Recreating Nirvana Come As You Are Guitar Tone | Nevermind Tone
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- Breaking down exactly what I used and what I did to recreate Kurt Cobain's iconic Come As You Are studio guitar tone
Full cover: • Nirvana Come As You Ar...
Shoutout to @jazzycat882 for allowing me to use pictures of their perfect roadworn Cobain Jaguar build!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - What guitar I am using
1:45 - How accurate is the official Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Jaguar?
3:03 - What pedals I am using / pedal settings
5:07 - What amp I am using / amp settings
5:17 - In-depth mix explanation, what is going on in my audio software
9:15 - Guitar solo played at the correct album speed
GEAR USED:
2011 Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Jaguar (roadworn)
- Dean Markley 10-52 strings
- Orange Dunlop Tortex .60mm pick
1992 Boss DS-1
Electro-Harmonix Small Clone
Electro-Harmonix Polychorus
Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb
Audio recorded and mixed in Pro Tools
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What an absolute masterpiece of a tone creation
You're too kind! 🙏
the opening riff for this song feels like I'm falling into an endless pit
The original song that Cobain took this from sounds even more like that
These separate videos for the tone breakdowns is so good, it makes you wonder what is going on in the mix for a whole week
Glad you like them! I used to have both the cover and explanation in the same video, but now as the mixes are getting more complex I feel like they need their own video
Your face at 1:30 is to calm for getting that as a present, i would be crying, screaming, peeing, sweating and all other manner of things, what I wouldn't give for one of those. I've got a $177 squier which is great but it's a beginner guitar and i am no longer a beginner. Jesus if I had one of those Kurt guitars I would actually go wild.
The fact that you did the solo again was really cool and humble, awesome video! You inspire with these videos all the time :)
Gotta get it right haha! Thank you so much as always dude 😃
I think I read that Kurt wanted purple tones for the video, but the director didn't want it. In response to that Kurt dyed his hair purple. I also read that on June 1, 2008 there was a large fire in a universal warehouse, where, in addition to movies, the original masters of many discs were stored. Among them Nevermind. Recently in the meeting with soundgarden, Krist was asked about this and he replied:
-I think they disappeared forever (6-12-2019)
You are making a lot of progress with the software, you are putting many hours into it. Great so you will arrive prepared for Drain you😊
A lot of masters were lost in that fire at the Universal vault. Sad day for music history :(
Have never heard the story about why Kurt dyed his hair for the video, very interesting! I've read contradicting things regarding that fire. I've read that the Nevermind masters were lost, but also read that someone who works for Universal apparently confirmed that no Nirvana masters were lost or damaged? Idk, it's all very confusing haha
Great vid man.
This is a such a unique, hypnotic and mesmerising tone. Incredible that it still sounds modern and fresh to this day
The jaguar may look different but I still think it gives Kurt spirit and I actually like the darker tone to it, I honestly kinda like that it’s a little different
I do too! I've gotten so used to it. I would LOVE to have an 100% accurate Jaguar build, but I am more than happy with how mine sounds and looks
Expertly crafted and explained. Thanks for the video. I love the attention to detail!!
MY FAVOURITE SONG TOO MAN😁😁 absolutely smashing cover mate
You have a great ear for breaking down the tone mysteries. Thank you for all the work you do.
Thanks for watching and for the kind words!
Sounds beautiful, loved this recreation, very unique and dark sounding chorus
Thank you! Happy you enjoyed it 🙂
I love these vidoes, the amount of effort put in these individual videos are mind boggling
Thank you! I'm an obsessive fan making videos for fellow obsessives 😃
Great recreation.
The guitar tone on this song is still one of the most distinct I've heard; the depth of the chorus and the way it envelops the entire song while still maintaining a signature chime is pure ear candy. This is the song that got me into Nirvana and therefore subsequently led me to get more into music in general. This guitar sound was one of the primary things that drew me to this song, so it wouldn't entirely be a stretch to say that this sound being created on tape is part of what propelled my entire musical journey.
