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

[CaptainDesslock]

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

it mainly goes something along the lines of he's this decent-guitar player writes songs for your mother and then happens to be he goes out with Jennifer Anniston suddenly gets massively popular tries to pass himself off as something better of a blues player (wowzers I have a signature strat! lets play your body is a wonderland) and then parades around with eric clapton like he's the new guitar hero of the 21st century (i'm sure all the rolling stone press did wonders.)

If there is ANY blues player that deserves to be recognized its Joe Bonamassa, but mainstream=fail

[FernandoDuarte]

I'm kind ok about him, he plays very good... his voice is a little too "whispered", intended to make 15-20y.o. girls go crazy (like Bon Jovi) IMO... What doesn't mean that  it's bad music or that I don't like it, there is some musics that I like (from both)
But sometimes I think he's getting a little arrogant... But I may be wrong, saw this video again, that I thought he was really arrogant when got the SRV Lenny clone and, watching it again, thoght he's normal...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8qUqAmyRY

[Will]

Bought the CD. I think it will be some easy listening for the car, rather than OTT listening.

[Ian Price]

It is decent in the car. I play it sometimes on the way to work when I don't want to have my ears basehd by high energy rock!

[Brow]

Speaking of him using other peoples signature gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUq_Z3b1Y4 (VH content)

He's 1 of those guys I've heard mentioned around guitar forums but have never heard anything of apart from his cover tunes.

Might try and track some down for a further listen, along with Kenny Wayne Sheppard (sp?)

[Ian Price]

Cheers Brow and Fernando - I hadn't seen those before. Not bad although I can see why some people would think he was arrogant in the first vid with all those guitars.

[nfe]

Speaking of him using other peoples signature gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUq_Z3b1Y4 (VH content)

Cripes, his playing's abysmal in that!

[badgermark]

Speaking of him using other peoples signature gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUq_Z3b1Y4 (VH content)

Cripes, his playing's abysmal in that!

He also does the 'solo' in the Fall Out Boy cover of Beat It. It's sodding abysmal. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI-0Hgu8mUk[url] starts about 2 minutes in.

[Copperhead]

Actually, that gave me more Tele GAS than  anything.... (3:55---)

[Philly Q]

Speaking of him using other peoples signature gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUq_Z3b1Y4 (VH content)

Cripes, his playing's abysmal in that!

..... but no worse than a typical EVH live performance.

[Afghan Dave]

Speaking of him using other peoples signature gear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjUq_Z3b1Y4 (VH content)

Cripes, his playing's abysmal in that!

He also does the 'solo' in the Fall Out Boy cover of Beat It. It's sodding abysmal. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI-0Hgu8mUk[url] starts about 2 minutes in.

He really sucks balls when he tries to play rock....