One of the reasons I have strat GAS at the moment.......

[38thBeatle]

I am also baffled by the venom that he gets-he is a fine player in my view.He has a good feel.

[Ian Price]

I am also baffled by the venom that he gets-he is a fine player in my view.He has a good feel.

Me too. He's a great player and a decent enough singer to boot. Good songs as well.

[il˙ti]

I went to high school with him. No wait, I went to high school with some pop boys who played guitar to laid and sounded exactly like him.

[dave_mc]

I am also baffled by the venom that he gets-he is a fine player in my view.He has a good feel.

definitely. guitarists complained for years that good lead guitarists couldn't break into the mainstream, then when one does, he's gone too mainstream. :roll:

[nfe]

Great tones yeah, but god I find this guy woefully boring.

[AndyR]

I can't see this particular clip at the mo (cos I'm at work), but yeah he's got a great sound/feel. Sooner or later I'm probably gonna get some of his stuff...

...but!! I can't help but fear the same thing that nfe has voiced... I got all excited about Joe Bonamassa a while back from posts on here. Great tone, fabulous player, glad I got me some CDs, but... coupla listens, and I really can't be @rsed to put them back on. I suspect I'd love to see him live, but I find the albums I've got get a bit tedious after a while... (Sorry, Joe!)

I might not have the same experience with this guy - he is a strat player after all! :D - but I dunno...

[tomjackson]

As an artist he's never really done anything that would make me want to buy an album.

But, he's a really good guitarist with a great tone.  I think I'd be fast forwarding his songs to the solos if I had a cd but really I suppose I should buy one and give they guy ago.

I don't see anything in his playing that amazes me but what I do like is the fact he's bringing a love of the guitar and great tones to the Grammy loving mainstream.  For that he should be comended.  I mean he could of just been a singer and been popular.....

Also, his tone has become a modern benchmark for sweet strat tone.

I like this tone, very tasteful playing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSM3FL7zUdw

[horsehead]

John Mayer is a great player (and his current side man Robbie McIntosh isn't bad either!). I love his playing as he covers Hendrix, Clapton & SRV, all classy players. He admits in one of the interviews that he get's serious GAS just like us & sit at home trying different tubes in his amps (two rocks) to see if he can just get that little bit sweeter sound.

Oh and for some of his best tones check out either Gravity or slow dancing in a burning room.

[AndyR]

I think he's one of the "interviewees" on the extras on the SRV at Montreux DVDs isn't he?

When I first watched them, I thought "who the f*ck is this tw@t?" and assumed he was some journo/talking-head waffling on...

I seem to remember watching them again a while back after I came across him (I think it might have been a youtube recommendation from you horsehead :D) - and I had somewhat more respect for what he was saying then :lol:

[Ian Price]

Oh and for some of his best tones check out either Gravity or slow dancing in a burning room.

There's a good youtube clip of him (I think it is him) demoing a JM signature Two Rock amp by playing Slow Dancing........ It sounds very nice indeed - I must learn that little bit of melody.

No link as I'm at work and will get firewalled if I try to access youtube.

[Plexi Ken]

I went to high school with him. No wait, I went to high school with some pop boys who played guitar to laid and sounded exactly like him.

You say that like it's a bad thing  :P

[Ted 'N' Leo]

Great tones yeah, but god I find this guy woefully boring.

I agree. I downloaded one of his cds a while ago to check out what all the fuss was about. Although i found his playing was good etc etc, the only song i liked on it was a cover of Bold as Love. Just couldn't get on with his style of music.

[CaptainDesslock]

I am also baffled by the venom that he gets-he is a fine player in my view.He has a good feel.

Me too. He's a great player and a decent enough singer to boot. Good songs as well.

sorry, i'm on the hate boat, everytime i'm forced to listen to that w**ker I wanna puke

[TheIronBeast]

I don't understand the hate towards John Mayer. He is an excellent player and writes some really good music too.

[Philly Q]

I wouldn't go so far as "hate", but I can see why people don't like him. 

He's a fine player and no doubt very talented, but his voice is whiny and the songs (those I've heard).... just don't do anything for me. 

I think the word that sums him up for me is "bland".