OAR/John Mayer Sound

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GreyStreet41
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OAR/John Mayer Sound

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Alright guys, I LOVE the lead electric sound of John Mayer or OAR, but what kind of set up do you think they have for their lead stuff?

Slight distortion, slight delay, reverb? that sort of stuff. I know it's almost a clean sound, but when I play my guitar clean through my amp it just sounds bad, it seems like the tone isnt as good..

Any ideas/tips?
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I'm betting they have some kickass amps and pickups that would put yours to shame....that's probably part of it
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Post by GreyStreet41 »

Probably...OAR's sound of their double live just blows me away. I can't get enough of that stuff. I know for sure their pickups and amps are great, but is there any chance of me getting in same sound ballpark? Not quality, more so style. haha.


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I guess, but IMO OAR stuff is really hard to pull off solo. It has so much depth that it just doesn't sound right to me.
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John Mayer has a Fulltone TTE (tube tape echo or tape tube echo.. somethin like that) which is a $900 effect. one effect. $900. or more. there was one on ebay with a buy it now for $1200.
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get a strat
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Post by grock »

crash_in_to_me wrote:get a strat
if you got a single coil, or a split humbucker that is half of it. the other half is dialing in the right eq on the amp. that's really close.

next upgrade everything. and viola!
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Post by wsaraceni »

i think a lot of john mayer sound comes from his dumble style amps and fender strat. the effects and all come later.

any quality fender strat will do.

and then any good dumble style amp $$$$

some examples.

two rock
fuchs
an actual dumble

or believe it or not a nice old fender.


those two things will get ya close enough if ya ask me.
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