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Mike McCready
Pearl Jam's lead guitarist, whose blues-soaked, Stratocaster-driven leads anchored the band's 1991 debut Ten. Equal parts Hendrix, SRV, and Ace Frehley, McCready built his early tone on a Japanese-reissue Strat split between a clean Fender Bassman and a cranked Marshall JCM800.
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