Play electric guitar like Mike McCready

Mike McCready from Pearl Jam is your idol and you want to sound like him? Then you've come to the right place. Here you'll learn all about Mike's guitars, amps, effects and accessories. We show you equipment from all price ranges with which you can achieve the best possible alternative rock sound and imitate Mike McCready's look. We hope you enjoy browsing!

About Mike McCready

Mike McCready was born in Pensacola, Florida, in 1966. Mike's family moved to Seattle shortly after his birth. He started playing guitar at the age of 11 and formed his first band, Warrior, which was soon renamed Shadow, while still at school. After the band ended, he stopped playing guitar for a while and began to study. However, a friend convinced him to return to music.

In 1990, he founded the band Pearl Jam with his school friend Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament. The debut album Ten was the band's breakthrough into the mainstream and became one of the best-selling alternative albums of the 1990s. Mike McCready often performed as a soloist and gave Pearl Jam's music a blues touch. Mike plays by ear and is known more for his feel than for virtuoso techniques. The single Jeremy was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993 in the categories Best Rock Song and Best Hard Rock Performance. Pearl Jam won four awards for the music video for Jeremy at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. On Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 best albums of all time, Ten was ranked 207th and the single Jeremy reached number 11 on the list of the 100 best songs of the 90s. Mike can now look back on a long career spanning ten studio albums.

Affordabble electric guitars in Mike McCready's style

The right feeling is particularly important for Mike's incomparable style. That's why it's also worth looking around for more affordable guitars. We've put together a selection of guitars in Mike's style that you don't have to break the bank for:

Mike McCready's high-end electric guitars

The guitars that Mike plays himself are of course - also due to the age of some of them - probably more expensive and also more difficult to find. Mike mainly plays his Gibson Les Paul Standard and his Fender Stratocaster models. Here you will find a range of instruments that are based on Mike's vintage instruments as well as modern models that can also be found in his collection.

Alternative high-end models for the Pearl Jam sound

The perfect guitar for you doesn't necessarily have to come from Fender or Gibson. There are also several other manufacturers who produce guitars in the high-end price range that can easily keep up with guitars from well-known manufacturers. You can find a selection of such guitars, which Mike McCready would certainly like, here:

Mike McCready's effects pedals

Mike McCready uses a whole range of effects pedals to shape his sound. Here we have put together a collection of effects pedals for you to emulate Mike and achieve the perfect Pearl Jam sound:

The perfect accessories for Pearl Jam fans

With the following accessories, you can perfect your look and sound and sound even more like Mike McCready. Whether it's sides, picks or other accessories, you'll find everything a Pearl Jam fan's heart desires here!