Very impressed with how accurate your version was, these tone recreation videos never disappoint :)
Its so watery and euphoric I was 12 in 1992 and it still gets me like that 30 years later.
Definitely one of my favorite songs as well. I was 9 years old when Nevermind came out, and i remember the first time i heard the "watery" tone, it just tied in with the album cover perfectly. I spent hours every day listening to this album for quite a while back then. Long live the 90s
You are starting to become my favorite guitar youtuber,so much detail and your guitars are awesome and you get the tones do close if not on spot!!
Wow thank you so much!! 🙏🏻
I really love the KC Jaguar, such a versatile guitar. These videos are very helpful!
Yay! Happy to hear they are helpful 😀
The picture with this guitar as your present... I feel so good for you man. And once again, this is truly good video. Cheers 😊
Thank you so much!
Dude what an fckn amazing recreation video !! This song is my absolute favourite song as it is such a simple melody !! Have been following your vids for a while and each video never fails to disappoint !! Great work and keep going!!
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Thank you so much for the support and for following! 🙏
Dude!! Awesome job recreating this studio tone! I have yet to dive into pro tools but I now think it’s a must
Thanks man, and thank you again for sending the pics of your brilliant Jaguar build! 😀 Pro Tools definitely has a steep learning curve, you can do so much with it. It took me a while to get comfortable with it, but once I did there's no looking back. Never gonna use any other DAW!
Hey I am a huge Nirvana fan and I wanted to say your tones for smells like teen spirit, Blew and more are amazing
THANKS BRO! YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST!
No, you're the best! 🙏
I honestly didnt notice you uploaded this today, i thought to myself “huh, mustve missed one of his videos” but nope. brand new. Awesome Video!!
Great timing! Thank you 🙂
Congrats for this video, and this time you nailed the solo :D
Yay!! Thanks man 😃
Its my fav song too, I've heard it thousands of times and never get tired of it. I also had that shirt! And i have the cd single.
Love your vids. They help a lot!
Thank you so much! So happy they are helpful 😊
Sounds Just Like It! I'm Starting To Actually Love This Channel, It Was Spot On! New Subscriber!
Awesome video bro as always, you are a beast 💪 keep it up my man
Thank you for the kind words and for the support! 🙏
My favorite song of all time!
You did an amazing job at recreating this tone with the cleans, the distortion i thought was missing something, but only a little of something. I think another fuzzier guitar layer occupying some space about -8db quieter than the other guitar tracks might do it. I think i'm going to give this a try, i've made a few attempts at creating this tone using amplitube and were unsuccessful for the most part. they sounded good, but lacking. Plus i did the main guitar and the overdub in a single take, live style with no editing. I grew up recording on a tascam 8 then 16 track analogue to tape mixing console, one whole take is all you had really LOL. I've learned a lot of new tricks having switched to doing everything digitally and have spent the past few years learning to mix and master. I learned a few things from this video for sure, especially about Andy Wallace's involvement, I have been studying these songs for 25 years and I had never heard anything detailed mentioned about what he did so that was awesome to learn. Also, I wanted to share a few things that you may know but were not mentioned here. A more recent interview with Butch Vig seems to indicate the the cleans for this song were for with a Vox AC30 and possibly a Fender Bassman on one of the layers and a Stratocaster with humbuckers was used as well as his Jaguar i believe, it was that or the Mustang. I'll be sure to share my results with you and shout out to your channel for the things I picked up from this! Thanks again!!
Sick breakdown man cant wait for the Epiphone ET-270 video man some of my favorite live shows are played on that guitar
Thank you! Just finished setting up and fixing the scratchy pickup selector on the ET270 today 😃 You'll hear it in the next video!
Come as you are is a amazing song well done
Thank you!
These are so great! Lithium is my favorite song and you’ve gotta attempt
Thank you! Lithium is in the works 😃
Really great recreation. Must have took a lot of time to do. I wish i had the guitars and pedals you’ve got.
