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Slow dancing in a burning room amp settings — Fender Deluxe Reverb

The John Mayer guitar tone for “Slow dancing in a burning room”, dialed in for a Fender Deluxe Reverb with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. Studio version, Continuum (2006) — iconic intro/rhythm riff

Original rig

1964 Fender Stratocaster into Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature / Dumble Steel String Singer with subtle Klon transparent boost and plate/spring reverb

Glassy, scooped, touch-sensitive edge-of-breakup clean with blooming low-end and vocal chime

Amp settings — Fender Deluxe Reverb

CHANNELVibrato Channel

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	5
Bass	6
Treble	6
Reverb	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Klon Centaur / Transparent Overdrive

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; adds the signature Mayer mid-push and subtle compression

Gain 2 · Treble 5 · Output 7

Why these settings

The Fender Deluxe Reverb naturally shares the glassy 6kHz top-end of Mayer's Two-Rock/Dumble setup, so Volume at 5 gets the 6V6 power section right to the edge of breakup on picking peaks. Keep Treble at 6 and Bass at 6 to replicate the classic scooped mid-range and warm low-end bloom of the Vibrato channel. The amp lacks dedicated Mid and Presence controls, which are nulled accordingly.

PRO TIPPluck with the pads of your thumb and index finger rather than a pick on the main riff to round off the sharp attack and get the signature vocal thumb-slap dynamics.

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