<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Mike-mccready ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/mike-mccready Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I got to play with Layne and Chris and Lanegan. Now they’re gone. What would they be doing now? That haunts me to this day”: Mike McCready opens up on his new rock opera, the Seattle jams that changed him, and the future of Pearl Jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-farewell-to-seasons-interview xiqVZUV38p6Bojg2C47yJn Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0000 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:35:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I know there’s purists that aren’t into that, but it made me a better guitar player”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready explains why switching to digital modeling improved his guitar playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-on-switching-to-amp-modelers hsX7kh2p4qUHnVHHY6hj4V Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:24:39 +0000 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:33:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I quit playing music for two years. I was done. Then I got a call from Stone”: Mike McCready followed Duff McKagan to LA to make it big – but he nearly missed his shot in Seattle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-followed-duff-mckagan-to-la-to-make-it-big B8qkDtZqxYzLAp8jNr6VNG Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:41:11 +0000 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:59:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Inspired by the creativity, community, and chaos of the Seattle music scene”: Mike McCready has spent 20 years making a rock opera that explores an alternate history of grunge – and it’s finally ready ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/mike-mccready-farewell-seasons RASh385ntLmwLKhkTGHEaR Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:54:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People always say Rory Gallagher and Stevie Ray Vaughan had acidic sweat – but this is what I think”: Why some of the most famous Fenders are so heavily worn, according to a Custom Shop Masterbuilder ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/why-famous-fenders-are-so-heavily-worn RqUZ59CnnMBpBAADhZyjWe Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:43:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This gentleman was someone we looked up to. He was right up there”: Peter Frampton joins Pearl Jam and trades solos with Mike McCready over Black during Nashville performance ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/peter-frampton-joins-pearl-jam-for-black-in-nashville hzWcdqugQNM7ByGEcanPFN Tue, 13 May 2025 11:26:37 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 10:02:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Mike, I don’t know how to tell you this, but that’s a note-for-note guitar solo from...” Mike McCready stole his Alive solo from Kiss – but Ace Frehley had already stolen it from another legendary classic rock band ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/mike-mccready-alive-solo-stolen-rom-kiss-stolen-from-the-doors vvq7wBQdmNVqjLuxFVj5HU Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:45:38 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:26:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Grunge was a much-needed break from the corporate ’80s sound. It literally put electric guitar rock back on the map”: Nancy Wilson explains why Seattle has produced so many guitar heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/nancy-wilson-why-seattle-produces-guitar-heroes 4zsvtH3zCK5jRyLfBvhVv7 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:37:08 +0000 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:07:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You really know how to play guitar?” This superfan travelled 7,000 miles to see Pearl Jam live – and wound up playing guitar on Yellow Ledbetter ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-superfan-plays-guitar-onstage-during-yellow-ledbetter uAKuYY9KhKrx3fpSNfm6d6 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 15:09:32 +0000 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:12:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Back to being 12 years old, going to a show and holding a sign that said, ‘Can I play the guitar solo for Alive?’” Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt joins Mike McCready to share one of the all-time great guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andrew-watt-joins-pearl-jam-mike-mccready-onstage-for-alive-solo XFUs6zU7qFWikRnMub4uM9 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:41:47 +0000 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:42:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That was one hell of a fall”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready falls off stage mid-solo – but doesn’t miss a note ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-stage-fall-vancouver RkX7aq8aYHK7neEi8g6GEd Wed, 08 May 2024 10:44:46 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:56:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve typically been afraid of Strats just because they carry so much baggage”: How a gift from Mike McCready helped change St. Vincent’s relationship with the Stratocaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/st-vincent-fender-strat-mike-mccready fs8MxRbx46Bbas2MmGLxxf Fri, 03 May 2024 08:42:37 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:52:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When Van Halen came out, I thought it was the greatest sound I’d ever heard. Eddie was like, ‘Nah, I never really liked the sound of that