johnson amazing strat tone may not have tone knobs rolled of but his Marshall tubescreamer and tube driver all have mids or tone on zero and it sounds incredible

[@TheEchelon]

Nerf__Operator29 He actually did his research, you on the other hand....

[@iamanactualcat]

I think this guy likes john mayer

[@shakedbiton]

sasha bowers who doesn’t?

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

No shit, sherlock

[@iamanactualcat]

@@salatieljyrustumanan4929 It was irony

[@salatieljyrustumanan4929]

@@iamanactualcat not really a bash to your comment. Just seems obvious enough

[@iamanactualcat]

@@salatieljyrustumanan4929 IT WAS A JOKE CALM THE FUCK D O W N

[@sandersonmartins3319]

You have to do this with bohemian rhapsody. The tone on the solo is my ideal tone, simply amazing. The guitar sounds like a powerful engine, at least to me

[@hafidiamine]

Check Andertons "Sound like" videos !

[@FranZmegac]

There is a guy called HarryAndAGuitar who made already great video on that song, check it out mate.

[@federicogerli]

That’s the world of Vox AC30

[@Maltino_Music]

Sanderson Martins oh ye, Brian mays tone (not specifically talking about his finger tone) is incredible

[@cyanhcn3428]

Pickups wired in serial out of phase of 90° pluged into a treble booster and a germanium transistor amp

[@tobias7985]

Cool to see John Mayer finally getting recognized for his tone and general musicality.

[@crispysyd9190]

Who's John Mayer??

[@danielkaminski1817]

Lol John mayer gets alot of praise already

[@andrewpage8759]

where have you been? John is widely recognized as a fantastic musician and guitarist.

[@smokesgtp]

People have been chasing John's tone for 15 years

[@kenziecashflow]

What do you mean finally... lmao

[@sigurdfyllingkarstad2694]

I tried slow dancing in a burning room. The fire got so hot that I ended up slow burning in a dancing room...

[@ChannelGilly]

Very good , Mate . That's the first laugh for the Week !

[@Uman_]

Please do Cliffs Of Dover next. That tone is eargasm

[@Uman_]

@@benfennell6842 ikr

[@JudsonGraham]

Oh please

[@ketutgitar]

Uman ...i have in my channel

[@daddyosink4413]

@@ketutgitar isnt it pretty much a Fender Twin with a Fuzz Face and an Echoplex?

[@ShivaAshutosh]

It's impossible, unless Eric Johnson does it himself.

[@san.9112]

'John Mayer in the title experiment' continues... Sick video!!!

[@blindboymusic8262]

I am convinced that "Tone" Is just "How much reverb can I get away with?".

[@knowledgepablo]

If JHS isn't paying you for this, they should. This is literally the best demo of what this pedal can do that I've seen so far. Well done. John Mayer is a tone master and you pretty much nailed it.

[@benhorsley6269]

At 6:37 he sounds more like Knophler than Mayer

[@travisstewart8655]

I love watching videos like this. This gentleman is top class, on a level most people will never reach. That being said it shows you why John Mayer is considered one of the greatest of all time. That’s not A put down it’s a put up for John Mayer and why he’s one of the greatest of our generation.

[@bubsxy]

The intro was always throwing me off, as I couldn't realize how the first note sounded off when I played it back. It was cool that you found out that it was a finger tone and now my life is complete. thank you

[@eduardopereyra9798]

I’m a simple man I see John Mayer in the title I click

[@siggeek503]

Eduardo Pereyra Same man, John is amazing.

[@BeefNEggs057]

Eduardo Pereyra We still doing this robot comment? Well at least you didn’t say “I click like.”

[@jokeaf9567]

I also am a simple man I see John Mayer in a comment I like

[@smilingface4222]

That’s what he wants you to do man

[@paw101]

My god the playing at the end was amazing!!! LOVE the tone you got from that setup too. Brilliant stuff.

