What keyboard effect is on John Mayer's I Don't Trust Myself

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What keyboard effect is on John Mayer's I Don't Trust Myself

Unread post by geo3217 » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:23 am

At the beginning of the song, what keyboard effect is used on I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)? It sounds like a pretty standard effect, yet still one I am not familiar with. Thanks.
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Unread post by Pickles » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:58 pm

Are you talking about the weird almost wah sounding effect? That's actually guitar, I believe. Still don't know how he gets it to sound like that though.
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Re: What keyboard effect is on John Mayer's I Don't Trust Myself

Unread post by geo3217 » Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:51 am

I mean the first instrument you hear in the song. Yeah that effect of his on the guitar is really weird, but that's not specifically what I'm talking about. Actually I'd like to know what that is too. The guitar and keyboard sound so similar I almost think that he just ran his keyboard through the same pedal he used for his guitar in order to get that same sound on keyboard.
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Re: What keyboard effect is on John Mayer's I Don't Trust Myself

Unread post by Beauford33 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:49 pm

Its an electro harmonix micro synth pedal
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Unread post by Teego Time » Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:34 pm

You can get the same effect by turning your gain up a bit and using the volume knob on your guitar in conjunction with picking a string. Its tricky but I got it to sound almost exactly like it last night.
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Unread post by geo3217 » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:37 am

Teego Time wrote:You can get the same effect by turning your gain up a bit and using the volume knob on your guitar in conjunction with picking a string. Its tricky but I got it to sound almost exactly like it last night.
wtf, that sounds fuckin awesome. i'm gonna have to try that sometime.
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