Nirvana | Nevermind Riffs Playthrough
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- First off, big thanks to Fish for allowing me to use his awesome backing tracks!
Sounds best through headphones!
Tracklist and links to Fish Backing tracks:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit 0:03 • Nirvana - Smells Like ...
2. In Bloom 0:36 • Nirvana - In Bloom (ba...
3. Come As You Are 2:15 • Nirvana - Come As You ...
4. Breed 3:12 • Nirvana - Breed (backi...
5. Lithium 4:19 • Nirvana - Lithium (bac...
6. Polly 5:29 • Nirvana - Polly (backi...
7. Territorial Pissings 6:34 • Nirvana - Territorial ...
8. Drain You 7:06 • Nirvana - Drain You (b...
9. Lounge Act 8:03 • Nirvana - Lounge Act (...
10. Stay Away 10:30 • Nirvana - Stay Away (b...
11. On A Plain 11:22 • Nirvana - On A Plain (...
12. Something In The Way 12:24 • Nirvana - Something In...
13. Endless Nameless 13:41
Amp Settings at 14:40
Obviously this is a stripped down approach to attempting to capture some of the tones from the famous album, as I don’t have access to the same gear Butch Vig used to produce. Even if I did have access I wouldn’t know how to use all the studio gear he used, lets be honest.
Instead, I have gone for a basic approach. 1 amp, a few pedals and a few guitars using an sm57 to capture the sounds to my MacBook Pro through my Scarlett Focusrite 2i2.
In reality Kurt used many amps and guitars, and multiple techniques including track layering with multiple different amps/guitars to get that massive sound. Besides that, Butch Big employed many producer techniques to get that doubling effect for Lithium and Territorial Pissings (at least I think he did). So instead of that I used my trusty Small Clone for doubling effects.
I tried to catch my pedal settings for most of the songs, but if you can’t make any out let me know in the comments and I will try to remember them for you!
Excuse any sloppy playing as usual!
Hope you all enjoyed the video!
I think the tone got close here, what do you think?
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As usual I don't own any of the music in this video, all rights go to their respective owners!
It's impressive to see someone take the time to actually play SLTS how Kurt did, using upstrokes on the first and third chord of the chorus. Little things like that elevate covers from good to great, and man, was this great. Kudos to you for really going the extra mile.
Anon Is Not Here cheers man I appreciate that you noticed the details!
Very cool.
Anyway he staterd doing this later, at lives.
I second that 🙂😎✅🤘🎸🔥✅
Breed is just one of those songs that always gets your blood pumping and is so fun to play haha
Especially the chorus lol its so simple but so amazing and just makes your head nod instantly
Same with drain you and lounge act haha
Eh same with any nirvana song really lol
Thats the genius of Cobain's songwriting! I bet the other big bands of the time were very jealous of his innate ability to put together simple and energetic tracks
alexrcowan oh deff dude haha
Even though the 90s was just chock full of amazing music haha
Okay but how do I play breed on an Hss strat tho is the tone almost exclusively for hh guitars?
Orochi you play it the same way as you would any guitar.
The H is for humbucker in the bridge on both guitars so either way it’s a humbucker.
Which you don’t even need really.
Watch videos of Kurt playing live and I’m sure you will see him use a single or a humbucker at any given time.
My single is technically a humbucker to some ppl but that doesn’t really matter.
Play it with how you want to play it unless you’re tying to match the sound
Play it in bridge position. Both pickups just got me the best sound in my setup with my method of recording haha
You’re clean tone for In bloom is awesome
Jesus this is really close to Kurt's tone. Great effort!
Thanks so much Gary!
You played "Territorial Pissings" perfectly, I love it.
Thanks mate!
