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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
By Rob Laing published
"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
By Rob Laing published
If you want guitar leads, you got 'em!

The new relic'd Mike McCready Strat is the most ambitious Mexican Fender guitar to date
By Rob Laing published
"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
By Rob Laing published
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
By Rob Laing published
Please tell us it wasn't his original '59 Strat!?

5 key songs guitarists need to hear by… Pearl Jam
By Rob Laing published
The evolution of Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder's guitar journey so far

See Eddie Vedder cover The Beatles, REM, Tom Petty and more with Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer on first night of solo tour
By Rob Laing published
He also aired a few Pearl Jam favourites

Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer on joining Pearl Jam: "I’m sort of doing a new role"
By Rob Laing published
The band's new touring musician isn't just playing guitar
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