PRS John Mayer Press Conference - Winter NAMM 2017

Paul Reed Smith and John Mayer

[@daviddavisproject]

Was nice to hear him play "Try" in here! That song doesn't get nearly enough love.

[@siggeek503]

David Davis For me "Try" and "Another kind of green" are the best he has Done with the trio. But Obviously the whole album is Amazing.

[@ronmercer7766]

Beautiful attack on the front of the note. Complementary amount of compression. No flabby sag. Too articulate for lesser players. Each note speaks individually. Superb guitar, amp and player. Fantastic insight into a player carrying on the lineage of BB, SRV and Carlos.

[@Laight4work]

I think you left someone out.

[@EpicStuffMan1000]

*cough* hendrix *cough*

[@yousefalvi2243]

My life long dream is to meet this man and just have a conversation with him. Such an intelligent and talented person, it makes you wonder how one could possess so many gifts.

[@jonathanbishop6996]

Foot Lettuce Don’t be that guy, it’s really sad

[@Lerxst101]

Blow away by John's playing and his understanding of the instrument. Could listen to him talk on the subject for hours. Thanks for posting this!

[@charlesbradley1118]

Soon as he started playing Terrapin I got so excited and was anticipating him going into the verse and the entire song and then he stopped and said every dead fan right now knows exactly what their next 15 minutes is about to be and is excitedly awaiting it - all based on this one chord. Holy shit that man is an absolute genius

[@alfieguitar2516]

thanks for putting this up!!

[@billnelson6843]

great playing, great gear, love what you guys are doing to keep pushing this forward, ill be buying a jmod for sure

[@joelolive8041]

Love that bit at the end where he plays the terrapin intro and explains the power of music. Gained a lot of respect for him after seeing him with Dead & Co

[@winslowwong9719]

Love when John talks guitar. Fender really lost out

[@texbls]

anyway he still sounds best with strat.

[@8-tracktheater262]

No, John sounds best with a guitar. He is the sound.

[@Kimmocheck]

He still plays fender

[@conbaz106]

What happened to John and Fender?

[@seanraidley2643]

Conor Barry - Fender wanted John to only play Fenders, and John refused.

[@lucamoqi]

At 1:40 John talks about the idea of "killing unicorn gear" and "stop guitar players to believe that they're limited by their abilty to get an amplifier". I'm ok with that but, don't get me wrong, the J-Mod 100 retails for $5.990 and the Super Eagle for $11.500. Come on.

[@Nobody-on6gt]

Luca Moqi doesn't want guitarists to be limited by sounds they can get with his sig amp and guitar. Just the price! Might have to sell my wife's car NOT

[@becoo6910]

Especially when he probably has multiple of each of them, and he didn't have to pay for a single bit of any of it LOL. The rich stay rich, because once you're rich and can afford it all, people wanna give you everything for free.

[@Kwert]

Yeah... they're crazy expensive, but nothing compared to the $70000+ Dumbles he was using.

[@conbaz106]

Haha it's a fair point. He means well. But the super eagle is ridiculously expensive

[@leonardokula5742]

Absolutely, man

[@borderlinebooksandbipolar5951]

Mayer is BEAST. His playing skills are insanity... don’t like him personality but have to hand it to him, his playing is beautiful to watch.

[@yakshrajsingh8121]

The best personality in hollywood. Fool you still live 15 years ago.

[@zeppelin5100]

9:44 he's on a whole new level now - those octaves are unreal

[@shovelheadseven]

All the sounds he is talking about achieving have already been accomplished using what is now "vintage" gear. I use to work at a shop Landau use to frequent. He was always nice to everyone. Built him 2 or 3 guitars back then. We use to give him one for his birthday every year.

