Maybe I’m wrong, but I believe Mike McCready is the only person to play in separate bands with Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, and Layne Staley. What a legend
@shall2387 Жыл бұрын
Your not wrong , one of the best that's played with and contributed to the best
@JHNO6611 ай бұрын
…and Mark Lanegan.
@1355Anthony11 ай бұрын
Don’t forget Andrew Wood! Dude was the best, the original.
@area5180311 ай бұрын
Jason Everman can almost touch that. Didn't play with Pearl Jam, but he played in nirvana
@Schmiddelwutz20007 ай бұрын
@@1355Anthony That were Jeff and Stone. McCready wasn't in Mother Love Bone. 😊
@nicolas.grisanti3 жыл бұрын
He is so underrated, his solos have so much feelings, hail hail Mike!
@eldenboi83543 жыл бұрын
The thing I like about him a lot is that he does pretty basic pentatonic stuff but it sounds so good everytime.
@eliseosawyer61323 жыл бұрын
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@vancebrennan76683 жыл бұрын
@Eliseo Sawyer Instablaster ;)
@eliseosawyer61323 жыл бұрын
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@eliseosawyer61323 жыл бұрын
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@hegemonycricket21823 жыл бұрын
The guitars on Ten are just life changing. And Mad Season 'above' is an album where you can hear all kinds of great stuff from Mike as well. One of my favorite players, so influential.
@seannolan75383 жыл бұрын
Wake ups solo is the best 🤘
@hillaryforincarceration44043 жыл бұрын
His playing on the song Even Flow is amazing. He's one of the best guitarists of all time.
@croftperkins3 жыл бұрын
Highly underrated. No one really understands why I play like I do until I point in his direction.
@JotaMcCready3 жыл бұрын
Totally agreed!
@hammill4447 ай бұрын
Sorry, I just don’t understand why everyone thinks he’s so special. Just my opinion.
@ryanbirabent-genone92193 жыл бұрын
Between Ten and the TOTD record, those are some of the most impactful guitar tones I’ve ever heard. The combo of the Strat and Mike McCready’s playing is magic.
@vedder103 жыл бұрын
Totally agree but don't forget his work on Mad Season's album and songs like River of Deceit.
@Jamesfoofighter3 жыл бұрын
He used a LP on a lot of Ten
@R04dny2 жыл бұрын
@@Jamesfoofighter there’s two guitarists, stone gossard was the one who used a les Paul
@Jamesfoofighter2 жыл бұрын
@@R04dny read an interview with him - he stated he used SGs and LPs on Ten, as well as his Strats. Alive solo was recorded on a LP.
@joshualoveless202 жыл бұрын
@@Jamesfoofighter Stone Played the LP, Mike Plays a Strat on Ten. The perfect balance of two great sounding guitars and 2 great guitar players.
@timhopkins4372 Жыл бұрын
I met Mike McCready briefly about 11 years ago when he was playing guitar for Tres Mts (Jeff Aments side project) some fans, myself included, waited outside after the show to meet him and Jeff, Jeff came out kinda just waved to everyone very briefly then got into a black SUV and left. When Mike came out he really took the time to talk to everyone and made sure if everyone wanted to take a picture got one. Super nice and humble guy. You can tell he really doesn’t take for granted what he does. My friend had a similar experience on Temple of The Dog tour. Everyone left except Mike and Stone.
@ChrisBuckGuitar3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Mike’s such an underrated guitar player 🙌🏻
@JeighNeither3 жыл бұрын
You're an underrated player for sure, but I'd say Mike is more of an underrated songwriter. Some of the riffs he's written are just massive hooks, that will never escape my memories. Goddard wrote/writes a fair bit of backbone, but the licks are all Mike's. BTW, when is your sig coming?
@soundpropellerpatrick1133 жыл бұрын
I agree completely, and coming from an excellent guitarist like you, that is a great compliment! I've been fortunate to happen to have known Mike since we were kids, so I'm obviously biased, but it was very cool to see him grow and become the musician he is today, and VERY cool to see outstanding guitarists like you and Mick Taylor from TPS name drop Mike as a guitarist they love and respect. He was honestly always very good (as was Danny Newcomb, who also picked up the guitar at around the same time - I was the John Lennon chord basher, but still eternally pushing my skills, by having these two as my other guitar playing friends).
