Nirvana Lithium Guitar Cover | MTV VMA Tone

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  • Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
  • Covering Lithium with my recreation of Kurt Cobain's 1992 VMA Tone with my new hyper accurate VMA Strat!
    Comparing this Strat side by by side with Kurt's Actual VMA strat: Video coming 07/06/24!
    Documenting The Actual VMA Strat: • My Time With Kurt Coba...
    0:00 - Side by side comparisons
    0:58 - Full song cover
    GEAR USED:
    Fender VMA Strat
    - 90's Fender ST-62 Stratocaster
    - 90's Seymour Duncan Hot Rails
    Boss DS-2
    Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb
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Комментарии • 139

  • @NEVERMIND_JAG
    @NEVERMIND_JAG 9 дней назад +33

    This is AMAZING it sounds identical ONE TO ONE!!

  • @CPF_PZ
    @CPF_PZ 9 дней назад +62

    The rape me fake-out was incredible, definitely had the mtv executives shitting themselves

  • @digglydonk
    @digglydonk 9 дней назад +38

    omg i looked away for a sec and didnt even realise the tone switched from the original to the recreation, incredible

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +8

      That's the ultimate validation that I am doing my job correctly, thank you so much!

    • @tiredcitizenz1925
      @tiredcitizenz1925 9 дней назад +4

      Same

    • @Not_2013_band
      @Not_2013_band 9 дней назад +2

      @@tiredcitizenz1925 same

    • @kurbin.
      @kurbin. 8 дней назад +2

      @@Not_2013_bandsame

    • @Not_2013_band
      @Not_2013_band 6 дней назад

      OMG HE LIKED MY COMMENT

  • @Lets_RC
    @Lets_RC 9 дней назад +11

    Ahhhhh yes! I remember watching this live on MTV. I may have been 14 or 15. Back when the VMAs were pretty cool. Was a very cool time to be alive.

  • @thenirvanaroamer
    @thenirvanaroamer 9 дней назад +10

    This was always one of my favorite performances, and you made it sound really good, I'm gonna come back a couple times, just to hear it again!

    • @user-oi3fw8ks2g
      @user-oi3fw8ks2g 9 дней назад +1

      you didn't even listen to the full thing before commenting this

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      Thank you so much!

    • @thenirvanaroamer
      @thenirvanaroamer 9 дней назад

      I was almost halfway through ​@@user-oi3fw8ks2g

  • @truebitard8769
    @truebitard8769 9 дней назад

    Incredible work!! ❤

  • @commandercaleb_
    @commandercaleb_ 9 дней назад +2

    This is so accurate it’s actually scary, love the videos!

  • @UnhingingLoki36
    @UnhingingLoki36 9 дней назад +2

    Nirvana has such a unique, distinct sound for their guitars. I love watching these sort of videos

  • @rareozzyvideos4103
    @rareozzyvideos4103 8 дней назад

    Great job as always man

  • @simmons123
    @simmons123 9 дней назад +2

    Definitely one of my favorite times Kurt played this live and you nailed it! Best of luck to you

  • @ianclevenger9714
    @ianclevenger9714 5 дней назад

    This was fun to watch

  • @fidell5886
    @fidell5886 9 дней назад +1

    Amazing as always

  • @FilthagonyMusic
    @FilthagonyMusic 9 дней назад +1

    you're doing god's work bro, literally the kind of video I was looking for 2 years ago hahaha

  • @Roseland11
    @Roseland11 9 дней назад +2

    Eric,this is the best channel of nirvana’s tone!)❤

  • @Baciorek23
    @Baciorek23 9 дней назад +1

    very good tone recreation. i love your videos

  • @MasonCoutu
    @MasonCoutu 9 дней назад

    Wow! Amazing cover. I LOVE the start lol, Please do the strat shootout 🙏🙏

  • @sunlightInky
    @sunlightInky 9 дней назад +2

    loved the simulated stage destruction you did at the end, sounded awesome!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      Thank you so much! Gotta try to nail the things that make each performance unique 😃

  • @Friskybusiness1
    @Friskybusiness1 9 дней назад

    dude, not me going to set my amp to these settings for fun and apparently having had (by ear previously) set it to those settings just because i thought it sounded cool yesterday lmao, thats so uncanny. im such a huge fan of this tone and this recreation sounds so awesome man i love your content and hope it continues going as insanely strongly as it has been :)

  • @kingcrabvr9947
    @kingcrabvr9947 9 дней назад

    Good job spot on bro

  • @MidwestCynic
    @MidwestCynic День назад

    Your channel is so fun dude

  • @andreagagliardi1953
    @andreagagliardi1953 8 дней назад

    Semplicemente favoloso come ogni tuo video

  • @MichaelsMusic193
    @MichaelsMusic193 9 дней назад +1

    Let’s go Nirvana Guitars!!!!!! Seriously Eric, you are the one who has inspired me to play guitar and start my channel. You’re the best!!! Happy early 4 of July! 🎸🇺🇸

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      That is an absolute honor to hear 😭 Thank you so much for the kind words and continued support, happy early 4th of July to you too my friend!

