John has actually improved over the years. He is great here, but he is a whole another level now.
@shankrl1
4 жыл бұрын
100% man!
@tylergavin4757
8 жыл бұрын
"It's got that sound"... Or it could be the Dumble in the corner..
@sillyskeleton
4 жыл бұрын
Lol, I guess Fender expected him to do all the wiring himself, too.
@itaintmebabe714
4 жыл бұрын
John Cruz said John's tech Rene added a dummy coil and forgot to solder a wire because it was playing just fine before he shipped it out
@adihadzavdic2644
5 жыл бұрын
Oh man I could listen to this guy play for days... Such an amazing guitarist
@_evolj
4 жыл бұрын
Watching this man forget one of his most famous licks is so humbling beyond words
@fretbuzz59
4 жыл бұрын
Stop it. Musicians forget stuff all the time.
@67goldtops
Жыл бұрын
@@fretbuzz59 Exactly. Jeff Beck used to need to relearn the instrument between building hotrods.
@andrewt248
7 жыл бұрын
Came from the Custom Shop with the wiring incomplete? LOL
@RobYoungband
6 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought. EPIC FAIL
@xfallofmanx
5 жыл бұрын
If that’s what John Mayer gets....
@_evolj
4 жыл бұрын
Custom shop doesn’t mean what it used to, might as well buy the Chinese copies
@itaintmebabe714
4 жыл бұрын
John Cruz said John's tech Rene added a dummy coil and forgot to solder a wire because it was playing just fine before he shipped it out
@tubingforever
3 жыл бұрын
That's Fender for you
@adriang.6794
11 жыл бұрын
"I'm not a universally good guitar player" How can you not have respect for this man's respect of the instrument. Did you get that?
@dannyzuko7182
5 жыл бұрын
Too modest. John's one of the best ever. Even though he'll never admit it.
@trentphippen2732
6 жыл бұрын
john is completely transparent putting out these videos...and as Clapton says's "he is a master." If I ever reached this level of guitar playing I hope I would be as cool and open at sharing my gift as john is. He is truly one in a million. He had no choice in what to do with his life. The rest of us dwindle as to what are calling is. Thanks John, cant describe my appreciation to you. Talent like yours is tough is deal with, especially at a young age and has a very high price. You're a daily inspiration as to what I do for a living. The tones you find truly find my feelings. You have every reason to be confident, I would only say that none of us do it alone, and to acknowledge those that contribute to your success. No bigger fan, Trent
@HasyirIbrahim
11 жыл бұрын
That sweet reverb after every strike of a note and that round mellow sound of each string is just amazing.
@gaiolinn
13 жыл бұрын
"I'm not a good guitar player" ...
@TheBradical84
11 жыл бұрын
SRV took what Hendrix was doing and mastered it. John Mayer is just another in a long line of guitar players who takes obvious influences and makes them their own. That's music. That's Rock and Roll.
@michaelkyle1704
4 жыл бұрын
Spot on !
@Jason-mx8dl
3 жыл бұрын
It’s frightening how much he has improved in the last 10 years
@fiftypeehead
9 жыл бұрын
You'd think you would open it up and check the wiring before you freeze it overnight though
@steffenla4
9 жыл бұрын
+Matt Campbell You would think the guys at the Fender Custom Shop knew how to wire together a strat. Or that they would at least check the guitar before shipping it out to such a high profile customer....
@fiftypeehead
9 жыл бұрын
+steffenla4 good point
@itaintmebabe714
4 жыл бұрын
@@steffenla4 John Cruz said John's tech Rene added a dummy coil and forgot to solder a wire because it was playing just fine before he shipped it out
@steffenla4
4 жыл бұрын
@@itaintmebabe714 Was it also John's tech who put it in the freezer?
@MaTTheWish
3 жыл бұрын
@@steffenla4 No, he put in in the oven.
@user-sn3cs2hd8r
2 жыл бұрын
I love to hear him working through the changes - the work is more valuable to me than the finished work
@olivierlanglet1932
5 жыл бұрын
All that work, dedication, stories, anecdotes and gorgeous tone And now we have the Silver Sky and the J-MOD100. Fuckin' Hell.