@eatnosenuggets3 жыл бұрын
Praised among fans and other musicians?? Nah..he's very appropriately rated.
@christopher-miles3 жыл бұрын
i don't think he is... you just t hanging with the wrong people. hahah
@shawnmagee26403 жыл бұрын
You and he both. The attention span of the masses is fleeting. But we appreciate you both. Keep moving forward.
@paulcowan67823 жыл бұрын
Dude both Mike and Stone are some of the best guitarists I have ever seen.
@underdog87973 жыл бұрын
Lmao not even slightly close
@drainaudio2 жыл бұрын
@@underdog8797 Lmao?....both Mike & Stone write/play in one of the most successful bands of the last 30 years. At what they do in their creative sphere - Pearl Jam - there is clearly no-one better.
@marting.official3 жыл бұрын
“ How the the guitar scream and how it plays beautifully “- words that best describes a Stratocaster
@THEOPINIONATEDSPORTSMAN3 жыл бұрын
Bout damn time. Him and Lifeson are the most underrated in Rock. Period.
@thatsamazin-3 жыл бұрын
Actually I do kinda agree with you. Although Alex he is highly respected among “real” guitar players, he did have to share the spotlight with 2 absolute monsters. Not to mention other insane guitar players around that time. But yeah he is definitely “underrated” because imo, he is as good as Neil, Geddy, and dare I say, Eddie? Lol
@StevenRdallas232 жыл бұрын
Mike McCready is a very interesting guitarist, and like a lot of grunge guitarists, he never gets the credit he deserves.
@shawnmagee26403 жыл бұрын
Dude is a sweetheart and a ripper. It’s about time.
@nigelwallis92232 жыл бұрын
Just love to hear naturally talented yet humble people talk, great guitarist, thank you
@joaquin86373 жыл бұрын
The isolated guitar tracks of "Ten" show how incredible he and Stone are
@joshtonkin76843 жыл бұрын
I listen to it all the time haha
@Alexandahls3 жыл бұрын
It’s a nice coincidence that two of my favorite guitarists (John Frusciante and Mike McCready) both plays a sunburst strat.
@gerrithooyer3 жыл бұрын
Such a nice, down to earth guy. I can't help but admire this guy.
@musicoceanart3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love you Mike...and PJ.... favourite guitarist ever..... soundtrack to my life....live again will be ultimate bliss. Adore..
@FunkyMonk4Life3 жыл бұрын
Mike has always been my favorite guitarist from the 90s era. Not just his PJ work but TotD and Mad Season as well. His work on Your Savior is still one of the best riffs in rock music. Congrats Mike, you've earned and deserve the honor.
@aaronabrahamsen29752 жыл бұрын
The most underrated Guitarist ever.
@themicdfiles1865 Жыл бұрын
I've seen PJ more times than I can count, but one of the best shows I've ever seen was Mike McCready at The Crocodile back in the day. I finally learned Yellow Ledbetter on my sunburst Strat a couple weeks back and when I finally hit something resembling the song, I thought back to the times when I watched Mike absolutely captivate stadiums with his finale solo. There's nothing in my heart but gratitude. What a gift to have been a soul in those crowds. This was before any of today's tech. We had tapers if we wanted bootlegs, then came Napster, which was mind-blowing. Every payday I'd hit Tower Records and drop a $100 on CD's. People ask why I pay $15 /month for spotify premium and I'm like, "Dude, for $15/month I can get whatever I want!" I miss the experience of going to a record store, sometimes buying albums based on the cover art. sometimes you grabbed a winner, sometimes you bought a coaster for blow. It's unfortunate that youngsters like my son will never experience the reality we had the fortune to live through. Back when you'd buy a ticket at Fred Meyer the day of the show and hope they weren't sold out. If they were, you'd show up on a lot anyhow, hoping to get your hands on a stub. Sometimes you'd find a side door to a venue that was open and you'd waive at your idiot friends to get their asses moving. As I remember these things, the only adequate descriptor of those times is the sappy smile on my face.