    • @MichaelsMusic193
      @MichaelsMusic193 9 дней назад

      @@NirvanaGuitarsOf Course!

    • @MichaelsMusic193
      @MichaelsMusic193 9 дней назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars And the end was perfection! You made the stage destruction note for note!

  • @smlreuploadsog740
    @smlreuploadsog740 9 дней назад

    Woah. You really outdid yourself this time (but delivered like always).
    Nirvanaguitars, I humbly request a full tone recreation of the studio version of In Bloom (especially the pre-chorus tone), would be much appreciated ✌️🙏🙏

  • @isaiv6024
    @isaiv6024 9 дней назад

    dude the noise at the end creation was amazing

  • @NirvanaTexas
    @NirvanaTexas 9 дней назад

    Wow they sound the same in my opinion this is the best one yet incredible Job man.❤

  • @ruination775
    @ruination775 7 дней назад

    Incredible Video Eric. Love to see, and hear a full Smart Sessions recreation. That Guitar Tone is Amazing ❤

  • @pierreparent9448
    @pierreparent9448 9 дней назад

    Awesome guiatr cover !

  • @user-te5nv1em4r
    @user-te5nv1em4r 9 дней назад +2

    Ooooooh new Guitar, Amazing!!!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      I can't stop lol I definitely have a guitar problem at this at point 😅 😂

    • @user-te5nv1em4r
      @user-te5nv1em4r 9 дней назад

      ​@@NirvanaGuitars i only have a fender mustang with the hot rail pickup

  • @prpwnage9296
    @prpwnage9296 9 дней назад +1

    wow that was very accurate, even kurt probably couldn't replicate it this well

  • @Soap_yukii
    @Soap_yukii 3 дня назад

    My Strat is just a little bit darker but still looks awesome but urs looks better great job man u always keep me entertained

  • @Clarke308cuh
    @Clarke308cuh 9 дней назад +3

    My friend recently bought a Stratocaster that looks exactly like the MTV VMA one, same color, same tone. The only thing different is it didn't come with a hotrail

  • @Garbageguitarist
    @Garbageguitarist 9 дней назад +1

    Looks like you’ve updated your vma strat build it looks so good!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +1

      This is as close as I can get!! In love with this Strat 😍

  • @Jega_
    @Jega_ 9 дней назад

    even recreated the sound of the guitar getting beaten up, really awesome cover 🔥🔥

  • @WeaponsRemorse
    @WeaponsRemorse 9 дней назад

    Amazing. Also doing the Strat destruction.

  • @octamedicin
    @octamedicin 9 дней назад

    Nice, sounds great. People often miss that cranked mids are the key to that wonderful chainsaw overdrive.

  • @stab180
    @stab180 6 дней назад +1

    Eric really thought he could play the full thing and pretend to play his guitar and we wouldn't notice (It's a joke because HOLY MOLY, THAT SOUNDS AMAZING, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, MAN).

  • @GRUDGEDu
    @GRUDGEDu 9 дней назад

    I love this video the funny part when her have beef with axle roast that’s hilarious

  • @kaidenlemonaden
    @kaidenlemonaden 9 дней назад

    fucking awesome how you played the feedback! even hit a harmonic (i think)

  • @TaiFlurfy
    @TaiFlurfy 9 дней назад

    AAAA THE SIDE BY SIDE WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER!!!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад

      Entire video like that coming this Saturday!
      ruclips.net/video/5Cl6z7W45qc/видео.html

  • @Danny_79
    @Danny_79 9 дней назад

    Very accurate tone

  • @astronomical_channel
    @astronomical_channel 9 дней назад

    этот кавер куда лучше и ближе, чем тот, который ты раньше выкладывал)

  • @hankyelharrys
    @hankyelharrys 9 дней назад

    OMAGAAAAD

  • @hotjupter6700
    @hotjupter6700 9 дней назад

    Wow

  • @yemaw2619
    @yemaw2619 9 дней назад

    New era guitars!!!!!

  • @kayhogan1634
    @kayhogan1634 9 дней назад +1

    Are you going to do a history vid kn Kurt’s compstang

  • @pennsy77
    @pennsy77 9 дней назад

    Okay, yeah. This is cool.

  • @odiumimbues
    @odiumimbues 9 дней назад

    good job dude, i think you have the ability to recreate all their sounds. but maybe do me one favor , even consider it as a challenge? remake the scentless apprentice DEMO guitar sound.

  • @bg8545
    @bg8545 8 дней назад +1

    Kurt was amazing. But this is one performance where Dave is the star.

