Nirvana Lithium MTV VMA Tone | Guitar Cover & Tone Settings

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  • Опубликовано: 16 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 217

  • @qwert7497
    @qwert7497 Год назад +115

    Sounded exactly like the original

  • @Arkaitz.M.A
    @Arkaitz.M.A Год назад +19

    New guitar? this was epic! Krist dragging himself offstage, Kurt breaking the equipment and Dave looking for Axl.

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +2

      Yes my newest one! Made from parts of my original Vandalism strat 😀 Definitely an iconic performance, any other band would try to look as professional/presentable as possible when on a huge award show but not Nirvana 😈

    • @Arkaitz.M.A
      @Arkaitz.M.A Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars MTV wanted them to play Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana refused. They tell rape me as an alternative and that scandalized the mtv people. they finally agreed to play lithium, but never tell nirvana what to do. that's why they played the intro of rape me.

  •  Год назад +51

    The wait was worth it for the dedication for this is insane 😎

  • @blade6552
    @blade6552 Год назад +17

    This is one of the best Nirvana live tone covers. Can't wait to see more Live tones recreated.

  • @bigmuffmelvin7388
    @bigmuffmelvin7388 Год назад +28

    Awesome, this performance has always been one of my favs. That strat is awesome man
    I love you matched up the notes of the destruction section at the end

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +4

      Thank you! This was the first take I did. After finishing it I thought I'd for sure have to redo it, wasn't sure if I was satisfied with the noise at the end. Sync'd it up with the video and was actually happy with how it came out so I didn't redo it 😊

  • @liesofmassiu
    @liesofmassiu Год назад +20

    One of my favorite strats, nice cover and tone too!
    Hi Axl

  • @tsurutuneado2473
    @tsurutuneado2473 8 месяцев назад +2

    If someone is wondering, if your using a Mustang GTX for this, use the Deluxe ‘65 instead of the Twin Reverb, max the gain and copy the rest from the video, use the last cabinet, it’s the closest I got with it

  • @TheParamou
    @TheParamou Год назад +2

    your wall is filled with every single guitar I have ever wanted

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +5

      I still pinch myself when I walk into my music room

  • @TheFlagProwler
    @TheFlagProwler Год назад +4

    I'm just blown away by the similarity love you man.

  • @basketcase7550
    @basketcase7550 Год назад +18

    Wow bro you nailed it nice.

  • @francesfarmer.rooster.sadbut
    @francesfarmer.rooster.sadbut Год назад +5

    bro this tone is close af good fuckin job

  • @TwistedCantQuickscope
    @TwistedCantQuickscope Год назад +2

    Hi Axl! Hi Axl! Where’s Axl? Hi Axl!
    -Dave Grohl VMA 1992

  • @N.Grosvenor
    @N.Grosvenor Год назад +5

    Nice!!!

  • @Silverfan97
    @Silverfan97 Год назад +2

    Nice a vid a day before my birthday how lucky am I

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Happy early birthday!! Hope you have a great one tomorrow 🥳

    • @Silverfan97
      @Silverfan97 Год назад +1

      @@NirvanaGuitars thanks man

  • @NJGAMER_12
    @NJGAMER_12 Год назад +1

    It was so good, especially the feedback and the end

  • @samuelmiller722
    @samuelmiller722 Месяц назад

    This is crazy good! Even the Rape Me riff at the beginning sounded IDENTICAL!

  • @rhino_2165
    @rhino_2165 Год назад +16

    Will there be any bass tone recreations in the future? Maybe ones with one of krist’s other basses?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +9

      I would like to but I don't have the right gear for that 😞 I can definitely do bass covers but not sure how close I'd get to Krist's tones

    • @johnnypaps2834
      @johnnypaps2834 Год назад +1

      @@NirvanaGuitars I’d like to hop on one if you’re down

  • @jesdonut2223
    @jesdonut2223 Год назад +3

    Wow so good love the tone rip kurt😢

  • @falloutontherun2191
    @falloutontherun2191 Год назад +4

    Awesome video one of my fav kurt guitars

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Thank you! My favorite strat of his after Vandalism