[@F1DesignUS]

I love how the peanut gallery here in the comments section enjoys / needs to tear each other down. Why not be happy we have so many gear and musical choices and find what you like and move on from what you don't

[@DeniseNorthernJimmiesMama]

Angela Petrilli is the girl who plays hanging out in front of a Led Zeppelin album cover. @angelapetrillimusic

[@troywm1016]

Great Video

[@KHendrix304]

I come back to this video just for this tune. 9:37

[@user-zu9xx2yx9k]

Buy that Setup John It will Breathe new Life into your Concerts

[@HTEK207]

His hair is so perfect too

[@darkooo94]

John learned A LOT from BB King!

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Mostly to keep it simple, and to go up to a high note after each riff :)

[@area859]

and SRV...and Clapton!

[@gabrielleite5597]

@@area859 and jimi

[@lorenzofatalo9783]

we want a myles kennedy signature!

[@irena7777777]

Lorenzo Fatalò Myles is shit compared to JM

[@richfiryn]

If i were to mention a great, truly great female guitar player i would go straight to the top of the class and mention Tina S from France. Plenty of other great women out there that play but IMHO she is legions ahead of the rest with her skill set and feel.

[@denison1969]

Accessibility at those prices? Naaaah man. That's SWART or BOOGIE territory. I get the fact that this combo is a "fail-safe". That's great and congratulations for your hard work. Musicians are addicted to "sooounds". Not just ONE. If you're Hank B Marvin or BB King, ok I can see that. I think I can speak for a lot of us, when I say, the eternal hunt for "lost souls" guitars / amps / mics /keys /rims /cymbals / effects....is an addiction. Your babies need friends. Siblings. Rivalry. You can't..I can't live in a box. More! I want More!

[@sacitmanav]

i like the way Mayer enters the area and awkward look to Smith lol

[@lucaslevon8466]

I noticed that look too. Hahaha

[@crossroadsc-1378]

So.. he plays like this, and he's underrated!? Damn.

[@tronknows4182]

This would've been much more enjoyable if I felt I could actually "MAYBE" afford it... 😕 Edit: John Mayer is phenomenal! We're fortunate to be able to witness a Legend in the making.

[@kellyjackson7889]

Hmmm Mike Zaite has made that amp for 20 years you got two flavours 'Z-28" or "Stangray'

[@gmaildad2087]

In my 60 years of playing guitar I would say u have to match the guitar to the amp

[@sarnistiog]

Top brother 👍👏👏👏

[@muhammadsulthoanuddinakbar2055]

A very humble person. That's why he's not that good, he is amazingg!

[@pantheonrockstar]

How did fender pass up a john mayer custom guitar? Theres no way he wouldnt want them to build it instead.

[@CharlieCollins1]

How do I get more information on the amp? And is the guitar that John uses with Dead and Company available for purchase?

[@Deliquescentinsight]

You've just got to own it, don't you Charlie - because if you can't impress people with your talent, you can always wow them with your gear ;)

[@Enjuto16]

No Steven Wilson guitar or Mikale Akerfeldt?

[@ieldepiel]

This brings new garcia fans

[@TMCMR]

jOHN has a ton of soul...

[@ron980]

Great quality clip! The only thing is that this amp is $5,999. PRS has bills to pay, but this seems a little like taking advantage of John's name. It does sound amazing, though.

[@user-io6ev6de8c]

Ron +2

[@j_freed]

Ron so try out an Archon head with a 2-12 or the combo.

[@Alanoffer]

Oy vay he’s really got the B.B. king thing down

[@vriendelijkegroet]

Nice but at the end, tone is in the fingers...sure decent gear helps but he sounds like JM 5 yrs ago.

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Precisely, and concisely expressed.

[@MisterTee]

He is relatively skilled

[@erikmunkholm5915]

I like him more with strats

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Yeah, your sound is 90% in your fingers - all the amp needs to do is push out your string sound, distort pleasingly when pushed

[@chris32242]

can anyone tell me the name of the dead songs he's playing?

