Fender Mike McCready Stratocaster - The Guitar That Killed Hair Metal

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In this video we check out the Fender Mike McCready Signature Stratocaster, and talk about how Grunge Killed the Hair Metal Bands. Cool Strat!
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@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Any of you guys like Grunge? Thanks for watching! Please remember to like and subscribe, and stop by Spotify to listen to some music. open.spotify.com/artist/3GoaK66hG2Al2gf6ync58b?si=L7XJVS7aTCWMPUMLTpFD3Q&dl_branch=1

@bluematrix5001 10 месяцев назад

My fav are stone temple pilots, collective soul, Kings x, soundgarden, some Alice in chains …

@canyonproductions7683 10 месяцев назад

Loved Grunge and Glam haha. Your story and Mine are sooo close dude! I sold my RG560 for a black US G&L Legacy haha 1997

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

@canyonproductions7683 I still own my RG and love it!

@canyonproductions7683 10 месяцев назад

And that McCready guitar looks and sounds AWESOME! I used to gig with an ltd that looked like that. Happy Fall buddy 🍁🍂🍂

@WoodyBlueberry 3 месяца назад

Just received mine... AWESOME !!!!

@maubee2112 10 месяцев назад

One of your best! I totally remember “grunge” coming in to the spotlight. It took me awhile to appreciate it also. 🤘🏽

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Didn't you move out to Seattle?

@Mexxx65 10 месяцев назад

0:01 .....Wow!! First thing I did to my old Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition Mike McCready 1960 Stratocaster when I unboxed it.

@mikepj1025 10 месяцев назад

My brother says the same thing. He always said Pearl Jam and others killed his music. I have this Strat. I find it absolutely incredible. From tones to playability.

@mrelmoresmusiclab 10 месяцев назад

I have the Isbell Tele and it's pretty much a no brainer I will add this MM strat to the family. I love the Isbell Tele and it's pretty much the brother to this guitar. MIM and all decked out. I think the 60s C shape neck plays like a dream. I can't wait to grab this guitar. Enjoy yours, I bet it rips.

@Cwn496 9 месяцев назад

Is it good clean tones as well, heavy considering getting it

@mikepj1025 9 месяцев назад

@@Cwn496 you can get clean. Very dynamic. Depending how you play, I’ve been able to get whatever I wanted out of them so far.

@astewart9410 9 месяцев назад

I was in the middle of high school when grunge hit. If I had the cash, I would love a McCready signature strat. Soundtrack of the times.

@valjatriogina228 9 месяцев назад

Just ordered one. By the way, nothing killed hair metal! Its just a beautiful looking relic strat! I have owned 2 expensive Custom Shop strats. For their price, way too expensive! This Mike Mc something- i really cant keep his name in mind !- guitar is a relic, that looks authentic and is compared to the Custom Shop crap, mentioned before, much easier to justify the money! I really dont expect it to be perfect. But I can imagine to upgrade it, by spending attention to rolled fingerboard edges, polishing frets and make the relic a bit more realistic. No " master builder"- what ever this should be😂, easily!

@youraverageguitarplayer9845 8 месяцев назад

I'm reading your comment looking at my beautiful 60's CS and I nod my head in approval. I also had a Paul Waller masterbuilt tele, so I got to know how the best of the best look and feel. To be completely honest, there is literally no reason for those prices. The guitars weren't in any way better than a high-end American/Japanese series instrument. You pay 4 figures extra only for the uniqueness of it and the relic job. Tbh my ebmm Luke III is the best guitar I've ever owned (still very expensive). I've accepted a deal, not yet completed, to swap my CS for a regular mij Kotzen + some extra bucks. I'm like a child on Christmas day for it to arrive. No regrets giving away my CS.

@robertclarkguitar 9 месяцев назад

Im 51. Sortof similar story but i didnt much get into hair makeup bands. I remember saying "They're posers duuuuude!!". Hahahahah. I went from Def leopard , Vanhalen to Iron Maiden , Rush , primus soon after and Dream theater.... I was a drummer most my childhood and adult life up to 05. Sadly and i miss it bad. But since getting into guitar my favorite that i think started it all another brick in the 🧱 I was 7 i think and i was sold on music period. Hahah. I adore pink floyd to this day.

@TheRealJayguar 6 месяцев назад

considering these things have been sold out since they released, if i walked into a store and saw one hanging, id just immediately buy it. you sound great man. We have very similar tastes for sure. I was more into the heavy metal stuff and was in a band when grunge took over. We stood our ground though. lol.

