John Mayer - Gravity (guitar loop & solo)

A guitar loop cover of one of my favourite songs. I hope you enjoy :)
Guitar: PRS Silver Sky SE (Moon White)
Audio Interface: Scarlett Focusrite Solo 3rd Gen
Pedals: TC Electronics Ditto Looper
DAW: Logic Pro
Plugins: Neural DSP Archetype: Cory Wong

[@KWAYLA_]

How I wish to play like this one day, beautiful!

[@benplazek]

keep playing and you will for sure!! thanks for listening :)

[@jovicabengona]

no words can express how great this cover is... but numbers can! 11/10

[@benplazek]

hahah thank you Jovic!

[@rahulbanerjee9968]

there's an unexpected warmth in this cover! good job, mate xx

[@benplazek]

thanks Rahul!

[@TyNCoMusic]

Great work man, you’re on the right road🤘🏻

[@benplazek]

thank you 🙌 appreciate that

[@brianodonovan161]

Amazing Ben, you’ve inspired me to learn this!

[@benplazek]

thats awesome! thanks Brian

[@jocaceolatto3887]

How is this not viral??
AMAZING 👏👏👏👏

[@benplazek]

thanks Joca!

[@erictraaaan]

Love the vibe of this. Well done!

[@benplazek]

thank you Eric! much appreciated

[@rocky0711]

Great work! Sounds really good and your playing is fantastic !!

[@benplazek]

thank you Rocky!

[@andrewb8914]

Very smooth. Nice playing!

[@benplazek]

thanks Andrew!

[@Hyoinhyowine]

beautiful guitar! and playing

[@benplazek]

it sure is! and thank you :)

[@lincantro]

Beautiful ! Good job dude!

[@benplazek]

thank you!

[@Noahcantgame]

Great job Ben! I'm inspired.

[@benplazek]

thanks Noah!!

[@BirdsEyePortugal]

So beautiful. Congrats on the amazing videos, very talented

[@benplazek]

thank you!! much appreciated

[@emredogu02]

so chill bro i love th,s

[@benplazek]

thanks Emre!

[@mateuszsuchy4679]

great tone !

[@benplazek]

thanks Mateusz!

[@GordWait]

Nicely done!

[@benplazek]

Thanks Gord!

[@fabioferandipierre9646]

Just insane , c'est solennel

[@benplazek]

merci Fabio!

[@selong6013]

Deymmm, its smooth bro!

[@benplazek]

thanks Sel!

[@st6strings]

523 subs only for this mastermind,,,,Excellent man

[@benplazek]

thanks Sabin!

[@joedoliveira5541]

awesome

[@benplazek]

thanks Joed!

[@knoxtucker6940]

that silver sky 🤌🏼!!! I just got mine yesterday and im in love with it

[@benplazek]

heck yea!! its a great guitar eh? what colour did you get?

[@knoxtucker6940]

@@benplazekStone blue !!!! It’s my first guitar and got an hx stomp xl to go with it !

[@benplazek]

damn thats a nice set up!! better than mine lol I've heard great things about the hx stomp

[@knoxtucker6940]

@@benplazek yeah they are insane! I got a where the light is patch for the stomp and the tones are on point! How long have you had your silver sky?

[@benplazek]

@@knoxtucker6940 wowwwww jealous! Just searched it on TH-cam it sounds amazing. I’ve had it for about 2 years now! Got it shortly after it came out

[@avisheksaha2226]

Nice job Ben !

[@benplazek]

thanks Avishek!

[@Datdus92]

Those are really cool inlays.

[@benplazek]

agreed!!

[@imanwalkalone6810]

Nice dude😃

[@benplazek]

thank you!

[@dongmul79]

Good!👍

[@benplazek]

thank you :)

[@jai_dpr]

loved it!

[@benplazek]

thanks Jai!

[@jayplaysthestrings]

Looping is really good, and I loved her bass you added by rolling the tone off. My only suggestion is to slow down on the 2 back-to-back intro bends you do at the beginning on the b string. Take your time and really feel it. That's what I've learned from watching so many video of JM doing it.

[@benplazek]

thanks Jayden! appreciate the tip thats a good point

[@joebob007]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@benplazek]

thanks Shaan!

