Nirvana Tone: BBC 1990 John Peel Radio Session | Amp & Pedal Settings | Incesticide and Hormoaning

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
  • Recreating one of Kurt Cobain's best studio distortion tones, BBC 1990 John Peel radio session. Songs that went on to be on Incesticide, Hoarmoaning and the With The Lights Out boxset.
    History of The K Strat: • The K Records Strat: K...
    INTRODUCITON/SETTINGS:
    0:00 - Side by side comparison
    0:27 - Session background
    1:33 - What gear did Kurt use?
    3:02 - My K Strat build
    4:30 - K Strat & Vandalism Strat theory
    6:09 - Pedals Kurt used
    6:18 - My pedals & settings
    6:26 - What Amp Kurt used
    6:53 - My amp & settings
    7:00 - Mixing
    TONE PLAYTHROUGH:
    8:21 - D-7
    9:38 - Son of a Gun
    10:50 - Molly's Lips
    11:10 - Tunraround
    GEAR USED:
    Fender K Strat build
    1992 Boss DS-1
    Fender Twin Reverb
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Komentáře • 114

  • @RubyRoks
    @RubyRoks Před 3 měsíci +16

    Always makes me laugh when people give you or other tone chasers crap for using post processing when getting a studio tone. Even In Utero has post processing (most clearly heard in the reverb swells on the vocals for All Apologies)

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +7

      THANK YOU for understanding! There are some that think if you use a magic combination of a specific guitar-pedals-amp-speaker that you will sound identical to a studio album but that's just not how it works. There's a reason why there are zero live performances that has identical guitar tone to the studio versions of any song on Nevermind and In Utero

    • @fabriziocalderonpozo1171
      @fabriziocalderonpozo1171 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@NirvanaGuitars For April 1st it's a Guns N Roses cover please

    • @Im-a-negative-creep
      @Im-a-negative-creep Před 3 měsíci

      @@fabriziocalderonpozo1171lol

  • @finnon5
    @finnon5 Před 3 měsíci +38

    Thanks as always man. I have a KC jaguar and from your videos you inspired me to get a twin reverb. Keep them coming!

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +6

      Thank you so much for watching! Happy to hear you also have a Twin Reverb, such a versatile amp and perfect for Nirvana tones 🎸

    • @pabloavendano7775
      @pabloavendano7775 Před 3 měsíci +1

      En mi caso tengo un fender Blues junior Modificado para lograr un clean másalto. Con el ds1 me lleva a ese sonido Cobain fácilmente. Por supuesto, a mucho menos volumen. Igual, es ideal para los lugares chicos y medianos en donde toco...
      Saludos...

  • @wullowtries3018
    @wullowtries3018 Před 3 měsíci +15

    Love the tone already!

  • @IggyB-Music
    @IggyB-Music Před 3 měsíci +8

    Nice! The tone for Mollys Lips was spot on

  • @NuTacLLC
    @NuTacLLC Před 3 měsíci +1

    So well done. You seem like a really good dude. Glad to have your Nirvana content.

  • @tsg_frank5829
    @tsg_frank5829 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Really amazing tone from these sessions, it's a treat to see it deconstructed like this

  • @dan3ooo1
    @dan3ooo1 Před 3 měsíci +2

    That was great! I always loved how these songs sounded.

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +2

      Same! Been trying to get close to these ever since making my K Strat. Thank you!

  • @MedoSic.
    @MedoSic. Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for all the information, your videos are always very interesting!

  • @pennsy77
    @pennsy77 Před 3 měsíci +3

    And you delivered!!! Love these videos, Eric. The long track ones are always the best.

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +6

      Thank you so much my friend! Truly means a lot coming from a fellow tone chaser 🙏 Really hoping to get a Hallmark Gospel one of these days to put that one to the test against my K Strat!

    • @pennsy77
      @pennsy77 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Those Hallmarks really are awesome! Eastwood did reissue their "gospels" last year, however I haven't heard any good word. Completely wrong pickups and wrong tremolo system. Really need me a Hallmark myself

    • @pennsy77
      @pennsy77 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Oh yeah, there IS a Gospel identical to Kurt's on Reverb...
      ...If you wanna blow 25 grand.