@RichBischoff 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@bonedale 10 месяцев назад

I am about your age and it was a crazy time and so worth it. The hair bands were getting so bad it was going to happen.

@questlive2338 10 месяцев назад

Eve 6! Now that is a band I haven't thought of in about 20 years

@canyonproductions7683 10 месяцев назад

Soo underrated!

@cfire99 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review and your thoughts…. I definitely share your love of some of the 80’s hair metal bands. I quit playing guitar for 25 years because I hated the direction things went. Oh well such is life all things must pass

@christopher-miles 4 месяца назад

woah! you and i might be the only people left that still use tab "BOOKS" like real books. i hit like just cause of that! rock-on!

@s.a.2317 3 месяца назад

A boutique guitar store has sold a few of them by me. They have one left they set up very nicely. Might grab it. Would love to have a relic in my collection.

@Zeal808 9 месяцев назад

You really liked this Stratocaster. Really dug in! Didn’t hear much grunge music 😊 more 80’s hair metal and blues. I’m not complaining though! 🔥

@RichBischoff 9 месяцев назад

Well, ... yeah!

@stopthink9000 9 месяцев назад

I'd say GnR and Metallica had more to do with killing hair metal than grunge did. Grunge just filled the void. I'm a PJ fan but after their 2nd album they lost the groove a bit. I think Eddie wanted to be Neil Young. Mike is a great guitarist though. Funny but listening to PJ got me into Hendrix, Led Zep and Pink Floyd.

@Alfgunnarp 4 месяца назад

I think McCready himself also was into hair metal, didn`t he have a band called "Shadow" or something before joining PJ?

@palmerfralick Месяц назад

Sounded like a bit of that "hair" of the dog from your youth was in this demo. well played Rich.

@amillpecord3719 8 месяцев назад

sounds great!!! nothing wrong with it ....

@Tony_Leonardi. 3 месяца назад

I just got mine and it’s really great!

@nicestrat 8 месяцев назад

Just get a Classic Vibe 60's Strat and save lots of money!!!

@bassinblue 7 месяцев назад

Whatever happens, Strats will always be in fashion and if they're knocked out of fashion, they usually return with a vengeance.

@tobydavis6770 6 месяцев назад

Lol i personally couldn't stand GRUNGE when it first became mainstream... I like you loved all the hair metal bands... But now i have to say i do like Pearl Jam... And most other grunge bands from that era... Except still have hard feelings towards Nirvana for some reason i just feel like they were the ones holding the knife that slit hair metal's throat... But like you said it was absolutely going to happen at some point anyway... I do love this guitar, and i think the MIM just makes it more awesome... That was kind of the point for most grunge bands then from what i understand, it was stripped down with no makeup, no flash, and the i dont care attitude. And even though they tried to deny it as much as possible they were most definitely mainstream... So a MIM Strat that can compete with a lot of Custom Shop guitars as far as looks but at a much lower price. Kinda fits the whole grunge attitude... Pretty cool i must say.

@vedder10 10 месяцев назад

I don't care how much money I make, when I get to the point where I'm smashing my guitar into my pedalboard or amps it's time for me to stop playing. Those guitars could be donated to school music programs where kids who can't even afford made in Mexico Fenders would love to spend hours learning to love music. Just my two cents. Soap box now put away.

@powbobs 6 месяцев назад

You are not Rock-n-Roll.

@bristol1312 5 месяцев назад

Lighten up . Who knows ? Maybe he does donate.

@ArnoldsIOS 29 дней назад

When you perform and people are feeling the music and there’s substance or alcohol involved, you do crazy things.

@bluessumlin...7067 10 месяцев назад

Took me a long time to get into grunge being a big (still am) Iron Maiden fan… went to see Alice in Chains early 90’s who were booed off stage for being a grunge band.. oh and the guitar sounds epic!👍🙂🎸

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

I still listen to Maiden all the time. "Can I play with madness!" 🤘🏻

@bluessumlin...7067 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely Rich l have seen Maiden a few times over the years they are like a fine vintage wine which gets better with age.. for me Maiden live take some beating simply outstanding!👍@@RichBischoff

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

@@bluessumlin...7067 Same, one of the best shows I've ever been to.

@canyonproductions7683 10 месяцев назад

I listened to Seventh Son sooo many times as a kid! Infinite dreams was fabulous! Check out Smith Kotzen- GREAT Rock Record / team up!

