John Mayer Room For Squares (Guitar TAB)

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Summary: Room for Squares
Review: i just recently purchased this book for something to do to kill time. i'm a big fan of john mayer's music, and wanted to see if i could possibly play some of his stuff. at first it was a little intimidating, because some of the chords are a little difficult for me. (i think john must have some rather large hands.) but contrary to what has been said about this book by others, once you take the time to learn the music, it sounds exactly like the album. minus the background instruments of course. so if you base your decision on whether or not to buy this based on will the songs sound like the album, don't let that be a reason. just pay attention to the fact that you will need a capo, and will need to know what a "drop D" tuning is to make it "sound like the album". other than that, if you enjoy playing guitar, and you enjoy john mayer's music, then you should like this book. if you don't enjoy one of the aforementioned, then you probably won't enjoy this book. it's a pretty simple concept.

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Summary: SO-SO
Review: I've used TAB books and sheet music before, but this one is not as well done as others (David Wilcox for Example is much better and much more accurate sounding). I'm still left with a belief that it is not an accurate representation of what is actually being played by the artist, and I don't care if it says John Supervised the transcriptions or not. It's just not that well done IMHO.

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Summary: Dead On
Review: John Mayer's skill as a guitarist, unfortunately, is not completely conveyed through the songs on "Room For Squares". However, in order for some of these songs to sound like the versions on Room For Squares, you simply have to play and be able to play like John Mayer, which is in my opinion, a very under-rated guitarist. But I would advise anyone questioning purchasing this book to do so. If you can play half as well as John, you can play the songs on this album, and make them sound like the originals.