A lot of the time you don't even have to begin... they write whole songs for you. And being a guitar player myself I know Mayer gets a lot of flack for his pop

A lot of the time you don't even have to begin... they write whole songs for you. And being a guitar player myself I know Mayer gets a lot of flack for his pop tunes. But all snide remarks aside, listen to some of his blues stuff like the John Mayer Trio - it is nothing short of amazing, from playing and dynamics and "feeling" down to tone to gear used.