record’”: Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-mccready-meeting-van-halen oXcBFcJD5yqhM9jW8wHPYb Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:09:51 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:47:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Playability is where this guitar shines. This Strat is a player”: Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/fender-mike-mccready-stratocaster P7Bgnvex5UfCsrRz5ea6y3 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 21:06:43 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved Hendrix – he was my first guitar hero... But seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan was transcendent. He made me understand Hendrix better”: Mike McCready says SRV helped him make sense of this Hendrix technique ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mike-mccready-stevie-ray-vaughan-jimi-hendrix-thumb-technique 8oD8A55LwBGktydtQtejtf Fri, 08 Dec 2023 21:40:02 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:01:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Two of rock’s elite guitar soloists go lick for lick”: Watch Slash and Mike McCready trade leads on Paradise City as the Pearl Jam guitarist joins Guns N’ Roses onstage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/slash-mike-mccready-paradise-city-guns-n-roses-seattle kMDEzqdT6ZpNSHvRW3jcNo Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:01:38 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:57:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My original ’60 Stratocaster will always sound the best. This one is right next to the best”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on why he’s playing his more affordable signature guitar live, covering Eruption and embracing digital amps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-signature-fender-stratocaster 9BG6i5spHxRpyVE8HHKsyW Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:04:57 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They’re some of the best amps I’ve ever played”: Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on why he made the switch to Fender’s digital Tone Master amps ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-switch-to-fender-digital-tone-master-amps 7CfSR8229QECUJgwQTxCEL Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:39:45 +0000 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:39:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Andrew Watt pushed us as hard as we could be pushed”: Pearl Jam’s energetic new album is “just about finished” – but Mike McCready is also working on a rock opera about the Seattle music scene ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-new-album-just-about-finished-mike-mccready-rock-opera zWkaRiMNQg54JjWk6fDzER Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:58:19 +0000 Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:21:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m honored to deliver a more approachable guitar to the next generation of players”: Fender makes Mike McCready’s iconic 1960 Stratocaster accessible to the masses with new signature model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-mike-mccready-signature-stratocaster-2023 MwYBGPFVFoWr6oYBcoEBVj Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:00:58 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Mike McCready share solo duties with Jason Isbell in epic guitar duel – on a 1960 Fender Stratocaster he borrowed from Isbell ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jason-isbell-mike-mccready-this-aint-it CKnWbgwcFopG7RvZC2EZNZ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:40:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Stone Gossard spotted playing Pearl Jam bandmate Mike McCready’s signature Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster onstage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-stone-gossard-mike-mccready-fender-custom-shop-stratocaster EWyKPPa5ZPxnGVDZpMaoC3 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 10:54:25 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Learn the rhythm and soloing styles of Pearl Jam's Mike McCready ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/mike-mccready-pearl-jam sdnkQ6UdW7XdRVYwFUxU2a Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:56:55 +0000 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:06:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready breaks down the gear and inspiration behind 15 landmark Pearl Jam tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-mccready-pearl-jam-15-tracks rjzhC39Ygz5SAM8v3TCM2d Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:36:37 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:55:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Nancy Wilson and Mike McCready tear it up in raucous live cover of Led Zeppelin’s Rock and Roll ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/nancy-wilson-mike-mccready-rock-and-roll UtS85zuDSNtJBQ9yRHczEC Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:47:22 +0000 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 11:05:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready pay tribute to Eddie Van Halen with Eruption cover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-eddie-van-halen-eruption-cover qZb5PqQNrj9FnZK79sRPvR Tue, 17 May 2022 09:48:22 +0000 Tue, 17 May 2022 13:36:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam break out digital amps and rare Gibson guitars on US tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-digital-amps-rare-gibson-guitars-us-tour EAwftToHrhFJRbabkk3DrM Fri, 13 May 2022 11:51:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ozzy Osbourne has completed his guest star-packed new album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-new-album-2022-done r6zg4LGeBjdKhDHp2hFPm5 