@MixBetterNowTV
5 жыл бұрын
Specs out $10,000 Strat... custom shop forgets to ground the wiring. LMAO. Whoever’s job it was to check that guitar before it went out got the sack. In defense of the Fender Custom Shop, they do make fantastic instruments. Sh*t even happens to John Mayer 💩🤷🏼♂️
@soundpainter2590
5 жыл бұрын
Mix Better Now NO WAY That, ( looks fucked up, for a 63' strat.) NOT Hand made, Neck & Body, CNC'd then, Hand sanded, cost that much ! I Sold Master built strats. I OWN a Real 56 an a 61 Blonde Slab board. & they cost me less than 2k TOTAL! & I Play the Shit out of them ! I have an EJ that is Great ! ( One of the Best new strats Available.) & Again, I got it cheap. I'm NOT lucky, Iam looking in all the right places.. all the time. Make luck happen.
@Joanna8788
9 жыл бұрын
You make me want to be better. I love watching you play.
@qzedy
11 жыл бұрын
that dumble steel singer in the background
@andrewgarofolo2200
9 жыл бұрын
"That's just plain sick!" Haha, love the jam at the end and the guy's reaction
@syndicateproductionstarana4925
Жыл бұрын
Legend,saw J.M live in Auckland ,New Zealand about 10yr ago.What a stellar concert
@Driftwoodaudiocornwall
12 жыл бұрын
I think only guitar players can appreciate how awesome something like this is.
@blubbaditty
6 жыл бұрын
A lot of really weird comments on this video from people who have some sort of problem with Mayer and his guitar. Weirdos.
@juans2486
4 жыл бұрын
2:37 this aged well
@daliksheppy
13 жыл бұрын
The difference between the 4th pickup and the 1st on that guitar is extraordinary!
@tattoofthesun
13 жыл бұрын
i love hearing him talk. the details are essential
@randyallshouse1996
4 жыл бұрын
He's the best ever he is still young got lots to look forward to soooooo gooood
@Stevewatson3
3 жыл бұрын
Spent ages re spraying/finishing an old strat copy...the paints coming off now I've watched this.
@straightmanforever69
2 жыл бұрын
I definitely think there is more to this guitar than we know, like the clean sustain is crazy
@gitarbangsatchanel8036
5 жыл бұрын
Whatttt ..!!! Every strat fan just melted .. such a killer tone.. amazing john mayers
@TheExiledTexan
12 жыл бұрын
Black 1 made 5 accounts to dislike this as revenge for John tossing it in the freezer.
@inuyashaspet
12 жыл бұрын
Really love this guy's candor. I actually did expect him to go on and on about how he opened the case up and was completely blown away instantly by how magically super-perfect the guitar was. It sounds like shit and he's heartbroken... gets desperate and puts it into an environment with as extreme a temperature difference as humanly possible... it does NOTHING. No magical miracle stories. And it turns out there was FAULTY FUCKING WIRING on the custom, mega-artist-series for fender's posterboy.
@KeenEyeFPV
3 жыл бұрын
So crazy how he will start a sentence using words and finish using the guitar and we kind of understand him. He weaves both almost seamlessly
@JMBelief1
8 жыл бұрын
Someone please breakdown that lick at 7:04
@findingusernamesux11
4 жыл бұрын
JMBelief1 looks like hes playing at frets 10 and 12 and slides to 9.
@the_musical_30seconds94
4 жыл бұрын
Just slow down the video sit with your guitar and work on it... I'm sure you'll get it
@whitetowl
13 жыл бұрын
He makes the guitar sound like a voice. Its incredible
@ayeapprove
2 жыл бұрын
having a masterbuilder not checking a high profile artists instrument for ground issues is a bit scary.
@ztbsk8er
12 жыл бұрын
60 years? damn I wonder how battered this thing will be then. SRVs strat "Lenny" sold to guitar center for over 600 grand. If Mayer can continue to grow his guitar legacy then his guitars will be a goldmine in a matter of years.
@azizaziz7007
2 жыл бұрын
One day this guitar will auction for crazy amount of money and Ill be the one buying it. Love JM
@AdamTravisW
12 жыл бұрын
I've got an '82 Ibanez Roadstar II, just something my dad gave to me, and it resonates enough on it's own.
@1lamafarmer
12 жыл бұрын
There was no strategy, he was just pissed off that it didn't work and wanted some miracle to happen.
@ParsonWilkerson
13 жыл бұрын
I like how he incorporates blues, the song could be nowhere near "bluesy" but he'll step down and down again and hey.. there it is.
@mariogia
11 жыл бұрын
Playing through that Dumble Steel String Singer doesn't hurt either.
@TommyDai1
13 жыл бұрын
that ehhh in 8.09 is priceless, hes like yeah i doesnt get better than this.
@BlueRidgeJ79
12 жыл бұрын
Pretty telling that you can be John Mayer, design a Fender Custom Shop guitar, they build it for you, and yet they still screw up the wiring. Heheheh.