@bluessumlin...7067 10 месяцев назад

Many thanks will check this out… Somewhere in time was the album for me especially Wasted Years!🙂@@canyonproductions7683

@papablue3015 10 месяцев назад

Agree! 🤘

@benallmark9671 10 месяцев назад

Rich , what’s was the relic job look like up close and personal ? Please be honest h ( I’ll delete our conversation after ) I bought the Joe Stummer telecaster and the moment I opened the case and saw it I knew I was sending it back because the finish , it was so phoney. I was told this one’s not as bad but along the same lines but want other opinions and value yours. Thank you Sir.

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Actually, it looked pretty good, not as good as if it were a custom shop, but for of a mass-produced guitar, it actually looked pretty good.

@benallmark9671 10 месяцев назад

@@RichBischoff thanks Rich.

@MrCgar18 10 месяцев назад

i love that strat

@MrCgar18 10 месяцев назад

your black strat that is

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

That's, so do I. 🤘🏻

@AndykWilhelm 9 месяцев назад

What's your gain set up in this video? Sounds so good

@RichBischoff 9 месяцев назад

Timmy pedal and Catlinbread dirty little secret.

@dazdarren9926 10 месяцев назад

Did it sound like Mike’s tone without any effects? it sounded better than I expected and wondered if there was anything going on from perspective of the amp or effects.

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

I was playing through a Princeton reverb with a Timmy, a tube screamer some delay, a phase 90 and I think I turned on the wah at some point.

@TK-fk4po 10 месяцев назад

Looks cool but 1900 for a MIM version?! I’d rather pay 2300-2500 for a USA made one. And I was in college when hair metal ruled - I actually kinda hated it. Too glammy (in terms of metal, I preferred stuff, like Sabbath and early Van Halen) for my taste. Hearing Alive by PJ was a breath of fresh air to this old classic rock/blues guy.

@doug1274 10 месяцев назад

The custom shop version was $15,000

@TK-fk4po 10 месяцев назад

@@doug1274 Yikes! But I’m sure it’s amazing.

@MesaGuitarGuy 10 месяцев назад

Rich, I am totally with you there, brother! I was SO digging the guitar tones and songs of the 80's. When Grunge came along, it did nothing for me. Plodding songs, lyrics were really dark, a lot of songs didn't have solos or vibrato on single notes, probably because they couldn't play it. That Strat looked cool and sounded cool, but almost 2k for a mim is too much and for that reason, I'm out. (read that in your favorite Shark Tank person voice) On another note, your hair looks great (I'm jelly) Keep it rockin! Maybe go back and play that Strat again except this time, smash it into the Yamaha deskop amp :)

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Ha!

@jeffhamula 10 месяцев назад

Thank god RHCP, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Nirvana, AIC, wiped that crap off the planet in 92 and I didn’t have to look at the smug looks of White Lion, White Snake, warrant, winger, great white, skid row, Ratt, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Def Leopard, poison, Mr big, etc to rock. Save Van Halen and Rush, the rest could suck it. Lol

@jeffhamula 10 месяцев назад

Strat Marshall, univibe and delay… glorious

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Watch your mouth Hambone...🤣

@1969Donovan 10 месяцев назад

If it wasn't for guns and roses it would have happened sooner.

@christopher-miles 4 месяца назад

i agree. the les paul sucks.

@RichMansci 5 месяцев назад

Couple thoughts. I'm about 10 years older than you are and only got into those bands when my teenagers got into them. They grew up on led Zeppelin, Rush, Kansas, etc but started listening to Linkin Park, STP, Nirvana, and of course Pearl jam. I really loved Mike's use of the strat in a drew me in. I really have a hard time with relics that aren't created by me. I know they're supposed to feel amazing and I should have more of an open mind but it just seems super fake to me. I'm happy to learn that you had a little time on your p days to play, even if it was country. I didn't have that luxury.😂

@powbobs 4 месяца назад

Personally, I was ecstatic when hair metal was drowned in a tub. 😂

@BecomingWolves 10 месяцев назад

$2K for a Mexican strat seems steep. Probably get more love if it was $2600 for MIA.

@powbobs 4 месяца назад

It would be $4000 if it was USA.

@s.a.2317 3 месяца назад

Custom Shop McCready was $15,000. CS relics start around 5k. Anything over $200 is overpriced. It comes down to what you want and can afford.

@jimmyfrombrooklyn8550 10 месяцев назад

The wrong guys where smashing their guitars apparently

@PJCobi 10 месяцев назад

$2K for a MIM! Too much IMO.