Thank you so much! It did take me a bit, but I'm really happy with the results!
The effort that you put into this is unreal. Just found your channel recently and love your work. I have an old MIM Strat with single coils and a Boss Katana Mk2. Trying to get as close of tone as possible which I've gotten decent for the chorus part but think I will need to eventually swap a hot rails into the bridge to get a better distortion tone. It's good enough for now but sounds a bit thin.
I noticed you played it wrong at first to but I wasn't gonna say anything! last thing you need is some stickler telling you that. When I play it. I play the solo like unplugged with the open note before he plays the solo a 2nd time so it's whatever. You still do an amazing job breaking these songs down. You do such a painstaking, comprehensive guide to these. I appreciate the tones you search endlessly for. Keep it up dude!
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm making the kind of videos I wish I could've found when I first started playing 😃
Really good
Thanks!
Please, in bloom, I love the song
Love your vids bro ❤️ 👌
I really appreciate that!
This is great, when watching the other video I thought the solo was a little fast but wasn’t sure
Got it right this time! 🙂
Awesome
Thank you!
Outstanding work. Really enjoyed the breakdown of how you made it. I made a CAYA demo a couple years ago and there's def additional chorus added imo, my small clone on its own was very close but lacked depth and wasn't as immersive. Def think that Lexicon was added. There's also some weird 12 string bass emulation Butch tried with Krist, which I'm guessing is him playing in different octaves. It's a very complex song production-wise
I have also read that apparently there are multiple bass tracks with Krist playing different parts on each! Root note, harmonies and octaves. Ahh I want to hear all the isolated tracks sooo bad lol 😅 Agree with what you said about the Small Clone, it has the right feel but definitely can't fully recreate this studio tone on it's own.
This is super cool! Do you think you could do a tone video like this but for drain you? It’s my favourite Nirvana song! :)
I think Butch vig said in a nevermind doc that drain you has the most guitar tracks on the album, which is 5.
I'm thinking come as you are has 3-4 tracks but i havent given it an incredibly close look so idk. But i would kill for come as you are's guitar multitrack as well. As for lithium, there is a guitar stem available online of an outtake with the same studio tone (which would at least be good for studio tone reference) but i think its one guitar.
This was and also still is my favorite song ever! Many years ago I had a perfect match to the tone through some dorky yamaha effects rack unit, I do not remember the name but it was a half size unit. The thing died though. Now I like the Poly Chorus which adds a nice bit of reverby delay to it. I play a 95 Jagstang on the neck pickup for this song through a Vox AC 30 which adds some warmth.
Hey Eric! Just wanted you to know that I also own a jag and I think I got the come as you are almost identical. So I used the bridge pickup, a ds-1, the chorus setting on my amp and a flanger setting. So the pedals are basically the DS-1, Small Clone and the Echo Flanger.
I love how Nevermind use a lot of layers into guitar tracks and other effects to make it sound unique, and it kinda terrified me on how close it sounds to the studio
Nevermind is one of THE best produced and mixed rock records period. You can't change my mind 😊
Good effort on this difficult Nirvana song. Seriously, I’m mad about Fender Twin Reverb amp right now....
It has recreated almost Nirvana tone I've thrown at it so far. It's crazy! Such an amazing amp
mind blown. I thought that song had the polychorus, too
Cool!
I’ve never related so hard to someone’s username. I am right there with you, also trying to Nirvana 🥹
@@NirvanaGuitars 😂
Agree with that even if it’s not 100% accurate the Kurt Cobain jag is amazing
Wasnt Teen Spirit, but Come As You Are that made me a Nirvana fan.
Great video and What guitars did kurt uses to record Nevermind ??
Can i get kurts clean tone with dod grind it amp and digitech rp55?
Is it possible to shred in a jazzmaster gutiar? never saw anyone do it
What settings on the Small Clone would you advise without using the Polychorus?
second! love your videos!!