[@thatguy7948]

Chris Hicks 21:07 He's Gone, 21:53 They Love Each Other

[@thatguy7948]

Chris Hicks 23:17 Terrapin Station

[@Earl00001]

4:35 Tennessee Jed 3:07 Ramble on Rose

[@randylahey3909]

when the super eagle and mccarty smacked together. ouchh

[@xXxPAYCHECKOxXx]

Mary Spender lol

[@janosik150]

What is that first guitar he played on?

[@IncompleteStranger]

Sebastian Byrdak Pretty sure it’s a PRS Super Eagle. It’s another John Mayer signature type thing, and it’s about 10K or so.

[@janosik150]

Keaton Kipker ok..thank you sir

[@vincebellisano1347]

Then John goes back to a strat from PRS.

[@WysteriaGuitar]

"Hello John, Satan here again." "I have a PRS guitar and amp too John - in fact, I got them from Paul too. Made a little deal with him. Great guitars, but he could make more of them in flame red." "Remember that deal you made with the me for your soul? - you know - to be able to play better than SRV and Clapton and the chance to sleep with 10000 women?" - "Let me remind you of OUR DEAL again John." "You must play only a strat with a Fender amp, only a strat with a Fender amp John..."

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Haha...the deal so many of them make, sometimes at a Crossroads, round midnight.

[@dirtydanj2775]

Michael Gorman and the funny thing is with that Deal they make....ITS NOT EVEN GIVEN UNTIL THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THEY CAN INFLUENCE ...Soo let's get famous then I make a deal with ..him...no thanks I'm already there ...WHAT A FUCKIN JIPP AND THESE PEOPLE DONT SEE THE CRAPOY END OF THE T.P THEY ARE GETTING

[@conbaz106]

Hahaha I enjoyed this comment

[@dericdomino]

He is wearing a god shirt

[@dipeshmanandhar3220]

14:28 ohh its mary spender

[@thedutchdjentleman]

Is that Chris Shiflett in the back?

[@jocro1029]

In the end, they just achieved the sound of a old blackface Fender.

[@brbadge]

Too damn expensive!

[@user-zu9xx2yx9k]

the Black Strat and whatever Amp he using on Stage dont sound as good as this Paul Reed Guitar and Amp setup Hes using on this video My opinion Some of those Old Vintage Strats Were Clunkers

[@cast390]

My mesa mk3 smokes that amp

[@TheDunateen77]

I would well believe that,prs are in their infancy when it comes to amps Mesa certainly aren’t!

[@guitarhero899]

no offense but what the fuk is he talking about lmfao

[@Dustin_Townsend]

I wouldn't give any different advice to a female than I would to a male.

[@stevenduval6898]

Yea, don't buy into it guys. I'm pretty sure I could get Garcia's sound for 500 bucks. Really tired of seeing signature anything products these days. The marketing is way out of hand and the number of choices for gear is mind numbing.

[@seanraidley2643]

What’s wrong with people liking high quality things? Not everyone is like you, and that’s not wrong.

[@stevenduval6898]

Yea you're right. But if I were a guitarist just getting started I would say take all your influences and put together a rig that you created yourself instead of buying a signature and playing Mayer songs with his guitar.

[@SugaryCoyote]

"Any advice for females who are actually trying to be good guitarists in this industry" Play guitar more and get better? What kind of stupid question is this?

[@greenplasticwateringcan]

Well that's Mary Spender talking so probably not that stupid

[@leonardokula5742]

I also thought that it was such a stupid sexist question... Play the damn thing

[@j_freed]

SugaryCoyote - play an EB MM St. Vincent of course. Especially in blue. Or a custom girly finish.

[@zvonimirsarcevic7928]

Agree..Mary is bugging him for a long time..:)

[@TheDunateen77]

I think prs is a god damn chicken hawk and practically stalks artists to big up his stuff,fender and Gibson didn’t need to do that,the people went to them.

[@gazmini81]

too overpriced like all prs guitars

[@wongjowo6563]

not better than fender .... fender is the best for u john ...

[@wilburnottim9037]

Golly, don't get him talking, he never shuts up.

[@MisterTee]

He is relatively skilled