[@jonathanbolger6173]

John mayers tone is always so juicy man. Even his earlier stuff, if you listen to the solo on city love. I never understand how he can get that clarity with also the low end quality. Maybe some dynamic compression or something in the studio. Plus he's basically mastered the feel of that straty sound with his delicate touch.

[@MrHaggyy]

A lot of the clarity comes from playing super clean and tidy, as well as rolling back tone and volume a tiny bit to supress noice without using a noice gate.

[@scottroemer3821]

This tone nails it… I don’t think people realize the bass on the first note is half of the feeling that hits me deep with this song tone. The guitar is pure but that bass with the guitar is what I love.

[@batesybatesy1280]

Longest ad I’ve ever watch

[@DbolOnlyGangster]

Dude is just flexing all his shit just to show everyone how much more shit he has than everyone else. Guy is a total tool bag

[@allensosa9409]

@@DbolOnlyGangster awee jealous?

[@DbolOnlyGangster]

Allen Sosa not even at least I have my money still lmfao

[@DbolOnlyGangster]

Allen Sosa Phillip McKnight is the most humble gear head on KZbin. Phillip McKnight and Paul Davids over this guy any day

[@nathang1184]

@@DbolOnlyGangster cant really see where he is flexing Pretty sure he just explaining his gear

[@SpectralUltra]

13:59 what the hell did you there? Nice thou...

[@adamturner8732]

It's one of the sickest tones ever recorded... no doubt. John's a sound genius and has unbelievable sound engineers so ya that's how that comes. What's amazing is not only the killer riff but how to get to that. Truly genius.

[@Generatingmoments]

I hoped to see John himself in the video... I saw too much of your latest Instgram post haha

[@M7M777777]

what was in the IG post?

[@Generatingmoments]

@@M7M777777 Tyler with Betahny and John Mayer

[@97MrBlues]

Slow dancing in a burning room was recorded on a Two Rock amp i believe.

[@JDtheComposer]

I thought about this tone a long time. You're close, but I think you would've come closer with a compressor either instead or in conjunction with the JHS-Pedal. Mayers sound is pretty compressed and has a lot sustain for a clean tone.

[@dashpaz]

yeah i agree theres a clap like sound that is generated in burning room

[@ChannelGilly]

Yep . I think a lot of People mistake his Sustain for heaps of reverb . Does that sound like I know what I'm talking about ? Where's my fucken Bong gone ?.......

[@BaritonePapi]

"tone is all in the gear man. The more you spend the better you'll be" -SRV

[@fonzemusic3718]

DO MORE TONE HUNTING VIDEOS!!! These are so fun to watch and help me affect my tone in ways I woulda never thought to try

[@acesun1]

more chasing guitar tones episode please!

[@user-ce6ry8eh2r]

Could you do this for Stevie Ray Vaughan? Pleaseeeeee

[@ryangodfrey3644]

As far as I know SRV just set everything to max.

[@aske3211234]

genius

[@ChefChrisDay]

Turn it all to 11

[@Joshky.27]

He’d need those Texas Specials back in his guitar. Dunno why he removed them to begin with, but ig some people just don’t like custom shop pickups.

[@smokesgtp]

Marshall w a tube screamer and texas specials in the strat will work

[@bensagal-morris8072]

Pilky 27 has nailed this. No one else needs to try again.

[@hajken12]

The playing at around 7 - 8 mins reminds me alot of knopflers tbh, sounds great!

[@nathananders2213]

Drop your mids. I think I've listened to this song 20,000 or more times.

[@LonkinPork]

A guitar tone that's always really intrigued me is on the guitar solo from "The A-Team" by Ed Sheeran. Not a particularly noteworthy guitar jam, but the solo in that song, coming out of nowhere with it's echo-y, punchy, slightly distorted "je ne sais quoi" of a tone is killer.

[@dyldobaggins333]

dude i never realized how good of a guitarist u really are until now. jeez bro rock on 🤘🏼

[@alphabetterthanu]

Aren't you supposed to disclose when something is an advertisement?

