How to Sound Like Mike McCready on PEARL JAM's "Ten" Album
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2019
- This is a complete run through of all the tones used by Mike McCready on every track on Pearl Jam's "Ten" Album!
I'll be running through the guitar effects and pickup options he used throughout this classic album!
This video was requested and made possible by all the kind people over at my Patreon channel, so if you like what i'm doing here please consider supporting me:
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McCready down liked this video because it was so accurate and even he can't remember this level of detail
The Ginger Power Ranger haha thanks buddy 😀🤘
@Avi Tobias fuck off mate, I bet you don't even have a girlfriend
There's been schematics of his pedalboards available as far back as 1996. That's when I found the information online. Five Horizons, I believe. Lol
One of the greatest guitar albums of all time. Keep up the good work man.
Thanks circa, will certainly try to :-)
Quick jumps:
(signal chain) 1:04
(guitar discussion) 2:43
Once - 4:44
Even Flow - 6:45
Alive - 9:07
Why Go - 13:49
Black - 15:50
Jeremy - 18:01
Oceans - 19:06
Porch - 19:23
Garden - 20:14
Deep - 21:57
Release - 23:03
Aiming Wanderously thanks for this ☝️😀🤘
Fantastic amount of detail that is very much appreciated Matt.
You're welcome Brian! Thanks for all the support mate :-)
I love these kinds of videos! you rock, my friend 👊🏻
I love these kinds of comments so thank you very much :-)
Thats absolutly magic ! So awesome, thank you
Daniel Serra thanks man! Lots more ten riffs to come so stay tuned!
Great video man! really helped me capture mike's sound
You’re welcome mate!
As a guitar player and a Pearl Jam fan my whole weekend has been spent with you…… I feel dirty and used. And my playing?? Much improved!! Thanks so so much !!
Hahaha my pleasure Brian, just tell yourself that if it felt wrong you don’t wanna be right 😀🤘Glad the videos are helping!
Kick ass video dude really well done!
Thanks Alex!
Great video, Mike is amazing
Thanks Carlos!
Great vid mate cheers
Chris thanks Chris!
Sounds awesome.
Kowboy USA thanks Kowboy!
On 2020, please teach Mike's Mad Season and Mike & Stone Temple of the Dog songs. Your channel is awesome!
Rafael Rechia thanks Rafael! Id love to be able to sort out every request but I only have so much time, and have to prioritise the Patreon stuff first. Loads of cool stuff in the pipeline tho and so I’m sure some of that will get covered!
This is great! I'd like to see an VS era sounds video, if you haven't done one already!
This is probably my FAVORITE lesson ever sir. Thank you so much for this!
Ahh thanks Mariano, that's very kind!
This is very cool thanks
D0Nmega666 MEGA you’re most welcome sir
Amigo you are awesome! Amazing video! Cheers from Argentina🇦🇷🙋🏻♂️🍷
Thanks! I need to do an updated one tbh, may do all their albums!!
You know at the live shows I saw from ten to before binaural, Mike’s tone was essentially the same. But I was surprised at the first one after binaural it was super dark, and modulated, swirling around, very different. I was distracted by it at first. When they did “nothing as it seems” I stopped and listened, it was glorious. Ed wasn’t happy Ed yet, so along with my Vs concert, those have been my favorite of them all. I saw over the course of the shows I saw before ‘05 he seemed to change guitars more often. That dark spacey tone was different from all the others for sure. Awesome video man thanks a lot!
Thanks Jason! I guess as they got more money they could afford to buy more guitars haha, but yea both Stone and Mike mixed up their gear loads after Ten/Vs. Loads of different amps and pedals too. Sounds like you've seen some awesome shows over the years!
