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Yellow Ledbetter sound?

pearljam559pearljam559 Posts: 33
edited May 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
Hey guys and Gals. Hey does anyone know what effects Mike Mccready used during the 2003 tour to get that amazing sound for "yellow Ledbetter" like during the Madison Square Garden performance?
Thanks Alot,
Brandon
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    welcome to the board

    go to the gear section of http://www.giventowail.com and you can check out Mike's (and Stone's and Jeff's and Ed's) guitar gear. Everything from pedals to amps to guitars, it's on there. Very good site for tabs too. Enjoy.


    basically, i'm thinkin that mainly what Mike is using is his ts-9 and he normally throws some wah in there as well.
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  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    spinning speaker sound - H&K rotosphere.

    Delay sounds - Line 6 DL4

    OD - TS9 (unsure of the vintage)

    Wah - 535Q
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,132
    if u want u can get somewhat the same sound by not having any pedals....if u have a strat u can move the pickup switch to like the top setting...gives u more of a mellow sound, and use ur overdrive on ur amp with tiny bit of gain
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    if u want u can get somewhat the same sound by not having any pedals....if u have a strat u can move the pickup switch to like the top setting...gives u more of a mellow sound, and use ur overdrive on ur amp with tiny bit of gain

    position 4 on a strat. (neck and middle)
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,132
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    position 4 on a strat. (neck and middle)

    yeah thats it
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • WiLL75WiLL75 Posts: 415
    Hmmm....who else used that position in a song? I think he played left-handed...hmmm.
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  • the unseenthe unseen Posts: 372
    just get the hendrix pedal from digitech.

    it has the sounds from the song mike copped to come up with the riff included.
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,132
    i just tried out what i said

    if you have a strat...put the clean channel on...then on the strait out hte pickup switch to position 4 (2nd from top)
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    position 4 on a strat. (neck and middle)


    I get all hot and bothered just thinking about it... God bless Leo Fender and position-4 strat...
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • WiLL75WiLL75 Posts: 415
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I get all hot and bothered just thinking about it... God bless Leo Fender and position-4 strat...

    You get that way too? *phew*

    I was worried I was going through menopause, what with all the hot flashes.
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