One Of The Wildest Solos I've Ever Seen John Mayer Do
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I finally got to see John live again! This solo absolutely blew me away!
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People often underestimate or dismiss his abilities due to his early popcorn roots. I’ve seen him live several times and he’s an absolute monster player and classic performer overall.
I never understand these comments, even his most poppy songs, especially the early ones, are technically not vanilla at all, it's either weird technique, weird chords or both, and then he sings at the same while playing in a differeny rhythm never losing a bit. Any guitar player will tell you that playing say Neon or who says whilst singing at the same time is much harder than these lead guitar solo's.
@@xdarrenxI absolutely agree. You shouldn't assume pop means easy and I don't know why you would make a comment which assume people dismiss his guitar ability because of his "pop roots". I mean for the most part John Mayer IS a pop artist anyway. As a guitarist of almost 20 years I can say that his guitar work in first two albums were definitely not basic.
It always infuriates me when I see people saying his playing is “less than average” like LOL??? He clearly makes the guitar sing far more soulfully than any one of us mere mortals could ever dream of. AND he’s stupidly good looking. Good for him, honestly. I personally love his music for how honest it is, how listenable it is, and how relatable it is.
Great solo but he's always got plenty in the tank. He's one of the top players in the world. He melted my face off several times at Dead and Co. shows.
i guess you could say he stole your face off
Your face also gets queefed on a lot I've heard, so could have been that to.
Which hood you work at? Used to deliver chems there for ecolab.
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Wish he had done ANYTHING interesting during the D&C summer concert I saw last year. It was stupid short and boring. He is a top tier player with so many more skills than most realize. Sad I didn’t get that when I saw him.
He turns an instrument into a vehicle for his soul. That’s why his solos are so special….they speak to parts of us that words cannot touch. ❤
Woah. I’ve never heard a Floyd Rose used that way and I LOVE it! I’m blown away by how well he manages to integrate it into his bluesy playing. I did not think it was possible. John Mayer proved me wrong. And he proved that he’s one of the very best guitarists alive today.
This is all just stolen from Jeff Beck
@@theanthonyv Ok, guess I got some catching up to do then. ;)
I found this solo to be an interesting take on the outro solo. The charvel definitely opens up new techniques for his playing. When I saw him earlier in this tour, he used a silver sky. I heard a lot of similar themes between the two. Glad you enjoyed the show!
Wow, he is incredible! The way he plays is literally breathtaking.
By far, this was already my favorite song off the new album, and I prayed that he would not only perform it, but solo the hell out of it when he played Seattle, and boy, oh boy... no one was ready for what he did. Insanity. He had a longer solo in Seattle (Night 1, anyway) and he used the same guitar... it sounded.. HEAVENLY. Made my whole night. Song length was over 8 minutes, with the solo portions taking about half of that. And while it shared some of the elements of this one in LA, it was totally unique, which is only a small portion of what makes John's playing so incredible to witness.
His phrasing with that Floyd Rose sounds so much like blues harmonica, it's amazing.
He’s re-creating Derek Trucks’ slide voice with the tremolo bar. He’s doing a pretty good job - not the exact same but close enough and sounding great. Trucks is the best so that’s a compliment to Mayer
Before reading this I was thinking it’s crazy how he does that similar “vocal like” voice the way that Trucks does
I thought the same thing immediately. It's John's voice on the guitar in the end, but he's channeling some serious DT throughout.
It appears I’m not the only one who was hearing that
I get Trucks plus Jeff Beck vibes. Those whammy bar flutters are very Beckian.
Yes, Jeff Beck says hello.
My absolute favorite musician to EVER LIVE!!! What a banger of a solo!
Goosebumps definitely!!! Love how the rest of his band is just as happy for him
Wow there‘s a huge Derek Trucks quality to this solo. There‘s a huge slide vibe to this solo. Love it
Was thinking this exactly
I thought so too! It sounded like he was simulating a slide. Cool stuff
Damn, we think alike.
Yes, I hear him letting go and hitting open strings in between phrases like Trucks.
