Kurt Cobain vs Pat Smear Guitar Comparison | Nirvana Guitar Shootout Episode 5
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- In Utero tour stage left vs stage right! Comparing my builds the main guitars Kurt Cobain and Pat Smear used on Nirvana's finals tours
Documenting Skystang I: • My Time With Kurt Coba...
History of Pat Smear's Hagstrom HiiN: • Pat Smear's Hagstrom H...
INTRO:
0:13 - Guitar overviews
2:04 - My amp & pedal settings
2:37 - Demo introduction
TONE COMPARISON:
3:03 - Polly (neck pickup)
3:36 - Dumb (middle pickup position)
4:11 - About a Girl
5:20 - Drain You
6:44 - Breed
7:53 - Serve The Servants
8:46 - Come As You Are
9:54 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
11:06 - Lithium
12:12 - School
13:00 - Waif Me
14:07 - Milk It
14:39 - All Apologies
15:54 - On a Plain
16:39 - Scentless Apprentice
17:55 - Heart-Shaped Box
GEAR USED:
Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Mustang (modded to Skystang I specs)
Hagstrom HiiN partcaster (modded to Pat Smear's Nirvana specs)
Vintage Sansamp
PastFX Kurt's Cologne
Dandy Horse EchoFlanger Clone
Electro-Harmonix Polychorus
Mesa Boogie 5 Band EQ Pedal
Fender Twin Reverb
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Kurt and pat where like opposite poles guitarwise, kurt owned and destroyed a lot of guitars most of his carreer while pat only owned a single guitar for a lot of time and made it last, i really like that difference
Great way to look at it!
Saw Nirvana on the In Utero tour, still the BEST concert I've ever seen.
Forever jealous! You saw them on their best tour!!
@NirvanaGuitars me and my friend told our parents we were staying at each other's house and took the bus to Toronto. I was 15 and it was my first big concert. Everything since has been kinda underwhelming since I started with the best possible concert.
Naughty Naughty boy lying to parents but instead go to in utero Naughty 😂😂😂😂..
@lalchhuanmawia128 lol, it was worth it.
Hell yes Ive been waiting for this video since the Chanel started
Thank you for your patience! Hope you enjoy 😃
Babe wake up new nirvana guitars video
This channel is a treasure for every Nirvana fan.🙏🏻
This is kind of an odd comment for your videos, but you’ve been a really fantastic guitar teacher without really explaining too much about the technicalities of the guitar playing. I cannot say how much I’ve learnt just from watching you play, not only for Kurt’s stuff, but for a lot of widespread application to a lot of my own stuff and other people’s.
A lot of people say Kurt’s tendency for accidentally barring with his ring finger is a sloppy technique that’ll hurt your hands, but your usage of the ‘Cobain chord’ motivated me heavily for learning the two-finger A major barre shape, and I can say from experience that it’s honestly a lifesaving skill for tiny hands, contrarian as that is. I think it also helps you visualize it less as a ‘chord shape’ and more like a sound- use the shape on the sixth string, and it’s super grungy. Use it on the fifth string, and it’s a major chord. If you barre all the way across with your ring finger, you can get some cool suspensions.
But yeah, sorry for rambling (: thanks for all the excellent content.
Amazing playing and tone. I've always hoped that you'd post this video. Very grateful you did! ❤👍
Love the tones!!! We need to see a shootout with the Univox Hi-Flier and the comp mustang for Bleach and Nevermind era tones
he needs the bleach era grecco stang
Loving the appreciation for Pat!! He's gotten so much love lately and it makes me so happy cause he's my favorite punk guitarist and he's added so much to the Nirvana and Foo Fighters guitar tones
YES Pat deserves so much more attention and appreciation for his playing and tones, especially while he was in Nirvana
@@NirvanaGuitars his playing is the glue to hold his bands together. Would love to see some analysis on foo fighters tones!!
