No. 0092006·blues-rock·5 blocks
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
A modern masterclass in touch-sensitive blues-rock tone. John Mayer's sound on Continuum is built on a Stratocaster through a Tube Screamer into a boutique Two Rock amp — essentially the SRV formula updated for the 21st century. The Two Rock provides a sweet, harmonically complex clean tone that responds to every nuance of Mayer's pick dynamics. The Tube Screamer adds a mid-hump boost that pushes the amp into a warm, singing overdrive without obscuring the guitar's natural voice.
ContinuumSignal path · input → output · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (SRV Signature / Big Dippers)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Crunch
Comp
T-Scream
Crunch
← Two Rock Custom Reverb
Gain
5
Volume
6
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Comp
← Keeley Compressor Plus
Sustain
4
Level
6
T-Scream
← Ibanez TS808
Drive
3
Tone
5
Level
7
Engineer's note
File 009
A modern masterclass in touch-sensitive blues-rock tone. John Mayer's sound on Continuum is built on a Stratocaster through a Tube Screamer into a boutique Two Rock amp — essentially the SRV formula updated for the 21st century. The Two Rock provides a sweet, harmonically complex clean tone that responds to every nuance of Mayer's pick dynamics. The Tube Screamer adds a mid-hump boost that pushes the amp into a warm, singing overdrive without obscuring the guitar's natural voice.
— John Mayer
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