Mike McCready's Instruments & Gear
What follows is a catalog of Mike's known gear. This is by no means a comprehensive list of instruments, effects, or you-name-its. If you know of anything that isn't listed here, please let us know. Instruments
| Year |
Make & Model |
Specs |
Additional Info |
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| 1952 |
Fender Telecaster |
Blond finish |
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| 1952 |
Fender Telecaster |
Blond finish |
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| 1953 |
Fender Telecaster |
Blond |
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| 1956 |
Gibson Les Paul |
Black finish |
Bigsbdy Tremolo |
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| 1956 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
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| 1958 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
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| 1958 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
Left-handed body |
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| 1959 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
Rosewood fingerboard/maple neck |
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| 1959 |
Gibson Les Paul |
Sunburst finish |
1995 reissue |
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| 1959 |
Fender Stratocaster |
White finish |
possible You Are guitar |
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| 1959 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
Reissue |
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| 1960 |
Gibson Les Paul |
Gold finish |
1996 reissue |
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| 1962 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
Reissue; Rosewood finish |
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| 1962 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Sunburst finish |
Reissue; Rosewood finish |
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| 1962 |
Fender Stratocaster |
Black finish |
Japanese reissue |
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| 1965 |
Gibson SG |
Blue finish |
used during Binaural sessions |
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| 1968 |
Gibson ES-335 |
Candy apple red finish |
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| 1968 |
Fender Telecaster |
Plain finish (?); Bigsby Tremelo |
used during Mad Season |
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| 1968 |
Gibson Hummingbird |
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| 196x |
Gretsch Chet Atkins |
Orange finish |
Bigsbdy Tremolo |
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| 1972 |
Gibson Les Paul |
Black Beauty |
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| 197x |
Ibanez Flying V |
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| 198x |
Gibson Flying V |
Black finish |
possibly destroyed at Madison Square Garden in 2003 |
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| 1991 |
Gretsch Silver Jet |
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Reissue |
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| 199x |
Gibson Dobro DM-33 |
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Used at 2001 BSB shows |
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| 19xx |
Fender Stratocaster |
White finish |
used during You Are |
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| 19xx |
Fender Mark VI |
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| 19xx |
Rickenbacker 660-12TP |
Sunburst finish |
Gift from Tom Petty |
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| 19xx |
Gibson Firebird |
Pthalo blue finish |
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| 2001 |
James Trussart Telecaster |
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Effects & Preamps
| 2005 UFO Board |
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- Dunlop Crybaby (possibly 535q)
- Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere
- Ibanez TS-9
- Fulltone Distortion Pro
- Boss DM-2 Delay
- Line6 DL4
- Line6 MM4
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| Riot Act Rack |
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- Hand-built Signal Splitter
- Jester Enterprises Hydra Tube Splitter
- Furman PL-Plus Power Conditioner
- Sony WRR-840a Wireless Receivers
- Mesa Boogie Studio Pre-Amp
- VHT Classic G2150
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| Riot Act Board |
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- Boss DM-3 Delay
- Custom Switch Box (channel-reverb-vibrato settings) and Overdrive
- Dunlop 535 Wah
- MXR Phase 90
- ?
- Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere
- Greedtone
- Boss OC-2 Octave
- Line 6 DL-4
Not pictured: TS-9
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| Binaural Era Pedals |
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- Fender Blender
- Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Wah
- Ibaneez TS-9 Tubescreamer
- Boss Analog Delay DM-3
The Fender Blender can be heard on Nothing As It Seems
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| Yield Board |
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- Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
- Ibanez Volume/Pan (stereo)
- MXR Phase 90
- Boss Analog Delay DM-3
- Dunlop Crybaby 535 Wah
- ?
- Dunlop Univibe (not pictured)
- MXR Dyna Comp (not pictured)
- Dunlop Rotovibe (not pictured)
This is a picture of Mike's board circa 1998. The pedals can be found below. If you have any more information or corrections, please submit them to the site.
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| No Code Pedals |
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- Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
- Boss Analog Delay DM-3
- Boss ??
- ??
- Dunlop Crybaby 535 Wah
These pedals were found in the photos that are part of the No Code album. This is not a complete list of all pedals used during the recording of No Code.
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| Vitalogy Era Pedals |
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- Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
- Univibe (original model)
- Dunlop Crybaby Wah
- Boss Analog Delay DM-3
- Ernie Ball Stereo Volume Pan Pedal
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| Vs Era Pedals |
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- MXR Phase 100
- e-Bow (used on the studio recording of Rearviewmirror)
This is a list of confirmed pedals and effects from the VS days. It is very incomplete as the information is hard to come by. Obviously the Wah and Rotovibe have always been a part of the McCready setup but this is a list for a) confirmed pedals and b) lesser known ones.
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| Ten Era Pedals |
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- T.C. Electronics Multieffects Unit
- Sansamp Distortion
- Pan Pedal (used between his Marshall and a Fender Bassman with four 10s); quoting Stone: "The pedal allows [us] to alternate between the clean Twin and the dirty Marshall sound, or run them both in stereo. ... It allows you to achieve an endless array of sounds. I can have it all-the-way Twin, all-the-way Marshall, or halfway between, with both amps running at half juice, which gives you that Rolling Stones tone."
- Dunlop Crybaby Wah
- Dunlop Rotovibe (red)
- Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
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| Mike's First Setup |
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- Mateo Les Paul copy
- Fender Champ Amp (10w)
This information dates back to when Mike first started taking lessons.
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