@C.dieslevonankwek7 Жыл бұрын
You sound as nostalgic as I do trying to explain to my kids how we'd buy a CD the day it hit the music store, put it in the car CD player and start from the beginning. We've kinda lost that over the years and hate they'll never experience some of the times I had cause it's never as good for music as the 90's some may argue but that was the decade for me, we got away from hair bands thank God and what came after has never been duplicated
@joelmiddaugh82293 жыл бұрын
He is a fantastic guitar player, very underrated.
@peterklein58613 жыл бұрын
Yellow Ledbetter is one of the reasons I picked up a guitar at 29 and decided this time I was gonna do it properly. Eventually I'll decide I deserve to splash out on a strat and go chasing that tone.
@scottwaszak6983 жыл бұрын
It’s essentially Hendrix; nothing original.
@JeighNeither3 жыл бұрын
@@scottwaszak698 Please, Pearl Jam wishes. That song is just a few of the chords of Little Wing, with none of the amazing fretwork & voicings.
@JeighNeither3 жыл бұрын
So you'd never heard Little Wing?
@peterklein58613 жыл бұрын
@@JeighNeither Yep, I had, it's great. But it was Yellow Ledbetter that made me want to play the guitar, which is why I wrote a comment about Yellow Ledbetter and not Little Wing.
@shawnbenbrook13723 жыл бұрын
Same, Yellow Ledbetter is the reason I learned to play
@vincentdesautels49713 жыл бұрын
Can we get a longer version of this? He is sush a great player and lover of guitar.
@zbqb84a3 жыл бұрын
Love the story behind the headstock chip. I'd imagine a dramatically different outcome if he played a Les Paul.
@ArbiterBrick3 жыл бұрын
He does.
@ve3yjt3 жыл бұрын
Would’ve smashed the cabinet. LOL
@joelmiddaugh82293 жыл бұрын
SNAP! Would've broken off and flew right in his face from the string tension.
@fgianne983 жыл бұрын
@@ArbiterBrick he was referring to the specific moment when he snapped the strat. However, Mike - such as many other guitarists - plays a large variety of guitars (including a beautiful yellow Les Paul TV Model with a single p90, that his wife bought him for his 40th birthday), but he can be unarguably defined a mainly stratocaster guy. Even the things he’s playing now with a Les Paul, he has written them mostly on his black strat in the old days of the Ten record
@leinonibishop94802 жыл бұрын
He’s also smashed a few LPs on stage.
@vedder103 жыл бұрын
Love Mike Mcready's playing and Pearl Jam. His interview in Hit Parader magazine back in the 90's turned me on to Muddy Waters and the Last Waltz movie.
@shall2387 Жыл бұрын
I hate to see him getting old and knowing eventually all great things come to an end. McCready is one of those great things
@julianpottermusic3 жыл бұрын
McCready is one of those guitarists you can tell just from their tone and play style
@mike86103 жыл бұрын
Mike was a inspiration for me as a young player when I picked up the guitar in 1997. He is a pentatonic ripper for sure. As I began to learn, I realized that his style and licks were actually attainable. They were a combo of speed (at times), pentatonic runs, and pure EMOTION, & flawless delay and wah technique to name a few. With practice and dedication I was able to play like him. I've stolen his tone and style and used it in my own original bands back in the day. The ultimate compliment I got from one of my band's singers was, "man you sound like Mike McCready from Pearl Jam". I think I smiled for a week straight. Mike's feel and knowing exactly what to play and when to play it, to me, makes up for his lack of being EVH or SRV...he never had to be one of those guys to make PJ songs great. He is like a fan and great player who landed the ultimate gig. I live vicariously through him. His playing WAS and IS and always will be perfect for what Pearl Jam put(s) out. I love seeing this from Fender and although I won't buy this, appreciate the Mike McCready acknowledgement after all these years. Mike isn't just a great player and humble guy...he is a major major fan of Fender guitars which makes this all the more special. He has 59 tattooed on his arm...for all the years until they really did research on this guitar, thought this guitar was a 59 Strat.