  • @mrgoatguy7828
    @mrgoatguy7828 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love Incesticide and that session, you did a great job well done, and I love your videos keep it up😃👍

  • @masonatorgaming669
    @masonatorgaming669 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Your guitar tones are always really good

  • @NirvanaTexas
    @NirvanaTexas Před 3 měsíci

    I've been waiting for this video and it was amazing

    • @NirvanaTexas
      @NirvanaTexas Před 3 měsíci

      @DM._OfficialNirvanaGuitars. I know you're a scammer. Leave me alone

  • @user-rb7el2gh2v
    @user-rb7el2gh2v Před 3 měsíci +1

    YESSSS NEW UPLOADDDDDDDDD!!❤❤

  • @user-te5nv1em4r
    @user-te5nv1em4r Před 3 měsíci +1

    Wow, this video is amazing, thanks

  • @rodjo3
    @rodjo3 Před 3 měsíci

    Yes, finally! Nirvana's best tone for me personally. Tnx, bro.

  • @trafarin_sounds
    @trafarin_sounds Před 3 měsíci

    You doing very cool work!!!!

  • @DanielCabrera0-0
    @DanielCabrera0-0 Před 3 měsíci

    Keep up the good work!

  • @the3boys2s74
    @the3boys2s74 Před 3 měsíci

    I love that tone so much

  • @FionaLehmann-ws5ve
    @FionaLehmann-ws5ve Před 3 měsíci

    Great vid!!😊

  • @Sarah-qr3pw
    @Sarah-qr3pw Před 3 měsíci

    awesome ! luv the disto !

  • @PetiteLameque
    @PetiteLameque Před 3 měsíci +2

    I remember reading something in Guitar World magazine, an old interview with Ernie Bailey or someone at the time doing the guitar tech job for Kurt. He said that he assembled Strats for Kurt using spare parts from smashed guitars and WD products (or another company). So it’s not far fetched that the Vandalism Strat was built from parts of the K Strats. Like bridge pickup and neck.

    • @bbq4126
      @bbq4126 Před 12 dny

      *Stewart McDonald Parts. The Sunburst Reading Strat neck and Body were from them.

  • @musicalmiscellany
    @musicalmiscellany Před 3 měsíci

    I'm so glad you did Turnaround. That was always one of my favorite covers by Nirvana. I feel like that one doesn't get as much love from fans but I always liked what they did with it. I also thought Son of a Gun was a really good cover (all 4 of these were great honestly). So cool to get the 1990 throwback. Thanks for doing this.

  • @TROJAN859
    @TROJAN859 Před 3 měsíci +1

    ey man! love yo vids bro!

  • @NEVERMIND_JAG
    @NEVERMIND_JAG Před 3 měsíci

    Wow! what a video! I never really thought that the K Strat was used a lot for these sessions.
    Please do cow palace 😉

  • @inventedsnail82
    @inventedsnail82 Před 3 měsíci

    A tone video with a bit of tone history? Oh boy!

  • @River_Fath
    @River_Fath Před 3 měsíci +1

    New upload let’s go

  • @powerlink2000
    @powerlink2000 Před 3 měsíci

    Just perfect! 🎉

  • @idiotwithaguitar3
    @idiotwithaguitar3 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Always a good day when I hear the intro "In this video, I will be recreating"!!

  • @e1028
    @e1028 Před 3 měsíci

    Love anything involving the UK sliver tour! My favorite Nirvana tour maybe

  • @Georgeisjawa
    @Georgeisjawa Před 3 měsíci +2

    YES!! The BBC Tone!!

  • @joeMW284
    @joeMW284 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I don't know how I ended up down this youtube rabbit hole, but as a musician who has toured Europe multiple times I can assure you they didn't fly with that giant guitar rig in that stage of their career. That's very expensive. Also, the Mesa Preamp and Crown power amp you say he was using doesn't have switchable power transformers - they're locked on 120v/60hz. UK/Europe power is 230v/50hz. They were 100% using rented backline.

  • @NirvanaGuitars
    @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +9

    Like what I do? Buy me a coffee so I can stay awake while I mix audio and edit videos 😴
    www.buymeacoffee.com/nirvanaguitars

    • @carlosiscool
      @carlosiscool Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hey Eric! Huge fan. I've got an idea for like a mini tone spinoff series. For in utero live performances, you say you only do Kurts tone and not Pats. I was thinking itd be a cool spinoff series to recreate Pat Smears live tones

  • @Axl8904
    @Axl8904 Před 3 měsíci +2

    IT SOUNDS AMAZING!!!!!!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Thank you!