@rhcpsteve
3 жыл бұрын
After all this “Magic”.... he turned as a PRS artist!
@MK4vDubbin
3 жыл бұрын
It’s almost kind of sad in hindsight when you hear about how it was always his dream to have a signature strat and working with Fender was a dream come true. It’s too bad Fender became what it did in terms of working with artists. John said it got to the point where he basically didn’t have anyone he could call at Fender and it was like he was just some stranger calling a big corporation. They also weren’t really open to a lot of his ideas moving forward so he went to PRS who allowed him to do what he wanted. It seems like Fender has since changed for the better and a lot of their newer offering seem to be a response to what customers have been asking for years. The Silver Sky is cool but it will just never replace a good ol strat for me
@FatherGhandi
12 жыл бұрын
i could listen to him playing all day.
@Toniwoodleigh
Жыл бұрын
he's gorgeous af
@HanfM
4 жыл бұрын
geez that solo at the end was soooo tasty omfg
@JeevesMorris1
13 жыл бұрын
@minhdiszles Not every song that John does can be a "Bold As Love" or "Who Did You Think I Was". Heartbreak Warfare is an amazing record... You just have to listen to it with a truly open mind.
@DoJo-HyGe
3 жыл бұрын
0:10 John Cruz punches fist through wall
@kdeloris2225
5 жыл бұрын
he looks like he's in heaven talking about and playing his guitar.
@sixela002
13 жыл бұрын
Sick tone ! Thanks for the upload.
@c.amoroso
5 жыл бұрын
John Cruz is still mad that John said that about the ground not being connected. He pretty much called him a liar
@thomasjohnson3627
5 жыл бұрын
Everyone F___ks up sometime in their life!!
@DanielOnGuitar
13 жыл бұрын
I notice John went on a trance and became one with the black one at the end.. nice solo, typical John Mayer!
@jameswagner5098
5 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him jam all day!
@TalkingCardCreator
13 жыл бұрын
It's amazing that what John calls messing around is what the rest of us say "How is that not a song yet?" to
@passion_flora
13 жыл бұрын
"...that's just plain sick..." well said, fender dude...well said.
@nimitz1739
2 жыл бұрын
I’m sure custom shop loved him telling that story of the guitar not even working for their documentary. Lol
@m4j0rbumm3r
11 жыл бұрын
Having the occasional bad solder joint or mistake is one thing, but shipping it that way is another thing entirely. That's what quality control is supposedly for. This makes you wonder if anyone at the shop actually plugged it in, because it seems unlikely (not impossible) that the wiring failed during transit.
@Kostas1601
12 жыл бұрын
statistics show that 64.3% of the people who see these two videos will put their stratocaster in the freezer
@benasslick67
4 жыл бұрын
Just threw mine in there
@natellis123
13 жыл бұрын
he did not buy this guitar fender most likely gave it to him to get more publicity to the Fender Custom Shop. Cool video with a sweet story behind the infamous "Black One"
@schloon
5 жыл бұрын
Reading these comments I realize these old dukers are jealous musicians. I appreciate that John recognizes his own skill
@sboardboy
12 жыл бұрын
I love when he lets the guitar speak for him.
@yourbro1649
4 жыл бұрын
John mayer telling his stories is the best...
@PBANDSNOW
12 жыл бұрын
I used to think he was really pretentious. He actually seems like a really cool guy and a really talented musician.
@1lamafarmer
12 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad someone else heard that. :D
@TheSoultrain515
12 жыл бұрын
2:10 nice pick switch!
@gabriell16bishop
12 жыл бұрын
if john was reincarnated into a guitar.. he'd be the black one.
@KBK286
13 жыл бұрын
This guitar is a jewel The Stratocaster is a present from God Leo Fender make a perfect Guitar untill now we still play on it°))))
@whapaso
13 жыл бұрын
For him thinking he's not a good player, I sure like his style! ...and his taste in tone!
@md770
12 жыл бұрын
@shechshire, yes, the Tele is known for "twangy" but it can do more than that too, that's why Kieth Richards,Chrissy Hynde,Joe Strummer and Graham Coxon use the Telecaster. I just think the Strat has a thin brittle sound to it no matter what type of amp you use.
@puntzpatz007
12 жыл бұрын
you are right. it's not hard to learn but it's another story having the creativity to create those sounds. take bb king, almost everybody can learn his licks, but applying them the way he does it's what makes this guitar players great
@brettlac
12 жыл бұрын
Not shocked at all that Fender sent John Mayer his "signature" guitar and forgot to wire it. I've got some great custom shop strats and teles but I worked at a music store for a few years and I played some guitars that should've been scrapped instead of being sent out. Also almost every guitar they sent needed a full setup upon arrival. Same with Gibson. Barely a custom shop guitar from Gibson came in even playable.
