“All Strats aren't equal… Then it’s how you smack it, or zing it or strum it… A lot of it is that too”: Session guitar legend Michael Thompson reveals how he created the famous clean tone that’s on countless '80s and '90s hits

Michael Thompson.

Once again, Vertex Effects' Mason Marangella has worked a little magic and pinned down another great musician for another set of play-alongs and behind-the-scenes chat in a new video.

This time Marangella’s subject is guitarist Michael Thompson, the prolific '80s and '90s session player who at one time had his work on board six tracks in the US Hot 100 simultaneously.