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Matt Owen

“This is going to merge into a very hot topic among guitar players”: Why John Mayer decided against ditching his tube amps for modelers for Dead & Company’s Sphere residency – despite the venue’s shortcomings

John Mayer and Jay Lane of Dead & Company perform onstage at 2025 MusiCares Person Of The Year Honoring The Grateful Dead at Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

John Mayer has opened up on the much-discussed amp setup that he took to the Sphere during Dead & Company’s groundbreaking residency at the state-of-art venue in Las Vegas last year.

Owing to the unique obstacles that come with playing inside a wholly enclosed space that has been designed in the way the Sphere has, the venue has proven to be something of a problem area for guitar players and their rigs.

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