Something For The Playaz 

"all you gotta do is.." *epic guitar solo* "and then all you do is" *another epic guitar solo*

Yeah you're pretty good but can you play Neon?

Quality youtuber, definitely hope he branches out

this guy is good, does he do weddings?

We need more For The Playaz!

3:21 John's hands ran out of strings

As you can see, the "Mayer faces" he always has on stage is not just for show. This man is deep. He really gets into his guitar playing, as you can tell, and he just grooves with it. The guy is awesome.

I come back to this video way too often

Seriously, how lucky are we to have him just casually share his craft like this? Top notch.

I didn't know I was watching John Mayer this whole time lol... I was thinking who the hell is this guy. He is way better than anyone I've ever met

I learned an "E" chord today...

Great to find this type of material from the source. My 16 year old son and I are huge fans, and are working on learning many of Mr Mayer's songs. I know people have written pretty rough reviews of some of the his remarks, but when you really listen to the lyrics of his music, preferably in a chronological order, I like to think I get an understanding of how he made them. As a quick minded young person, especially one who spends a lot of time alone, it can become a habit for your brain to run ahead of the filter for your mouth. Or perhaps I'm full of crap, but this is what I chose to believe. Ether way, when a person shares their time and passion with others, with no reward other then the joy of sharing, I think that says a lot about them. The teaser release of the new song, "Love on the weekend" seems to be pretty popular, and we are hoping the rest of the material is consistent with that feeling of seeing hints into the creative mind of what we believe to be the best singer/songwriter/guitarist of our generation. Thanks Mr. Mayer for sharing, John and Corwin

His guitar is worth more than the potatoe camera he recorded with

Not evey top musicians gives free lesson like john mayer, respect....

This guy is going places

Cant believe i have never seen this until now. A lesson from the master....

Hey it's Marty Schwartz from guitarjamz.com

I honestly wish he would make a series called "For The Playaz". I would watch that day and night!

He’s pretty good. He could probably make a career as a session musician or something.

best blues guitarist of the new age

Over 10 Years later! Who is still here? :D

Looking forward to be hearing more blues stuff on your new record! Keep up the amazing work. You're the inspiration John!

Jimi and Stevie are looking down and smiling.

I've been watching this video for 10 years and it still makes me smile. He just loves guitar so much it's awesome to watch.

I like to get stuck in rutts then just PRETEND im playing more complicated stuff by adding delay and wah.... yea...i do that.

Man this may be what I needed. I've been in a serious rut with my soloing probably for the last 2 years or so. ive just had a hard toime branching out and away from some of my really comfortable habits. I like this.

this 4 minute video has done more to help me to understand what escaping the box is and how it opens up your playing than my last year of lessons

John this just unlocked a key to blues that I didn't have before. You fucking rule man

ever thought about using that voice for singing ?

John, thank you so much, this really helped me, also learn quite a bit by watching your subtle nuances. Please make more when you have time, cant' wait to see you again soon (Toronto)… God Bless, Jeff

Gracias Juanito!!! I needed this. I’m 7 months in to learning which has now become an obsession. Ciao!

Really nice mr. mayer;) I play for about.. 13years now and it is really simple what you just told about that "moving up and down the neck with the same scale-thing" about the difference in toneshape... its really some sort of extra that separates you from most of the players.. I once noticed that it indeed sounds a bit different.. I play a lot of styles and it works everywhere ofcourse, but in blues it really makes a great difference! THX John a lot of people are happy with these lessons!

this guitar costs more than my house

You're the real guitar hero Mr. Mayer!!! Thanks for the inspiration.

Thank you for your ALS challenge. Gotta say, a wet T-shirt has never looked so good! My uncle who was a Phoenix police officer until he succumbed to ALS thanks you for your efforts in raising awareness. I've been a fan of yours for decades. So thank you! However, you need a west coast D&C tour next year. See you New Years! ✌💙⚡❤

That’s the kinda tip that you only get from very experienced players. Thank you John for sharing the knowledge! I really appreciate it!

Wow man, keep it up and you will be famous one day!

So then you're here in the A pentatonic and all you have to do is [rips a blues riff normal guitarists can only dream about] and then you're already to the D pentatonic there

That was really quite generous of you to share those insights, thank you. ML

mmm.....music to my ears.....Sounds very nice! :) You're the best!!!!! Thanx John

John, I've admired your guitar playing since your first album. Sharing this knowledge with the crowd proves just once more how great an artist you are. In body and mind.

Thankyou for the teachings Jon

Found this very informative , Thanks John !

I like this because it's learning something different and getting "out of the box" like you said. I hadn't really thought about it that way.

amazing mr mayer.....we need more artist to do this so people know that no matter how good u are there is always room to improve and grow as a musician.

Not here yet. Is a lot to digest, but i keep this in mind, once i can digest this, i come back. Rewatch the whole thing all over again. Imma subscribe. Fujita lead me here. LOL.

We were right about this guy. See, I think for a living, and don't play guitar, so the esoteric stuff may be lost on me, but..... What I can tell you is that it the rare gift -- THE absolute harbinger of intrinsic talent -- that may grow into genius, is the one that knows to share. We were right about this guy. We are fortunate to watch him grow.

Thank you for having mind open to your fans. God bless you John ;)

Thank you John ! Do more of these !

You should do more video with playing tips like this video

that happens to me all the time, but it never comes out dead on same. theres always a twist. and I think that twist, provided by distance from the original track, allows us to make something new. i think you just described a big part of what originality truly is.

