John Mayer may be a pretty boy, but hey, he's dated hollywood babes like Jessica Simpson, and he can sure rock out on a Fender Stratocaster guitar. John Mayer is a much better guitar player than most people probably perceive him to be (that's right, he's not just good at being in People magazine).

Let's see what John Mayer's Guitar Gear rig and Equipment looks like. This was compiled from research about the internet (forums, interviews, videos, and more).

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Guitars
- Fender Stratocaster guitars (John Mayer Signature stratocaster)

- Fender Stevie Ray Vaughn Stratocaster

- Martin JM Acoustic guitars (his signature OMJM model)

 


Amplifiers and Cabinets
- “John Mayer Signature Series Two Rock” amp heads
- Dumble Overdrive Special amp head
- Two Rock 2×12 guitar cabinets
- Leslie cabinet
- Victoria Bassman Clone (45-410 model)
- Victoria Reverberato Head
- Fender Super Reverb Blackface

- Fender Vibro-King


Effects

- Boss Blues Driver Pedal (submitted by user GearSlut) 

- Keeley Katana Clean Boost (submitted by user GearSlut)

 - Roger Linn Adrenalinn Effects Box

- MIDI foot controller
- Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere

- T-Rex CompNova Compressor

- T-Rex Mudhoney

- T-Rex Replica

- T-Rex Dr.Swamp

- Boss DD-5 digital delay

- Dunlop Crybaby wah pedal

- Electro Harmonix Memory Man

- Mooger Fooger Analag Delay
- Fulltone Full-Drive Overdrive Pedal
- Ibanez TS808 booster

- Ibanez TS-9

- Marshall Bluesbreaker II

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Strings
- D’Addario EJ16 light-gauge, phosphor-bronze strings on his acoustic

- Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings

- Ernie Ball Regular Slinky strings

John Mayer is an Ernie Ball endorser

- Neumann KMS105

- Universal Audio 1176 inserted

- Avalon U5 direct box (this is an important piece of Jonh's sounds)

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gearslut   | | 2007-12-25 06:09:23 from what i see, you guys left out the boss blues driver and the keely katana clean boost, two very essential componets in john's tone. Reply 1   0

Daza   | | 2008-02-08 18:06:31 well, JM said sometime that he hated the Marshall bluesbraker II, but he prefered the Marshall bluesbraker, The original one, released at the 90's... Reply 0   0

cntrag   | | 2008-02-23 17:40:09 cool just what i was lookin for Reply 0   0

Justin Cournoyer - John Mayer's black relic stra     | | 2008-02-24 18:07:29 Any body have an idea what year his black strat is?The relic. Reply 0   0

Joel - Strings   | | 2008-03-18 20:14:46 What size strings does he use? Reply 0   0

UberProAudio   | | 2008-03-19 06:16:30 Hi Joel, If you follow the links for the strings listed, you will find out their sizes. Reply 0   0

Gerg   | | 2008-03-22 13:31:05 If you watch the Crossroads DVD, the black strat has a Custom Shop logo on the back of the headstock. I'm thinking it's just a CS relic model, made just for him. Reply 0   0

Hoss - picks   | | 2008-04-24 23:16:55 What size and type of pick does John Use? Reply 0   0

UberProAudio - Legend Picks   | | 2008-04-25 06:35:49 The only thing I've found so far is that the company Legend Picks has John Mayer listed as one of their Endorsements/Clients. So perhaps John only uses these custom printed picks? Reply 0   0

Matty - Overdrive   | | 2008-04-27 06:10:15 He also uses a G2D Cream Tone pedal, from the beautiful country of New Zealand. Reply 0   0

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