Nirvana Tone: Bleach | Amp and Pedal Settings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- Recreating Bleach's guitar tones by using similar gear to what Kurt Cobain used when recording Nirvana's debut album.
Skip to 2:40 if you want to go straight to the playthrough and settings
Gear used:
Eastwood Hi Flier Phase 4 (Univox Copy)
Boss DS-2
Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb
Digitech Drop Tune (Only for the songs not in standard or drop D)
0:00 - Quick overview on Bleach's recording sessions
0:55 - What gear Kurt used vs what I am using to replicate his sound
2:40 - Blew
3:45 - Floyd The Barber
4:21 - About A Girl
5:32 - School
6:20 - Love Buzz
6:48 - Paper Cuts
7:43 - Negative Creep
8:27 - Scoff
9:23 - Swap Meet
10:08 - Mr. Moustache
11:05 - Sifting
11:56 - Big Cheese
13:02 - Downer
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That clean tone for About A Girl is literally identical to the record
Thank you!! That’s the first tone I worked on for Bleach 😁
@@ChaseThePinballWizard You look familiar
You saved me saying the same thing!
Kurt muted the B's in G major chords, rather than playing them. I much prefer how it sounds that way. The B's always sound a little out of tune...cus they ARE.
@@ashscott6068 are you referring to the B notes on the G string? Cause the B on the A string being out of tune would be your fault if it is lol
That About a Girl tone tho! Nailed it!
Thank you! That clean tone was the first thing I dialed when starting this
You make Mr. Mustache look like its not as nearly puzzling to the fingers as it actually is
I really struggled with it at first, it’s definitely a finger workout
It’s quite a difficult thing to learn, but it’s a great warmup for beginners like me!
I CANT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE FUCK KURT WAS DOING ON THE SECOND ROTATION OF NOTES TO I JUST PLAY THE FIRST PART OVER AND OVER AGAIN
@@prodbystarboy it switches from 3-2 to 3-1
I still use that riff for a warmup. It’s a good finger exercise.
This vid makes you realise how insane the riffs are on Bleach!
Bleach does has amazing riffs, the entire album overall is overlooked compared to their other albums
I allways thought a slight Sabbath heavyness
People don't always see it, but I think Bleach is Nirvana's best and certainly most consistent album - which is odd when you see that it came together from three different sessions. Also their heaviest album, which makes you wonder about where they might have gone after this.
No lie!
@@innocentoctaveI like in utero more
Hey bro! I’m a mostly hip hop and classic rock guy but I’m 37 and grew up threw the grunge era. I had my Grandmom buy me never mind from a cd store called the wall in 1993. It changed my life. I heavily listened to nirvana, soundgarden, weezer and stone temple pilots. Later on I got into Alice In Chains. Anyway I just wanted to say good stuff man I appreciate your love for grunge. It was a huge influence on life back then and your killing it man. Big support from Delaware
That's awesome man, I appreciate it! Hello from Minnesota 😁
Had to throw weezer in there ofc
What about the Siamese Dream album? Easily one of the best albums from that grunge era!
I remember the wall!
@@thatssofetch3481bro he didnt listen to the weezer lick on repeat they are an actual band
The best video of bleach
Wow thank you so much!
True ;)
Fun fact about the ds2. It's mode one, while very similar to the DS1, is actually a little bit darker and has a decent bit more output. I personally think it sounds better.
Thanks I like ds2 myself. I am the only guy left that digs the df2 feedbacker pedal it is basically a df2 with a hold feature.
@@geraldfriend256 the DF-2 is the best distortion imo, I own a 1989 made in Japan one and it’s fantastic .
For playing bleach songs I prefer the ds1. The ds2 is good for jamming later nirvana tracks.
And it sounds very different, a lot more mids, while the ds1 is more mid scooped. Also the ds1 doesnt like high output humbuckers, thats why it sounded like it was overheating and saturating on the entry level with kurts hotrails ans superdistortion PU. The ds2 take them much better.
Pioneers of Drop C tuning on Blew! You can clearly hear Kurt's pop influence suffocated by his heavy metal influence.