  • @kycubing9956
    @kycubing9956 6 дней назад

    Hi Eric, could you please do a Jaguar history video? I loved the other ones and the jaguar is my favorite Kurt guitar.

  • @tomjoad8939
    @tomjoad8939 9 дней назад

    The guitar is perfect!!!
    Where did you get the neck? I can't find a neck without the truss rod opening at the head stock.
    Great video! Thanks for all your wrk! I'll chip you some bagel bucks.
    Peace!

  • @Nutpig_1
    @Nutpig_1 8 дней назад

    i would love a video on krists L-9s ripper its my favourite of his bass'

  • @ilgarisnotme5001
    @ilgarisnotme5001 9 дней назад

    This guy cares a lot for this job

  • @user-is4hm8lq9w
    @user-is4hm8lq9w 9 дней назад +1

    Can you make a video about Pat Smear's pedalboard from 1993???

  • @Chad_grimes
    @Chad_grimes 9 дней назад +1

    Love this video the GMA strat has that clean tone but i personally prefer the vandalism strat .

    • @Chad_grimes
      @Chad_grimes 9 дней назад +1

      I meant VMA Strat 😂

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      To each their own! Kurt has plenty of amazing guitars to pick from 😉

  • @literally_max_6692
    @literally_max_6692 9 дней назад

    Can you try and recreate the first live TV performance in 1991? It’s my favorite and the tone is amazing

  • @caua8751
    @caua8751 9 дней назад

    Hi Eric, any chance you could make more videos showing the differences between vintage pedals and current versions?

  • @sc3ntless_appr3ntice
    @sc3ntless_appr3ntice 9 дней назад

    I know this would probably be really difficult but if you could get like stickers of the band’s customizations after it was destroyed or get someone to put the customizations on professionally that would be so cool

  • @MasonsFavs7
    @MasonsFavs7 7 дней назад

    Hi I’m a big fan!! I’m also trying to start a Nirvana guitar collection like yours but I have no clue where to start do you have any advice where to start I was thinking of the Kurt Cobain Fender jaguar or a Mustang but I just have no idea.

  • @Thatonetomato-sf6wx
    @Thatonetomato-sf6wx 9 дней назад

    Sounds almost identical also is that a new strat?!

  • @Eoghan_guitar11
    @Eoghan_guitar11 9 дней назад

    Amazing as always, and i have a question, are you going to redo your paramount tone video, and also are you going to do a Hollywood rock festival tone video??

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад

      Thank you, and yes I am plan on doing both of those!

  • @chadholmes
    @chadholmes 9 дней назад

    This is a different VMA Strat from your video a year ago, very cool video!! Do you think this is for sure the original color? I know it matches the original now, but is there any chance the original aged to more yellow over time? And that originally it might’ve been more white like your Squire VMA Strat from a year ago?

  • @jahead0184
    @jahead0184 9 дней назад

    I’ve been wondering where the old one went for a while and why i didn’t see it in the back 🤔

  • @FilthagonyMusic
    @FilthagonyMusic 9 дней назад

    I've always wondered why the reverb from Kurt's vocals was taken away when he says "I can't wait"

  • @astrogallotron
    @astrogallotron 9 дней назад +1

    Hi Axel, hi Axel! Where's Axel? Hi Axel, hi Axel! 👋

  • @Polishcountryman
    @Polishcountryman 7 дней назад

    I was thinking about getting hotrails on my strat... should i get it? im asking a profesional (you eric !!!) for this,so the decision will be good for sure!!

  • @bass-g2r
    @bass-g2r 9 дней назад

    Gear five cover mania 😄😃

  • @adamg.4246
    @adamg.4246 8 дней назад

    I wonder if a little bit of reverb would’ve helped? Y’know since they were playing in a big ass stadium… either way great job

  • @blvcksilvnce
    @blvcksilvnce 9 дней назад

    Will you do a video for Krist Novoselic????

  • @ghastyy09
    @ghastyy09 9 дней назад

    Sounds almost the same! Do you plan on getting a Mesa Studio preamp anytime soon?

  • @sanscringyboi4790
    @sanscringyboi4790 7 дней назад

    Could you please do A chorus pedal alternative video?

  • @cliors1979
    @cliors1979 6 дней назад

    Can I ask a question about the ds2… I can see that everything is on full but is the turbo on or not? I can’t tell.

  • @refentic_2912
    @refentic_2912 9 дней назад +1

    Yooo first

  • @dri4terfast
    @dri4terfast 9 дней назад +1

    Bro i just built a strat but its purple and its got a hot rail in it and my parents wont let me paint it I NEED TO REPLICATE YOUR TONE

    • @UltraZombie
      @UltraZombie 6 дней назад

      Yeah mines sunburst like reading 92 but it’s 2 tone not 3 😢

  • @Moxie_278
    @Moxie_278 9 дней назад

    Did Kurt always play live tuned to eflat? :) was it so he didn't have to tune to d standard for songs like lithium and come as you are and back to standard for songs like breed and in bloom? :) epic tone btw

    • @rschw76409
      @rschw76409 7 дней назад

      On the Australia and Japan tour, they used full step down D standard tuning for Come as You Are and Lithium, just like the album, and from June 1992 onward, everything was a half step down in E Flat standard tuning.