Definitely copping some Trucks with the swipes up and down the neck between phrases. But much more so, he’s directly copying Jeff Beck… like 100%
I like the way he pays homage to previous guitarists without being contrived or derivative…this had Jeff Beck stamped all over it
I heard that as well.
I hear Jeff Beck as well. Still, it sounds good!
Definitely makes me think of Jeff Beck. I don’t think anyone uses a vibrato as tastefully as he does.
Tons of Jeff Beck, apparently nothing left to steal from Stevie, lol.
@@news603redux He’ll be on to Knopfler next
The thing for me about John recently is that I feel like he's holding back. This solo reminds me of how he used to dominate performances. I don't know if the Charvel unlocked that for him as much as it did lubricate what he was feeling in the moment. But I've been missing this side of John for the better part of a decade. Glad to see it coming out again.
its the drummers fault
True wasn’t a big fan of the drummer in this tour
@@dan9521 Always is 😜
I think he realized many people aren’t there for the solos (and don’t know a good solo from a bad one) focus on the singing (I know who are these pod people). He did start taking it easy and just getting through the night. Younger John had more to prove and put tons of pressure on himself to really bring the wow playing. I am okay that he’s taken some of the unhealthy pressure off himself and focuses on 1 or 2 songs to really bring it. We need John around a long time so anything that keeps him in music longer is good with me. He really does give a great performance for sure!
John is an insane player. Always amazes!
He’s one of the best musicians of our time.
dude i don't think you're biased from seeing it live at all. This might legitimately be a top 10 JM solo all time.
Wooooow that’s a hot take.
Johns top 10 solos list does noooot have this on it. It’s a good solo but man, hyperbole surely
The vibe I got was: Imagine if EVH sat in with the Allman Brothers.
Oh hell no, his live solo with Ed Sheeran on Don't is even better. I love FRs but this is basic af FR improv. Not near the top 10 maybe mid 20s?
He is one of those guitarists who just never stops amazing me.
Justin, we saw John on nights two and three (tuesday and wednesday) at The Forum. He used the Charvel on both nights. Tuesday he used it for Assassin, the tone/playing was off the charts. But ... still sounded like John. Wednesday, he pulled out the Charvel again for I Guess I Just Feel Like and absolutely slayed it. This was my 4-5th times seeing John. Best tour ever. Tuesday he used the "flip flop" color silver sky and a pink silver sky (to match his outfit). Wednesday he used a matte black SS and a gray SS (possibly a stone blue LE) that he gifted to a lady in the front row at the end of the encore.
PS Sharky's tone with the Victory V140s was legit. Might be worth discussing.
Aww I wish he played assassin the first night. I've yet to see him do that live
@@rebeccaclement99 first time he played it in 10 years according to the set list website
Close you eyes and what do you hear (and see)? Jeff Beck, with JM's twist on it.
Killer solo: phrasing, techniques, blending of scales...DAMM!!!
YES......!!
I saw him do a solo, master class, with a drum stick. It was amazing
My wife took me to see Mayer in July and I’m a fan now. I’m a huge SRV fan and I admit I didn’t give Mayer his due. It’s also crazy that the sold out his concert was like 80% percent women but he delivers a show that was very well balanced. He soloed in every song. The guitar was very much front in center. I think he’d be twice as famous if more dudes were less ignorant about his shows like I was.
The Charvel made this solo so fun. I’m for the change!
I got to listen to John Mayer speak at a seminar at Berkelee. He is, as far as popular musicians, the most underrated guitarist of the last 30 years. He’s an awesome musician. Cheers glad you got to check that show out that’s badass !
It’s cool that you dig him. But seriously, there are MANY lesser known guitarists out there who have more thoroughly mastered the instrument, or at least as much. Unlike them, Mayer has been exceptionally highly rated by the general public for the past two decades. If you really believe he’s ‘the most underrated player of the last 30 years’, then you might want to open your field of vision and discover the multitudes of amazing guys out there who very few people know, relatively speaking.