Amazing what a van ride & a celtic frost tape can do
School was so spot on! This video was very helpful, thank you!
No problem, thanks for watching!! Happy it was helpful 🙂
Amazing vid, you nailed it. Bleach is my fav Nirvana record and you have demonstrated how amazing the riffs are. How he did this all at such a young age I cant fathom
Awesome job buddy, they all sound like the originals, especially paper cuts. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and Kurt is why I started playing guitar. Nirvana is alive and well
So satisfying to hear. It’s like the release of something held back for so long. Good job!!
The tone on School is sick! Great video and lI oved the context piece at the beginning about the recording timeline. THanks
This is such a great channel. So much stuff here, thanks for all this.
Amazing video and tones, thank for such a good work done
Thanks for the kind words!
ive always wanted a channel like this the tones are spot on and you even show the settings bro this channel is perfect and underrated!!
Thank you so much! I’m trying to make the kind of videos I wish I could’ve found when i first started playing
@@NirvanaGuitars you helped so many people, underrated, u helped me too man i love this content :)
This is really close, but you can absolutely hear that "direct out" sound. If this was mic'd up live it would sound incredible. People don't realize how rocking these Fender amps can be.
he should plug noise gate thats all. but yeah micing a fender amp gives fender amp godlike status sound
It could be any ole amp.
Its all about the pedals
so true, I just bought a Vox AC10 which I absolutely LOVE. however hearing how this Twin Reverbs sound....makes me wish I had tried one first!
Do you have any advice on Marshall amp settings (just bass and treble) as my ds2 settings with it set correctly are still a little off sound wise to the bands. I’m on a fender Stratocaster
@@60zeller Ehhh, not really. You have to do EQ shenanigans to make it really have that same sound. I get a pretty close sound because my amp is fender-ish. I played a tonemaster twin reverb today at a guitar store, went home and played the same guitar on my amp and, yeah, theres still a pretty noticeable difference. Its not just the pedals.
Listening to this video brings me back to the mid 90s with my friends in my garage belting out these songs. You nailed it.
The most spinned album in my life, and the tones are insanely close. Fantastic video!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
nice
Thanks Kurt, love your music
@@NirvanaGuitars :))❤
You nailed it. Thanks for bringing back some good memories from my youth!
Paper cuts is really awesome, I so needed the guy like you, who show to us, how to do these tones
Thanks you for posting this! You got the sound down EQ'd amps and pedals not to mention the musicianship I applaud YOU!
Thank you so much!
@@NirvanaGuitars You definitely know what you are doing! I saw them In Utero Tour 94 and a listener since Nevermind
@@amplify1802 😮 you saw them at their peak, will forever be jealous!!
@@NirvanaGuitars HAHAHA🤣 First off I ran away from home to see this show! (NO SHIT) A good story I got kicked out for rushing the stage during the Breeders (I had seat tickets and jumped over a stairwell than was accosted an thrown out)😂😂😂 I lost one Purple Doc Martin shoe and suffered a ripped flannel shirt! I went back to the ticket booth where this old man working the booth old man gave me a floor ticket! I got back in the pit immediately saw my best friend (happy as school girls) but a little hard to mosh with one shoe! But saw most of the concert! Dallas TX 93 Starz Hockey Arena. There was so many crazy moments from the band like Krist saying Dorothy Hamill on Ice when we started ripping up the plywood covering up the ice rink. Earlier Kurt threatening to stop the show if he saw any woman get groped or grabbed and we would get 2 hours of feedback! The lights where bright and they did an electric then an acoustic set I don't remember every song they played I was just sooooo exited to be there! Dave and Krist signed autographs which I got but Kurt wearing a large cowboy hat appeared sad and didn't
Sounds great. Came across your video when I was looking for stuff on Univox guitars. I got a natural phase 4 years ago and haven't played it in ages, but I had a great time plugging it in tonight
This sent chills down my spine, took me back to my junior year in high school (circa 1997/1998). Nirvana is entirely responsible for making me want to pick up the guitar some 24 years ago. I remember in summer of 1998 as a bored 17 year old trying to learn the songs from Bleach by ear on my early 80’s shitty Seville acoustic, which was my first guitar. Can’t believe it’s been that long already! Good memories. 😀 fun useless facts: I’m even a lefty myself. Also, I even had a Boss DS-1 pedal around 2002 or so, to try to recreate the guitar tones of some very early 80’s punk bands. Until today, I had no idea this same pedal was used on the Bleach album.
