"D'Addario strings have been my go-to for a really long time—not only because they sound clear, detailed and feel great under my fingers, but also because they stand up to the very real abuse me and my whammy bars put them through on the road."
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Mike Baggetta
mssv, Dumbass Youth, Psychic Temple
"D'Addario strings have been my go-to for a really long time—not only because they sound clear, detailed and feel great under my fingers, but also because they stand up to the very real abuse me and my whammy bars put them through on the road."
"I love getting the slightly softer feel of XTE1046, without sacrificing any of the strength or tone that my music and playing style needs. The long life is a bonus too!"
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ABOUT Mike Baggetta
Mike Baggetta's singular and very personal musical style seeks to blur the lines between song and solo, while connecting a wide range of musical genres that influence him. The press says this approach is "...beguilingly atmospheric..." (Time Out New York) and that "Baggetta's music is quietly transgressive... Even when he plays a lot of notes, his playing can sound almost static, as though ideas were being snagged out of thin air." (Hartford Courant).
Baggetta has had the pleasure to work all over the world with a wide range of visionary musicians across many generations including David Torn, Jim Keltner, Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Psychic Temple, Jeff Coffin, Rev. Fred Lane, Donny McCaslin, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Julian Lage, Ruth Brown among many others.
Baggetta's most recent release is the album Everywhen We Go, his second album with drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Mike Watt on the BIG EGO label. He also leads the band mssv, a post-genre power trio featuring the iconoclastic rhythm team of drummer Stephen Hodges and bassist Mike Watt.
In 2021, they released their self-titled debut studio album, Main Steam Stop Valve, on BIG EGO Records, following up 2020's Live Flowers album on Striped Light Records, recorded live in Philadelphia, PA and Northampton, MA (with special guest J Mascis). Additionally, they put out three limited edition 7" releases, recorded solely during quarantine, featuring guest artists Petra Haden and Nels Cline. After completing their first full US tour in spring 2022, mssv recorded their second full length album for release in the fall of 2023.