Alot of people don't know that KURDT KOBAIN actually came out of rehab on a day pass to record the video for 'COME AS YOU ARE'. However he insisted that all the shots of him, especially up close, had to be distorted, due to the fact that he was EXTREMELY DOPE SICK!!! So, largely due to the Chorus Pedals contribution to the songs "watery sound", KURDT insisted on a waterfall effect to obscure his face, thus giving the entire song, & video, that dark, ominous, brooding, and foreboding 'FEEL!' Which, as with practically every facet of
KURDT'S artistic endeavors, the fruits of his labor would've been very well received, no matter what form his 'CONTRIBUTION' may have taken!!!
And as far as profit, alot of people don't know that KURDT KOBAIN, at the behest of COURTNEY LOVE, actually petitioned for the Lions share of the groups money, leaving Krist & Dave to split the remaining 50%. Which is reasonable considering that KURDT wrote the lyrics, the music, including the Bass, & Drum portions, then relayed how he wanted it to be played to 'The Rhythm Section' before recording. He should have given Dave a chance ALOT sooner than he did, to play a far more productive role within NIRVANA. They could have been a 'SUPERGROUP', however KURDT'S PERFECTIONISM is what was likely the cause of his drive to personally take the helm in regards to their music.
Who the fuck is "Kurdt"
@@Oceanmachine27 that’s what kurt would call himself
Billy Corgan has also talked about how he was contractually entitled to more money than his bandmates because he earned songwriting royalties on top of his share of record sales and tour revenue.
I always found it odd how few times Stay Away was ever performed live.
One of their best songs too
Same with lounge act
Mushroom_Of_Mushyness apparently courtney didn’t want him playing it because its about his ex smh
@@stonedinparadise1381 I think that's an untrue rumour because otherwise why did they still play about a girl and aneurysm?
@@sumayyahazhar5954 very true didnt think about that, I know kurt enjoyed lounge act, so its just kinda strange it was never played
Tone fuggin spot on....beautiful man 🤘🙏
boatakk thanks my man! 😁
so keen Endless/Nameless was on here, can’t explain why but I love it
The jag is just a marvel of a guitar it’s unique based on shape but the hardware is where it true shines. I love that thing man it’s my main guitar
finally someone that plays smells like teen spirit right!
Starts with an upstroke haha!
Even Kurt played it wrong
lol
Right
@@alexrcowan i start with a stroke, cuz i cant play for shit
This video took me back to when I was a teen and bought the cassette to play it ALL DAY start to finish...
Great job on Edless Nameless, back then you could only hear that song if you had the CD and let the last song play out for quite a while after it ended as it was not on the play list but was on the same track as Something in the way.
Great video!
Time for a live at the paramount play through but with the Vandalism strat haha
I might actually do that haha!
alexrcowan Awesome! Would be great
Nice to hear that standard tuning from your guitars again 😂
PrototypeD haha yep, it’s rare for me to play in standard these days!
Someone that actually plays teen spirit with the upstrokes in the right place 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Hey man, nice job
Fish!
Fish thanks mate! Wouldn’t have been possible without you!
El mejor c rosover si existe
Sendo Crossover XD
@Fish que haces aquí ?
Sounds real good man. I envy that beautiful guitar. Keep up the good work.
Jamie Best thanks Jamie! Yep that jag is my pride and joy. It never leaves my house haha
Just got this guitar about a week ago.. It plays better than the Kurt Cobain Mustangs from Japan.. And it's Mexican. I prefer it over most american Fenders as well.
Jesse Glenn yes they’re a great guitar, being a signature guitar aside!
Yeah, I had the KC Mustang at one point. Ended up selling it.. But this i'll never get rid of. Don't get me wrong though.. The mustang was great.. Just i'm a bigger guy so the Jag is perfect.
Jesse Glenn maybe I’ll get this than haha
I was thinking the mustang even though I have a duo sonic but I’m 6’2 and 270lbs and that duo sonic feels like a back scratcher in my hand compared to my strat lol
Yeah, I love the mustang.. Only downside for me was the size of it. It was almost like a "Guitar Hero" controller to me and I'm only 6'1. If you wait around a bit, you can find the Jaguar a bit cheaper. I found mine for 700 w/ the hardshell case. But if you're still thinking the mustang, there's a KC LPB Mustang on Reverb for around $800.
