John Mayer using Fender on 2019 tour footage

thegummy

Moominpapa said:

When he's alone at night, in his bedroom, John lovingly picks up his Yamaha Pacifica 112 . "They'll never come between us", he whispers. "You're the only one for me."

Not quite a Pacifica but I've seen him play an ibanez or something like that on one of his webcam videos

duotone

I wonder what he uses in the studio?

Winny_Pooh

duotone said:

I wonder what he uses in the studio?

Strat54

meltedbuzzbox said:

AlexO said:

Wasn't the reason he discontinued his Fender artist deal was due to them wanting him to only play Fenders exclusively as part of the deal but PRS said he could play any brand as long as he does Promotional activity abc and be seen playing said guitars and amps for so many songs a show etc.

I thought it was to do with their inability to clone a neck and something to do with how the former head of the custom shop got fired

Not at all Fender was let Eldred go early 2014 before the whole neck warp incident and subsequent failure to make a passable clone by John Cruz.Mayer and Eldred are friends, he played on Eldreds 2016 solo record.
How could they make him a specific signature guitar if they couldn't even get a neck in the ballpark? Guys like Mayer and alot of pro players too for that matter are very exacting in their specs. More so than a lot would of them like you to think. 
To be fair, just rewatching this video and some of Mr Cruz's comments I can see why he went to PRS......

https://youtu.be/luCzeNjs7rE

Whitecat

Not to rehash these old rumours too much but there was also the story that Mayer wanted his entire own brand-within-a-brand - ie, 'JM'-named/logoed stuff, or something like it. When Fender refused to go that far for him he walked out of spite more than anything else.

fftc

Strat54 said:

To be fair, just rewatching this video and some of Mr Cruz's comments I can see why he went to PRS......

https://youtu.be/luCzeNjs7rE

And some folk Paul is a twat!

dilbert

Moominpapa said:

When he's alone at night, in his bedroom, John lovingly picks up his Yamaha Pacifica 112 . "They'll never come between us", he whispers. "You're the only one for me."

+1, but then it's waaaaay better than mooching up to the other occupant. [/sighs]

jeztone2

I actually prefer it when musicians use a variety of guitars. It seems more honest. When Alex Lifeson used a mix of PRS CE, Fender Telecaster and Les Paul/355, it seeemed he had better tones than when he went exclusively to Gibson. Stuff like the Grace Under Pressure era never sounded right on a Les Paul. 

prlgmnr

Strat54 said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

AlexO said:

Wasn't the reason he discontinued his Fender artist deal was due to them wanting him to only play Fenders exclusively as part of the deal but PRS said he could play any brand as long as he does Promotional activity abc and be seen playing said guitars and amps for so many songs a show etc.

I thought it was to do with their inability to clone a neck and something to do with how the former head of the custom shop got fired

Not at all Fender was let Eldred go early 2014 before the whole neck warp incident and subsequent failure to make a passable clone by John Cruz.Mayer and Eldred are friends, he played on Eldreds 2016 solo record.
How could they make him a specific signature guitar if they couldn't even get a neck in the ballpark? Guys like Mayer and alot of pro players too for that matter are very exacting in their specs. More so than a lot would of them like you to think. 
To be fair, just rewatching this video and some of Mr Cruz's comments I can see why he went to PRS......

https://youtu.be/luCzeNjs7rE

He got so emotional watching Mayer play that Michael Jackson song that he almost remembered its name.