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Watch John Mayer and Sammy Hagar play Van Halen’s Finish What Ya Started
By Matt Owen published
The newly released pro-shot footage is lifted from an episode of Hagar’s Rock & Roll Road Trip from 2017

Could an SE version of John Mayer’s signature PRS Silver Sky be on the cards this year?
By Richard Bienstock last updated
A social media post from BlackSmith Strings suggests a more affordable version of the Strat-esque guitar is finally in the works

Watch John Mayer cover Van Halen’s Panama with an Eddie Van Halen Frankenstein
By Matt Owen published
Back in the summer of 2008, Mayer harnessed his inner Eddie Van Halen and treated multiple audiences to a series of energetic, tap-heavy guitar performances

Watch John Mayer wield his custom Charvel for a performance of Never Gonna Be Alone featuring Jacob Collier and Lizzy McAlpine
By Matt Parker published
Mayer took the stage with a specially-commissioned 2017 model for the live debut of the song at LA’s Troubadour

10 times fans played guitar onstage with their heroes – and absolutely killed it
By Sam Roche published
These fans were plucked from the crowd by their guitar idols, and answered the call in roof-raising style

John Mayer once bumped into a fan at a music store, and ended up buying her the guitar of her dreams
By Matt Owen last updated
The star-struck fan went to Rudy's Music Shop in New York back in 2013, and left having had a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with the guitar icon

Dead & Company will end after their final tour next year
By Matt Owen published
John Mayer, Bob Weir and their bandmates in the Grateful Dead offshoot will play a string of send-off shows in summer 2023

Mateus Asato names three players who he believes to be “the last heroes” of the guitar world
By Matt Owen published
The neo-soul star also gave honorable mentions to a number of guitarists he dubbed 'Melodic Masters' and 'ultimate game-changers'

John Mayer channeled every era of his playing into this solo – and it became one of his greatest guest spots ever
By Matt Owen published
The revered outing from 2020 saw Mayer share the stage with David Ryan Harris, Isaiah Sharkey, Terence Clark and Sean Hurley, and the result was something extraordinary

British blues rock ace Laurence Jones breaks down his rig, and explains why he's switched to the PRS SE Silver Sky
By Matt Owen published
Jones gives Guitar World a guided tour of the compact pedalboard responsible for the blues-y, classic rock-esque tones on his new album, Destination Unknown
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