@Schmiddelwutz20007 ай бұрын
Luckily he still has a 59 Les Paul! 😂
@abrahones84726 ай бұрын
Wow! My daughter's totally in it!! Hail to Mike and Fender, from Brazil!!
@Guilhermetmfranco3 жыл бұрын
Mike, thank you for being an inspiration to us!
@soundpropellerpatrick1133 жыл бұрын
Congratulations, Mike! I'm so proud of the amazing musician you became, and I'm grateful I was in the rare position to watch your development from the start. THIS is what custom shop guitars are all about, and I can think of no other guitarist who deserves a custom instrument more!
@anthonymorrow38183 жыл бұрын
Probably the best lead Guitarist out there right now!! Amazing work, especially live, Pearl Jam is probably the best live Rock band out there. In my opinion their songs are even better live. Amazing work Mike!! Congratulations 🤘
@BrotherTris3 жыл бұрын
3:44 absolutely unmistakeable McCready tone and lick imo... massively inspired my own playing so much more than anyone else
@jakerankine2228 Жыл бұрын
To write a song like yellow Ledbetter is the frontier of musical talent. So so so angelic
@MiSambra3 жыл бұрын
His solo in "Evenflow" is one of my favorite of all time. Monster of a player.
@renodavid3 жыл бұрын
Well, those are just magic tones. And they’re from a collaboration between the essence of Mike McCready (his mind and fingers) and the guitar and the amps and the effects. It all comes together to create something special. It simply doesn’t happen with most players, sad to say. It’s a rare gift.
@sheine56773 жыл бұрын
Mike’s fill ins during the second verse of Evenflow (video version) are simply the best of all time. They are the equivalent to the drum fills in Tom Sawyer.
@rodmoro58013 жыл бұрын
This guy is an amazing guitar player. He deserves it. And I´m pretty sure this will be a great guitar.
@wakey19823 жыл бұрын
Nothing nicer than a beat up Stratocaster! Really glad they have honoured him with a custom shop signature, he's one of the few greats left that didn't have one.
@davidwile12773 жыл бұрын
What about a clean 1960 strat?
@markkirsch18613 жыл бұрын
First it screams and then it breaks your heart when he plays Ledbetter. Awesome!
@simondoutre62253 жыл бұрын
Finally a guitarist worthy of a signature model... When I was 13 and heard the alive solo on the video clip on rage and taped it on VHS and watched it over and over and over it inspired me to learn more than just grunge nirvana power chords. He was hendrix for 90s grunge teens I'm 39 now btw The pearl jam concert in Melbourne 95 literally changed ny life. There was a riot it was everything. I never liked them as much after vitalogy but that period shaped me as a person - no doubt. What a time 2 be a kid
@FreeUrMindz3 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid....for those not familiar with his brief band called Mad Season with Layne Staley of Alice in Chains on vocals...its a must!!! Some of Mike's best stuff is on the their one album they made called Above.
@hegemonycricket21823 жыл бұрын
One of my absolute favorite albums
@RonnyBGoode3 жыл бұрын
What a nice guy, and a killer on the fretboard. Always loved his playing. Part of my musical life for 30 years, TOTD was my first CD I bougt back in 1993.....
@brentcozt3 жыл бұрын
"... And I play in a band called Pearl Jam..." Ok, now that's a flex.
@BreauxBobby3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! I heard Pearl Jam for the first time when I was jogging. EvenFlow was coming across a field traveling through the wind from some speakers outside at a pool. It was the beginning of music we all heard in our heads, filling the monotonous years in between, when music sucked. We were connected to Mike’s style of playing. I remember thinking, finally some good f’ing rock again! Nice to see this from Fender! Wow.
@alejandroangeles85873 жыл бұрын
He is one of my heroes... hands down.
@haroldroberts52503 жыл бұрын
Congrats, Mr. McCready. Absolutely worthy of this acknowledgment.