[@OneAvsta]

alphabetterthanu yeah man so clearly the whole vid is an excuse to advertise the clover, and comparing a quiet weak signal with the louder boosted pedal tone is so misleading cause any big volume jump will sound “better” and livelier

[@Zerkclash]

13:19 and that sound is why I love guitar

[@andreasgrimsgardlerskallen7775]

13:26 too, amazing!

[@juannunez4436]

I like how some people say tone is in the finger and then touch his amp as it was a transformer..guys/ladies..if i would put it in number i would say is a 50/50 finger an gear. Or maybe you can say is 80% finger or anything it depends on the situation. If i put 10 great guitarrist together and put them to play the most simple thing in the most simple way they would sound different, a bb king bend is not like a gilmour etc etc. Also, it would be boring if we all sound the same, i guess we all love to try and search for a tone that make you feel something, how many times you managed to get a different tone you never reached and because of that inspiration you created a new song. Idk if is the case here (which i dont think so), but im tired of the overlook about the tone most of the time with the saying 'is in the finger' which is true in a lot of cases and not true in a lot others. The amp is like the voice of a person, they all can be manage to sound different and there is the cool stuff. I believe sometimes people misunderstand the both meaning, the ability to play certain way, like a pro, is gonna make almost any tone you use, to actually work, that doesnt mean tone is innthe finger ( i know this is like qn obvious argument) but put say it sometimes as if they really mean to. Tone is the sound you work in your amp, nothing more, the fact that you can actually sound good with your skills doesnt change anything. There are a lot of normal players that make great songs because of the tone and not ability. I think is like we wanna keep it flashy and emotional and stuff like that, but for me is very simple. . . . Tone is in the amp Facts.

[@gunkanjima3408]

Agreed. If I'm playing a LP with distortion then I'm not getting close to this tone. People reference fingers too much, fingers and playing abilities make for great phrasing ect but not tone

[@qwertyzxcv123]

You and Paul Davids are really into John Mayer stuff. Cool thing.

[@eedoo2]

That was a pretty shameless plug for that JHS pedal, wouldn't you say?

[@theonlyredspecial]

You are a very talented man. That solo at the end I was getting into it just as it ended. I’d like to hear more improvisations from yourself. Lovely.

[@davedrok6632]

I was sucked in by the title, and then discovered a brilliant demonstration for a new product!

[@erikhartley2494]

I love that a metal guy can fiddle soulfully like this. Your bends rock man!

[@weightaminute9342]

I mean, he did have the same teacher as John Mayer

[@RUNnGUNify]

Huh, JHS at the forefront, in depth features, link in description... I smell a sponsor.

[@pnowak2]

Finally Happy to see valuable video. Not big fan of funny vids from stores, so I started to skip your movies, but with this it’s getting my attention back, this is important to share your knowledge, way more than make fun with funny stories. Thank you Tyler

[@jonahcuddy6799]

Only things you need: Expensive watch, Gel for hair, Guitar face, Stylish clothes. (Not bashing John -- love him.)

[@jst4curiosity704]

Nailed it! I've been working for that tone for awhile, but didn't have your extra pedal choice..

[@maxwrangler5788]

Hey Tyler I would scoop the mids it’ll add that little extra Mayer flavor

[@cmick09ish]

My God Tyler, that was fucking badass. To tastefully show off to that degree of technical prowess on the fretboard is an accomplishment in its own right. Keep kicking ass brother!

[@davemaiorino9017]

I find plugging a strat straight into a fender amp with some reverb to be just fine...

[@strobeable]

yip

[@Canadian587]

The playing style changed at 10:50 causing you to stray away from the burning room sound a bit. I’m still gonna subscribe. You got great content. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@punksnotdead4314]

1:40 THE DOOO lol

[@user-mr9bn8ep7e]

The Dooo

[@matthewtalafous2004]

?