Jesse Glenn haha thank you but since we are similar size and my duo sonic feels like a toy I’ll pray for the jag one day instead haha
finally someone doesn't kill my ears with a powerful overload
I will eventually learn to play all of this, one of the most accurate to tone covers I’ve seen so far!
Just like the legend himself
Thanks so much Omar!
The riff for lithium will forever be my favorite tbh
Timeless classic!
Amazing playing and tone! Great video too!
Oliver Reviews Things thanks Oliver! Really glad you liked it! 😊
Who else started singing to “In Bloom”
To the whole album
I love all those cheap pedals dude. You do such an amazing job recreating Kurt’s sound on the guitar. Keep it up!
Thanks so much mate! Cheap pedals are often the most fun in my experience haha!
Props on not just knowing how to play the songs, but also having the exact same gear!
Thanks! Not quite exact, but as close as I (or my wallet) would ever like to be!
Great tones. Great backing tracks.
Thank you kindly!
Nirvana LIVES ON! NICE JOB! THAT SOUNDED GREAT! 👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸
Thanks so much man! I appreciate it!
I didn't think you were playing at first. Tone is absolutley spot on.
Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL POWERCHORD! Kurt was the reason I started playing as a kid, give it a listen. Awesome job, I like how you show the pedals...I accidentally fried the board on my Poly Chorus...that "overload" light wasn't just for looks...
Honestly,you cover nirvana riff better than other youtuber that I watched
Thanks so much Muhammad! I really appreciate the kind words
This is amazing. Brings back lots of memories
Douglas Vaughn thanks for the kind words Douglas! Glad you liked the video!
Thanks for posting and all the detail about the pedals and sounds! I love it!
Very good video, you and fish are the greatest Nirvana channels
aw thanks so much dude!
@@alexrcowan is the truth man.
Love your video Alex🤘🏻(Fans from Malaysia)
The tone on all of them is spot on. Great job 👏
Landon Courvelle thanks so much mate! Glad you enjoyed it
I wish vids like this were available for all my fav bands
I'm very vocal on most people butchering lithium, but this was very very good. Most people mute the strings in the first part but they mute it half assedly and the song is then ruined
And lounge act was absolutely perfect
Yuvvraj Koparde thanks for all the kind words man, I appreciate it!
On a plain, Best song ever!!
You did a f... great job my friend ! Really amazing sound !
Thanks so much! :D
Sounds awesome, your jazz master looks amazing too!
Thanks mate!
It's a Fender Jaguar Kurt Cobain Signature Model... (not being rude just sayin 🤘)
That would explain why it looks like Kurt's lmao
Aneurysm best introduction rock
It's really funny to see a classical guitar used to play Nirvana. But great job, dude. Nirvana has been my favorite band since I was 12 and I think you nailed it!
Something ive always found interesting is that while people like Nevermind's riffs a bit more usually, Bleach was a bit more complex guitarwise. Like he plays certain songs a particular way on Bleach that a lot of people might not catch the little parts to and it throws off the song. Watch someone play the riffs off of it like this without any backing and youll see what I mean
Yeah a lot of those tracks have little intricacies, sometimes I find them on Nevermind and In Utero tracks to this day and find I've been playing them "wrong" this whole time haha
This is the best Nevermind album cover
Thanks so much Jared! Appreciate the support man!
Dude you nailed every tone. Very niceee.
Did Nirvana actually play Drain you in D Standard? I never thought about it before but is sounds sooo good here. Also you absolutely killed Lounge Act! I've been trying to find that perfect amount of gain to play the main riff in without sacrificing the distortion, but I can never find it. So I always just end up playing it clean like they did during the In Utero tours.