@energyasylum9974 ай бұрын
Mikes SRV story is such a great one!! SRV, 🙏 Rest In Peace
@laurawatters9143 жыл бұрын
And of course love all your amazing solo and your War Pigs riff at the end of Alive, and need to mention Mad Season Wake Up solo, insane totally insane!!! Love it sooo very much!! ❤️🤘
@mikemccready43383 жыл бұрын
May this special day bring you and your family joy and happiness for I have seen a handful of your comments on my post thanks for your love and support .Kindly message me on my personal email via hangouts endeavor with your name so I can know it’s you cause I don’t answer unnecessarily messages Hangouts mail MikeMcCreadyconnect@gmail.com
@jeffament93302 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️
@laurawatters9143 жыл бұрын
Mr.Mike McCready, love you Soo much, I've watched hundreds of Pearl Jam concerts on KZfaq you my dear are sooo awesome and amazing you never disappoint ever!!! ❤️🤘🎸🌹🥰
@jeffament93302 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@Kanad_Ray Жыл бұрын
One of those guitar players, whose music inspired me top pick up guitar
@ernestmiramontes58073 жыл бұрын
Mike and SRV are my ultimate guitar Hero’s! Well deserved Mike!
@DenzelClarkson953 жыл бұрын
So this is as close to a John Frusciante signature we'll get!!!
@henryc92853 жыл бұрын
Came to comment the same thing
@DanRelayer_Ukraine3 жыл бұрын
by the way! indeed.
@denniscohle37863 жыл бұрын
lol thought the same thing
@radio73533 жыл бұрын
Personally, I'd like a Frusciante signature Jaguar.
@aaronrodriguez5503 жыл бұрын
Thinking the same thing
@lasvegasira3 жыл бұрын
Exceptional guitar player, and I'm stoked for him to have his own signature guitar. But I will never understand the desire some people have to buy a brand new guitar that has fake distressing on it. The guitar earns those battle scars through use.
@michaelball78303 жыл бұрын
Mike is the guy who gave me the inspiration to take up attempting to play guitar & I am definitely not worthy! Thanks for blowing me away for the last 30 years 🤘❤🙏
@kennethpogue718 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Never tried to get to know Mike more. Love this guy.
@thecappy3 жыл бұрын
Now give me Eddie's tele with p90.
@stephenbolech76773 жыл бұрын
Yes but not a custom shop preferably. A road worn would be an instabuy for me!
@davidrewit3 жыл бұрын
Fender is really missing on that one for sure!
@Traboukos3 жыл бұрын
Mike the best! So lucky to see you playing live with PJ.
@alexandrecaxito91013 жыл бұрын
Mike McCready, genius of tone and play
@TimDurkan3 жыл бұрын
the photo in my bio was taken at this show and shortly before I captured the photo used in the Fender promo for this incredible guitar (at the 1:20 mark!). THANK YOU Mike, Fender and Pearl Jam for inviting me to the show in Seattle on Aug 8 2018 and for the awesome opportunity to provide photos for the Custom McCready guitar!
@chrisbauman25623 жыл бұрын
finally. jesus its about time everyone starts appreciating these underrated guitarist
@gilbertolopez29033 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted a Stratocaster. Now even more. Hail McCready!
@jared3053 жыл бұрын
Saw this as an ad in my recommended but I still clicked on it because it’s Fender
@ivanmay78902 жыл бұрын
Mike McCready is a great Strat player and part of the reason why I love Pearl Jam.
@DarthEcoli2 жыл бұрын
Mike definitely intensified my want of a Strat. One of my favourite players if not my actual favourite.
@joeyattaway7563 жыл бұрын
Love you Mike!!!! Great Job Fender.
@phillippitts62943 жыл бұрын
Definitely a heck of guitar player! Deserves a ton of respect! Awesome guitar
@jdickey53 жыл бұрын
"Everytime I saw Prince....He was the best guitar player I've ever seen." - -- Awesome!!! Truth!! Kick ass Mike!!!
