I don't even know what to say 🥹 It's the support of amazing viewers such as yourself that keep me going! Thank you so so much for watching and for the kind words, I'm extremely honored to have a played a role in you starting to play!
@NirvanaGuitars im glad i could help you!!! you’re the best nirvana channel on youtube and i learn most of my lore from your channel! my friends get annoyed at me because i send them your videos all the time haha
one reason why you should modify a Gibson-style bridge (TOM or wrap tail) is that it has a higher tension towards the bottom of the strumming hand. tremolos have a much softer break angle on the strings, whereas a TOM bridge specifically makes it feel stiffer and adds a bit more acoustic characteristics, including a fuller sound, or at least it can feel that way. it's part of what makes a Les Paul such a big-sounding guitar. in fact, you can hear the difference between a Floyd Rose Les Paul and a traditional one. The Floyd version always sounds thinner, or weaker in comparison. I must give some real credit to Kurt here, with a reverse approach of trying to essentially use haptics for a fuller sound.
Love this “History of” series you started recently. Would love to see one on each of his most prominent guitars! The Competition Mustang and the Jaguar of course, but what fascinates me maybe even more are the Univoxes. Keep them coming!
hey, i was just wondering, did kurt modify his guitars on his own or did he go to people and ask them to modify them to how he liked? I myself would want to learn how to but dont think i have the tools
Love these history of videos brother, keep em coming. I had no idea that picture of dave with the smashed body was the TOM strat. I always assumed it was the vandalism also. This is why I love thr Nirvana Gear Community (I learn something everyday) Excellent build and video
you have no misses man, ur one of the main ones getting all the facts into a mainstream audience. we see the dedication man, keep it up :) and hows the jagstang vid going?
Yo have you been to any shows? November 93 Springfield mass. Imho one of the band's personal favorite because what i saw from the seats was that intimate club aura personifies into a stadium perfectly. Life changing event. Spent years wondering why the ds1 was weak sauce during the 90s cutting volume when I went to nail his tones. That and i want as much info as i can on the mix setups it was some crazy stwreo delay on his vocals too make his voice really what it was..... Maybe you'd dive into that someday?
Cool! It seems like you have all of Kurt's more or less famous guitars. Now you need a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, a Marshall cab and that frankie Marshall Amp.
Hi Eric another great video, your tones are awesome and i’m planning to get a HB ST-20 SSS and change the pickguard to a black HSS and the bridge pickup to a SD 59n for the Paramount show tone. You also replied during the premiere that you changed the middle and neck single coils to Vintera 60s single coils. Any tips for a beginner on how to change pickups? - Thanks from Oliver p.s I’m a massive fan! 😊
you should make videos where you use setups of nirvana shows and play songs that weren’t played at those shows, like In Bloom with a Paramount setup or Territorial Pissings with a Live & Loud setup
3:29 me and Pennsy were talking and I think these are black Telecaster style knobs, AllParts sold these in 80s and 90s and today, so it’s very well possible that someone switched the stock knobs to these
Retrofitting a strat with a tune-o-matic is not a simple modification. The bridge sits much higher than a standard strat bridge. I looked into it when I was building an offset baritone partscaster. There are a few ways it can be done though. If the guitar is a hard tail, routes can be made to recess the bridge and tailpiece. The pitch of the neck will almost definitely still need to be adjusted, since ToMs were designed for arched and carved top guitar. That's what I was looking into because I was starting with a guitar shaped slab of wood. If the guitar had a trem, which the vast majority of strats do, I can only guess. Removing the old bridge assembly and blocking the entire trem cavity, and just filling in that entire route to give yourself a blank slate? Did he even have Ernie Bailey as a guitar tech at that point?
Still looking forward to a Mosrite video that debunks the nonsense and misnomers surrounding his 2 Mosrite mark V models. Please contact me for straighter information on it.
Would love to know more about how the TOM was mounted into a trem Strat body. The bridge posts would have had to have been drilled into the wood just forward of the mounting point of the original Strat bridge. The wood there is super thin, maybe a quarter of an inch. Can’t imagine those bridge posts had much wood to bite into, unless wood was added underneath in the trem cavity.