Let's Play All yes, I had just joined the USAF a few months before Ten hit the shelves, and I didn’t see a show until 22 months later, because I was stationed in Frankfurt during that time. But when I got back they released Vs, and over the years since I got to see them for album tours and last was pj20. Point is yes, I am pleased I got to see them at several cool points of the years. I started playing in 99, and I don’t know why but I didn’t try too hard to learn their songs. But because of your work I got interested again and I appreciate your teaching their catalog in such an accessible way, I think we all do. I hope it keeps being fun for you and you will continue on with another band or style once you feel finished with pj. Maybe we will meet at a show someday...👍
Let's Play All and yes also, you are right about the gear, I bet that is exactly right. At the binaural era show I mentioned, that was the first time I saw Ed with Hiwatt amps and he played a les Paul for at least a song. I don’t think I had seen Mike play a tele until then either. When I saw them a couple years later, Ed moved to having those tweed amps behind him but I can’t remember Mike, because he changed from song to song so much. Honestly, when I heard that set up I was thinking it sounded much better than the dark and ragged sound of the binaural show. They seem to have stuck with that ever since, I think anyway. I know you are right, because yes, Mike bought the 59 Les Paul, and a guy has to save up for one of those for awhile!
@@jasong546 Yea that 59 Les Paul purchase turned out to be quite the shrewd investment! It must have gone up by at least 10 times what he paid for it back then. Stone's the same, he used to play lots of vintage gear but seems to have settled for 4 or 5 core guitars now. Also there's practical reasons behind that, they're tunes are in various tunings and it's way quicker to swap guitars than to retune them. We do the same when I'm playing with Pearl Jamm (tribute band i play in) - I always have a spare guitar tuned to open D for Even Flow, Leash, Go etc as it's way quicker to switch out a guitar in between songs :-)
Ah that's great it's rekindled your passion to wield an axe once more mate! I plan to keep the channel going for as long as possible so thanks for the feedback. You never know, i meet quite a few friends of the channel at Pearl Jam and Pearl Jamm shows :-)
Thanks!!! Nothing cuts through a mix like a strat into a wah into a Marshall!!!
Bryan Spencer you’re welcome Bryan!
So true, absolutely cutting!
Great video mate, I know you spent some time and money putting this together. Alot of those" Can't remember that solo either". I thought I was the only one that said that,lol. Peace.
Thanks Douglas, appreciate the kind words mate!
Hi, great video! What tone is used to achieve Stone's finger picking on the intro of Garden? Cheers :)
thanks! nothing special to that, just a cleanish tone, bridge pickup with humbucker ideal and away you go! it's doubled on the album i think though
Great video again. Quick question: Does Mike’s solo sound have a lot more gain than Stone do you think, or is he just stomping on a Tubescreamer? I followed your lead and got an SL Drive, which really does make a monster of a Stone sound, but it maybe sounds like it’s lacking something for lead. Does that sound familiar, or I am imagining it?
Graffiti Foxes back on this album it would have been a cranked Marshall with a tube screamer to push the amp into more dirt, I always pair the SL drive with my Tumnus (or a TS or similar will do the job!) to thicken the sound up. Or just get a higher gain pedal, I’m using the Friedman BE-OD for Mike’s lead tones recently. It also depends on the type of amp you have so best that in mind as they’ll react differently depending how they’re voiced, my amp is a fairly clean pedal platform affair. Hope that helps!
Nailed the tone.
Thanks Ant Man!
Man killer video 🤙🏼 Mike is my guitar hero! Question? I have been researching like crazy, but can’t find anything online on Mikes blonde or banana strat with a maple neck he used in the good ole days in the early 90s mainly the 92 year like in Pinkpop and other videos. I want to build a guitar just like that what would you recommend to get that sound what pick ups would you recommend? I don’t think he used that blonde one on “Ten” I don’t see him use it after the 92-93 year. Idk what happened to it. But man That’s my dream guitar the relic look and vintage sound. Any advice?
Thanks Ernest! I don't know anything about that strat tbh mate, but as long as you have a 5 way selector most strat pickups will get you there! Bareknuckle are very good as are Seymour Duncans but it depends on your budget, but i couldn't advise on any particular sets as i've always gone with stock pups! Good luck with the guitar build!
Let's Play All Don’t worry brother! It is really hard to find out the specs and model. Could be a 62 definitely a 60s model. But I’ll check those pick ups out. I don’t really have a budget I want that guitar to be my best friend! And planning to keep it till I die. But I am doing as much research as I can thanks lad for the tip! Always love your and support your videos!
Hi Man! First of all i‘m a huge pearl jam fan and your channel is the absolute best !!!! My question is could you just replace the tumnus with a tubescreamer?? and what amp would you go for if you cannot have 2 like Mike??
