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Slow dancing in a burning room amp settings — Fender Tone Master Pro

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

Original rig

1964 Fender Stratocaster (Position 4: Neck + Middle) 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 Tone Master Pro

CHANNEL'65 Deluxe Reverb (or Two-Rock/D-Style clean model) + 2x12 Cab blockBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE9 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01Mythic Drive (Klon Centaur model)

Used as a clean boost to push the front-end into dynamic touch sensitivity

Gain 2 · Treble 5 · Level 7

02Studio Plate / Spring Reverb Block

Post-amp block to emulate studio room ambience

Decay 5 · Tone 5 · Mix 4

Why these settings

The Tone Master Pro's American clean amp models capture the scooped, glassy Two-Rock and Blackface dynamic perfectly. The transparent Mythic Drive block adds Mayer's signature harmonic thickness without clipping into heavy overdrive. Leaving the Strat's volume around 9 keeps the tone touch-responsive when digging in with thumb and fingers.

PRO TIPDitch the pick and play using Mayer's thumb-and-fingerstyle slap technique to get the percussive low-end thump and snappy quack that define this intro.

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