John Mayer: he got skills

I've been a fan of his skills for years. I saw the JM3 play the day before Thanksgiving at the Bowery Ballroom and was blown away (the concert was being filmed for streaming on AOL, and I have a copy if anyone is interested), especially seeing him play that up close. The speed of his fretting hand was just insane, ripping through Hendrix's "Wait Until Tomorrow". I can't wait to hear his new album as its supposed to be a continuation of his new blues direction. I'm also going to check him out on tour with Sheryl Crow.

I've been messing around with learning "Who Did You Think I Was" for awhile now. That riff isn't that hard to play, as long as you start slowly and work your way up to speed, something I'm almost at. The solo isn't hard, and I'm working on the other parts of the song. Great tune though.

I don't care for his music but I watched the John Mayer Trio DVD that came out last year I think....it was pretty nice...I love his tone...he's a great player

The best example of Mayer's skills is the solo to "Covered In Rain" from the Any Given Thursday DVD/CD. Try to download it but make sure it's the Any Given Thursday Version cuz the other isnt as good

moster78 wrote:

I've been messing around with learning "Who Did You Think I Was" for awhile now. That riff isn't that hard to play, as long as you start slowly and work your way up to speed, something I'm almost at. The solo isn't hard, and I'm working on the other parts of the song. Great tune though.

do you happen to have tab for that. i could never find any.

pearlwax wrote:

Here ya go

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/john_mayer/who_did_you_think_i_was_tab.htm

looks pretty accurate

Thats one of them. I was going off one I got out of Guitar Player Magazine when he was the cover story. Its a little different, but its just the main riff. I have it scanned in, if you want it, PM me an e-mail address and its yours.

And he does seem to have a very different sense of humor, but I find him funny.

elstongunn wrote:

he did a one time "late night" show on comedy central. it was hilarious. he had on some rapper, and they went to nashville and messed around on stage. he also went around a concert parking lot before one of his shows in a costume saying "john mayer" sucks. the best bit was he invited 4 or 5 teenage girl fans to talk about his songs. everytime they said they 'liked a lyric or liked a song' he'd say that he didn't write them. that they were written by a team of people, the same people who wrote for the backstreet boys. the girls were nearly in tears of disbelief. i could give two shits about his music but that one hour of television was funny shit.

I have that too if anyone wants it! Its even funnier because I went to that show where he was walking around the parking lot in a bear costume, except I don't remember seeing a bear while hanging out in the lot.

pearlwax wrote:

Here ya go

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/john_mayer/who_did_you_think_i_was_tab.htm

looks pretty accurate

awesome. thank you. now i have something to do tomorrow.

Pacomc79 wrote:

He went to berklee college of music in boston I think. I remember seeing a Trussart that at one time belonged to him when he was there.

Yeah, the guy is a very very talented guitarist and songwriter, but he's way more interesting by himself or with the Trio, other than selling a bunch of records and getting rich pedalling crap to 13 year old girls I don't get why he does the pop stuff at all.

now that he's commercially successful, I expect him to perform more valliant efforts, like the trio, and playing with Buddy Guy, that kind of stuff.

A guy with that much talent should not be writing songs to people who don't really like music all that much anyway it's just something in the background while they twirl thier fingers through thier hair.

I have a feeling his new album, due out in early September will be more like his work with the Trio and less "Your Body Is A Wonderland." The first single is up at iTunes and is actually a little political in its lyrics.

i had fun playing this lots yesteday. the main riff i got down pretty fast though that tab is missing a couple little details that fill it in but the gist is there.

i still have trouble hearing what's going on in the F#m & G figures but i'm getting there.


can't even touch any but the first couple bars of the solo.

yeah, i mean the pre-chorus too. i can't get it smooth and fast enough yet.

so i just kind of play my own thing.

watching the video, his fret hand is liquid. i just can't do that. or at least it feels like i can't.