Yay! Thank you!
The guitar sound on the record partially depends on its interaction with the bass, which doesn't strictly mirror the guitar lick, as Novoselic plays only the three low notes (root notes and walk in between) and omits the higher plucks (a minor third and then a fifth - the notes G and A, respectively). Also the main bass guitar was double-tracked an octave higher.
Didn’t know the but about the Andy Wallace Yamaha
cool that your favourite song is come as you are. if you know you are right and sappy are also in your top 3 then you must be my clone :) great video, i also create my come as you are tone with both pedals.
I have question the fact that you use the jaguar which was great!,but I noticed that Kurt in the music video used a different guitar what type is that?
Kurt cobain ♥️♥️♥️♥️
The best ❤️
Oh and by the way, your Poly Chorus looks exactly like mine! Spooky how the scratches are in the same place! I do have a big dent in mine from smashing it with a guitar at a show once.
There have been conflicting statements about the Universal fire and the loss of the masters for those two tracks, however, back in the day someone was leaking stuff taken directly from the master tapes which included an early take of Come As You Are. I might be wrong as it's been a long time, but I also think there was an early take of Lithium too. This was prior to 2008. I would imagine that stuff was already digitised by that point and it's how the leaker was able to share these songs, so it gives me hope that everything had already been transferred and the multitracks may yet exist. The Rock Band/Guitar Hero situation didn't do anything to help though with regards to letting us know what happened.
Here's a link to the version of CAYA I mentioned. ruclips.net/video/Oyis5ENgOiw/видео.html. I was sent this directly by the leaker back in the day via AIM. We met on the LiveNirvana forums and he shared this along with that scratch take of Lithium I mentioned previously. It's pretty rough.
do you know forsure if kurt used the jaguar for come as you are or maybe it was the moserite, maybe thats why it’s even harder to achieve maybe? just cause those guitars are pretty expensive now
Will they be in utero studio tone videos? I really want to see one, after these great nevermind recreations
Yes! Gonna finish Nevermind first before I move onto In Utero 😃
You should do a video on the tone for the alternate version of In Bloom
Hoping to dial in Smart Session tones soon!
I think people are dissing the most recent Kurt Cobain Signature, not the 2011 one. I've heard about it on another channel called Arron Rash. He also does recreation tones of Nirvana so i usually watch yours and his videos back to back if i ever need to waste time. Good video btw!
I would expect the sounds to be about the same on the two models?
@@sanooki Fender probably cheaped out on parts and that might be why.
Thanks for watching! I would also think the newer ones and the older ones sound around the same? I'd love to test that out! Have never played any Cobain Jaguar other than mine
@@NirvanaGuitars welcome, great stuff here. I just picked up an NOS '22 version and I'm pretty impressed with it. Not that I'm a great player and my opinion matters. :-) I don't want to ever lose it tho.
I use my ds2, my small clone, a behringer delay pedal turned down to 9 o'clock on everything, & my fender amps reverb when I play this and it gets pretty damn close.
That's awesome! We gotta do what we can to recreate the SPX90 sound
@@NirvanaGuitars Right, gotta find short cuts here & there. By the way, the solo at the end was perfect 👌. You totally redeemed yourself man.
How do you like the idea of recording something in the style of cassette home demos on 4 track Tascam? It would be a fun experience :)
That would be next level! Perfect for Fecal Matter tones
3:33 that photo is missing the baby. Does youtube flag the baby or something? lol
in the video you said you relied on the song itself but did you also reference yourself with the tracking sheet from the sound city session itself?
i did not! would've been a good idea haha
+NirvanaGuitars you made an amazing job on this cover, you nailed the guitar tone perfectly in my opinion.
I have some questions, I hope you will help me
1.Which model is your Small Clone ?
2.Is it worth it to modify a new Small clone to be like an original or any small clones will do the job?
3.And Is it complicated to realize the operation?