[@annonymous1026]

@@matthewtalafous2004 it's a youtuber

[@guacysock]

Punks not Dead what does that have to do with the dooo

[@punksnotdead4314]

The Meme Dream Team the dooo doesn’t show his face and only shows his lower half and guitar so it looked like him

[@JohnnyP23]

Rewatching this one for the first time in a while and how in the hell did I miss the Eric Gales shirt?!?! Awesome playing and tone

[@TristanPinkham]

Wasn't John using his custom Two-Rock amps when he recorded Continuum?

[@bluesenthused7244]

Indeed, but this song was recorded using a fender deluxe. Go to John Mayer gear on Instagram. Great page for Mayer knowledge.

[@Jpsjr]

12:37-14:55 I could listen to you solo over this track for 15 minutes. Very tasteful

[@dylangrayson9190]

Dude same

[@shanewilson1160]

When you do the guitar slap, you should stop the drums and everything (12:39)... That would sound awesome!!!! But u know what, im not complaining haha this cover fucking rocks! Nice One

[@ExploitTheVibe369]

I love this guy. Chasing tone is a rich fools game brother!

[@xuguangyu]

The issue is that your clover has a substantial volume boost as well. Almost anything sounds better with a higher volume. An objective tone comparison should try to elimate differences in volume imo.

[@faethe000]

That looks a lot like my guitar. I have an HSS Fender strat American Pro II. I love it.

[@antonioricci5465]

Texas flood tone hunting next?

[@slashmotovlog1112]

I went to your KZbin channel when you were about 25k subscribers. Now you 617k! Congrats man you deserved more! Great content as always

[@williambaumert7726]

I think the tone you got sounds great but I listened to the recording and I think it's sounds really different. I think you over emphasized the mids and took out too much bass. But regardless your tone still sounds awesome :)

[@Mr666roger666]

After watching this a couple of years ago, I bought a Clover…and how lovely it is :-)

[@evanogrady2876]

Do chasing Mac Demarco's tone

[@alexferreira3999]

btm wtfb wow great opinion! Very helpful

[@jerrymartinez2160]

How to sound like Mac Demarco :: scratchy singing. Whammy bar crap tons of reverb so it can sound pretty without effort, and chorus pedals. Lots of chorus pedals.

[@jeffhowson428]

btm wtfb Yikes man, chill out

[@prkrsmth]

People are dicks. Honestly just get yourself a chorus pedal and then the intensity and speed all the way up and throw on lots of reverb with a single coil guitar with a clean tone. That’s about it.

[@cinnamoncoffeecake5925]

why all the Mac hate, he writes genuinely good songs. He’s minimalist with the guitar, when he solos though it speaks very clearly and his phrasing is very musical. His somgwriting is why we love him

[@SatanClaus69]

Coincidentally I've been researching the Mayer tone extensively for the last couple of days. What a surprise when I saw this in my feed, posted 29 minutes ago. Nice one, mate.

[@NicolasValsani]

Do comfortably numb please

[@IamtheFerryMan]

Man, you're a seriously badasss guitarist. Thanks for sharing and happy new year!

[@snfrd]

Mayer's pups were scooped around this Era. So let's boost the mids. Sounds about right.

[@NorthwestArmwrestling]

Keeley Katana Pre-amp Ibanez tube screamer Analogman King of Tone V/4 W/ high gain Strymon Flint Reverb/ Tremolo Aqua-Puss Delay If you have $5k to spare add in the Klon Centaur

[@sharko3211]

wait a minute, THAT AMP GOES TO 12 WHAT WHY 12 JUST MAKE 10 LOUDER ITS LIKE SPINAL TAP BUT OVER THE TOP

[@wingerman4677]

12 hours

[@MrJsteed2009]

Outstanding! I’d love to see you chase the tone on John Mayer’s solo on ‘Guess I Just Feel Like”! 🙏

[@SamAndSamuel]

Way too much reverb, too high on the mids. Mayer is known for a scooped sound, almost absent on the mids.