    • @Axl8904
      @Axl8904 Před 3 měsíci

      Btw you should do a Rhino records cover when nirvana was there

  • @Modern_Hippie
    @Modern_Hippie Před 3 měsíci +1

    You think you could do the BBC session with something in the way? I’ve always loved that tone and feedback control

  • @ianclevenger9714
    @ianclevenger9714 Před 3 měsíci +1

    the K strat is such an epic guitar

  • @jhonny2276
    @jhonny2276 Před 3 měsíci

    Adoro muito o seu canal, parabéns pelo trabalho de apresentar os diferentes setup de guitarra, pedais e amps que Kurt Cobain usava. Todos esses setups tem timbres sensacionais, e isso é que mais me fascino do som do Nirvana.

  • @50.calibergranny29
    @50.calibergranny29 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Very yummy tone

  • @redpyro5585
    @redpyro5585 Před 3 měsíci

    YES THE BBC IS SO UNDERRATED 🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @supersand6191
    @supersand6191 Před 3 měsíci

    again the tone is on point as always, but to me it sounds like the clean part of d-7 was recorded with the middle pickup

  • @bbq4126
    @bbq4126 Před 12 dny

    05:25 A neck humbucker was used becasue it had shorter mounting legs and would fit the Fender Body easier than a bridge position one.

  • @andreagagliardi1953
    @andreagagliardi1953 Před 3 měsíci

    Che sia facebook, CZcams oppure Instagram resti sempre il migliore

  • @brianfurry9542
    @brianfurry9542 Před 3 měsíci

    I love the way you ended this. Almost concussion like..lol

  • @Yucky774
    @Yucky774 Před 3 měsíci

    I just bought my first twin reverb that has Utah speakers just like Kurt’s quad.

  • @revenge213
    @revenge213 Před 3 měsíci

    hey!nice recreation.will you recreate smart session tones?

  • @mickjaegermeister
    @mickjaegermeister Před 3 měsíci

    Love the K Strat, i would like to own an inverted black K strat, think it could be cool

  • @Duraan84
    @Duraan84 Před 3 měsíci

    Nice. Could you do a tone recreation of the 1/1/91 Music Source session?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci

      I have of the main two songs from that session! I have tone covers for both Even in His Youth and that version of Aneurysm

  • @hcaz0834
    @hcaz0834 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Did you have to route out the body to get the tilted humbucker in there, im working on my own guitar build and I want to do that but I dont think it will fit. This is one of my favorite nirvana tones and you did it full justice as usual!

  • @GRUDGEDu
    @GRUDGEDu Před 3 měsíci +1

    Do here she comes now plz😊

  • @travisschuster4676
    @travisschuster4676 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I have a hallmark gospel guitar. Absolutely love it. Other than the nirvana connection I got the guitar because I like band sex dream. The singer has a hallmark gospel and I talked to her about it and she’s in love with the guitar. The hallmark gospel I got off of reverb a few months back turns out to be the prototype that Bob Shade built. It’s definitely one of the more unique guitars that I have ever owned.

  • @Berchvbause
    @Berchvbause Před 3 měsíci +1

    Could you do a Drain you tone video since you can master almost any tone

  • @Arnatta336
    @Arnatta336 Před 18 dny

    The K strat is my favorite nirvanna strar

  • @ricardog.s2505
    @ricardog.s2505 Před 3 měsíci

    When you talked about the Vandalism and K strat theory a part of though you would say they were the exact same guitar lol, but then it would be way too much an insane coincidence that Kurt painted and swapped the pickguard in so little time, however that would explain the white pickups and the sticker in the Vandalism strat, as maybe they are just the same pickups in a more "coherent" pickguard and the K sticker maybe left some residue and he putted another sticker to cover it up, that would be punk as hell but very unlikely in such a short period of time

  • @burkers
    @burkers Před 3 měsíci

    Can you make a video or short covering the correct tunings for the albums?

  • @mrozu2077
    @mrozu2077 Před 3 měsíci +4

    I think Im gonna get DS1 thanks to you! Or do you think DS2 is better?

  • @ScratchedDVDhelp
    @ScratchedDVDhelp Před 3 měsíci

    white strat eater here, i really want to believe this video was for me and me only, thanks!

  • @Silverfan97
    @Silverfan97 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Love this session on the bbc also 2 vids in 1 week lucky us! Also do u still own the les Paul from your early vids?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I love these session too, one of Kurt's best tones! No I don't have that Les Paul anymore, sold it a while ago

    • @Silverfan97
      @Silverfan97 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@NirvanaGuitars oh that’s sad cause it looked sweet anyways keep up the good work!

