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"I can't wait to tell Stone that I've almost figured his riff out" – Mike McCready admits to Chris Shiflett he doesn't know how to play the famous guitar intro to Pearl Jam's Alive
But he can teach Chris Shiflett his legendary solo from it
See Mike McCready playing his new Mexican-made signature Fender Strat onstage with Pearl Jam
"The original sounds the best, I'm not gonna lie, because that's the original, but this one is right next to that"
Interview: Mike McCready on road testing his new signature Mexican Strat at Pearl Jam shows, their next album and why he's still learning Eddie Van Halen's Eruption
"I've played it on every record, except for our first one, and it's just my go-to guitar. So this is an example of that go-to guitar, I hope – it feels like it to me"
"It makes it sound more powerful than anything we've done in a long time" – Pearl Jam's new album isn't quite finished yet but Mike McCready just told us two very good reasons to get excited about it
If you want guitar leads, you got 'em!
The new relic'd Mike McCready Strat is the most ambitious Mexican Fender guitar to date
"It feels identical to my original one," the Pearl Jam guitarist says of his new signature model's neck
See Pearl Jam's Mike McCready in a thrilling guitar duel with Jason Isbell and Sadler Vaden on a borrowed 1960 Strat
The two guitar heavyweights jammed on Isbell's song This Ain't It in Seattle
See Mike McCready destroy his guitar, amp and attempt to bludgeon his pedalboard onstage at the end of Pearl Jam's final show of their European tour
Please tell us it wasn't his original '59 Strat!?
5 key songs guitarists need to hear by… Pearl Jam
The evolution of Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder's guitar journey so far