4.Is there any EHX polychorus clones ? Because here in europe and Belgium, prices are overkilled for Echoflanger or even polychorus and I want to get that pedal for a more affordable price.
I'm going to purchase my very first small clone and I don't want to loose my money I just want to have the same and cool Cobain Pedal Board approach
You're channel is amazing you're a real Bible !!
Thank you for sharing your passion !
Greetings from Belgium !
Thanks for the kind words and for the support!
1. Not sure but it is one of the modern ones! I got it brand new in 2016 I believe
2 & 3. I have never modded a Small Clone, so I'm not sure. I have no complaints about my modern one, I feel that it gets the job done
4. I get asked that a lot! Still researching that, I know a lot of people would love to have an affordable polychorus clone. I haven't found one quite yet
When are you going to do a video on your Epiphone ET270?
Just finished setting it up and fixing the scratchy pickup selector today 😃 You'll hear it in the next video!
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Is it played drop D?
No it's D-Standard
When will you do Lithium? That one's my favorite!
That one and another Nevermind song is currently in the works! So it'll be soon 😊
Can't wait!
Have you done one for Dumb yet??
Not yet! Going through Nevermind before going onto In Utero
Hello good video, in a next video recreate in guitar tone of the song Lithium please please
Thank you! Lithium is in the works 😃
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We need to ask Butch Vig
Recreating In Bloom and Drain You Please 😪😪😀
I like your videos am your fan
Brazilliam Fans is here ????????????????????
os brazuca estão aqui ????????????????????
Subtitles in Portuguese from Brazil Please
I would love to see you recreat I hate myself an I want to die
Yes! Super underrated song
Could you do scentless apprentice?
Yes! Gonna finish up Nevermind first though before moving onto In Utero 😊
@@NirvanaGuitars nice because that tone sounds weird and cool, especially in the end with the feedback
Brooo I'm literally wearing that same heart shaped box shirt right now
💝 👕
Nice job! Hope my comment on the other video wasn't viewed as being negative?
Thank you, and no not at all! Yours was one of the positive ones 😃
Here's the isolated guitar from the album ruclips.net/video/nA0btFqbg04/видео.html
Found that video while researching! It’s not a great reference as it’s not a true isolated track. Once the drums kick in the EQ gets weird and it sounds very phase-y and you can still hear the rest of the band
THATS WHY THEY USED THE LIVE VERSION OF LITHIUM IN GH5.
Cool) Mb fecal matter?
Would love to try for the fuzzy Fecal Matter tone!
@@NirvanaGuitars ❤
@@NirvanaGuitars How do you like the idea of recording something in the style of cassette home demos on 4 track Tascam? It would be a fun experience :)
In Bloom?😺
Still working on that one!
Its almost incesticide's 30 year birthday!!
😮 You're right! LOVE that album!
Butch Vig made Nirvana. Had he produced In Utero, the final product would have been better.
idk, to me, just sound more like a jazzmaster to the jag
Use RipX to isolate
Will have to look into that!
@@NirvanaGuitars Rick Beato uses it & it works good depending how much time you want to spend.
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Ok now I need a video of Brian Griffin playing Come As You Are
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Kurt's signature Jaguar currently costs €1,555 :/
They are pretty pricy 😣 but they are high quality instruments! I’ve had mine for 11 years and it’s still perfect. Have never done anything to do it beyond string changes and the occasional routine set up
@@NirvanaGuitars Yes, a friend of mine had the exact same model and he said the exact same thing as you, except that as a student it is almost unaffordable.
get a squier jaguar and change the pickups...1000 € saved. i modded a vintage modified series jaguar with a duncan jb in the bridge and a duncan jazz in the neck and changed the crappy bridge, everybody loved it afterwards and it sounds perfect for nirvana. do yourself a favour and get a HH Jaguar, otherwise you need to remove some wood as well for humbuckers. If i would not own too many guitars i would get myself a squier contemporary Jaguar, looks really really beautiful and is now at the moment only 489 €...
he used a Stratocaster
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