Five Things About Mayer's Gear You Probably Don't Know

I thought this would be a fun video to do! Let me know in the comments how many you knew before watching the video!
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[@tmgalex]

bonus fact for the 64 strat, the album version of Slow Dancing was recorded on the middle pickup rather than the neck/middle that were used to hearing live and in covers today

[@JustinJeske]

That’s another upcoming video too 😉

[@HerrMeier007]

Serious question: how? How rounded does that Mid Pick-up sound then? Because no Mid Pickup I’ve ever heard is so mid scooped and sweet

[@leaveitorsinkit242]

@@HerrMeier007 As far as I’m going concerned… the recording/mixing engineer probably had more impact on that aspect of the sound.

[@ethannavarro943]

That ruined my day.

[@brandonclark7867]

Happy 5K subs Justin! You earned it brother! Thanks 🙏 for the content ! SOB-ROCK-ON

[@JustinJeske]

Thanks Brandon!! I really appreciate that!!

[@HerrMeier007]

The PRS that he plays can’t be a McCarty 594 Hollowbody, since the 594 famously only came out after John already had left Fender and the way Paul combined vintage specs with modern playability on the 594 impressed him so much that that’s also where the idea for the silver sky came from. So should just be regular old McCarty Hollowbody

[@roblarson9065]

Remember, PRS is a custom shop at heart and who knows?

[@HerrMeier007]

It honestly doesn’t look different to any normal McCarty Hollowbody from that era tho so I doubt it

[@Zeppelin180]

You’re right. The 594 has a Tuneomatic style bridge. You can see the one John is playing is just a stop tail so will be a regular McCarty. And as you correctly pointed out the 594 didn’t exist at that point.

[@MarkKirbyMusic]

Great video, Justin. I honestly didn’t know most of these.

[@JohnHenrySoto]

Congratulations on making your 5k subs!! :) Happy New Year!! Great videos!!

[@JustinJeske]

Thank you! Happy New Year!!

[@louiskhachaturian]

He was using PRS guitar before that. I saw him playing in 2008 in Hyde park and pretty sure he also played on ‘stitched up’.

[@lynch6693]

Really like these kind of videos.

[@francescogatta5932]

Oh my!!! I started studying music playing the clarinet too!!! I guess the only thing I got in common with John’s career 😂

[@Chilinoploopy]

Yup. You'll never have a yt videos made of you lol

[@adrianhjordan1981]

I'm trying to think where he used the 64 Strat around 2008/9 because in 2009 I bought a Roadworn 60's a relic'd it up to look like the 64...

[@benink5690]

#1 most of his tones are not the Silver Sky. Yet everyone buys one. He's used Strats and Es guitars far more than silver sky. He has never replicated "Where The Light Is" concert tones since he switch to PRS. His 64' strat is the nicest sounding guitar, hands down

[@DGoetz26]

The subtle yellow gold AP Royal Oak flex in the IG photo of the RR blue guitar…

[@straightmanforever69]

Hey Justin, how's the finish in your moc sand holding up?

[@henkkman]

John used a PRS hollowbody on Stitched Up with Herbie Hancock in 2005. So it’s pre-Continuum era. There’s even studio footage available on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKTaY2ioiJyeqsU Every time he performed the song live he used that same PRS.

[@aravindvinayakan]

Well it's settled, my next project guitar will be an Arles Blue strat

[@adamloake]

4/5 and JM used a PRS 594 hollow body for stitched up when I saw him in Hyde Park in 2008 supporting Eric Clapton

[@user-oy5gu8wz2n]

Hey Justin,Did John record Slow dance in a burning room with a Fender deluxe reverb amp?

[@JordanAllenClark]

Not a McCarty 594, just regular McCarty. 594’s debuted in 2016

[@AntonioLopez-bc6qg]

I remember reading on Guitar Magazine that he used a PRS hollow body to record the solo of the song “Wheel” on Heavier Things.

[@tomyates2551]

There’s even footage of him practicing the song on that guitar somewhere on IG.