Seen this once and didn't have a clue.. come back every few months to try make sense of it and it sort of is after learning so much of his stuff. Thanks JM

"And why that is" ...

Gotta love how every 5 seconds in between talking he just casually bangs out a riff that takes your brain like 10 full seconds to process and then you miss out on whatever he says next

Thanks John... Very special to see this kind of stuff

John, Thanks. I'm a big guitar fan, fan of your playing, student of guitar. I'd really like to hear more of this type thing. Thanks from Phoenix, Wayne

Most people, if they wrote tunes as great as the ones he writes, would rest on those songwriting laurels. This is why John Mayer is the musician he is......always thinking about how to get better. Much respect!

Seriously good tone.

What I would give to be a good enough playa to play anything you just played. Well my soul. I'd give my soul. The idea that your next album might be influenced by "earlier blues" gives me chills, can.not.wait.

Once a week/month. If there was a video like this once a month I'd be eternally grateful. lol --- Thanks alot man!

"tags: John King Mayer" awesome!

I've been wishing forever that he would put out some guitar lesson videos for us guitar playing fans!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER!!!!!!!!!!

DO THIS MORE OFTEN. It is a dream come true to have a mini guitar lesson from Mayer himself. Thank you.

jesus, to just be able to riff like that without even thinking about it. amazing

mayer is a god.

I think Tomo taught us this back in the day!

Good to see you back in the swing of thangs - with the music that is...can't hear to the next project!!! You inspire me to want to learn guitar, but my attention span won't allow me to learn. Rock on, xoxo.

Oh. Thanks a lot! It's like you were answer a specific question of mine. I've been caught on the "Texas Flood" licks forever, and as you pointed out (esp. on a strat) that can get pretty redundant. A trick I often use is flipping to the neck/middle P-up and picking with my thumb. That was my way of taking care of the "ring!" Thanks so much the tip.

I remember as I was learning the pentatonic scale all of those riffs he's playing just came naturally to me probably because I heard them so much on the radio has anyone else experienced this? replies welcome

Thank you very much

Thanks John! I hit a wall today (too much of this, not enough of that). Good to get a bit of a boost from one of the very guitar players I aspire to emulate! Top stuff.

your the man john. love your style. give anything to jam with you.

Thanks, John Mayer.

Dude, You're Insane -_-

Mooooooooooore...Exactly what we want to see!!!!!!!!!!!! Tx for sharing.

Thanks John, I'm gonna be fiddling around with that concept some more. It is really crazy, how you can get so caught up in a scale, that you rely on it so heavily.

Sounds very Peter Green

why did i get this recommended

wow im so glad you put this up. i always used to feel like i was alone when i would get sick of playing the same riffs over and over again, and at the end when you described stopping playing to refresh, its what i do pretty much and it just makes you seem all that much more human.

John man, thanks so much for posting this.. Is very easy just to carry on playing the same thing day in and day out, So I was glad to see that you like to think about new ways of changing your playing... I'm sure all guitar players who watch this like me will find this a great view. Laurie

This video is 3:55 long. Coincidence? I think not. PS Yes I'm aware that once you open it, it's 3:54.

just did a fuckin 8 ball thought i better show you guitarplayrz outhere what i been messing with rel quick

dunno if john reads this but heres my 0.02 ive only been playing a few years but ive found breaking habits is the hardest thing, i also find that putting the instrument down for like a week i come back feeling refreshed. i remember jerry garcia (huge influence on me) talking about things he would do to break out of habits and not always go for the notes that were "comfortable" to play at the time. i think learning the fretboard up and down & being fluent in any position is really key to that

Thanks for the instructional vids!! Please post more when you get the chance!!!

"Hey did you know you can pay the same notes in several places and the sound changes?" Wtf this is probably the most basic shit he could ever teach

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thanks John! Taking Blues lessons asap, always nice to get a head start! Keep the vibe in the strings!

Exactly why I love your music!

You had me totally fooled! I thought you were just a guy giving a little lesson! Nice to see the R&F as down to earth as I am. Keep your feet planted in reality John. I like your style and your lesson, although im basically a guitar hack, i try to overcome that everyday! thanks for the lesson!

Im starting to learn to play the guitar, and this intimidates me, but also inspires me, which is nice.

this has been really helpfull to me honestly. i know what you mean when you say, my ears are getting tired of it, because, once you start playing that a penatonic in the same place, you get really tired of just palying the same little box over and over and over, kinda seem like you run out, but yeah, thank you john, it actually has a widened my playing alot.

Hi John ^^ Congratulations on your Grammy... thanks for a good and free Lesson.^^ Keep it up, John.

Hey! sounds awesome! I am the biggest JM fan ever. yep. I am.. no one can say otherwise! haha. Anyway, I will always remember your concert in VA Beach [August 2004] as one of the best nights of my life, [along with the Eagles concert that followed some 4 years later.] Oh, and thanks for keeping me company on long car rides :-)!

John's awesome. I dream to one day perform with this guy.

It's cool that a man like Mr. Mayer is willing to share with us!

Thanks John! I have been trying to figure stuff like this out. Thanks for the help!

This might finally help me break out of some barriers.

This guy is to blame for me starting guitar. I'm glad John is posting this vid. Thanks John!

John Mayer, thanks for what you are doing in music today. I definately am making the most of the instrument in my lap. Thanks for the inspiration broham...

its amazing. you can hear him play everything.