[@PyroVarkFr]

good job bro

[@benplazek]

Thank you :)

[@aacevedo6019]

Awesome and awesome hair too 😅

[@benplazek]

lol thank you!!

[@aazz0099503]

Immediately grabbing the looper pedal and trying this

[@benplazek]

enjoy!

[@AmicoFF]

Hey man, good job, the tone is great. What gear do you use?

[@benplazek]

Thanks! I record through Logic and used Neural DSP's Archetype: Cory Wong plugin, just using reverb and a bit of compression

[@mikelmao8849]

this is dope! how long have you been playing?

[@benplazek]

thanks Mike! Started on acoustic about 8 years ago and electric for the past 4 years

[@ethanjams]

I've got the same moon white silver sky and the same tidepool blue strat, how strange. Anyway, great cover man!

[@benplazek]

you have great taste in guitars my friend!! Just checked out your channel and see you tend to play the strat more, do you prefer it?

[@ethanjams]

@@benplazek I actually prefer the silver sky, but I only got it a couple of months ago so I haven’t posted many videos with it. Both great guitars though

[@kintinglee6708]

This is amazing! Could i please have the tab for this? I’m a self-taught beginner and would really like to learn this piece🤍

[@benplazek]

thanks for listening kinting! i dont have tabs unfortunately :(

[@WHenn-it2gh]

this is so beautiful wow, do you use a pedal to loop?

[@blowalone]

it's ditto looper, he answered to that question earlier)

[@benplazek]

thanks @blowalone ! yea i use the ditto looper

[@cubesquared414]

Hey man awesome cover! just started looping myself do you have any tips?

[@benplazek]

thank you! i would say the hardest part is timing of starting/stopping the loop, so try practicing something simple and try to get it super clean. It really helps to start playing whatever you are going to loop and then once you're already in rhythm, start recording and play through the ending of your loop so it sounds continuous. Keeping time by tapping your foot helps too. Last tip is about tone, use your knobs and different pickups to help different parts stand out in your loop. Hope this is helpful!

[@tobiass4225]

Motivated me to do my own loops like you’re doing. Apart from a looper and reverb do you have any other effects?

[@benplazek]

love to hear it! other than that nope, maybe had a bit of compression but only cause the "drums" are louder than the rest and its all recorded on one track so have to squeeze it a bit

[@peetran09]

Wow, i would love for you to share your setup in a video sometime

[@benplazek]

I can do that! its pretty simple, just the guitar you see and a ditto looper and audio interface recording into logic, then using either the cory wong or mateus asato neural DSP plugin

[@ElixerS5]

Well done sir, may I copy?

[@benplazek]

thank you and of course!

[@MarceloXDism]

Do you film your videos with a professional camera or is it with your phone?

[@benplazek]

just with my iPhone! I use the 4k recording option

[@trey_dizzle4161]

what loop pedal are you using? thanks

[@benplazek]

using the ditto looper!

[@maksou5769]

what's the looper used ?

[@benplazek]

ditto looper!

[@TheRealSuperwiesel]

Which bass pedal is that?

[@benplazek]

no bass pedal! just using the neck pickup and turning the tone knob down to 0

[@ayerdavid8154]

what multi efefc did u use?

[@benplazek]

recorded through Logic Pro and used Neural DSP's Archetype: Cory Wong plugin, just using reverb and a bit of compression! nothing fancy

[@ayerdavid8154]

?
what looper@@benplazek

[@benplazek]

ditto looper

[@guitarlife994]

Me and u need to make a band :-)

[@benplazek]

heck ya brother

[@nia898]

i wish theres a purchasable tab

[@benplazek]

there are plenty of tutorials out there for this song! the chords are just G-C, the guitar riffs and solo's are on youtube, and so is the bass line

[@michaelharveymusic]

Big shirt

[@benplazek]

so big

[@schlumpsack647]

I have the same guitar. So it’s not the gear that I’m not sounding like him 😂.

[@benplazek]

😂 neither do I!

[@straightmanforever69]

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 well done ben we are proud of you!!

[@benplazek]

thank you!

[@DecemberGift]

i really wanted to dislike this and you. but this cover is pretty good

[@benplazek]

hahaha glad you enjoyed!!