John Mayer's Effects Pedals

John Mayer uses the Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron+ Envelope Filter with Effects Loop Pedal in his guitar pedalboard.

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"Proud to endorse the Kirkland Signature guitar pedal. What does it do? It is a boost. And then another boost. That is all. There are other flashier pedals that do more nuanced things, but that's not what we're dealing with here. If you want your guitar signal to be louder, you just step on this. Does it have true bypass circuitry? I really can't imagine that it does, but if you feel compelled to ask that kind of question, this is probably not the pedal for you. It does what it says, and it does it adequately. Thank you @jhspedals for backing the #kirkboys culture"

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John Mayer post an instagram live story captioned "Every household should have one." and tags @jhspedals. In his instagram John is holding the pedal, this pedal is nine different tube screamers combiined into one box. "Bonsai utilizes a simple rotary knob to switch through nine classic, vintage, rare, or hard to find variations of the Screamer."

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The Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue is an important component of guitarist John Mayer's pedalboard.

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Guitarist John Mayer includes the original Marshall Bluesbreaker Guitar Pedal in his extensive guitar pedal collection.

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The Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive Guitar Pedal was spotted as part of guitarist John Mayer's extensive pedal collection.

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Musician John Mayer uses the Strymon Flint Tremolo & Reverb Pedal, as shown in a user-uploaded photo.

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Part of the pedalboard that John uses while playing with Dead & Company (source post here)

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At 2:39 in this video, one can see John Mayer's pedalboard, which includes an Analogman King of Tone overdrive pedal.

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John Mayer uses the Boss GE-7 Equalizer Pedal in one of his guitar pedalboards.

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John Mayer uses this compressor and clean boost pedal on his pedalboard for his Dead & Company gigs.

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In this photo of John Mayer's pedalboard, his Boss BD-2 Blues Driver pedal can be seen in the bottom row of the board. If you look closely, you can see the "Keeley Electronics" sticker on the back of the pedal, meaning his BD-2 was the Keeley-modded version.

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The Ibanez TS10 Tube Screamer is seen starting at 3:06 in this video rig rundown with John Mayer's guitar tech, Rene Martinez.

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John Mayer, the reprised American guitarist, uses the Keeley Katana Pre Amp Guitar Effect Pedal in his guitar pedalboard, to achieve a very clean sound cut.

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When he opens his pedal rig, the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 can be seen.

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When he opens his pedal rig around the 12 second mark, near his left hand, the Ibanez TS9 can be seen.

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John Mayer posted on his instagram stories:

If your floor doesn't look like this, are you really a guitar player?

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On March 27, 2017, Custom Audio Electronics shared a picture via their instgram showing off their completed work custom building John Mayer's rig for his "The Search For Everything" tour. In the photo you can clearley see the Neunaber Slate right next to the Way Huge AP.

John goes on to explain in a youtube video that he purchases tons of pedals and this particilaur reverb inspired the track "Love On The Weekend". The pedal he is refering to is a Neunaber Slate which has been rebranded / renamed by Neunaber, now called the EXPANSE.

The Slate can be programmed to be many modulation effects. John's pedal is most likley programmed as one of the following:

Wet Reverb Seraphim Shimmer Reverb (Wet, hall, plate, spring, modulated) Shimmer

A good guess is that its one of the presets from the other Neunaber reverb pedal: IMMERSE REVERBERATOR

You can hear John talk about the pedal here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmg9-TFkg30

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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.

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In this source he lists what he is using in the description of the video, including this pedal.

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In this photo of John Mayer's pedalboard, his T-Rex Engineering Replica Pedal can be seen on the top row of his Pedaltrain pedalboard, next to the Aqua-Puss.

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In this Instagram posted by customaudioeletronics, one of John Mayer's pedalboards (the one on the left in the photo) has a TC Electronic Ditto X2 Looper on it.

Brand new #johnmayer rig heading to #Albany for production rehearsals! #customaudioeletronics #bobbradshaw #thinkloudstudios

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There is no "MKII" sign under the words Aqua-Puss on the blue Aqua-Puss pedal in the photo of John Mayer's board. The Dunlop reissue has "MKII" printed just below the far right of "Aqua-Puss." This is therefore an original Way Huge product, hand-built by Mr Jeorge Tripps between 1992-1999.

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Stop the Video at 0:16 to see the Pedal. "This is the Pedal-Rig. I'm a collector"

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When he opens his pedal rig, on the far right, the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 Mosfet can be seen.

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In front of him on the floor, the Fulltone '69 Fuzz can be seen.

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In this Instagram posted by customaudioeletronics, one of John Mayer's pedalboards (the one on the left in the photo) has a MXR Phase 90 pedal on it.

Brand new #johnmayer rig heading to #Albany for production rehearsals! #customaudioeletronics #bobbradshaw #thinkloudstudios

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"John Mayer's Japan tour featured in Guitar Magazine March issue, showcasing his pedalboard with the Providence Chrono Delay DLY-4. A classic unit also favored by Larry Carlton and David Gilmour as well.!!!* #JohnMayerJapan #GuitarMagazine #ProvidenceDLY4 #GuitarEffects #chronodelay"

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Guitarist John Mayer's pedalboard includes the Roger Linn Design AdrenaLin III Guitar Effects Processor.

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John Mayer has a Flux 5-band EQ from Mesa on his pedalboard. It can be seen at 1:25 into this video from Andertons, "Building John Mayer's Pedal Board on a Budget!" where they show John Mayer's actual pedalboard.

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This is a community-built gear list for John Mayer.

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