Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster vs Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar

The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster and the Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar are both electric guitars sharing sustaining, warm, dynamic. The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster leans transparent. The Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 Guitar leans tight.

Similarity
citedBlended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.

51% moderately similar

Shared genres
citedGenres both listings are associated with.
  • Rock
Shared tone character
citedDerived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.
  • sustaining
  • warm
  • dynamic
Citation fame
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Description

The Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster was built around a custom 'Big Dipper' pickup set whose middle position is deliberately scooped in the mids, producing the hollowed quack Mayer used for clean rhythm work. It pairs 1954-style body contours with a thick 1960s neck profile and a five-way switch. Discontinued after Mayer moved to PRS.

Tanglewood Memphis AS-35 is a semi-hollow body electric guitar (ES-335 style copy) with dual humbucking pickups, set neck for enhanced sustain, rosewood fingerboard, and double-cutaway design. Made in Korea, the AS-35 delivers warm, resonant tone suitable for jazz, rock, and versatile playing styles.

Genres
citedGenres this gear is documented as being used in.
  • Electronic
  • Blues
  • Jazz
Tonal lean
  • transparent
  • tight

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