Riff Tone
Wishlist (Live)
Pearl Jam
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely 1960s reissue, as used by Mike McCready live on 'Wishlist')
AmpMarshall JCM800 (live amp, as used by McCready in 1990s and 2000s Pearl Jam performances)
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, likely stock or period-correct replacements)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
mid6.5
treble6
reverb3
presence5
Effects & Signal Chain
reverbUnknown Reverb pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Live performance, late 1990s–2010s era. Gear inferred from live photos/videos and consistent with McCready's known live rig for 'Wishlist' riff section. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this song's riff section. Studio version may differ, but this is for live.
Tone Character(10)
clean with slight edge-of-breakupbright and openclear single-coil articulationwarm and dynamicsubtle amp breakupmoderate reverb for spaciousnesstight but not compressedresponsive to picking dynamicsno heavy gain or fuzzclassic Stratocaster chime
Difficulty
The riff is straightforward, using open chords and simple palm muting, with the main challenge being dynamic control to maintain the clean but slightly gritty tone.
Sources
Create an account to adapt this tone to your gear
Create Free AccountGuitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (likely 1960s reissue, as used by Mike McCready live on 'Wishlist')
AmpMarshall JCM800 (live amp, as used by McCready in 1990s and 2000s Pearl Jam performances)
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (vintage-style, likely stock or period-correct replacements)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass5.5
mid6.5
treble6
reverb3
presence5
Effects & Signal Chain
reverbUnknown Reverb pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Live performance, late 1990s–2010s era. Gear inferred from live photos/videos and consistent with McCready's known live rig for 'Wishlist' riff section. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this song's riff section. Studio version may differ, but this is for live.
Tone Character(10)
clean with slight edge-of-breakupbright and openclear single-coil articulationwarm and dynamicsubtle amp breakupmoderate reverb for spaciousnesstight but not compressedresponsive to picking dynamicsno heavy gain or fuzzclassic Stratocaster chime
Difficulty
The riff is straightforward, using open chords and simple palm muting, with the main challenge being dynamic control to maintain the clean but slightly gritty tone.
More Pearl Jam tones
- Even Flow · riff
- Alive · riff
- Yellow Ledbetter · riff
- Black · riff
- Yellow Ledbetter · riff
- Dissident (Remastered) · riff
- Better Man · riff
- Better Man (Guitar / Organ Only) · riff
- Jeremy (Radio Edit) · riff
- Why Go (Live) · clean