Hey Chris! Thanks so much for the kind words! Yup you could absolutely use a tube screamer in place of a Tumnus. As for amps it depends on budget really. I went for a clean pedal platform amp in the Victory V40 so I could then use pedals to get as many tones as possible. But it also depends on your useage, how loud you need it, do you need headphones, will you record with it etc etc!
Thanks for the quick answer i think for now i‘ll try to get the most out of my boss gt 100 for now. The struggle is real when it comes down to gear that you want vs money you need!!!
Well actually you don't need that much money to get great tones. Modelers have improved so much. As long as you get a good clean/edge of breakup tone you should be good to go to build from there. For drive sounds I prefer analog pedals. You can get a tube screamer clone for 20-30 bucks and then you will need some kind of Marshall in a pedal, wich should not be too hard to find. Modulation and delay + reverb should be fine when using a digital unit. Wah can be tricky digital. Some units are not smooth enough when sweeping. I got a used Cry Baby like 25 years ago and it still works fine.
Excellent man. On to Stone's tones.
J Fiery haha thanks man, enjoy!
Thank you for being this accurate. CZcams needs more of that instead of posers who don't actually get into the details
Ah thanks Yann appreciate the kind words!
@@LetsPlayAll I mean it. Some of this stuff is eyeopening
good video, sounds great 🤘🏻🎸😂🇨🇱
Thanks Vicente!
Tried it with Maxon od808 + Mxr dookie drive to a Laney Ironheart rythm channel and i love it so much… using a fender deluxe roadhouse.
Nice! Yea loads of ways to get there 😀🤘
Awesome vid man!! What are the chances of getting the Ten tone for boss katana??
I don't own one unfortunately mate
I find I can get pretty good ten tones from my katana, but granted I’m also using an SL Drive and a TS9 (or TS808 sometimes). I keep the base tone on the katana fairly standard American cleans and let the SL and the TS do most of the shaping, but you can also get pretty good results running the brown setting. If you hook up to a computer you can get download great cranked Marshall tones and use the katana program on the computer to throw an overdrive in front of it.
Graham Harris cool thanks for the info Graham!
What amp settings did Mike have dialed in around this time? Doesn’t sound like a lot of Mids in the tone.
As they’ve always switched their gear up constantly, I do believe mostly during 91 and 92,, mike was using a JCM 900, sometimes an 800 for dirt and a fender tweed baseman and or tweed twins for cleaner tones, using a ernie ball pan pedal to control the mix beteeen the two and a TS9. Later he switched to a 1966 50 watt plexi and added a matchless HC-20 head as well and used the bassman as his tech’s monitor off stage
Stone often ran a 900 as well, and also some times a 800 for dirty tones and I think possibly an early 70s silver face Twin reverb for cleans, and used the Ibanez sonic distortion pedal among others. Also using the Earnie ball volume/pan pedal to control the mix between clean and dirty. I’ve always wanted to pick up a volume/pan pedal and try that out with my rig, seems like such a good idea for my “rock” rig...I’m using a 72 twin reverb for clean and an older 50 watt Marshall 1987X for dirt...then there’s the dual rectifier and 4x12 for the more metal stuff...and then there’s my pride and joy, a 1963 brown face Princeton amp for the apartment...12 watts still too loud tho...Stays on 1.5 at the most lol
What do you have the EQ dialed into on the amps? I feel early on the midrange was lower.
I’m thinking the fast wah parts on Release could be a Uni-vibe ? I know he uses one with the pedal to sweep the speed of it. Just a thought. Nice work.
Aaron-H not 100% but sounds like a wah to me 😀🤘
Great Video and tone tips! Where did you get that oversized Strat?
It’s a normal Strat I think I’m just small haha. It’s a Fender AVRI 59 in Sherwood Green. On my list to sell soon I think tho!
@@LetsPlayAll I was just teasing, thank you for such a cool video. Why selling it?
@@DonThorvund 😀 Just thinking of thinning the herd to make room for another one! Now I’ve got my Oswald Strat I can’t see me playing the Fender anytime soon
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Anyone else the "Mike" in a PJ tribute band? I've been boning up using these vids!
80thurston haha glad they’re of use, plenty of tribute mike and stones on here 😀🤘
@@LetsPlayAll You're a scholar and a gentleman! Cheers from St. Louis, Missouri!