  • @n.s.2690
    @n.s.2690 Před 3 měsíci

    Can you do the 91 sessions next?

  • @stereotoneband
    @stereotoneband Před 3 měsíci

    i love you

  • @alexMartinez-yx7pr
    @alexMartinez-yx7pr Před 3 měsíci

    I know this isnt about the video but i wish there was more recordings of opinion other than the kaos radio session

  • @adrianj78
    @adrianj78 Před 2 měsíci

    @nirvanaguitars . Thanks for your stuff. A little challenge for you, which would also help people like me that don't have Fender guitar and amp combo. How can you get a Nirvana sound with a Gibson and a Marshall??????

  • @masonatorgaming669
    @masonatorgaming669 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I need a Kurt Cobain replica guitar

  • @UltraZombie
    @UltraZombie Před 3 měsíci

    Oooh I can do this one I have all the gear apart from the amp (but that won’t matter if I’m using the pedal for distortion right)

  • @BD40.
    @BD40. Před 3 měsíci

    How do you get these tones? Do you just kind of sit there with his gear and then twist the knobs until it sounds right?

  • @_gamerlama5382
    @_gamerlama5382 Před 3 měsíci

    Kurt probably used the 59n because that was the only 59 pickup they had on hand considering that kurt didn't care too much about guitar specs

  • @THE-CRT
    @THE-CRT Před 2 měsíci +4

    I think you played turnaround like slightly wrong, the rhythm sounds off compared to the song

  • @rschw76409
    @rschw76409 Před 3 měsíci

    It’s possible that all of the songs on Hormoaning were recorded with the same guitar.

  • @adams1quattro33
    @adams1quattro33 Před 3 měsíci +1

    you are the best guitarist in the world,Eric you won't never dissapoints 🫡🎸

  • @King_Creates
    @King_Creates Před 3 měsíci

    Crazy idea tho,What if Kurt repainted the K strat,To the vandalism strat,Since he had to remove the K sticker,He put a new one on,With the same pickups,Different pick guard

  • @beefgravy4006
    @beefgravy4006 Před 3 měsíci

    Do a video on krists bass and pats guitar

  • @bridgetcon1586
    @bridgetcon1586 Před 3 měsíci

    What type of amplifier, guitar, guitar pickups, guitar pick, finger size, amplifier cable, and microphone did Kurt cobain use and do to record smells like teen spirit?

  • @kayhogan1634
    @kayhogan1634 Před 3 měsíci

    If you had to get one Kurt guitar what would you suggest

  • @POLLY20555
    @POLLY20555 Před 3 měsíci

    could you try to replicate the tone of live in buenos Aires in 1992?

  • @billedwards-bodmer9929
    @billedwards-bodmer9929 Před 3 měsíci

    What are your top 3 Nirvana guitars you own?

  • @knives_on_static
    @knives_on_static Před 3 měsíci

    what if he bought the 59 N and 59B as a set and modified both guitars at the same time to have one as a replacement for the other. similar to skystang and orangstang. Maybe he knew both pickups were probably the same based on PAF specs or similar and used it as a way to get both easily

  • @masonatorgaming669
    @masonatorgaming669 Před 3 měsíci +1

    What tuning is sound a dentege in?

  • @NathanielN357
    @NathanielN357 Před měsícem

    What if the vandalism strat is a repaint of k strat and ofc a new pickgard

    • @NathanielN357
      @NathanielN357 Před měsícem

      Wait no you can see under the paint bc the damage...

  • @jesseferguson8668
    @jesseferguson8668 Před 3 měsíci

    Doesn't Kurt play D-7 in drop D on the Reading DVD?

    • @NirvanaGuitars
      @NirvanaGuitars  Před 3 měsíci

      No, D-7 is E flat standard at Reading 92

    • @jesseferguson8668
      @jesseferguson8668 Před 3 měsíci

      Well, I'll need to watch it again. Not the worst thing to do 😝

  • @IceColdBelly
    @IceColdBelly Před 3 měsíci

    Hey 👋

  • @moxcide2901
    @moxcide2901 Před 2 měsíci

    do you know where i could get like a cheapish left handed kurt cobain guitar like a jaguar or something like that

  • @zgamer-jx5jh
    @zgamer-jx5jh Před 3 měsíci

    What is a kurt cobain?

  • @maplesalt1482
    @maplesalt1482 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Tad bit too much presence imo.