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 · 11 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (SRV Signature / Big Dippers)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Minotaur
Scream 808
Heir Apparent
Derailed Ingrid
2x12 Mail C12Q
Transistor Tape
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Always-on studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
70
Level
4dB
Minotaur
← Klon Centaur (Mayer's always-on transparent boost)
Gain
3
Tone
5
Level
6.5
Scream 808
← Ibanez TS9 / TS808 (Mayer's stacked lead boost)
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Heir Apparent
← Analogman Prince of Tone (alternate dirtier boost)
Gain
4.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Presence
5
Clipping
0
GainMod
1
Derailed Ingrid
← Two Rock Custom Reverb (Dumble-style)
Drive
5.5
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6.5
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
2x12 Mail C12Q
← Two Rock 2x12
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Studio analog delay
Time
380ms
Feedback
30
Mix
20
WowFlutter
0.3
Headroom
0.1
Spread
0.3
Scale
1
SyncSelect1
0
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate
LowCut120Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Mix
22
Decay
2s
Level
0
PreDelay
40ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.6
Damping
4000
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
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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