“I took everything out of the freezer and sat the guitar in overnight”: When John Mayer was unhappy with his famed Black One Strat, he had a bizarre method for trying to fix it

Musician John Mayer of the John Mayer Trio performs at the "ReAct Now: Music & Relief" benefit concert at Paramount Studios on September 9, 2005 in Hollywood, California. The special, featuring musical performances from a wide array of artists, seeks to raise much-needed funds for The American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, America's Second Harvest and similar organizations as they continue their relief efforts in the devastating wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Though John Mayer is now a loyal PRS player – and has become firmly synonymous with his best-selling PRS Silver Sky signature guitar – the modern-day guitar great first made a name for himself as a Stratocaster player.

After all, before he defected to the ranks of PRS, Mayer was a Fender player through-and-through, and over the course of his relationship with the firm there was one electric guitar in particular that defined their time together.