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Pearl Jam producer Andrew Watt joins Mike McCready to share one of the all-time great guitar solos
Pearl Jam have treated their fans to surprise guests, deep cuts and covers on the US leg of their ‘Dark Matter’ tour
Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament on recording with one of their idols
Pearl Jam were recruited by the godfather of grunge to help him record his 1995 album
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready falls off stage mid-solo – but doesn’t miss a note
The Pearl Jam guitarist disappeared on the first night of the grunge heroes’ tour in Vancouver, but not even falling off stage could stop his shred-fest
Mike McCready recalls meeting Eddie Van Halen – and tries his hand at playing Eruption off the cuff
The Pearl Jam guitarist has opened up about his encounter with the guitar legend on Howard Stern, before showing off a few two-hand tapping licks
Pearl Jam used Dumble amps on new album Dark Matter, reveals producer Andrew Watt
The late Alexander Dumble made four custom amps for the A-list producer
Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament names 11 bassists who shaped his sound
From Dee Dee Ramone to Eric Avery, fretless to 12-string bassists, Jeff Ament believes all his influences can all be heard on the latest Pearl Jam album Dark Matter
“This song presents a kind of revisionist history where guitar solos were cool after all in the early noughties”: February 2024 Guitar World editors' picks
From neoclassical tapping clinics to cosmic, spaghetti western-esque guitar soundscapes, this month has provided an embarrassment of six-string riches
“Playability is where this guitar shines. This Strat is a player”: Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster review
With its Road Worn finish and easy neck, the Pearl Jam guitarist's new signature Strat feels like it's had a few decades under its belt, and is just warming up
The electric guitar shredded itself to death in the ‘80s. It had to start over, but the ‘90s grunge revolution didn‘t just change the face of guitar playing – it changed the world
Guitar World presents a grunge guitar guide to the ‘90s, the decade when Seattle became the epicenter of the musical universe, and resurrected the electric guitar with a raw, dirty sound that gave birth to a whole new generation of guitar players