Hi eric, quick question. For your build you used a hardtail body, but if Kurt’s was hardtail too why did he put tape on the hole? Cause if it was a hardtail there would be no hole. I’m trying to build a Tom myself and was wondering this for a while. Anyone got anything useful let me know!
Hi Eric, do you think that the Boss Katana Mini would nail the Nirvana Tour Tone 91-92 and 93-94? Nice video by the way. Very interesting. The T.O.M strat looks actually better then I thought it did.
Played a strat with a similar pickup configuration at guitar center, I thought about buying it since it was a squier, but I sadly didn’t pull the trigger.
Stratos são bem melhores meu amigo brasileiro ... não sei como ele conseguia tocar mustangs e jaguars com aquela escala de anão e aquela mãozona dele kkkk comprei uma jaguar japonesa, devolvi no outro dia ...
No, it looks similar but that was just another "throw away strat" during this time kurt bought a bunch of strats just to destroy them. Hence why the guitar was kept stock.
@@NirvanaGuitars in the hands of Kurt Cobain, nothing sounded in tune…lol..never seen a tune-a-matic on a Strat, does it even intonate right with Fender scale.
We now need NirvanaBassGuitars
He'll need some serious luck to get a Ripper/Grabber/RD, but YES
Krist used bassist worth 4000$
No, but actually, to hear the history and use of all of Krist Novoselic's basses would be incredibly informative and valuable.
@@d3lt452 he's a lucky guy
Didn’t Krist only play a small handful of bass models in Nirvana? Gibson Ripper and Ibanez Black Eagle, almost exclusively?
Watching this on work break. With fish and chips
True British
@@ffluigishots9288 Indeed
You should get french fries. They are better with fish
@@Ottophil Nah. Chips with Salt and Vinegar with gravy on top. That’s the way to go for me
It’s ok.
Sorry I wasnt present for the premier! Was doing some other things. This video turned out amazing, I am so glad to have helped with this Eric!
I am so so happy you like it! Wouldn't have been possible without you, will never be able to thank you enough!
TOM STRAT!!! I love that awesome pickup mounting ring on. Great vid Eric!!!
Thank you so much!!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU’RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR!!! YOU’RE SO COOL!1!1!1!1
I don't even know what to say 🥹 It's the support of amazing viewers such as yourself that keep me going! Thank you so so much for watching and for the kind words, I'm extremely honored to have a played a role in you starting to play!
@NirvanaGuitars im glad i could help you!!! you’re the best nirvana channel on youtube and i learn most of my lore from your channel! my friends get annoyed at me because i send them your videos all the time haha
one reason why you should modify a Gibson-style bridge (TOM or wrap tail) is that it has a higher tension towards the bottom of the strumming hand. tremolos have a much softer break angle on the strings, whereas a TOM bridge specifically makes it feel stiffer and adds a bit more acoustic characteristics, including a fuller sound, or at least it can feel that way. it's part of what makes a Les Paul such a big-sounding guitar. in fact, you can hear the difference between a Floyd Rose Les Paul and a traditional one. The Floyd version always sounds thinner, or weaker in comparison. I must give some real credit to Kurt here, with a reverse approach of trying to essentially use haptics for a fuller sound.
My favorite of Kurt’s guitars. Love the look and simplicity
Love this “History of” series you started recently. Would love to see one on each of his most prominent guitars! The Competition Mustang and the Jaguar of course, but what fascinates me maybe even more are the Univoxes. Keep them coming!
Wow amazing work man keep it up and also please do the history of the Fender Jaguar 🙏🏽
I know why he used it, he wanted a stable live guitar where he wouldn’t have to fuck with tone too much and be good to go
You’re my favourite channel on YT. I’m obsessed with nirvana and Kurt himself and this is where I go to geek out😂 keep it up man❤
hey, i was just wondering, did kurt modify his guitars on his own or did he go to people and ask them to modify them to how he liked? I myself would want to learn how to but dont think i have the tools
Nice vid dude i love the TOM Strat!
Love these history of videos brother, keep em coming.
I had no idea that picture of dave with the smashed body was the TOM strat. I always assumed it was the vandalism also. This is why I love thr Nirvana Gear Community (I learn something everyday)
Excellent build and video
Hell yeah, my personal fav Kurt's guitar next to the Jaguar.