  • @lovebuzzer8730
    @lovebuzzer8730 Год назад +2

    😮 it’s very accurate

  • @i.k850
    @i.k850 Год назад +1

    Always dreamed of a white stratocaster😍, but in the end decided to buy a jaguar. Sorry for my bad english if i spelled it wrong😅

  • @d.a558
    @d.a558 Год назад +3

    How not to forget when Krist threw his bass because it was not heard

  • @godlyk3
    @godlyk3 Год назад +1

    Great as always.

  • @puszen1780
    @puszen1780 Год назад +5

    Sounds awesome, will you do a tone recreation of 1992 Live at Reading with that guitar too?

  • @spidermanfan.3161
    @spidermanfan.3161 Год назад +4

    Noice cover bro,

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Thank you! It's not Vandy but it's still a cool Kurt strat! 😉

  • @mikesantiago14
    @mikesantiago14 7 месяцев назад

    i loved the way you recreated that noise at the end, that really surprised me!

  • @billiesguitar
    @billiesguitar Год назад +1

    So good!

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 9 месяцев назад

    Definitely one of the coolest tones Kurt ever got, always loved the way he trolled the audience before actually going into Lithium

  • @ultimatenirvanatribute
    @ultimatenirvanatribute Год назад +2

    the performance of lithium from the vmas is so good. always been a great song live but something about this particular performance just hits so hard

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Agreed! My favorite performance of Lithium, the energy is unreal

  • @isaiahgamervw7306
    @isaiahgamervw7306 Год назад +1

    Sounds great man!

  • @Petergriffinisawesome
    @Petergriffinisawesome Год назад +1

    the vma build is my favorite

  • @d7kurt
    @d7kurt Год назад +2

    Sounds amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩 exactly like the original. Congrats 👏🏻 and thank you for the mencion, appreciate that 🤘🏻

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much!! Thank you also for your amazing backing trackings, you truly make the best ones!

  • @MG-fk1dw
    @MG-fk1dw Год назад

    Now it's the turn of the sunburst strat of the live at Reading, for a nirvana fan your videos are amazing

  • @FedericoTeddyCapotreno
    @FedericoTeddyCapotreno Год назад

    This channel is gold

  • @JohnTorres-u3t
    @JohnTorres-u3t Год назад

    This is 1st channel i come to for when i wanna sound like nirvana

  • @Astarcalledthesun
    @Astarcalledthesun Год назад +1

    It's sounds beautiful! nice tone, perfect work!

  • @shadowedge729
    @shadowedge729 Год назад +1

    great cover! sounds exactly like the performance! i love this guitar, definitely on if my favorite kurt guitars! somehow i never noticed until now that there is a pick hanging out of the pickgaurd!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Thank you so much! My favorite Kurt strat after Vandalism 😃 I love this one too but objectively this guitar is kinda plain, so I had to add the pick haha a small but distinguishing feature!

  • @siennandguitar1385
    @siennandguitar1385 Год назад +1

    Your guitar game is awesome to hear nirvana 🔥🔥🔥❤️

  • @Voidedfireleg2
    @Voidedfireleg2 Год назад +2

    Nice

  • @powerlink2000
    @powerlink2000 Год назад

    Loved the side by side comparison!

  • @dylanguerrero3889
    @dylanguerrero3889 Год назад

    NICE JOB MAN. got out of school and the second i did watched this. worth the wait

  • @TIMOguitars
    @TIMOguitars Год назад

    !!!So cool!!! When i listening to this I thought i open the original MTV vma 1992. so awesome and accurate

  • @OfficialGunner
    @OfficialGunner Год назад

    Might be your best tone vid this sounds amazing ❤

  • @tylenoljunkie3231
    @tylenoljunkie3231 Год назад

    Bro this shit is insane you're a maniac. Easily one of my favorite performances of Lithium, good shit. Keep it up, always love your stuff.