Pat is one of my favorite people
A fun idea might be a Bleach tour guitar shootout, with Kurt and Jason Everman. A highflier / early bleach mustang (gecko or the Jesu-stang) for Kurt and a tele (could use the Courtney Tele) for Jason.
I dont think Jason ever really played on the record, but, regardless, his tele had a humbucker in the neck pickup I think.
I actually like this idea, Jason's tone was unusual in Nirvana as he had a mild distortion or heavy overdrive but it wasn't as high gain or fuzzy as Kurt's as you can listen in the bootleg recording with Kurt only singing (I forgot which concert was)
@@idiosyncraticmushroom3030they said the tour, not the record
hell yeah, I've been waiting since the series started :0
Thanks man for keeping on pushing this music and for all the outstanding work you do ❤
A Shootout between Bleach era guitars with Kurt's Univox and Jason's Tele (doesn't matter if it is Courtney's Tele) would be amazing, Jason's tone on the Bleach tour was unusual in contrast to Kurt as he had a mild distortion or heavy overdriven tone which is kind of crazy for a guy looks like a metalhead lol
Excellent work!!! I love this channel, I definitely learn a lot from you brother!! Greetings from Brazil!
ERIC!!!!! I LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!!
Thank you so so much!
@@NirvanaGuitars What a great birthday gift from you!!!
Hi I love your videos I have been watching your videos for 2 years watching every video. you are the inspiration for why I started playing guitar
I was lucky enough to see Nirvana all 3 times they came to Houston. I saw them the summer of 1989, the fall of 1991, and the winter of 1993. All 3 shows were GREAT!!!
Great vid ! You could do a single coil guitars comparison ! ET-270, Courtney Tele and splitted Comp Stang ! It would be cool to hear the unusuals tones of Nirvana.
that would be cool, but we can all agree he needs the bleach era grecco-stang
you released this on my birthday!
Both is good, sound and look wise
I got to get back to class soon, but I literally just “ went to the bathroom” when I saw the notification pop up and had to watch it
Awesome video as always! One day would be really cool if you could host an interview with Pat or Krist. I'm not even trying asking for Dave since he's way more difficult to get in touch with xD but would be so nice :)
Immagine recreating the tone with them in person. That would be unbelievable
These tones are sick
I love this!!! Saludos desde argentina 💪🏾
Nice video mate,you should do an amp shootout with the randall commander and the twin reverb
That's a great idea thank you!
good timing with anniversary of the death of daby crash, ty!
Hi Eric, great comparison
Thank you for watching!
@NirvanaGuitars How do you like the idea of making a Kapu Linz tone video? a very funny show, especially when Krist started singing xD
GREAT job! Everything is extremely excellent. Love it
Thank you so much!
Did Pat use chorus in "Come as you are?@@NirvanaGuitars
The Live and Loud guitars!
Great comparison!......the Hagstrom ,to me ,has a slightly darker sound and is very similar to a Univox Hi Flier. Both sound great!
Competition Mustang vs VMA Strat. Battle of the Hot Rails!
That's a really great idea!! Adding that onto my list 😉 thank you!
@NirvanaGuitars no problem Mr Guitars
Great video! I have an idea for a Nirvana Shootout. You should do Kurt’s MTV UNPLUGGED D18 VS PATS AMERICAN GUITAR if u ever get that one cuz they both had Bartolinis in them ❤
Come as you are sounded 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
DUDE I REALLY LOVE THE IN UTERO TOUR TONE!! Pats tone is way different than Kurt's tone. I really like both of them.
Wow great vid
Pls remake a the smells like tone recreation, but with the Mesa Boogie Eq's pedal🙏
we need the black strat birthday video!!
I'm still waiting on some parts to start modding it 😀
Would there be a chance to do a full Pat setup? Like with all gear he used, even the ProCo RAT he uses? I'm curious about the Pat RAT tone!
I totally forgot this was a comparison by the end and was just getting into the riffs lol
Nirvana is cool 👍
Sorry I don't know but have you made a video about Pat Smear's tone on the In Utero tour?