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

Also Eddie Van Halen is Eddie Van Halen. If you'd asked me the guitar player from pearl jams name before I reviewed this guitar. I would have had to Google it. 🤣

@kkrsnn5632 8 месяцев назад

Yea it kinda is. You can get the Bruno Mars strat that's more expensive, but who is he as a guitarist?

@flomuehl 9 месяцев назад

too expensive i think...

@guypierce6323 8 месяцев назад

STP, Nirvana, Pearl Jam were/are great bands. The guitar however, I may buy it and have it repainted.

@gktde9874 10 месяцев назад

Warren DeMartini 🎸👑 Mike McCready 🎸🥱

@viletantrum 2 месяца назад

Who?

@bluematrix5001 10 месяцев назад

I think for Metal dudes and Hard Rockers this Guitar should be for a substantial discounted price of 50% 😁 and as some progressive idiots may say, should be free as "Reparations" for the Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Guitar Players

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

🤣

@Claytoonzcom 9 месяцев назад

I remember when "grunge" came and killed hair metal and was happy for it. The guitar the copies are based on wasn't purchased by McCready until AFTER the first Pearl Jam album, as he bought it with some of his "Ten" money. It seems like a nice guitar but way overpriced for a MIM. You're paying for the relic work and signature. I think that added $900 to it. I would rather spend a few hundred less and get a sunburst American-made strat with a rosewood board.

@slingman1981 8 месяцев назад

Pearl jam 10 is the greatest album ever.

@powbobs 4 месяца назад

It’s definitely up there.

@user-mw6fh5oj2c 8 месяцев назад

nice hair, is your barber out on vacation?

@johnnoel5639 5 месяцев назад

You sound like a master sausage handler. What does his barber’s personal life have to do with anything?

@user-mw6fh5oj2c 5 месяцев назад

he is not an eighth grader@@johnnoel5639

@canyonproductions7683 10 месяцев назад

Rich its cool watchin another musicians channel whos my age 😛. Ratt & Dokken were like My Favorite bands lol. (NOT Firehouse though) i couldn’t warm up to man in the box video , they looked like Homeless crackheads 😂. Glam had gotten STUPID by 1991- Motley and GnR had backup singers and 20 min Piano concertos- Cinderella had turned into the Stones and it all got boring. So once “DIRT” and Ten came out I hopped aboard! They dressed like us the fans and it had alot of Zep and Sabbath… so AIC, PJ & SG clicked! What amazing music! The heroin destined it to fade just like Glam though

@RichBischoff 10 месяцев назад

I like Firehouse disclaimer. I was never a huge fab of them either.

@mikecooper8465 10 месяцев назад

musicians were so much better players in the 80,s..i hated grunge ...

@NlCKELODEON 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely. Guitar solos.. I can't listen to a boring ass grunge-power chords throughout the whole song . Where's the face melting guitar solos, catchy synths and insanly heavy catchy guitar riff.. I'll never understand sleepy nirvana type stuff.

@kkrsnn5632 8 месяцев назад

@@NlCKELODEONthey are still there on videos and records

@christopher-miles 4 месяца назад

that's so mean. you hurt grunge's feelings. now we gonna get emo. LOL!

@jasonl1942 7 месяцев назад

Its funny that grunge came in and killed everything off, and then went and promptly died just as fast.

@QS-si3cq 9 месяцев назад

This guitar is only worth it for the simp PJ fans that still convince themselves that the band is still relevant. Otherwise, a 60's Road Worn Strat will get you the same thing for much less. The Cobain Road Worn Jag from 2011-2013 relic job blows this one out of the water as far as accuracy and detail.That guitar is essentially a Custom Shop from Mexico. The McCready can't hold a candle to that guitar, but they also couldn't be too good on this general release version, because some dummies paid $10k for the 60 piece Custom Shop version that now resells for $22-25k.

@charlesbolton8471 8 месяцев назад

How are 60 people “dummies” if they spent $10,000 on something that is worth more than double that now?

@francois007jeremiah 10 месяцев назад

Grunge did not age well... 80’s rock did to be honest.. more real musicianship i think... and destroying really expensive gear that young players would love, shows that this guy is out of it...

@doug1274 10 месяцев назад

Pearl Jam is still selling out arenas world-wide. I think they’ve aged pretty well.

@charlesbolton8471 8 месяцев назад

@@doug1274 The only reason 80s music has “aged” well is because it’s now 40ish years old and people are nostalgic for their youth.