  • @Meeskait1992
    @Meeskait1992 Год назад +1

    nice tone!

  • @davidpessoa1257
    @davidpessoa1257 Год назад

    I love your stage destruction cover! 😂

  • @maurr0o9612
    @maurr0o9612 Год назад

    Excellent!!! I love Nirvana and your videos 🫶🏻🫶🏻

  • @locked_tactical1809
    @locked_tactical1809 Год назад

    This one of my favorite nirvana performances because of the rape me protest. Keep doing these!

  • @itstcj
    @itstcj Год назад

    Absolutely nailed it Eric, well done !!

  • @rpkett
    @rpkett Год назад

    Once again, you killed it. Well done mi amigo!

  • @hypnotyze_
    @hypnotyze_ Год назад

    Love it man! Started following on Instagram after the unplugged acoustic build and love it all!!

  • @Thatoneguitaristwhosok
    @Thatoneguitaristwhosok Год назад +2

    hey man where can i find a ehx polychorus yknow the vintage on cause i kinda wanna get my grubby little hands on it

  • @aron023
    @aron023 6 месяцев назад

    Definitely the best cover in my opinion, sounds exactly the same as the original
    HI AXL

  • @tramakid202
    @tramakid202 Год назад +1

    You even did that part where Nirvana trolled and played Rape Me and just went into Lithium, nice job my dude!

  • @Captainbeaverbongin
    @Captainbeaverbongin Год назад

    Why does this sound so perfect oh yeah cuz nirvana guitars is playing it

  • @cukr
    @cukr Год назад +1

    Great job❤

  • @ranjevidy6969
    @ranjevidy6969 Год назад +1

    🔥🔥

  • @PickledPreserves123
    @PickledPreserves123 Год назад

    Beautiful strat, I'd play it for hours (along with Skystang 1 ofc)

  • @Sillysnare99
    @Sillysnare99 Год назад

    Sounds great

  • @deviduhansakananayakkara2030
    @deviduhansakananayakkara2030 Год назад +1

    Super 👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

  • @AustinD45
    @AustinD45 Год назад

    AMAZING! like always!

  • @tapwater1061
    @tapwater1061 Год назад

    Awesome!

  • @78zappaf
    @78zappaf 4 месяца назад

    I think you are the first to cover the destruction bit.

  • @TakingBackThirdy
    @TakingBackThirdy Год назад +1

    I really envy your tone ❤😢😢😢

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      I share my settings in hopes it will help others get the same or similar tone 😃

  • @thebluetortex
    @thebluetortex Год назад

    i was listening to this while grabbing a drink and i thought you were playing the reference clip

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Yay! That means I'm doing something right 😀

  • @remedydrums2
    @remedydrums2 Год назад

    oNCE AGAIN 10/10

  • @h.k6781
    @h.k6781 Год назад

    Great Video! I also just noticed that you haven’t done a live and loud tone video! That would be great to see.

  • @MegaM1ght
    @MegaM1ght Год назад

    Great video, I love the live versions of lithium as it is so much more grunge, would it be possible for you in the future to upload live nirvana tabs, as you have clearly mastered all of Kurt’s hidden ghost chords / licks.

  • @TheOfficialConcerts
    @TheOfficialConcerts Год назад +1

    bro you nailed but you can do in a next video the tone of nirvana in osaka , is the first show of the white strat.

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Thank you! That's probably my favorite early 92 show. Great performance and great sounding audience recording

  • @dean92
    @dean92 Год назад

    Very nice mate

  • @keobz
    @keobz Год назад

    this is great

  • @cozycoves9764
    @cozycoves9764 Год назад

    I am seriously considering putting a hot rails in my early 2000's MIM Strat after watching this video.

