Nirvana guitar and bass tones and amp settings
Settings for 9 Nirvana song pages: Come As You Are, Heart-Shaped Box, In Bloom, Lounge Act, Smells Like Teen Spirit and The Man Who Sold The World. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.
The amps on the records
- In Bloom (guitar): Kurt Cobain, Mesa Boogie
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (guitar): Kurt Cobain, Mesa/Boogie Studio preamp (rhythm channel)
- The Man Who Sold The World (guitar): Kurt Cobain, Fender Twin Reverb
- Come As You Are (bass): Krist Novoselic, Ampeg SVT
- In Bloom (bass): Krist Novoselic, Ampeg SVT
- Lounge Act (bass): Krist Novoselic, Ampeg SVT
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (bass): Krist Novoselic, Ampeg SVT
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- Come As You Are (Nirvana) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Come As You Are (Nirvana) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Heart-Shaped Box (Nirvana) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- In Bloom (Nirvana) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- In Bloom (Nirvana) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Lounge Act (Nirvana) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- The Man Who Sold The World (Nirvana) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