@@theanthonyv nah. I’m aware of the Julian lages of the world. You don’t have to assume I’m unaware just because I respect someone. In fact. Shut the fuck up to me :)
He was feelin’ it. Man amazing playing
Guess I just feel like is my favorite JM song, and as of right now the second solo on the record is my favorite solo out of all artists. Watching his live performance of it was on my bucket list and boy oh boy it was everything I wanted and everything I didn't know I needed
Literally in awe every time I see him play live. No other guitarists excites me/ inspires me like him. Pure genius.
The insta live he did a few years ago with this charvel is one of my guitar highlights period.
One of the best musicians of the 21st century. I love this man and he is an amazing guitar player.
He is a master Guitarst (c) Eric Clapton - I mean...he is just from another universe and I am so greatful and thankful to have seen him live many times - he is a BEAST
Mayer has seriously mastered the effortless transition between pentatonic minor and pentatonic major like no one else I've ever heard
He talks about it on a podcast. I think he was showing Corey Wong how he figured out a cool and smooth way to switch between the two.
@@ronaldmckee7542 have a name or link to the podcast?
I was at this show too and this was my first Mayer show ever. He was in rare form and crushed all night. How lucky were we?
Get ready then my friend. I’ve been to 8 shows over 7 years, each one he is in rare form 😂 He’s truly special to see live
I was going to say, how do you know it was rare form if it’s the first time you’ve seen him live? Man IS rare form
Incredible in the beginning it almost sounds like slide guitar
There were sections that sounded like Derek Trucks to me!
Michael Lee Firkins does the best impression of a slide I’ve ever heard using a whammy bar. Listen to his self titled album from 1990. He also did a hot licks video in the 90’s showing how he does all of that stuff. It definitely blew my mind.
I was dancing my ass off on the floor section that night, but there were several times where my body completely froze and my jaw dropped at how insane John was. This was definitely one of those moments.
Tone-wise I still prefer the Casino, it's really one of my favorite tones of all time. This exact solo with the Charvel AND that muffled tone would be crazy.
I like the Epi too but that amp tone from the recording is a tiny Fender Champ with an 8” speaker, that’s where most of that tone is coming from
Every blues player should play p90s. Pickups of the gods.
I was at the third night at The Forum and what an incredible end of that song! You said “powerful” and I think that nails it.
I don’t think I’ve ever and I mean EVER seen Mayer to a Trem flutter or incorporate them into his solos. Pretty cool that it still manages to sound like John through all that.
Saw him in Austin about a month after you took this vid. Great show, great musician. My wife and I are in our 60's and we were surrounded by 20-30 somethings. He's truly a minstrel for the ages.
He sounds good here, but he sounds very good with the dead. Honestly it’s the rhythm section that makes a guitar solo imo. Mayer’s got talent, and he works very hard at it
Oh come on. It’s obviously not “the rhythm section that makes a guitar solo” … people just say weird & ridiculous things hoping it’ll come off as uniquely insightful or something when it’s just a super exaggerated side point. Sure, rhythm section is always important but the last thing the rhythm players do is MAKE the guitar solos what they are.
@@MattD86 “A guitar solo is only as good as it’s rhythm section” -FZ
@@MattD86 do me a favor and pick up your guitar and play a solo with no backing track going. Doesn’t sound as good does it? (Assuming you even play)
I got goosebumps, I think he's extremely underrated as a guitarist.
Well actually he seems to me the most cited guitarist in recent years
Underrated?! Nah!
He's underrated if you only just heard about him recently
actually quite over rated ..... julian lage is under rated ... ijs
John is slowly absorbing Sharky’s abilities and adding to his bag.
Sometimes, John gets that same look that Prince use to get when his fingers would literally speak and voice what he was feeling and thinking when he soloed on the guitar
that was other-worldly! definitely hints of eddie, jimi and prince in that solo! #epic
I totally agree with you. And he's having so much fun there. yo can see it and feel it. If you take the 90s Clapton and Derek Trucks - that's what i hear and think of when i see this. John Mayer must be the most complete guitarist to walk the earth at the moment. At least imho. Great solo, thankyou for sharing :)
This was awesome but I still prefer the studio solo. I really enjoy the video of him recording multiple takes and then finally nailing the one he ends up using. Really cool seeing him work through it and put it all together cleanly.