@underdog87973 жыл бұрын
Prince wasn't worthy to even hold Eddie van Halen's guitar
@JohnnyLREACTS Жыл бұрын
Fender + McCready = Awesomeness
@jimmywilliams46563 жыл бұрын
About time Fender make your guitar I knew it just a matter of time. Whenever Mike throws his head back it's on and he is in another world.
@bobgracia33182 жыл бұрын
Mike has huge tone taste and talent! Luv this guy
@gcapris903 жыл бұрын
Finally! Another legend to the hall
@reudevad3 жыл бұрын
His playing on the live tracks on the Mad Season album is amazing. That being said, why would anyone want a fake worn guitar? Who wouldn’t rather have a new one with the same specs that they could make their own?
@mike86103 жыл бұрын
Buy a Fender American Original 50 or 60's and you can, at a great price.
@Stereostupid3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike McCready!
@natemartin693 жыл бұрын
Him and Stone Gossard are such underrated guitarists
@ricardogarcia11278 ай бұрын
The soul of the best band ever.
@jensk41402 жыл бұрын
Never heard a super reverb sound so great with distortion pedals.
@petercampion37423 жыл бұрын
Love Mike McCready and his strat!
@jeremyjohnston5923 жыл бұрын
Classy stuff Fender. I'll never be able to afford one, but its great you're doing this.
@kentbeery49413 жыл бұрын
Seems like a Great guy and Congratulations on getting a Master build signature Stratocaster !!
@MrScrofulous3 жыл бұрын
Weird, I was watching PJ at Pinkpop in 1992 last night and thinking how there has never been a McCready sig. Boom, and here we are !!
@chicopereiranetto3 жыл бұрын
Oww man... Fender hit it again, fantastic. Thank you for this
@sparekeiv3 жыл бұрын
David Gilmour, not David Gilmore.
@chicopereiranetto3 жыл бұрын
@@sparekeiv oh bro fantaastic!!! LoL I did write that somewhere, but the oppose, I guess. Did I ofend ya or someone? Im very sorry if so, and would love to redo. But - why not Gilmore? haha! Cheers
@davesegal26313 жыл бұрын
I have spent thousands of hours playing along with Mike's live solos. He is my hands down favorite number 1 guitar player. We cover PJ in my band. My Strat is one of my favorite guitars. With that said for some reason I would not want this copy of his Strat. I would feel weird (I know as if thousands of hours copying his playing isn't?)
@greatgoblinbradford8986 Жыл бұрын
criminally underrated man. his riffs and solos are so tasteful. shit man.
@marekkfly3 жыл бұрын
fantastic! One of my favourite guitarist.
@lucaseduardogatto5357 Жыл бұрын
Top demais!!!!!! Mike é um dos melhores guitarristas do mundo!!!
@sn95_mustang_garage3 жыл бұрын
Very underrated, the first 2 PJ albums every song was brilliant and they'd be on island with me.
@jawa50143 жыл бұрын
I love his playing so much! Such an underrated player. HIs solo on Reach Down is so baddass it made me want a strat.
@goodman18862 жыл бұрын
Fender is my dream guitar but I can't pay the high price...ilove you fender guitar.
@MacedonianGrace3 жыл бұрын
Дуде mate greetings I learned to play guitar my first songs "State of love and trust" "Jeremy" ......on a Russian strat copy with brass frets ......oohhh what I time I had....
@patrickfoster45863 жыл бұрын
It was Alive for me. Cheers from Louisiana bro! P[>
@MacedonianGrace3 жыл бұрын
@@patrickfoster4586 Cheers brother, so nice of you. From MACEDONIA 🔆🇲🇰
@Darklord-et9xz2 жыл бұрын
I can remember seeing that guitar at the Mad season live at the moor theater concert.
@lancelowery4027 Жыл бұрын
Most underrated guitarist ever
@ShotGunRoleModel3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they took this long. Well done, Fender.
@russclewley69453 жыл бұрын
One of thee most underrated guitarists!
@MrLee2310 ай бұрын
Love it; here f/ the other video by Fender w/ Mike
@ChristopCo3 жыл бұрын
First solo I ever learned was from “Glorified G”. I’ve always loved Mike’s playing and this guitar is long overdue!