Tone: Nirvana | Incesticide - Kurt Cobain

0:04 Dive
0:51 Sliver
1:28 Stain
2:04 Been a Son
2:33 Turnaround
3:02 Molly's Lips
3:22 Son of a Gun
4:10 New Wave Polly
4:49 Beeswax
5:32 Downer
6:14 Mexican Seafood
6:51 Hairspray Queen
7:21 Aero Zeppelin
8:11 Big Long Now
9:30 Aneurysm

In this video I attempted to recreate Kurt Cobain’s guitar tone from Nirvana’s compilation album, Incesticide (1992). I try to keep the sound authentic by using gear as similar to what Kurt used as I could get my hands on.
Owing to the nature of this album being a compilation of different songs gathered from different recording sessions, getting the tone close was particularly hard on this project!
Thanks to Dan Malone for helping with the research!

Here is a list of gear I used:

- Harlem Mosrite-style guitar (I don’t actually have much info on it. I’m using it as a stand-in for Kurt’s univox)
- Squier Bullet Strat with SD jb jnr pickup in the bridge.
- Fender Jaguar with Dimarzio humbuckers like Kurt’s (my guitar is not actually a Kurt Cobain signature guitar, but it has the same specs where it counts.)
- Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amplifier, the closest thing I have to a Fender Twin Reverb amp.
- Boss DS-1 Distortion Pedal. This is the key ingredient to Kurt’s sound in the late 80’s till 1992.
- EHX Small Clone
- Samson Meteor mic (I know, I need an SM57, money is tight right now as a uni student…)

Thanks for watching! Feel free to ask any questions in the comments if you want individual settings for songs etc.

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