TOM STRAT!!!! This is probably my favorite of kurts guitars. Not even just for the sound but it just looks so cool
Thank you again for another banger video. Reminds me to keep playing my guitar!
I absolutely love this guitar it is so unique love the detail in this video keep it up!
That damn thing sounds so good his live rig was perfect
Cool video!
Thank you so much for watching!
Yet another amazing video. You are truly the best youtuber on the platform
Wow thank you so much! 🥹🙏🏻
I was in the premiere of the video, it was a great history video too
Can’t wait! Been waiting for this for so long😆
I was waiting this exact video since the sound test
I kind of like how it’s basically the anthithesis to the superstrat and hair metal or whatever and Grunge’s answer to the Frankenstrat
That Kerrang! list is hilarious, especially if it's an all time list.
Damn dude great job on this! This is one of the trickier mods to do at home without a drill press. The holes need to be precise.
Thank you so much man! Means a lot coming from you, I've really been enjoying the history videos you've been posting lately 😊
When this comes out I will be watching a nirvana tribute band plus fav Kurt guitar
you have no misses man, ur one of the main ones getting all the facts into a mainstream audience. we see the dedication man, keep it up :) and hows the jagstang vid going?
1:54 I know this picture was taken in Edmonton Canada.
Awesome video such an interesting guitar and do you think you’ll ever make a video about Kurts SG.
Best NirvanaGuitars video i have seen
Wow thank you!! 🙏🏻
try getting a Hagstrom F200 build for the Kapu tone, specifically the full concert itself (I forgot where Kapu is, nevermind)
Yo have you been to any shows? November 93 Springfield mass. Imho one of the band's personal favorite because what i saw from the seats was that intimate club aura personifies into a stadium perfectly. Life changing event. Spent years wondering why the ds1 was weak sauce during the 90s cutting volume when I went to nail his tones. That and i want as much info as i can on the mix setups it was some crazy stwreo delay on his vocals too make his voice really what it was..... Maybe you'd dive into that someday?
Cool! It seems like you have all of Kurt's more or less famous guitars.
Now you need a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, a Marshall cab and that frankie Marshall Amp.
Hi Eric another great video, your tones are awesome and i’m planning to get a HB ST-20 SSS and change the pickguard to a black HSS and the bridge pickup to a SD 59n for the Paramount show tone. You also replied during the premiere that you changed the middle and neck single coils to Vintera 60s single coils. Any tips for a beginner on how to change pickups?
- Thanks from Oliver p.s I’m a massive fan! 😊
Oh thats my favorite Nirvana Channel
🙏
Love these vids
you should make videos where you use setups of nirvana shows and play songs that weren’t played at those shows, like In Bloom with a Paramount setup or Territorial Pissings with a Live & Loud setup
You should totally do a Mr. Moustache cover with the L&L tone :D I’ve always wondered what it would sound like if it was part of the setlist
lv your vids!! I always watch them even tho i don't have enough money to buy anything that appears in your channel ; >
Hey Eric can you do a collection of bloopers and outtakes compilation for your next video
You should get an reaper bass! To complete the vma look!
je pense que c'est l'une de mes guitares préféré de nirvana !
Hell yeah!!! My fave Nirvana Strat!!!🥳🥳🥳
If ya think that’s cool my squire has two humbuckers…….😏 and is built like a tank could definitely kill someone, that’s why her name is black Betty
@@bobhope4949 Okay, squire boy.
@@MicahSheperd total micha……. Good news is is it don’t end well for you
@@bobhope4949 Okay whatever you say man. Anyway have a nice life.
@@MicahSheperd I’ll have a horrible life just to spite you!😡
Based on Polaroid Picture taken by Big John, i guessed that TOM Strat were smashed during Le Zenith gig on June 1992..
