Its inspiration my friend cause his genius ways are so easy :)

That is very true... any musician is as good as their ear is

Yup, whenever I get on a JM listening spree, my riffs and tone go exponential... he has taught me so much about phrasing and playing what your brain is saying.

Jm has forgotten more about guitar than I’ll ever have learnt in my life time

+Pablo Morillo He used to just play fast, but he's found much more soul and feeling in his playing in the past 5-6 years. Best of his generation in my opinion.

+Mitch Phillips True

+Pablo Morillo yeah but if you can add both then you magic.

+CanOfPeas who is the best player for you .?

+CanOfPeas youre absolutly right. music is not a sport, either a competition.

+Jordan McKenna so true its painful

+Jordan McKenna ...bedroom, John Mayer INSPIRES you with half a lick." FTFY :)

+Jordan McKenna You know he said he played 8yrs in his bedroom alone before he started to play with anyone? Just saying.

+Jordan McKenna Amen.

+Jordan McKenna So true it hurts

reading this comment, and haven't reached that part yet. man i wish i could've seen him play it live just like old times

This is actually quite accurate, its how i started off learning

+Ivo Coenjaerds To move across something.

The two rock version gives you access to so many different tricks its such a great one to learn.

Is it not E major pentatonic? Same notes in the scale I know, but the root feels more like E to me. All the chords in the song are in the E major scale. Playing bluesy licks ending on C# doesn't work as well to my ear. I dunno, genuinely curious.

C#min and Emaj scales use the same notes. His 1 chord is the C#min, so the piece is in C#min. Ending a lick on E at the end of the chord progression sounds good because his last chord is the E major chord played in 4th position. If you play a solo over a full section, you will end your solo on the E chord and thus the E sounds magnificent used in that manner. (And E is also in C#min scale so it will always sound good used, not even dependant on where you start or stop.) Ending on an E over an E chord (or A over A chord, etc.) is commonly used and will always sound good. You could however end on a C# just to make the song fall back into the I chord. You could also keep playing over the E chord and end with a C# over the C#min chord on the first count, which is sometimes used and then be silent for the rest of the chord progression to lower the tension after you played a blazing solo. Whatever suits you and the solo played at that time. It might just give you a bluesier feel in this, but don't mistake general theory with blues and definitely not with what you feel sounds better or not: The chord progression in the song is I-VI-III sometimes using the VII chord, which is not a common blues progression (I-IV-V is f.e., where the follow up of those is dependant on it being f.e. a 12 bar or 9 bar blues and how the turnaround is shaped.) BTW, a song is never in "pentatonic". You can play a full C#minor scale over this song and it sounds good... John himself uses more than just the pentatonic notes. (Full C#minor scale). Blues notes being the bIII, bV and the bVII are not used in the chord progression of this song and almost never used by john playing over this song. He also never uses 7 chords on this song which are not necessary for a blues progression, but used A LOT to create a bluesier sound, also by John. It is not all blues because John plays it. He utilizes it, but not everything he does is.

+Jesse Stumpf well duh, thats what happens when u play a lot ...

+Dick Indiaz well not exactly but you get it

+Jesse Stumpf I agree, John said once you hit a level it's really tough to get "better". But the way he has diversified his style and details with his playing is getting so interesting. Definitely one of the best.

jlim200 its true he is learning new things and u notice, its not like clapton who never learned anything after pentatonic

+Dick Indiaz Clapton's music doesn't really need to go beyond that. It's what you do with it that counts, not the simplicity

Ouh hell yeah!

ı thınk john fruciante haven't a smart phone :D

He's on tour so I think that might be a good way

Isn’t that what going to see him live in concert is? 😂

its called a concert

Hao Le damn right!!!

Hao Le hahaha that's great

That's precisely an example of what he said later "If you remember what you were bullshiting on the guitar, you have a new song".

yeah heard that too hahah

Same :)

It's 2022 now and I still love this!

It’s 2024 and I still love this!

Danny Anderson seriously though.

Danny Anderson so true

Timothy Shea i come back to this video JUST for that. Best jam of the video

bonamassa who?

Why bash another great guitarist??theres nothing about bonamassa ...why mention him and bash him....all guitar players are unique and different...it's not a competition all just personal preference ....so instead of making petty comments just listen to ppl u like and not bash ppl...u should respect music and have an open mind....doubtful John Mayer sits around bashing ppl...he loves music and has an open mind

It’s hard to compare two people when they play different styles, have different influences etc.

bonamassa doesn't have feel man but our mayer is king in that.....

Depends on how you perceive it to be Bonamassa is a very talented/accomplished guitarist but lacks the pop hype. John has the perfect feel for the blues

never a bad choice ;)

Just cuz you have a tele doesn't mean you'll sound that good

Interesting conclusion you made there....... I never said it would make me sound that good....but still bought one and love it.

David Davis if you're getting one based on this video, don't. I live in Nashville and hear 45 teles a day......I have never heard one that sounds this damn good.

+Quack OP Not LIVE ofc

+agentwings We're just trying to stall him as much as possible.

Yes please. i love Mayer, but Froosh is just something else again

yee...totally agree....i miss JF playing guitar on stage...

Even though his rhythm guitarist is 10x better than him! haha, I can't remember his name but I've watched videos of him, he's a monster!

+Clayton Murray Zane Carney.

That's it

there is no better in art

+Clayton Murray In what way is Zane Carney better?

+Chad Price what song was it?

+winslow wong First groove was "The Root", second jazzy latin riff was "Spanish Joint". D'Angelo is the MAN

What song was it?

+Thomas Craig (fg4tommy) Spanish joint