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:13:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Josh Homme and Mike McCready will appear on the new Ozzy Osbourne record, according to Chad Smith ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ozzy-osbourne-album-josh-homme-mike-mccready pEUpY5hNzAuicuDDRCLc48 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:17:12 +0000 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:20:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready confirms a more affordable version of his signature Fender Stratocaster is in the works ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jam-mike-mccready-more-affordable-signature-fender-stratocaster BpQ4EgoAUJeMjC77reFEPU Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:28:18 +0000 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 17:34:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready on reissuing The Rockfords' debut LP: "It brings me back to the excitement of what guitar was like when I first discovered it" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-mccready-the-rockfords s2NSZzUoYr9oaCfeJCQuMM Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:15:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mike McCready joins Brandi Carlile for faithful cover of Soundgarden’s Searching With My Good Eye Closed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/brandi-carlile-mike-mccready-soundgarden-cover 8jZrgvh73qb933ncffGa7j Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:23:59 +0000 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:25:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready looks back on 30 years of Ten: “It was the first time I was in a situation where everybody was firing on all cylinders“ ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mike-mccready-ten QBKZebYhgiBFcGsESXdEjT Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:14:32 +0000 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:16:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready on teaming up with Fender to recreate his prized 1960 Stratocaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pearl-jams-mike-mccready-on-teaming-up-with-fender-to-recreate-his-prized-1960-stratocaster XGrFxHScYzrz2pDvkvZ3sS Mon, 24 May 2021 21:00:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Fender built Mike McCready’s Custom Shop Strat, one of its most intricate replicas yet ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-fender-built-mike-mccreadys-custom-shop-strat-one-of-its-most-intricate-replicas-yet uLcaUa9g44SUndAid2rVW6 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 10:59:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender launches limited-edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-launches-limited-edition-mike-mccready-1960-stratocaster b4dLabQ3eKFn4W6od6EnvB Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:33:12 +0000 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:37:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready wishes he could re-record his Even Flow solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pearl-jams-mike-mccready-wishes-he-could-re-record-his-even-flow-solo C6tWeByddKvcTX8tUR79o7 Wed, 07 Apr 2021 15:01:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Fender discovers Mike McCready’s fabled ’59 Strat is actually a 1960 model during the creation of new Custom Shop replica ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-discovers-mike-mccreadys-fabled-59-strat-is-actually-a-1960-model-during-the-creation-of-new-custom-shop-replica htGcTkEQgwSYLBwWNG4Ddn Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:01:14 +0000 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:42:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam Cover Chris Cornell's "Missing" in Seattle ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/watch-pearl-jam-cover-chris-cornells-missing-in-seattle Ny9AiLnWGshdxXMxiHDmzn Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:56:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam's Mike McCready Play "Eruption" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/video-pearl-jam-perform-van-halens-eruption-and-aint-talkin-bout-love ZSzDhDoUJ3hXtvWCtUFUub Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:39:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pearl Jam, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer Cover Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-pearl-jam-chad-smith-and-josh-klinghoffer-cover-neil-young-rockin-in-the-free-world 8fuvBakh56weaSFaihgpuR Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:20:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam Unveil New Song, “Can’t Deny Me” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/pearl-jam-unveil-song-cant-deny-me Yh8v2qBMksBGXTUnN4UQ4J Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:13:47 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:02:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pearl Jam Announce "Let's Play Two" Live Album and Concert Film ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/pearl-jam-announce-lets-play-two-live-album-and-concert-film auTno46WMaxbvz9K7J4VYc Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:18:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ Temple of the Dog Announce Their First-Ever Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/temple-dog-announce-their-first-ever-tour 6ZdsSGBo7aLyBY7cFBnjCJ Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:54:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Video: Pearl Jam Guitarist Mike McCready Discusses His 1959 Guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/video-pearl-jam-guitarist-mike-mccready-discusses-his-1959-guitars P3boWcTAgsXP3CCyiy8LNm Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:45:21 +0000