Mike McCready
Mike McCready's Gear
Mike McCready's Blues Driver can be seen on this photo
"I just bought a 670 DOD flanger but I’m not sure if I’m going to use it or not but I’m gonna try to."
Acccording to Premier Guitar, Mike McCready owns a Gibson 1957 Yellow Les Paul Special Electric Guitar.
According to Premier Guitar, Mike McCready has some 65 Amps 2x12 Guitar Speaker cabs. These come with Celestion G12H30 & Alnico Blue speakers.
Visible in this photo from this now deleted November 10, 2011 Tumblr post.
In an interview with Premier Guitar, Mike McCready discusses his use of the Keeley Ibanez TS9 Mod Plus Tube Screamer, highlighting it among his effects pedals for its distinctive overdrive sound.
In this photo, one can see Mike playing a black S-100 Polara.
Featured in this October 18, 2018 Instagram post by Wire Instruments.
Seattle’s finest, Mike McCready of @pearljam looking quite dapper backstage @aclfestival with Wire Instruments Sleepwalker #23 of 27 built! #rareguitars #industrialdesign #seattle #austincitylimits #mikemccready #pearljam
"I have a Gretsch Billy Zoom model."
A yellow Diamond Opto-Compressor Guitar Effects Pedal is visible in the upper right corner of this picture of Mike McCready's pedalboard.
According to Premier Guitar, an Xotic Effects AC Booster Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal is used in Mike McCready's pedalboard.
In the user-uploaded photo titled "Mike_McCready_Board.jpg" on reverb.com, Mike McCready is shown using the Lovepedal AMP 50 Overdrive, highlighting its place in his setup.
In this Youtube Video at 5:59 you can see Mike McCready use MXR M169 Carbon Copy Analog Delay.
A DM-2 Delay is seen in Mike McCready's pedalboard.
Pictures of Mike McCready's pedalboard show a Rotosphere.
Mike McCready seen throughout the YouTube video playing this guitar only in this exhibition with legendary local 80s Seattle rock band, Shadow.
In a Facebook photo shared by Eduardo Domanski, Mike McCready's pedalboard is shown featuring the MXR MC401 Boost/Line Driver, positioned just after the Xotic USA EP Booster.
Pedal 57 in Stompbox: 100 Pedals of the World's Greatest Guitarists, as can be seen in the quick browse video at 0:24.
Mike McCready uses the EarthQuaker Devices Afterneath V1 reverb pedal, as seen on his 2018 pedalboard, positioned at the top left of the MXR CAE Wah. This setup is discussed in a Reddit thread on guitar pedals.
"I also have...the old MXR Phase 90 for sure."
Mike McCready can be seen using a Gibson Flying V.
Artist page on the GHS website
Mike McCready of Pearl Jam fame shows how the 2013 song 'Sirens' was made on his old 1974 Martin D-28
You can see McCready using a white 70s style flying v with block inlays when Pearl Jam play Alive at the home shows in Seattle (2018)
An Electro-Harmonix XO Micro POG Guitar Effects Pedal appears in this picture of Mike McCready's pedalboard.
The amp switching in Mike McCready's rig is done using a Radial Engineering JX44 Air Control Guitar Signal Manager stored in an off-stage rack.
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