Another great Vid mate, mine is currently in bits but you may of inspired me to bring her back from the dead 😂
3:29 me and Pennsy were talking and I think these are black Telecaster style knobs, AllParts sold these in 80s and 90s and today, so it’s very well possible that someone switched the stock knobs to these
Retrofitting a strat with a tune-o-matic is not a simple modification. The bridge sits much higher than a standard strat bridge. I looked into it when I was building an offset baritone partscaster. There are a few ways it can be done though. If the guitar is a hard tail, routes can be made to recess the bridge and tailpiece. The pitch of the neck will almost definitely still need to be adjusted, since ToMs were designed for arched and carved top guitar. That's what I was looking into because I was starting with a guitar shaped slab of wood. If the guitar had a trem, which the vast majority of strats do, I can only guess. Removing the old bridge assembly and blocking the entire trem cavity, and just filling in that entire route to give yourself a blank slate? Did he even have Ernie Bailey as a guitar tech at that point?
more history videos☝🏾️
Still looking forward to a Mosrite video that debunks the nonsense and misnomers surrounding his 2 Mosrite mark V models. Please contact me for straighter information on it.
Day 2 for asking for a video about the sound garden mustang
Amazing content .. I’m already trying to replicate your unplugged mod acoustic … with a sigma
Would love to know more about how the TOM was mounted into a trem Strat body. The bridge posts would have had to have been drilled into the wood just forward of the mounting point of the original Strat bridge. The wood there is super thin, maybe a quarter of an inch. Can’t imagine those bridge posts had much wood to bite into, unless wood was added underneath in the trem cavity.
Hi eric, quick question. For your build you used a hardtail body, but if Kurt’s was hardtail too why did he put tape on the hole? Cause if it was a hardtail there would be no hole. I’m trying to build a Tom myself and was wondering this for a while. Anyone got anything useful let me know!
Hi Eric, do you think that the Boss Katana Mini would nail the Nirvana Tour Tone 91-92 and 93-94? Nice video by the way. Very interesting. The T.O.M strat looks actually better then I thought it did.
Played a strat with a similar pickup configuration at guitar center, I thought about buying it since it was a squier, but I sadly didn’t pull the trigger.
Nice job
i always assumed he put that bridge on cause of lee ranaldo’s tom bridge on his red hh strat.
I wonder if you'll an endless nameless tone recreation
we need a MuseGuitars
Did Kurt ever play a hardtail Strat?
Im going to party at this time😂😂😂 i will watch it when im done
We need a BOOK
What was that song playing at the beginning of the video
Dude Amazing fucking video!
The Roxy strat neck had 22 frets all the other strats had 21 i wonder if he didn't like the spacing on the 22 frets
Do the jaguar!
Nirvana is the best Band I know
Same!
😉@@NirvanaGuitars
dude can you do a verse chorus verse cover with the 1992 reading tone?
That pickup ring looks black in the photos to me
How do i learn to play nirvana songs?
I've been lurking but i wish you would try to recreate these tones on a mustang gtx amp for the memes because Mustang
I need it
I wonder if the pots were 250 or 500.
One waiting, that's me
Thank you for taking the time to be at the priemere!
Can you do you know you’re right tone
*who killed Kurt?*
get your conspiracy bullshit outta here
0:11 player
only kurt cobain would need to hurry and buy another guitar to finish an album lol
Stratos são bem melhores meu amigo brasileiro ... não sei como ele conseguia tocar mustangs e jaguars com aquela escala de anão e aquela mãozona dele kkkk comprei uma jaguar japonesa, devolvi no outro dia ...
mustang é uma tonante americana, guitarra de brinquedo ...
Im 10 and i need advice for a Nirvana pedel to get thats chep enough
boss ds-1 but on your age you should focus on playing and practicing not gear
If guitars could talk...
Kurt would have been locked up
Well the guitar was smashed 3 times so odds are you'd just hear "OW OW OW OW OW"
Sorry iam late
by the way that guitar I think it was played in live and loud
No, it looks similar but that was just another "throw away strat" during this time kurt bought a bunch of strats just to destroy them. Hence why the guitar was kept stock.
Now we need a "Green day guitars" channel
Just by looking at the thumbnail, I can tell the guitar is out of tune…🤣🤣🤣
It’s in tune this entire video
@@NirvanaGuitars in the hands of Kurt Cobain, nothing sounded in tune…lol..never seen a tune-a-matic on a Strat, does it even intonate right with Fender scale.
week 3 asking for a jason everman guitar video 🫡
THE LAST RECORDED SHOW OF THE TOM STRAT IS MY BIRTHDAY
Penney has they/them pronouns or they lied.
I’m friends with them on discord/in a server with them, it’s Them/He there
@@bobross4449 Kay