[@JustinJeske]

I gotta find both of these lol!

[@coryburns13]

1/5…I knew that he started playing PRS guitars during heartbreak warfare. The rest were news to me, especially the clarinet lol. Who’d have thought John was a band geek???

[@jasonjin5520]

Woke up to a new video?? Yes sirrr

[@timfoyleband250]

Knew the burgundy from my time with a music store

[@rigoochoamusic]

You can see John playing the 64 strat since 2002 in the Any given Thursday live album

[@JustinJeske]

That is not the 64. It's his SRV Strat.

[@kindofblue85]

John recorded even a Song with the prs ….. on hervor Hancock’s Album …. The song is called Stiches up …. And u got 2 of 5 I didn’t know. ✌🏻

[@gabrielofficial8275]

I thought the sunburst strat was a stevie ray sig and was his first nice fender that he bought working at a convenience store?

[@JustinJeske]

Two totally different guitars!

[@lukemotley7301]

he was playing prs during the heavier things era

[@hugowasalreadytaken]

He actually started playing prs in the continuum days

[@sufyanghani9022]

How do we know the burgundy mist Mayer sig wasn't just a fender custom burgundy mist body with a JM sig neck on it. The burgundy mist body has some relicing and I'm sure all of the Mayer SIGs were poly. So how would a poly guitar relic like that. Unless it's him having a mad scientist moment and testing out a neck on a different body. Might have just been an in the moment thing. Like how Clapton put a strat neck on a Tele. Maybe the neck on the burgundy neck broke and he put a replacement neck on. Not sure but just thought I'd say

[@JustinJeske]

Oh it’s 100% possible! That’s why I said it was a prototype, could have just been to test the neck out, but still technically a prototype!

[@manuelmendoza6096]

PRS came around Heavier Things. Video of him playing PRS during the Herbie Hancock album Possibilities

[@JustinJeske]

See pinned comment, lol.

[@adrianhjordan1981]

I knew 4 out of 5, only one I didn't know was the Burgundy Strat (actually, since I knew about the blue sig, does that make it 4.5 out of 5?)😜

[@mathewporras6737]

Actually he started playin a PRS in 2003ish cause there’s a video of him playing one in the studio for heavier things

[@JustinJeske]

See the pinned comment, lol.

[@AP-ui7oi]

I like my gear. Mayer is cool

[@MarceloDurham]

I did a project guitar in burgundy mist because of him playing that strat in 2004 the SRV shuffle jam video on KZbin, but I did a JAZZCASTER with fat 60s and put the cream amp know as the Mayer's sigs just as a reference.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4qxnqusoZ1qi6c

[@maxgriff]

Which is the sonic blue Masterbuilt by JC?

[@JustinJeske]

It’s this strat. Used for a lot of performances of Gravity with the Trio and the one that made it onto TRY! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGLJZ4SQmdxmnMU

[@maxgriff]

@@JustinJeske Thank you :)

[@phylids4115]

didn't he play a prs on stitched up (herbie hancock?)

[@henkkman]

You beat me to it 🙂

[@shahiransafian]

Knew he played clarinet, didnt know he played prs back in battle studies era, only knew about the blue "what couldve been sig strat", knew the black1 wasnt his main instantly, didnt know slow dancing was recorded with the 64 sunburst. I guess he didnt use black1 straight away because he said in an interview about the black1 that it didnt sound right so he placed it in his freezer (he had a fridge that was one third a freezer on the left side so thats how he could fit his guitar in a freezer). m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX2wn4qurJaEpsk

[@LevonHem]

I also believe he recorded the solo in "Wheel" with a prs!🤔😃

[@LevonHem]

i´m not quite sure where i know it from, but i feel like i remember seeing a video where he said it or something🤔

[@LevonHem]

Yeah i believe it is the prs mentioned donw here in the chat that he used on "Stiched up"

[@cosmonaut9942]

Mayer sounded much better using Two Rock amps. He knows it.