His continuity skills are excellent. Solo didn't blow me away,
Jimi and Ed are looking down and smiling. The earthbound Jeff Beck is smiling nervously.
I must say that the original sound with the casino is still the best, but the charvel is something really fun
The prs can do much more maybe , with turning the tone down , some kind of woman tone . I was lightly disapointed with the last live on it in term of sounds . And also i like more the original transition that the new one that is more gospel, when the piano play too loud.
I do agree the actual arrangement during the 2019 Tour I prefer as well
soon as i saw this on instagram i sent it to everyone! new fav mayer solo
Ok, I' so upset now that I've watched this video. I love John Mayer, and I always said I'd love to see him if he ever played again, and not only did he play last year, he played in L.A. where I live??!. What a shmuck I am. Hope it was a good show.
I was listening to the audio but wasn’t watching the video and thought he was playing a slide, very cool use of the FR!
That was a killer guitar solo, thanks for sharing. It really doesn't get any better does it!
glad you enjoyed the show my friend! we have to all meet up and catch one next time!
100% brother!!!
John's best tone in a LONG time
Wdym, the tone isn’t that much different from the rest, his tone is always on point, you’re bringing it as if it just sucked lately😂
@@niekvanwensen nah i get what he means this guitar has a tone of its own. The Silver Sky/Strat sound is its own thing and its fucking great. a Charvel and especially a custom shop Charvel is a totally different animal. The tone has similarities because its John playing but this guitar has a very unique tremolo sound on top of its own Charvel humbucker thing
@@tw8454 yeah I see what you mean now, but still best tone in a LONG time sounds like he says his tone is usually horrible😂
JM always had this in his bag. He loves Jeff Beck and he played some EVH stuff too in the past. I think he also used a pink superstrat before moving to PRS.
You should listen to the solos Mayer plays on "Morning Dew" from the Dead & Company show at Eugene 2018. Look it up if you want your mind blown. Probably one of the greatest guitar solos ever, I know Jerry was looking down on the boys that night with a big ol grin. Stevie Ray Vaughn likely was as well.
Absolutely World Class solo! Living legend.
You've got some serious JM man-crush going on...so do I, but here is what I'd love to see on your channel...YOU! You've got every piece of JM gear behind you. Play us your favorite JM riffs, tell why you love them and how you plan to incorporate all this inspiration into your music. That would help your watchers like me think about how we too can channel more JM into our own playing. Take your channel to the next level, man. I'd watch that all day! Just an idea for you. Peace Brother!
With that Charvel he always pulls out something great
IMHO he's become more comfortable letting his guitar parts sit within the broader mix of his live band of late. It's really opened up some new sonic avenues.
Damn! Thanks for posting this!
Never actually watched John Mayer much, very nice. Looked like a hard working happy stage.
This guy's never misses a note !!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
I don’t know about the different approaches to and guitars used for the solo, but I really enjoyed your video because of your enthusiasm. Very nicely done! I will say that I’ve really enjoyed John’s playing with Dead & Co. If Chet Atkins were still with us, I’d hope that he’d bestow his Certified Guitar Player award on John.
Great sound and phenom solo. Thanks for sharing!
Real Jeff Beck vibes here, great stuff.
I mean what can we say that we haven’t seen before? The guy is a guitar god.
Funniest thing is the guy has got isaiah sharkey, an even better gitarist as his second guitarist..
he is certainly not a guitar god. For that you have to look at Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Or Eddie Van Halen.
John Mayer is not on that level.
@@wolff3384 John Mayer influenced as much people playing guitar today as Van Halen or Vaughan did in their times though. Hendrix is another level but nobody will ever be as big as that guy ever probably.
@@jessevandendoren I get what you're saying but I wonder if that measurable. Do know that Vaughan for some reason isn't really known outside of the guitar world as much as John Mayer is. Probably has to do with John Mayers music being appealing to people that don't know about guitar.
