Bp... In The Hizouse- Maybe?

[peterd79]

I figure if i put a catchy intreaguing Title i'll get a lot of hits...

SO i've really be diving into the blues and modern day players who are drastically chainging the contemporary music scene on many platforms. One of which (and feel free to blast me if you must) I feel is John Mayer... I noticed that he uses EB strings... what guages does he use? And i've noticed that back in the HAYDAY... he used an EBMM Axis...

any imput?

 

[Spudmurphy]

Well one guy who has made a big impression on me is Joe Bonnamassa.
Awesome young blues player - check him out.

 

[peterd79]

Bonamassa's amazing... he's very precise with his playing and very clean...

 

[Spudmurphy]

Bonamassa's amazing... he's very precise with his playing and very clean...

Oh yeah - he can play in any damn blues style too!

 

[robelinda2]

+1 for Bonamassa, UNREAL player, super nice guy too. love his work, especially live, he smokes.

 

[lenny]

Now before i go any further i just wanna say i love these guys so much that i wish someone would put an EBMM in their hands ..........I am a Huge MAyer fan "Room for squares" made me buy a new acoustic........!!!! ....Jason Mraz's old stuff is really cool Jazzy type Acoustic stuff as well BUT HIS OLD STUFF not this new commercial sellout geek in the pink stuff......but anyway check out this Neil ZaZa guy ...hes new to me but been around for awile i guess but nice neat clean tidy stuff great player... http://www.neilzaza.com
Also since i am huge Dwight Fan i have been wearing out his latest and this cat named Keith Gattis did the studio stuff with him and im tellin yah, what a great feelin player anyone who enjoys Great chicken pickin double stops and pedel steel bends on the guitar, should check out this Gattis cat http://www.keithgattis.com

And this concludes "thats what i been listin' 2"

 

[peterd79]

Mayer's new cd is amazing... i've had it on rotation for two weeks now... back in the day he used an EBMM but i guess he went with F&*#er for some reason or another. Probably 'cause he didn't play the AL.

But I'm willing to bet that he has an EBMM that he brings out from time to time...

BP.. any insight on why he stopped playing EBMM?

 

[candyredsilo]

Two thumbs up for Mayer and Bonamassa. I think Mayer catches a lot of crap for no good reason other than he's young and so freakin' talanted. When I was young, I would talk about how much I liked guys like Randy Rhoads & Steve Vai, and all the older cats would start all that "they don't play with feeling" crap. Don't envy the new young guys, be greatful that someone is putting out guitar music.
I dig John Mayer!
Bill

 

[GuitarHack]

I saw Mayer some years ago, before I was into EBMMs, and IIRC, he played an EVH, Axis or Axis Super Sport for a couple songs. I think it was pink or lavender, hard to tell, plus since I wasn't an EBMM freak at the time, I didn't take notice like I would now. The guy has some chops...a lot to be said for a player who knows his way around an acoustic, playing solos on electric. Lots of double stops, moving bass lines, arpeggios, open strings, and playing with fingers, even during solos.

I've already posted my annoyance at how he can use his thumb on the A-string and still play cool stuff with the rest of his hand. The guy is tall, too...I seem to remember that the EVH/Axis looked like a toy on him. He's probably 6'4" or so, a Strat even looks smallish on him.

 

[jongitarz]

+1 for Bonamassa, UNREAL player, super nice guy too. love his work, especially live, he smokes.

Joe is one of my favorites also....Love his version of Cradle Rock

 

[robelinda2]

one of the things i love about Joe is how passionate he is about playing guitar, he seems always willing to talk about his influences and how great playing guitar is. gotta be admired. guitar seems to be his whole life and it shows, no snobbery in him at all which is GREAT to see. attitude is so important, i know of so many really good players who lose out with their crappy attitude.

 

[TimSz]

Mayer and how he took over my stereo.

I downloaded an illegal copy of Mayer's album because waiting for it to be released was too much for me. I blared that in my car until the official release then blared the official copy.

I know that he played an MM90 soapbar loaded Axis Super Sport. I've seen the picture kicking around from time to time. If I can find it, I'll post it for sure!

 

[robelinda2]

find that pic, i had no idea he used to play EBMM!

 

[TimSz]

Damnations!

The place that had the photo posted no longer has the photo posted. All there is is a little white box with a red X in it. No dice on the picture kiddies; but I'll keep looking!

 

[peterd79]

yeah! I know what picture you're talking about but it's gone... i think it was a purple Axis...

 

[Jonny Dubai]

Mayer playing in Dubai next month................Cant believe it.

Gotta get tickets


Jonny

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

JB is an amazing player. I saw him at a tiny club gig last year and he was awesome!

 

[DaveB]

Mayer is playing the Forum in London in October - already got tickets and Continuum is in constant rotation in my house.

Another guy to look out for is a UK blues player called Matt Schofield. I saw him support Derek Trucks and he smoked. Great tone - Strat into Two Rock (like Mayer).

Dave