  • @TheDeedeeFiles
    @TheDeedeeFiles Год назад

    Sounds good

  • @HERETICSCAR
    @HERETICSCAR Год назад +4

    Damn this sounded really good I love this it sound amazing and one question I wanna ask is how do you get the screech effect on you amp after playing a song

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +3

      Thank you! In my town home I can't have my amp loud enough to produce feedback, so I try to kind of mimic it with harmonics

  • @MusicVideos4kk
    @MusicVideos4kk Год назад

    Hi eric im here again haha, What is the exact model of the Hot Rail? I'm thinking of putting one in my red Squier. By the way, it turned out really awesome, Congratulations.

  • @chassy50
    @chassy50 Год назад +1

    If anyone wants to get pretty much any nirvana tone including this one; Get a telecaster. I have my dad's old 88 American standard sunburst Tele and maybe I just got a one off but I can get spot on to literally any Nirvana tone, it can even get close to his unplugged tone with the right settings! The neck pickup sounds like his Epiphone and honestly gets even closer to his sappy tone than Eric got with his epiphone (no offense lol) Both pickups at once sounds like his Jaguar tone when the tone is down bit and with the tone at max it can sound close to his mustang tone. The bridge pickup with the tone down sounds like his Jaguar's bridge pickup and the tone-up sounds like the Jag stang. The neck pickup like I said can get close to the unplugged tone but nowhere near identical. Hope this helps anyone trying to get Kurts tone but doesn't have the money to spend on any of his gear :)

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Wow!! Have any demos or videos of all the Nirvana tones you can get out of it? Would love to hear it

    • @chassy50
      @chassy50 Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars Hi! So i'm actually gonna be doing a tone youtube channel soon and I think I might start off with the nirvana tones from the tele. I'll probably do sappy first cause of how close I can get so ill be sure to tell you when its uploaded

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Cool! I honestly have doubts that a telecaster can "get spot on to literally any Nirvana tone" but I'd love to be proven wrong and am looking forward to to your video 😃 Also I have not recreated any studio version Sappy yet. In my ET270 history video, I demo the cleans with the Sappy riff but that was not me seriously trying to recreate the smart sessions Sappy. I was just demoing what all the pickup positions sounded like on clean on whatever amp settings I happened to be on that day, i think I set them to my Pine Street theatre settings.

    • @chassy50
      @chassy50 Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars Hi! Sorry this took so long, i'm only young and have got GCSES coming up soon so i've been pre occupied
      ruclips.net/video/FbBpCxWvXn8/видео.html
      That's the first of many tones to come, it's not perfect and i'm sure I could get closer but I just wanted to finally get something out lol. I've got almost spot on to sappys tone so i'm gonna do that next, the only reason I didn't upload that first is because I want to do a full cover of the song with me playing all the instruments but its coming soon!

  • @MedoSic.
    @MedoSic. Год назад

    Perfect

  • @blindsphynx5834
    @blindsphynx5834 Год назад +1

    I played it on my Gibson tribute, from my marschall dsl 5, it sounded similar,

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Wow! Have any videos of that?

    • @blindsphynx5834
      @blindsphynx5834 Год назад

      yes, on my youtube channel, but I have to record some covers again, because they were recorded a long time ago.

    • @blindsphynx5834
      @blindsphynx5834 Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars ruclips.net/video/WYIkHEWB5Us/видео.html

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Sounds great man!! 👏🏻

    • @blindsphynx5834
      @blindsphynx5834 Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars Thanks! ❤️

  • @LuminaireNoire
    @LuminaireNoire Год назад

    Great job! As a fellow music gear-obsessed Nirvana fanatic, I salute your fantastic content. I would love to see you try to approximate the tone from the '93 SNL performance of Rape Me. The clean sound in particular is amazing...it sounds like it's cutting through glass. Kurt used a Univox Hi-Flyer with a JB in the bridge on that one.

  • @JoseArturLimaLira-rg9oj
    @JoseArturLimaLira-rg9oj Месяц назад

    I was thinking about selling my ds2 and getting a big muff, but today I used it with mode 1 and everything cranked and thought "this is all I need"

    • @JoseArturLimaLira-rg9oj
      @JoseArturLimaLira-rg9oj Месяц назад

      It also sounds sick on mode 2 with the tone knob rolled down, very similar to frusciante or clapton's woman tone

  • @samek4483
    @samek4483 Год назад

    Hey! Nice cover like always. I have a question. Is the boss katana 50w a good amp for Nirvana tones?

