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I’ve spent years searching for the perfect Strat strings – and after playing John Mayer’s Silver Slinky set, I think I’ve found them
By Matt Owen published
Mayer's promise of a string set that offered an ideal in-between gauge, great tone, and uncompromising nimble bends spoke directly to my own trials and tribulations as a Strat player. Fortunately, it wasn't too good to be true

John Mayer ends years-long search for his ultimate string set with the Ernie Ball Silver Slinky
By Matt Owen published
Over the past few years, Mayer has been using and refining his custom Silver Slinky set, which offers a unique in-between gauge and a custom core-to-wrap ratio

Watch Neil Young and John Mayer trade solos in a ferocious rendition of Rockin’ In The Free World with Stephen Stills
By Janelle Borg published
Young and Stills performed a 13-song set brimming with classics, including a song they haven't performed in over 50 years, and another one that was never actually recorded

PRS gives its SE range a huge overhaul, introduces the long-awaited lefty John Mayer Silver Sky
By Matt Owen published
PRS has rolled out some wholesale changes to its family of Indonesian-made electric and acoustic guitars, and finally brings Mayer's best-selling SE Silver Sky to southpaw players

Keith Urban on working with PRS on a ‘do-it-all’ guitar build – and why SRV is still number one
By Andrew Daly published
Country icon reflects the feeling of bonding with a single instrument – and says you should give up playing and become an accountant if you’re missing his special ingredient

Michelle Malone gave up sax for guitar – and had John Mayer “begging” to join her shows
By Andrew Daly published
With her 20th album looming, the raw Americana player looks back on working with Albert King and Blackberry Smoke members, her ever-loving vintage gear and running her own label

Keith Urban on what it’s like to play through the Dumble that John Mayer used during his blues trio days
By Matt Owen published
Urban is in possession of the Overdrive Reverb that helped Mayer launch his blues trio project back in the early ’00s

John Mayer shouts out top-tier lead effort from young Berklee grad as one of this year’s best guitar solos
By Matt Owen published
Mayer used his SiriusXM radio show to highlight the guitar talents of a British Berklee graduate, who's currently working as a session player in Nashville

Michelle Malone on John Mayer's early days and how she ended up becoming his mentor
By Janelle Borg published
The Southern rock and Americana veteran gave Mayer the chance to feature on her record and introduced him to her audience before he got his big break

Keith Urban is working with PRS on a new Tele-style guitar – and he wants to break the company's rules
By Matt Owen published
The country rock great's go-to guitar since 1989 has been a Fender Telecaster called Clarence, but John Mayer has inspired him to join the PRS ranks – and he's working on a T-type like no other
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