No. 0611991·grunge·4 blocks
Black
Black is Mike McCready's masterclass in dynamics — clean, aching verses that bloom into one of grunge's most emotional outro solos. The secret is two amps: a Fender Bassman handles the pristine clean arpeggios (McCready himself said "you can hear that on Black"), while a cranked Marshall JCM800 pushed by an Ibanez TS-9 carries the soaring lead. The guitar is the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Stratocaster that Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament bought him during the Ten sessions.
TenSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1962 Japanese Reissue)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Tube Screamer
Lead
Delay
Reverb
Tube Screamer
← Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer
Drive
40
Bottom
0
Tone
55
Level
75
Lead
← Marshall JCM800 2203
Gain
65
Volume
50
Bass
48
Middle
62
Treble
66
Presence
60
Master
50
Delay
← Subtle slap (studio)
Time
340ms
Feedback
18
EffectLevel
22
Reverb
← Tracking room ambience
Time
12ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
50
EffectLevel
18
Engineer's note
File 061
Black is Mike McCready's masterclass in dynamics — clean, aching verses that bloom into one of grunge's most emotional outro solos. The secret is two amps: a Fender Bassman handles the pristine clean arpeggios (McCready himself said "you can hear that on Black"), while a cranked Marshall JCM800 pushed by an Ibanez TS-9 carries the soaring lead. The guitar is the black 1962 Japanese-reissue Stratocaster that Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament bought him during the Ten sessions.
— Mike McCready
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