@jclp81
13 жыл бұрын
john please just come to terms with the fact that you're the best guitar player/songwriter you've ever heard...
@Nessi311
11 жыл бұрын
I agree, my other thing is John didn't realize something wasn't connected. After all he's been playing guitar forever. Kinda strange.
@thermalegoogle
13 жыл бұрын
@platodane there actually is a cheaper version, but its not a relic. Now it's not REALLY cheap, but it is cheaper. Could find it on the fender website I'm sure.
@the_cleantone
12 жыл бұрын
5:12 I dont think people understand how difficult some of those bends are. Damn you Mayer.
@buffy9036
2 жыл бұрын
He’s so good it kinda makes me feel ill
@jaded777777
11 жыл бұрын
i go wow for those two and Keith Richards Micawber...since its just my dream guitar.
@Tricky_Nicky
12 жыл бұрын
I agree, and if anyone thinks Mayer's tone is generic then they need to train their ears. I personally find Mayer's tone harder to replicate than even Hendrix or SRV, and it's all because of his hands!
@MrMutron
13 жыл бұрын
"It was just cold..." LOL
@khalaziafaqih367
5 жыл бұрын
How customshop can tune, set intonation, fit and play, if they dont solder correctly?
@theotherwtemeat
11 жыл бұрын
Oh John Mayer, don't say you're not good at guitar!
@awall73
12 жыл бұрын
It happens. I had a Masterbuilt done for one of my customers which took 3 years, when it finally arrived, it wasnt even built to spec, no painted headstock, wrong colour pick guard and wrong wiring.
@gregvai88
4 жыл бұрын
The story of black one : asked the custom shop to make one. They did.
@heartofonelove
13 жыл бұрын
@liupot this guitar is a mix between Clapton's Blackie and SRV's ONE... look at them... they t=mixed into John Mayers.
@oliverandm
13 жыл бұрын
Over and Over on the black one?! :( I really wanted to hear that song electrified
@Sopbrocky
13 жыл бұрын
If another guitarist, or an artist did a session like this. He would be all over the place. - But John, is so laid down, he tells every secret of everything. Who would say that they put their gitar in the freezer? This makes John Mayer human. Or wait; This guy is not human
@JLE94
13 жыл бұрын
I love the guy right at the end when he goes; 'That's just plain sick' :D
@oliverandm
13 жыл бұрын
People can say what they want, he has a heck of a setup, but a good guitar goes a long way by itself, i have a shit 15 watt practice amp in my apartment because anything else would blow off the walls when i get going, but i have a wonder american strat, and it sounds fuckin delicious! John can afford to have the best equipment, but the black 1 sounds great, and he plays it well!
@dougsusername
13 жыл бұрын
@paniac5 he had it relic'ed when he made it. the lack of paint and lacquer helps resonate the sound of the guitar.
@shechshire
12 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they would sell a custom shop with a malconfigured component.
@j.rozman7016
4 жыл бұрын
I did CRYO tuning to my Fender CS strat and results are amazing. sound and feels like an old vintage axe! Recommended!
@moorees335
12 жыл бұрын
The whole time I think he's playing through that Dumble SSS to his left?
@Sasketchejuana_man
5 жыл бұрын
Sometimes a new guitar has rigid frets has to be broken in. Ive also done the freezer thing, weird. It works.
@paulkennard8741
11 жыл бұрын
I like the way this guy plays....
@Cybergriffey30
13 жыл бұрын
@ottjakeaustin I think more people need to realize that that amp plays as big a role in the sound of that guitar as the actual guitar.
@Elienguitar
12 жыл бұрын
No theory other than wanting to see if something happens to make it awesome. It's a creative persons way of attempting some form of magic, because it can't be explained.
@30JLETO
12 жыл бұрын
the guitar said "wow, he makes me sound good."
@nathoniel01
13 жыл бұрын
@LkJumper33 Its prob your neck radius, most strats have a 9.5 inch radius but john specifies a 12 inch radius on his strats. I recently bought a fender deluxe players strat (upgraded from a squire vintage modified strat) and it is so much easier to bend the strings even though i use 11 guage ernie balls because it has a 12" radius instead of 9.5".
@ottjakeaustin
13 жыл бұрын
@Cybergriffey30 Not only that, but all of his amps and how much reverb and just everything he uses on the opposite side of the cable.
@Topunga81
12 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, imagine if you had waited 2 years for that!! I still want one though lol
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