  • @Omaha_Creep
    @Omaha_Creep 9 дней назад

    I knew you where up to something when you sold 2 of them

  • @CXTGod_Shinobi
    @CXTGod_Shinobi 8 дней назад

    Are those poppy’s in your room? (Also is there any way to learn Pat Smears rhythm guitar parts in songs because there aren’t any tutorials on RUclips?)

    • @popsanddais
      @popsanddais 7 дней назад

      songsterr have a lot of pats parts, if you can read tab

    • @CXTGod_Shinobi
      @CXTGod_Shinobi 7 дней назад

      @@popsanddais thank you 🙏

  • @syujarazantondanorinaldi7068
    @syujarazantondanorinaldi7068 9 дней назад

    Is that the same guitar you mode again or you have new one

  • @Kayden-st5jx
    @Kayden-st5jx 9 дней назад

    day ??? of asking for you to recreate you know your right tone (supposedly he used a univox and a boss hm3 hyper metal)

  • @coltenwiltshire328
    @coltenwiltshire328 9 дней назад

    What color is that hot rail

  • @NJGAMER_12
    @NJGAMER_12 9 дней назад +1

    What is going to happen to your other vma strat

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад

      I’m selling it! www.ebay.com/itm/405069929622?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ZdpDU-leQyO&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=ZdpDU-leQyO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

  • @I_Ohio_Laws
    @I_Ohio_Laws 9 дней назад

    Welp i need another guitar now.

  • @Georgeisjawa
    @Georgeisjawa 9 дней назад +1

    What happened to the old vma Strat?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +1

      I’m selling it! www.ebay.com/itm/405069929622?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ZdpDU-leQyO&sssrc=2051273&ssuid=ZdpDU-leQyO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

    • @Georgeisjawa
      @Georgeisjawa 9 дней назад +2

      @@NirvanaGuitars O snap better cop it.

  • @hamz6774
    @hamz6774 7 дней назад

    what if pat smear joined Nirvana in the Bleach era or the Nevermind era?

  • @user-ud5um6cj2e
    @user-ud5um6cj2e 9 дней назад

    This is amazing. Good. Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very good

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад

      Thank you very very very very very very very very very very very very much!!

  • @onelifeonechance1987
    @onelifeonechance1987 9 дней назад

    Hi Axl Hi Axl Hi Axl

  • @chadholmes
    @chadholmes 9 дней назад

    Do you still prefer the K-Records Strat over the VMA Strat, after changing up to a Fender?

  • @taxes8255
    @taxes8255 9 дней назад

    is that the same vma strat you had before or is it a new one?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +1

      New one, and this one is as accurate as it can get!

  • @PESTICIDE-xe9qj
    @PESTICIDE-xe9qj 7 дней назад

    he has switched to a more of a replica

  • @SrLebowski
    @SrLebowski 9 дней назад +1

    is olympic white or artic white?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      Olympic white

    • @SrLebowski
      @SrLebowski 8 дней назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars K records guitar is olympic also?

  • @michaelpyles16
    @michaelpyles16 9 дней назад

    that tone is crisp 😂😂

  • @-TheZilvers-7812
    @-TheZilvers-7812 9 дней назад

    Wait why did he start playing rape me if in utero was made in 93???

    • @popsanddais
      @popsanddais 9 дней назад +1

      people write songs before recording them lol

    • @-TheZilvers-7812
      @-TheZilvers-7812 9 дней назад

      @@popsanddais oh yeah I know but like it’s crazy how mtv knew that they had played that song before and where told not to play it there
      Like it’s cool how they knew all about that song and the controversy before it was realized:]

  • @kaidenlemonaden
    @kaidenlemonaden 9 дней назад

    Didn't you already do this one?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  9 дней назад +2

      Yes with my original VMA partcaster. But this guitar is a 90's ST-62 Strat with 90's Hot Rails, as close as I can possibly get to Kurt's VMA strat so I thought it was worth redoing!

    • @kaidenlemonaden
      @kaidenlemonaden 9 дней назад

      @@NirvanaGuitars ah I see. nice one!

  • @danio2406
    @danio2406 9 дней назад

    Second

  • @jeremypoolet
    @jeremypoolet 8 дней назад

    Sick dude! Just, uh,... Don't do rhe bass cover 😂

  • @user-zb2nd2jg2q
    @user-zb2nd2jg2q 3 дня назад

    And I’m a turd