Really cool. Thanks for for this. I listened to Nirvana way back in the mid 90s during High school. I was introduced to Nevermind, and immediately discovered everything else afterward. I found a tab book for in utero in a local music store and used my lunch money to buy it, and learned the album start to end. I haven’t listened to Nirvana for sometime, but this video got me back into it. Thanks.
Happy you enjoyed it 😁
I just discovered your channel and am both floored and excited. Your attention to detail makes these really fun to watch.
Thank you so much! Welcome 😁
Nicely done! Impossible to not start air drumming when the drums kick in on School :)
Listened to that album a thousand times in the 90s. You nail the tone proper.
Thank you so much!
Great stuff! I think you nailed these tones, and the riffs are great on this album.
Great video! Love the sound and how you showed the settings. I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard Negative Creep and I've loved it ever since but I never thought about how much action there is in the playing of it. I never saw Nirvana live but I can imagine it must be hard to play and sing at the same time.
Great job on the school tone. That track has one of my favourite riff/tone combinations ever.
perfect tone!
Thanks!
Nailing those tones mate. Greetings from South Australia
Simply beautiful. Thanks captain crunch!
Great video! Epic sound, sounds true to recording to me. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic mate 👏 👌
Wonderfully done. Nirvana was my band through my teenage years and it makes me happy to see younger people still playing their stuff. The tone was spot on.
Thank you!
Dude great job closing in on the sound of some of my favorite songs. This video gave me a severe case of high school nostalgia 🫶🏻
Dude, literally:
„You’re in high school again”
@@dio4960 i wish!! take me back to the 90s! take me hooome
your channel is a goldmine. thank you
I appreciate that thank you!
that blew cover was so fucking perfect wtf
Thanks!! Blew was my favorite Bleach song for years, but I think I’m becoming more of a Swap Meet guy now 😁
@@NirvanaGuitars I’m a paper cuts guy🤘🏽
Really great stuff mate! You nailed the tone and the playing! Well done!
Thanks a lot!
Maaaaan! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽 just Excellent!!!! Great sound… We all miss them!!!
Awesome video man! These songs will never leave me from first discovering music and knowing Nirvana was always going to be my favorite band of all time. I enjoy doom and thrash metal a lot now and attribute that to listening to Bleach. Your equipment is awesome too great video 🤘
Thank you!
such a rad video man! gonna try to do this later! love the new format
I really appreciate that! Glad you like the new format, I’m still experimenting with video editing haha
I can appreciate your attention to detail well done 👍
Thank you very much!
INCREDIBLE JOB! I LOVED WATCHING THIS SO MUCH
Thank you so much!!! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@NirvanaGuitars the channel is such a pleasure to watch! Thanks for the videos man
About A Girl is my 2nd favourite nirvana song and its so cool to hear how perfect you got the tone.
absolutely amazing tones
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
This riffs is soooo so so cool!! I LOVE Cobain!
fcking amazing dude!!! congrats!! I believe Kurt would be proud
That means a lot, thank you so much! 🙏🏻
DUDE YOUR CHANNEL ROCKS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. KEEP ON GOING
From an argentinian in Brasil. Love for Grunge. love for Kurt and support for your chsnel. Love it
Thank you for the kind words and support!! 🙏🏻
The clean tone on About a Girl just gave me chills bro! So accurate!
Thank you! I’m especially happy with how that clean tone came out 😁
Those tones are on point, they sound so much like the original! Great work man 👌
Thank you!
It sounds amazing good job👍
Damn good man. This is as close as anyone I’ve heard.
Thank you!