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Great video! I thought all of the tones were spot on other than Release. Does anyone have an idea how to get that intro Release tone? Cheers!
Ive always just played a very bright, slightly broken up strat neck pickup
I think if move your modulation before your main drive will be a more accurate rig , but great lesson, very on point! 👏👏👏
Thanks Yago! Yes that's a fair point, I did see a jpeg online of his signal chain from 98 a while ago that i'd forgotten about! A chap who supports my Patreon page is good friends with Mike, he sent us a fairly recent pic that was used when he played the national anthem, and on that board the chain went Compressor - WAH - Fuzz - UniVibe - Delay. I'll have to try it the other way around but i think either will get you there. Thanks for the comment though!
@@LetsPlayAll yeah, between gain stages (fuzz been the first and drive on the amp been the last), but since your using more modern pedals (who usually have blend/levels nobs) that can get you there either way. Keep up the good stuff, you won a new follower ✌👏
@@yagoravell7944 Awesome thanks for the sub and welcome aboard! :-)
I just love that sound of a Morley Wah! Those units are just massive. But for PJ I would always prefer to use something like a Cry Baby. Not only because of the sound, but it has a different sweep range as well.
Nice tone
thanks!
Ocd or Blues driver (using sd1 Boost) to play PJ?
Depends what era you're going for, they've changed up gear so much between each album. Ocd works great on it's own for mid heavy gain stuff and a tube screamer or Tumnus/Klon type into that is always a great tone. Blues Driver also excellent for those low to mid gain options. If you're after Ten tone's then the 1991 is tailor made for that and was based off how I approach getting PJ tones from that era czcams.com/video/AeH6kQmNeOA/video.html
You are the number ONE
Ah that's very kind of you sir! Glad you likes the vid
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Standard tuning or half step down?
46 and 2 std 👍
In your opinion, what kind of delay mike uses for solo, dark or digital?
Digital, he uses a line 6 modelling delay mostly 🤘😀
@@LetsPlayAll and where come from the sustain for his solos? I notice his solos have a lot of sustain
@@stephanbriansoares3370 distortion mainly
@@LetsPlayAll d you know what delay he uses in the solo of "sad"? It's wah and some delay i think. Line 6 has a lot of analog and digital emulations, i dont know what he uses
@@stephanbriansoares3370 tbh any digital delay would work just listen out for the repeats to get the delay length 😊🤘
and the settings of the amplifier?
Tbh my amp settings don’t change much. Eq is fairly flat but with a mid boost, vol on about 10 o clock and master about 11 o clock. Hope that helps!
Are you sure that was a wasp? Looked more like a Red Mosquito to me 🤔
Graham Harris haha I’ll have a better look next time 😊
What was your string gauge set up here?
Just a standard set of 10s
@@LetsPlayAll thanks man. 😌
@@roni6135 no probs!
Can you do Kim thayil badmotorfinger tone
Hey Daniel, some Soundgarden vids will be along shortly :-)
@@LetsPlayAll great may do some mother love bone too there's tons of good riffs they have
@@danielblauw2978 Fear not, we shall cover it all! (eventually) :-)
is the klon turned on all the time?
For this vid yup :-)
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Muito foda
obrigado amigo!
First sounds @ 4:20 :D. Ont tell me
Wrong signal chain, modulation must be right after the Wah
cool will check that out!
I always thought the best way to get his sound was not to plug in
What about Master/Slave? Nah just kidding.
Jon Lohrenz 😀🤘
Hmm, all due respect the Black tone you have doesn't sound much like the Lo-fi tone Mike plays in the intro. Sorry, don't think you got that one right.
Rip headphone users
Dishwasher 😂
I do love the dishwasher, but he is a bit chatty :-)
Wasp!
Just checking out the sherwood green finish haha ;-)
Are you a teacher?
Well I’d use the term loosely but if you got something from it then I’ll take that haha. I wouldn’t call myself a natural teacher just someone who shares a passion for music tbh!
I hate using a wah pedal....I'm out
Fair 😂
That sound you do every 13 seconds with your mouth is annoying man, you need to control it! Guitar lesson is good tho.
David Linke Had a cold/sore throat when I recorded this vid, so breathing and talking was trickier!
Butthurt...
It's a Talkie
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