Not yet! Something I've been meaning to do
@@NirvanaGuitars Thanks for replying! If a video like this comes out, I'll be the first to watch it.
Nirvana is my favorite band
i would really love if you did a guitar tome recreation of Jason Everman’s tone. Specifically the show one where Kurt only sang and Jason played guitar.
I’m 16 years old and a huge nirvana fan. My dad always brags to me about how he was them live in 1993.
love it
Love your kurt guitar collection. I really wish Fender would reissue Kurt's Mustang like they did his Jag-Stang. Ill be all over it if they do. I just started playing guitar again in April of 2022 after a 17 year break. I used to have the first issue, Japanese made, sonic blue Jag-Stang but i lost it when my house was broken into about 14 years ago. My Jag-Stang year was a 1996. I loved it, but i never modded it. The stock pickups were really anemic. I dont understand why Fender didnt load it with the pickups Kurt actually used.
Will be cool another vídeo with Stella!
12-string Harmony Stella H912 vs 1959 Martin D-18E Acoustic Guitar Comparison | Nirvana Guitar Shootout Episode 6
Nice Vid as always! What about a comparison with the Jaguar and Skystang?
It was kind of hard for me to tell the difference with the sansamp, but in serve the servants and come as you are i can definitely tell a difference
Have you seen the in utero ir pack? Would LOVE a video on it!!!!
Wood doesn’t effect the tone of an electric guitar. There has been a ton of research done on this by Jim Lill. I love your super deep dives on Nirvana. Thanks for everything you do.
Have you ever thought about making videos on how to play the songs? If you ever do this can you do Love Buzz or School pls ❤
its interesting how both having very different neck pickups was the biggest difference in sound when the guitar was set to clean, but then, when distorted and sticking to the bridge position, they were pretty much the exact same to me, i guess the only difference being that the hagstrom having higher ohm pots pushed the amp a tiny bit harder, but not by much
i really liked the tone of the mustang's middle position though, tbh maybe i should add a coil split to my neck humbucker that way i can get better cleans lol, but then again maybe not since i use active pickups and i think they have better cleans than passive pickups
great video btw, makes me want a sansamp classic lol
You should recreate pat’s pedalboard!!
Yesss I'm pretty sure he used the RAT pedal!!
Recreate nirvana live december 14th 1993 with both guitars being used! Or live and loud either, dec 14 had the exact same settings except a massive setlist
I have a small suggestion on a video if you ever get a chance to pick up a “Fender Quad-Reverb” amp you could probably get a mighty accurate In Utero tone
I love this video and its great to see how different they sound. I notice you play both like kurt. How different would it be if you played the different guitars like their respective players?
[CONFIRMED]. Nirvana 4th Album "1995"
Producers: Scott Litt & Rick Rubin
(CD 1)
Nobody Knows I'm New Wave
Desire (ft. Gwen Stefani "Kurt's new wife")
Talk To Me
Old Age
What More Can I Say
Letters to Frances
Clean up before she comes
Burn my britches
She only lies
Aero Zeppelin (Dave Grohl on drums)
(CD 2)
DO RE MI (+ Piano + Cello)
My Bestfriend's Girl (Movie Soundtrack)
Ivy League
Slackers Password (Dave Grohl's song)
Weenie Beenie (Dave Grohl's song)
How I Miss You (Dave Grohl's song)
The Happy Guitar
Alone+Easy Target (Dave Grohl's song)
The Other Improv (ft. Chris Cornell)?
E-Coli
Opinion
Verse Chorus Verse / In His Hands
You Know You're Right
Come On Death/I'm hungry Sept 28, 91 version
B-Sides
Winnebango (Dave Grohl's song)
Fecal Matter's songs
What is confirmed about a fake fantasy album
We need pat smear's settings!!!!😂
if you haven't already, please do d-18e vs. stella
next episode do the phases
You could do a Unplugged vs Harmony comparison?
