John Mayer – Last Train Home (Ballad Version)

As seen at the 32 second mark in the new music video for "Last Train Home" the first of 4 new songs on John Mayer's upcoming 8th studio Album, Sob Rock (dropping July 16, 2021), the synth-heavy sound is achieved using a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 synthesizer.

As seen in the new music video for "Last Train Home", the first of 4 new songs on John Mayer's upcoming 8th studio Album, Sob Rock (dropping July 16, 2021), the music video production highlighted the use of the Denecke Dcode TS-3 Time Code Clapper Slate with Color Clapper Sticks, which adds to the nostalgic, 1980's aesthetic of the video. The Clapper Slate runs about $1200.00.

As seen in the new music video for "Last Train Home", the first of 4 new songs on John Mayer's upcoming 8th studio Album, Sob Rock (dropping July 16, 2021), a vintage Shure 55 Dynamic Microphone makes a cameo and adds to the authentic 1980's vibe the video is going for.

At 15:17 in this video, a screenshot of a chat transcript is shown where John Mayer says that he used a Boss CE-2 chorus in the studio for Last Train Home. John Mayer also used a Boss CE-2 live in his 2019 world tour (revealed at 16:13), set according to Mayer himself:

Chorus turned down about half way. Maybe a little lower.

Used live during the leadup to Paradise Valley and in the studio during the Sob Rock era, particularly for the recording of "Wild Blue".

Paradise Valley era (photos sources from Mayer's Instagram)

• jmgear post on April 4, 2013
• jmgear post on April 15, 2013
• jmgear post on April 21, 2013 (photos from an April 19, 2013 gig)

Sob Rock era

Mayer demonstrated its purported use on Player's "Baby Come Back" in a November 25, 2020 Instagram reel by Christian James Hand; it appears in the video for "Last Train Home (Ballad Version)" at 3:23 (cf. @johnmayergear's November 21, 2021 Instagram post about the video); and Mayer states that it was used on "Wild Blue" in JHS Pedals’ “The Story of ROSS Pedals” at 18:00.

Instagram, @christianjameshand, November 25, 2020

...here’s our Resident Gtr Expert Johan Von Mayer (@johnmayer) confirming that the pedal utilized on Player’s “Baby Come Back” from yesterday’s Session was, indeed, the vaunted Ross Phaser. Our Panel of Experts includes @flytetymejam (keyboards), @lpdpedals (tones), @charliehunter67 (amps), @elteneleven (bass), @matt_tierney53 (The Wiki), & All Things Recording Life Line @donwas.

JHS Pedals, "The Story of ROSS Pedals" (@ 18:00)

The first time I heard and saw a Ross pedal was a phaser that Charlie Hunter was using in his quartet. Loved the way it sounded on this record and tracked it down to being a Ross Phaser. It had a distortion setting on it, which was really wild. I've actually used that Ross Phaser on "Wild Blue" on my record Sob Rock. You can hear it double the little guitar interlude that comes after every chorus.