  • @popsanddais
    @popsanddais 10 месяцев назад

    i love the.. squarkyness? honkyness? either way its sick as hell

  • @davideliasroblesgonzalez613
    @davideliasroblesgonzalez613 Год назад +1

    Tocó con esa Stratocaster en otra presentación? Buen video, felicitaciones 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @samsschool3639
      @samsschool3639 Год назад +1

      si, en osaka ruclips.net/video/uUHTzFs4UwE/видео.html

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Thank you! He used it from February 92 to October 92. Notably it's last show was Argentina 10/30/92, that's where it got destroyed!

  • @Rebel_Lee
    @Rebel_Lee Год назад +1

    🤘🏻🎸❤️

  • @NEVERMIND_JAG
    @NEVERMIND_JAG Год назад

    Fantastic video!! Can you do the cow palace show in 1993

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      That's a great show!! Would love to try for that one

  • @calebparks4454
    @calebparks4454 Год назад +1

    Amazing vid, I have a request can you recreate the BBC sessions

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Yes! Not sure I have the right guitars for the 1990 sessions but I can try for the 1991 sessions

    • @calebparks4454
      @calebparks4454 Год назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars awesome

    • @zkiller67
      @zkiller67 Год назад

      Please the BBC sessions where he played Something in the way with the feedbacks in it.

    • @calebparks4454
      @calebparks4454 Год назад

      @@zkiller67 also son of a gun and turnaround those are my favorite

  • @crumdyagain
    @crumdyagain Год назад

    "Hi Axl, Hi Axl!" - Dave Grohl

  • @Leon-Coils19912
    @Leon-Coils19912 Год назад +1

    Awesome as always! Also does the amp affect tone? Think It does 🤔

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад

      Thank you! And yes, the amp greatly affects the tone

  • @Headlessguitarist13
    @Headlessguitarist13 Год назад

    Cool best RUclipsr ever

  • @paramount243
    @paramount243 Год назад

    nice

  • @sethcallen-pb4hm
    @sethcallen-pb4hm Год назад +1

    Hey can ask a question did kurt cobain use a bridge hot rails or a neck but dude you nail it great job

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      Thank you! Bridge hot rails

    • @sethcallen-pb4hm
      @sethcallen-pb4hm Год назад

      Dude you are so helpful that one of many reasons why I watch your videos thank you to great job on the tone it sounds like the same 😊❤️👍

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Год назад +1

      @@sethcallen-pb4hm Thank you for watching! Happy to help in whatever way I can 😃

  • @ohnoitsnotjoe
    @ohnoitsnotjoe Год назад

    Question about the Khristore Vandalism Strat: Did you get to keep it?

  • @thrillvilled111
    @thrillvilled111 Год назад

    Can't wait to use ai upscale on the Live And Loud Performance!

  • @just1n00_00
    @just1n00_00 10 месяцев назад +1

    tunning?

  • @officalpgom
    @officalpgom Год назад

    HI AXL!

  • @ghostrider5959
    @ghostrider5959 Год назад

    My Guy gonna get some serious noise complaints with that maxed out DS-2.

  • @bigmuffmelvin7388
    @bigmuffmelvin7388 Год назад

    what other shows did Kurt play this strat on? I get this one confused with some of the other “two?” White strats

  • @MasterChiefHarrow
    @MasterChiefHarrow Год назад +4

    1:43 my favorite moment from this live, krist knows what it will be for them
    P.S 5:39 oh i forgot about that

  • @saintlouievhs
    @saintlouievhs Год назад

    How do you get your clean tones to sound a bit crunchy??? It sounds amazing and I would absolutely love to try and utilize a similar sound myself!!

  • @lewisbiggs8014
    @lewisbiggs8014 Год назад

    Great video what’s your favourite kurt cobain guitar 🎸?