Not waif me 😭😂 I’d have to say that I like the Skystang more just because I love the way it looks, the sound is quite equal to me
you should compare kurt's first and last guitar he used
Equalizer Making a difference!
Are you gonna get a moserite? Nevermind was mainly recorded on one
Been wanting a Hallmark Mosrite Gospel copy for a long time! But there is no official confirmation as what guitar was used for each song aside from the TOM Strat on Endless, Nameless and the Stella on Polly & Something in The Way. Everything else is pure speculation and guesses.
You gotta get the nevermind demo rehearsal tone
Hey man, I'm your fan. Please, make the tone Kurt's guitar from concert Hollywood rock .
I see NirvanaGuitars, I click NirvanaGuitars. It's very simple
If you still have the univox guitar you’re borrowing off of John, then do another guitar shootout video, with your Univox guitar and John’s univox guitar.
You should do a video on pats u plugged guitar. I feel that songs like Man who sold the world and All apologies would sound very different without pat.
You should do a comparison of the two hi fliers
Would love to see the you know youre right uni vox up against his vandalism strat.
Any chance the Rhino Records session is in works ???
It would be cool to see you get a ferrington or a mosrite
Can you try remaking the trees Dallas show tone with your fender twin?
I honestly prefer the Hagstrom. Sounds way crunchier and thicker than the Skystang. And that Hagstrom tone toward the end of Drain You is fucking FILTHY.
Pat's Nirvana rig/tones in general are so overlooked and underrated! Absolutely love the sound and feel of this Hagstrom build
@@NirvanaGuitars The Hagstrom kind of reminds me of Butch Vig’s Veleno that Kurt used for Heart Shaped Box and Rape Me, among others from In Utero.
When will you do a video on the Eric strat?
Hey mate, just wondering, other then nirvana what are your favourite bands?
I need to see k strat vs vandalism strat
Eric please do I love myself and want to live tone!!!!!
Awesome video. Im really wanting to buy a fenders kurt cobain jagstang idk how to play yet and im left handed i have an acoustic gutair to start practicing but its right handed so id have to learn upside-down i can buy a jagstang in left handed ive seen good used ones on ebay for around 800-950. Really wanting one.
Day 2 of asking to learn "do re mi" from the sliver home demo album
Heard that Pats was a bit more crunchier than Kurt’s. It was really small though!
Would a JB jr or a Hot Rails work in the neck instead of the Texas Special? I understand they have different characteristics, but I'm just curious.
dave grohl gibson es 335 vs kurt cobain fender mustang
Great suggestion!
Stella vs martin!!!!!
Hey eric, soo, I've been looking through some tones, and i need a second opinion, do you ever tried the Black Cat (BC) free amp? I use it with fl studio, using the small studio reverb config
I use on the classic Drive config for start
My amp config:
+20 gain / -20 drive / +4 bass / -20 middle / +4 tremble / +5 volume
Please, I've been thinking about buying a marshall amp just to recreate this Virtual tone, can you help me with this? It's a try to replicate the Live and loud tone but adding like a third guitar, what do you think?
I use my strat with a generic bridge humbucker with all volume and tones on max
Vandalism Strat Vs Jaguar or Stella Harmony vs Martin D18?
eric can you do nirvanas last show
btw you nail the tones with the mesa pedal
and can we get more of the randal amp in a vid
John's univox Hi flyer vs your Eastwood hi flyer
By the way I was curious do you still have the small clone
Where did you get that enclosure for the echoflanger clone?
Left channel is the best
Hey , do you have any info about loomic guitars because i can't find him anywhere thanks !
Is anybody able to get that type of Echoflanger? I can't find anywhere to buy it
How do you recommend mutilating an acoutic guitar to a Martin D-18E to someone who doesent really know mods?
Pats setup is more interesting than cobains in my opinion
Day 15 of asking to make a video of the sound garden mustang
Hi Erick
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