[@ebwieg6800]

That’s the way it’s played on the record. It sounds like it’s overdone in this video, but you can really hear it on the muted slap on the song.

[@mikew9788]

Your right, mayers big dipper pickups are mid scooped. To replicate with a regular strat you must scoop the mids

[@scottdouglas2490]

Tyler, that was absolutely beautiful

[@seanmabiasan6909]

Challenge: Money For Nothing

[@juannunez4436]

Funny because in a interview Mark said he doesnt remember how he got that tone and also doesnt remember how exactly he did the riff.

[@jdavidmoreiraify]

@@juannunez4436 you got a link to that? I'd love to watch it!

[@juannunez4436]

@@jdavidmoreiraify gimme a min, he talks about that in a interview of that particular song, honna check videos now

[@soofitnsexy]

LES PAUL

[@tomvandaalen273]

Isn’t that a Les Paul, Marshall, and a wah pedal pushed down halfway with the tone knobs on the guitar at halfway? That’s what I use to play it

[@chitarrafaidate]

i was JUST looking for a similar tone as i am learning the song myself! thanks!

[@fastracon]

and meet him at NAMM as I know

[@maxcarlson5628]

Love your videos man.

[@AlanGeer]

seems like a subliminal product pitch wrapped around an interesting title. clever influencer!

[@ChannelGilly]

That is how he makes his Living , Dick . Give the Bloke a chance !

[@AlanGeer]

@@ChannelGilly I meant no disrespect, as I said in my post I thought it was clever, interesting

[@ryansheedy5187]

Its refreshing because so many KZbinrs need to do this and just shove it in your face at the start but this is subtle. Nice catch

[@gunkanjima3408]

Yeah the JHS is just a tubescreamer clone. Weird video though, album uses 5th position not 4th. He also needs a compressor, trem pedal, and a slap back delay

[@succulentstir9907]

@@gunkanjima3408 to me the album sounds like the middle position

[@TheWayOfTheShay]

The jam at the end was beautiful! Thank you!

[@kamarienedwards1757]

What kind of finish is on your guitar

[@benleitch6087]

Sierra Sunburst

[@kingofpwnage2368]

STEPHEN BENNETT satin hand stained honeyburst it’s a limited edition they did a few years back

[@JMSDyt]

Congrats!!!!

[@lsx_slinger290]

Hell yeah why not Tyler

[@cj.sabella]

I was just learning this, this morning! Perfect timing

[@dontuateytu2557]

Agree This is BS there is no chasing it is a commercial and a bad one at that.Quit making music look like an ad . Total BS.

[@mrkingflo_]

Its like he says those product were good but when he use it its total BS

[@samuelmaxwell4915]

Mad skills man I love your personality of playing absolutely beautiful keep it up bro 😎🤘

[@mvhax2ftw352]

Is this a prank?

[@dominicktabaretti5651]

NAILED IT... That was AWRSOME Tyler.

[@DavidNwokoye]

Why weren't you at NAMN???

[@vincentreyes6154]

He was.

[@DavidNwokoye]

STEPHEN BENNETT OOOOOOOOH

[@hamills32]

How am I only finding this video now! Love it!

[@sethwolfenbarger4983]

Wow this just a promo for jhs 😂

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Seth Wolfenbarger yep. Blatant advertisement.

[@mrkingflo_]

That's why this channel getting suck

[@AngelQuiroz]

Sooovamazingly done! I was itching to hear that high guitar harmony on the riff tho! Sooo well done ✅ I love this channel

[@kellymarie3197]

Ad for JHS! Lame.

[@dana.9377]

Awesome jam at the end brother!

[@lukeh5289]

Let us not for get the worriers blew a 3 -1 lead

[@Woahbro69420]

Wht does this hav to do with anything

[@hakimcheheb7305]

OMG! That start is so beautiful

[@ramirovera5913]

I don't trust myself is definetely a video you should do. What a really unic tone! Great video too

[@adamuemmanuel4161]

Sick man. Wicked rendition