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"I love that you don’t have to be a Mayer mega-fan to enjoy what’s on offer here": Neural DSP Archetype: John Mayer X review
By Matt McCracken published
Two opposing worlds collide in Neural DSP's latest plugin offering
![John Mayer [left] plays his signature PRS Silver Sky live onstage in 2025. George Harrison plays a Les Paul during a 1975 live performance.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4njaLNzrwJVuLTKZcxrnka-320-80.jpg)
Don Was on how John Mayer “might” be even better than George Harrison – but they definitely have one thing in common
By Jonathan Horsley published
The producer of Sob Rock says Mayer is the best arranger he has ever worked with – and he has the late Beatle’s gift for creating guitar sounds that transform a song

“I know just enough to let the other people do their jobs": John Mayer explains why he’s bought Henson studios
By Will Simpson published
“I love doing things that people tell me aren’t gonna work,” guitarist says

It’s official! Neural DSP’s John Mayer Archetype plugin suite is here – and with Dumble, Klon and Reverberator captures, it is the motherlode for boutique electric guitar tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Neural DSP bags its most high-profile artist yet and present players with a cornucopia of gourmet tone options

“It wasn’t anywhere close to being a single”: The classic track that defines John Mayer as a guitarist and a songwriter
By Amit Sharma published
“Without Pearl Jam there is no Slow Dancing In A Burning Room,” he said

John Mayer’s PRS SE Silver Sky Rosewood is refreshed with 4 fashion-inspired solid-colour finishes
By Jonathan Horsley published
Could Dandy Lion could be this year's Roxy Pink? The SE Silver Sky Maple also gets a makeover, with Moon White, Stone Blue, Summit Purple and Nylon Blue expanding your finish options

John Mayer and Ernie Ball unveil a set of acoustic guitar strings made from an all-new alloy
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Earthwood Bell Bronze acoustic strings are made from an all-new proprietary alloy that offers “bold, rich, full-bodied tones with enhanced resonance and projection”

Have Ernie Ball and John Mayer found the Goldilocks option between light and heavy strings?
By Jonathan Horsley published
Whether or not you agree with the assertion that Mayer plays the strings or the guitar – or both – his signature set runs from 10.5-47 and will be a crowd-pleaser for players in-between gauges

Zach Myers’ tech posts pic of Shinedown guitarist’s relic’d John Mayer Silver Sky tribute and internet loses its mind
By Jonathan Horsley published
Spare thought for Foppe. He just wants to keep Myer's heavy relic'd pink Silver Sky setup, in tune and ready for action each night. It's not even his guitar! And yet people still write in...
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