Enjoying your videos way too much mate.
You are quite guilty of reactivating my desire to pick up the guitar.
Thanks for all the research and passion, keep it up! 🎸
as a lifelong Nirvana fan/90s kid here.... I can say I love it
Thank you!
God damn, you earned a subscriber. I wish more people would do this with more albums.
Thank you!
Man i'm not a big fan of nirvana and Cobain in the first place, but you make it all exciting and interesting, this is truly is a great channel
Thank you so much!
Sounds great, man. Nice work.
Thanks!
That tone sounds really nice and close, their best album I think. Negative Creep was my fave here.
Thank you! Bleach is definitely overlooked compared to their other albums
@@NirvanaGuitars Without Nexermind I would not have heard Bleach. But Bleach is my favorite.Good job here.
About A Girl is just like the studio version, bravo!
Thank you! This video for me is very important.
Fantastic vid and you nailed it!!!
Thank you so much!
Great job on Swap Meet
Great vid man I definitely think Kurt did probably use a ds1 but you basically exactly matched the tone love the vid
Thank you! He most likely did use a DS1, I don’t believe he used a DS2 until late 91
DS-2 mode 1 has similar tone to DS-1, that's why u listened same result.. many people say the rough distortion from DS-1 reminded them to ProCo Rat pedal
reminded me off how much i love the album. thx
That guitar tunes up nicely. A perfectly tuned guitar adds to the distortion with natural harmonics.
30 years as a musician.
Everything started with these riffs...
Bleach is a beasty album.
As raw as rock could / should be !
And the way you give tribute to it is absolutely flawless.
Congrats and thanks !
Thanks for sharing!
love your videos my man !
Thank you!
First! Also that tone is so fantastic! Great video as always.
Wow that was quick, you're definitely the first! Thank you 😁
After watching this like weekly since it released i'm finally installing a phase 4 humbucker in the bridge of my original phase 1 hi flier, love the vid
i love the tone!
sieroty po Nirvanie :)
Very good
Very well documented!
Thanks! Tried to present the information and settings in an entertaining way 😁
School and Love Buzz sent me to goosebumps how good it is!! And papercuts 👏👏
C'était vraiment bien. Good tone. Good playing. Good stuff 👌
Thank you!
The little chord progression after the solo on About a Girl, I found when you play the f sharp, it sounds better if you hit the open b and high e too. Great tone!
This video is like discovering something I never knew I always wanted
amazing bro! tx for this
Thanks for watching!
Great work on Mr Moustache, I've been trying to get that up to speed for ages 👍
I vividly remember how bad my wrist hurt when I first started playing that one 😅
I needed this video so much, bleach is probably my second favorite album after incesticide, maybe it heps the fact that it was the first one I heard. Thank you so much for this video, I hope to see more like this
Awesome, felt like I was 19 again not only the tone hit but the slides and the bends hit as well.
Thank you!
Top notch chops yo !!
Thanks!
Amazing job! You nailed it! Kurt was a hell of guitar player, and we can see this clearly on your video
Thank you! Kurt is definitely underrated, Bleach and pre-Bleach era has some huge riffs
Belo trabalho! And cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷!
Thanks for the videos ! Loved it
Thanks for watching! Happy you enjoyed it 🙂
@@NirvanaGuitars how do you like the jagstang bs the mustang vs the Jaguar ?
if we’re talking about the Kurt signature models, I’d rank them like this: Jaguar, Mustang, Jag-Stang.
I think my KC Jaguar is my best guitar, it’s extremely versatile. My favorite Kurt tone though is his In Utero tour tone, so mustang is a close second. And I love the Jag-Stang, but I needed to mod both of mine before I was fully happy with them.
Love this video!!!
This is great keep up the good work
Thank you!
@@NirvanaGuitars Ur welcome!
nice job man...great gear also!
Thank you!
Fantastic job buddy.
Thank you!
Beautiful
Nice video! Guitar is rad too!
Thank you!
Nailed it, Bravo!!!
Thank you!
Thank you kurt
Amazing!!
Good work keep going 😊😊