page_title: Andy McKee
section_title: Equipment and influences
hierarchical_section_title: Andy McKee / Equipment and influences
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo by Kasra Ganjavi
context_page_description: Andy McKee is an American fingerstyle guitar player who has released five albums and been the subject of YouTube videos, garnering over 100 million views.
context_section_description: McKee has used the following equipment:
  Greenfield G4 and G2 Guitars
  Greenfield HG1.2 Harp Guitar
  Ernie Ball Music Man Electric Guitars – Steve Morse, Luke III and John Petrucci models
  Ernie Ball Everlast Coated Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Strings – Medium
  Shubb Capos
  Lance McCollum Baritone Guitar
  Ron Spillers Harp Guitar
  K&K Sound Pickups (internal)
  DTAR Solstice Pre-Amp
  T.C. Electronics Reverb
  König & Meyer Heli A-Guitar Stand
  McKee's influences include: Eric Johnson,  Dream Theater,  Michael Hedges,  Preston Reed,  Billy McLaughlin,   Tommy Emmanuel,   Björk,  Steve Lukather,  Metallica,  Joe Satriani,  Iron Maiden,  Pantera,  Vince DiCola,  Toto,  Peter Gabriel,  Imogen Heap,  King Crimson,  Primus,  Pat Metheny, and  Don Ross.
  McKee began listening to metal, such as Dream Theater, at an early age. He described on Woodsongs how he was a "metal freak" during childhood, even performing a Metallica song in his high school talent show. It was not until he saw Preston Reed that his influences began to shift towards acoustic songwriters such as Don Ross and Michael Hedges. Both walks of music continue to influence him, though he has stuck with acoustic music in his professional life.
  An integral part of McKee's style of guitar playing is the use of alternate and open tunings, often combined with a regular and/or a banjo capo.
caption: Andy McKee at Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto, Ontario
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