John Mayer using Fender on 2019 tour footage

Jetfire · February 2019

So I've seen some recent Instagram footage of John and he's using a strat, rather than his PRS..... Interesting...

Caffeine_Vampire · February 2019

Hilarious. They all come home in the end.

stickyfiddle · February 2019

He never claimed to be stopping using his existing Strats. He just wants fancy new shit as well. Don't we all?

Blaendulais · February 2019

And a sack of cash obviously

guitars4you · February 2019

stickyfiddle said:

He never claimed to be stopping using his existing Strats. He just wants fancy new shit as well. Don't we all?

obviously 'the search for everything' that he may like goes on

Caffeine_Vampire · February 2019

So PRS money buys what? 10 months of loyalty?

Funkfingers · February 2019

The Silver Sky is still listed on the Paul Reed Smith website. (If the business relationship is over, there will still be inventory to shift.)

Meanwhile, also spotted on their website, the PRS SE Schizoid Custom Jakko Jakszyk signature model with Red Cardinal graphic.

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Nothing he’s got, he really needs.
Twenty first century schzoid Mayer.

RandallFlagg · February 2019

What about that PRS Super Eagle II? Overly expensive, overly complicated, thin sounding mess, is he still playing that?

dindude · February 2019

Slow down you lot, @stickyfiddle said it - when he moved from Fender, he said he would continue to use his Fenders, he had a custom shop Charvel made not so recently too, which is part of the Fender family. He has a deal with PRS, new colours this year, but he’s never claimed to use them exclusively - in fact he’s quoted as saying he’s just a gear-hound, like you or I, only difference is he sorts from “high to low” when shopping online these days!

Strat54 · February 2019

If its this video below.....its actually labelled wrongly and was from when he did the Bud Light sponsored 'Dive Bar' promo gigs in ......July 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvCvocKTQ-Y

Funkfingers · February 2019

Yes but all social media rumours are true.

Jetfire · February 2019

Its not that video @Strat54, have a look at his instagram account.

Fair play if hes stradding two camps thou.. ive also seen him playing an SG which I didnt expect

Strat54 · February 2019

Jetfire said:

Its not that video @Strat54, have a look at his instagram account.

Fair play if hes stradding two camps thou.. ive also seen him playing an SG which I didnt expect

The rehearsal gig pics? He loves that Black Strat....even with its warped neck. I doubt Paul is pleased when he sees pics like that.....but then JM is bigger than PRS in a sense, so I guess they will be happy with the exposure he's got them so far.

Moominpapa · February 2019

When he's alone at night, in his bedroom, John lovingly picks up his Yamaha Pacifica 112 . "They'll never come between us", he whispers. "You're the only one for me."

AlexO · February 2019

Wasn't the reason he discontinued his Fender artist deal was due to them wanting him to only play Fenders exclusively as part of the deal but PRS said he could play any brand as long as he does Promotional activity abc and be seen playing said guitars and amps for so many songs a show etc.

Jez6345789 · February 2019

Not sure PRS is worried he said on one of those NAMM videos they hit 60 million sales or some lumpy number so if JM picks up a Strat now and again so what.

rossyamaha · February 2019

Moominpapa said:

When he's alone at night, in his bedroom, John lovingly picks up his Yamaha Pacifica 112 . "They'll never come between us", he whispers. "You're the only one for me."

That would be pretty fucking awesome.

octatonic · February 2019

Whores will have their trinkets.

meltedbuzzbox · February 2019

AlexO said:

Wasn't the reason he discontinued his Fender artist deal was due to them wanting him to only play Fenders exclusively as part of the deal but PRS said he could play any brand as long as he does Promotional activity abc and be seen playing said guitars and amps for so many songs a show etc.

I thought it was to do with their inability to clone a neck and something to do with how the former head of the custom shop got fired

joeyowen · February 2019

He's said in interviews that he still loves Fender guitars/amps, but couldn't find a way to work with the company that let him bring out a guitar like PRS has.

They just released for new colours for the SilverSky at Namm, which as petty as colours sound, it was still talked about a lotttttt

Alterlifeson · February 2019

When I saw him in 2016(?) he used both. He has also been using Twin Reverbs instead of his J-MOD amps from time to time with Dead & Co too. I think he just plays what he wants, it's just PRS made him the strat with his ideal specs. My tele fits me like a glove, doesn't mean I don't play my other guitars for fun.

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