[@aoh3942]

I'd just have a guitar lit like a Xmas tree for more attention

[@afterjoe3042]

That blue look similar to the Cory Wong colour! It's niiiiiiice

[@Chilinoploopy]

Lmao

[@michaelvarney.]

1:50 this is not a McCarty 594. There is no 3-way on the upper horn, and the wrong number of tone knobs. That is the HB standard.

[@JustinJeske]

Yup, I didn’t know 594’s debuted in 2016!

[@michaelvarney.]

@@JustinJeske But, John was the one who spilled the beans on the 594 I believe. The video where he is playing his Teli finishes up with him playing a 594 and apologizing to Paul for spilling the beans. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2XLXqN4a7uAqNU

[@randomchannel4886]

What about his millions of dollars in watches😂

[@Carguyeight]

Justin hate to be nitpicky, but Arles blue is an old Land Rover Defender color not from the Range Rover

[@JustinJeske]

Yeah I just said Range Rover as just meaning like the entire Land/Range Rover brand. Should have clarified it better!

[@Carguyeight]

@@JustinJeske No worries just a pet peeve of mine haha, JM has a beautiful 1990s Defender 90 in that color, you can see it in that 'john mayer goes outside' video he did with them for the new defender release

[@adrianhjordan1981]

@@JustinJeske Yeah, but us pedants would tell you that Land Rover is the brand, Range Rover is the model!! 😝 😝 😝

[@jerryblankenship9627]

My friend sold his fender John Mayer signature strat for $700!!!! What an idiot

[@jowelmoisesubana7572]

Silver sky?

[@JustinJeske]

What about it?

[@jowelmoisesubana7572]

@@JustinJeske JM is now into PRS stuff

[@JustinJeske]

Yes, lol.

[@diegowilkinson8802]

John’s 64 sunburst strat was owned by him since he was 19 years old. That was his first real strat

[@JustinJeske]

I think you’re confusing the SRV strat he bought when he was younger with the 64, cause that isn’t correct

[@Faded0811]

He didn’t play a 594 hollow body in the battle studies era. That guitar didn’t exist then. It was simply a Hollowbody McCarty. Not a 594. Come on man, if you’re going to purport yourself an expert and tell the world what they don’t know about Mayer at least get the facts right.

[@JustinJeske]

Erik I’ve already replied to another one of your comments highlighting a mistake in one of my videos. I’m not 100% accurate, no one is. I’m not an expert on the history of every pedal and guitar company like you clearly expect me to be. If you think you can do better than me I encourage you to do so. If I wasn’t doing a good job I wouldn’t have been a guest on 5 Watt World or have had people like Josh Scott tell me I’m doing great work. But ya know, keep dogging on me so for only having what is probably a 99% accuracy rate.

[@Faded0811]

I don’t have an expectation that you’re perfect in every area, obviously no one can meet that standard. But you do position yourself an expert…enough to tell folks what they get wrong. In which case you should probably be right. Anyway, you do make really good content. But it could and should be better. You do the research and put so much time into it, that’s obvious. But if you’re making niche content at least nail the nuance.

[@PLEVI]

Not a fan of John, You have this wrong, Black strat wasnt used cos the earth wire fell out, Sounded crap, He had it checked over before throwing it out, He couldnt gell with it, His guitar tech found the wire had fallen out giving it a crappy tone, Try again on this, If I am correcting you, Your research is miles off... The Ground Issue Upon receiving the guitar, John was disheartened to learn that it just didn’t sound as good as he expected. Frustrated by this and not knowing what to do, he even placed the guitar in a freezer overnight hoping for some kind of a miracle to happen. As that obviously proved to be of no help, he opened up the guitar and learned that the ground wire wasn’t hooked up. [John Mayer - The Story of The Black One]

[@JustinJeske]

Yes and that happened immediately when he got the guitar… he still didn’t use it for a very long time after that whole thing had happened and the guitar had “come to life”. So if you’d actually had listened to what I said, you’d know I wasn’t referring to why he wasn’t happy with how it initially sounded, but the length of time after that for it to become his number one.