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 · Pedalboard
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1962 Japanese Reissue)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9
Marshall JCM800 2203
Marshall 1960A 4x12 (25-watt Greenbacks)
Shure SM57
Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9
overdrive
Drive
4
Tone
6
Level
7
Marshall JCM800 2203
preamp
Gain
7
Bass
5
Middle
6
Treble
7
Presence
6
Master
5
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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