@@wolff3384 Seriously 100% like Jeff back isn’t being robbed and ripped off here lmAo
Mayer’s final form is blues shredding and I’m so here for it
Came down from Alaska and saw this show! I lucked out for sure, especially being my first John Mayer concert.
Coming from heavy metal, John got me hooked on blues!! The way he jumps from C Minor to Major, made me understand what's going on. WATCH his instructional videos, his style is actually Very simple!! But it's like 90% Soul and Feel.....he's not doing anything "amazingly" difficult on a technical scale.
YUP! It's all about the feel. Great quote from Jimi. "The blues is easy to play, but hard to feel". If it isn't there, as a listener, you can tell something's missing. Not everyone can reach deep enough and express that depth on an instrument. My son plays guitar. John Mayer, SRV, Hendrix, Allman Bros, Dead and Co. B.B., Muddy have all been a huge influence and inspiration for him. On a whim we started taking him to a blues open jam in Toronto, and I'm proud to say, the kid's got the feel, and it's not just a parental bias. The house blues band could not believe a 17 year old kid could play the blues so naturally.
The keyboard player on the right was jamming hard as well. Great video. Felt like I was there. Gotta watch it again. 👍
That was awesome! Kinda reminds me of Jeff Beck here.
Jeff and John are 2 of my favorite guitarists, and everytime he utilizes a floating trem with a Beckesque solo, I lose my shit!!
Boi been working on that whammy stick
Thank you Jeff Beck
I’m going to throw out the best compliment ever given to John Mayer. He’s starting to sound like Gary Moore sometimes.
The best singer writer guitar player right now
John mayers best jeff beck impression....
John Mayer is the best!!!!!!!!!
i've always said that a great player, becomes the guitar he's playing, i currently own a 7 string Ibanez RG7421, and it's a djenty / shred machine, but when i go back to my Strat, all the blues / fusion language comes out, and my playing is totally different, it's really a crazy thing to experience lol
I like how you just called yourself a great player.
i love how isiah sharkey is beside him just nodding it
He's fucking crushing it this time out. These shows are great.
Def best solo of the night hands down.
I just saw him in Denver and he played the solo with the Charvel here as well- I had the same reaction as you when it popped up out of the stage: "WHAAAAAT?!?!?!" :)
John Mayer isn`t just a singer with a guitar.................................The boy can fucking play most peoples asses off !!!!!!!!
Think it's a fair argument to say, JM is the guitar player of his era and well, of any other era for the matter. That really was totally awesome.
"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it".
Anyone else notice when he started out say 10-15 years back he was all only blues guitar and pentatonic, but as his technical ability gets slightly better and better the past few years all of a sudden the blues isn’t what he’s about. I always say if you never learn anything past the pentatonic technically the blues are “IT”, don’t get me wrong, that’s the money zone forsure, home base, but it’s nice to see guitarists like him budding and improving
Ammmazing!!❤🎶I Love jonh I Love músic só much!
In Atlanta in the 90s you could go see him at several hole in the wall clubs before anyone knew who he was. Those were the days.
I almost hear some Derek trucks influence to it. Beautiful
Rocking the Union Jordan 4s! Prolly the only guitarist rocking absolute heat on feet at shows haha
You know hes going to melt faces when he pulls out a Fender
Seeing him live with dead and co was incredible. What a treat to see someone play like that in person
He kind of pulled some Derek Trucks sound and expression with the Charvel. Very cool!
I just think that this is so great to see him use different guitars night and night for that solo
The trick to channeling Jeff Beck is playing a powder blue guitar. The trem sound, and off note bend is a chemical reaction. All jokes aside, fucking amazing homages in the most tasteful ways seems to be johns wheelhouse. Fucking legend
Best guitarist of my time. Rock on mayer!!!🤘🏼
When the whole band smile that much, you know its gooooood
Beautiful solo 🙌
Serious Jeff Beck influence with the Floyd. John’s an amazing guitarist. I own a charvel and all I can say is, what a great investment, they’ve come a long way since the 80’s.