Andrew Zoltowski hi Andrew, I don’t believe they ever played it live in D standard. At least I’ve only ever heard it in E and E Flat. But on the record it’s definitely in D. And thanks man, yeah it can be tricky to get the gain right on it, i tried experimenting with pedals first but it sounded best just using some natural amp overdrive
alexrcowan in a Japan show they played almost all the songs in D standard. Sounds awesome
I personally ended up liking more how Lounge Act sounded on the In Utero tour
Love that Guitar !!
Dude thank you for making this video!
Very nostalgic for me.good work man!
It's pretty obvious what your favorite song from this album is.
Grayden Day what is it tho
@@xvatorres the ONE song he played all the way through.
Killer playing dude , sick Jaguar 🔥
This Video is the Best video ever
Thanks so much!
The intro of drain you it s imposible sound like Nevermind
@@survivalandeverythingelse6324 thats because of the way butch vig produced it, theres about 3 different guitar tones
@@survivalandeverythingelse6324 he saud it holds the record for the most guitar overdubs ON NEVERMIND sorry bro
Dominick Hannigan that's what I meant sorry 😅
It's bc there's 5 different guitar dubs, two fender bassman, two mesa boogie, and a pedal going into the bassman dubbed the super grunge
your tone is on point man, good shit.
Cheers man I appreciate it!
Outstanding video. I like how showed the tuning and pedals
Brilliant, I really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing man 👍
Glad you liked the video man, and thanks for the kind words!
You use the same pedal in the come as you are and lithium verses?( such a great video bro)
Yep same pedal, just different settings for each song! And thanks man, I appreciate the kind words, glad you liked the video!
On a Plain is one of the best songs ever written!
Que buena guitarra es igual que la de el señor cobain estan muy bien tus covers sigue asi
Es una edición que intenta imitar a la original de Kurt
Nirvana ☆ 4ever 🎸
I’ve never clicked on a video so fast in my life lol
Amazing video bro.
You nailed it as always.
For my nirvana tone I use a mim strat with a hotrail in the bridge and a boss ds2 and a big muff and a Marshall dsl15c
Especially for songs like in bloom man that set up is really close
For the heavier songs like breed I use my new duo sonic with a JB in the bridge and a big muff and the same amp (you could use any tube amp).
(I know you know this already lol it’s for anyone else who may be starting out and doesn’t have the same equipment)
But Alex you’ve done it again bro!
Nailed another video and at this rate you’re going to have dave grohl coming to ask you to borrow some of your equipment for their nirvana shows they been doing lol for man.
Nailed it!
Also your playing is like spot on dude.
Pretty cool watching you get insanely better with each video
Dude thanks so much! You're encouragement always makes my day man! DS2's and big muffs always have a spiot on my board, the DS2 is an especially underrated pedal! Again thanks for the kind words man, it really means a lot!
alexrcowan no problem man. It’s always great to see a vid from you dude haha
I love how he didn’t even use the ds2 once
I believe the ds 2 was more of an in utero thing
@@ewancoulbeck Kurt used a Ds2 on Nevermind. Also he used it live in 1991 for example Live At The Paramount
@@ewancoulbeck you have them flipped. Sans amp was in utero, ds1/ds2 was bleach and never mind
@@TheSexhaver2625 oh right cool
I think you did a great job! Sounded awesome! I would love to see you do this again for the other albums!
Thanks as always Greg! Yeah I wouldn't mind having another crack at them
I love Kurt’s play style
Read your description and I thought you came pretty close if nothing else.
Seeing shit like this makes me realize there’s just too much into recreating the magic that was Nevermind hence the term, “lightning in a bottle”, but I think you did a pretty good job.
Me personally, I just purchased the NOS Jaguar myself. Already have the Jagstang I bought in 97!
Thanks man, close is what I was aiming for without Butch Vig and all the studio equipment and conditions haha. Ah nice, I have a 97 Jagstang too!
alexrcowan I think the Jaguar looks and handles better but the Jagstang sounds better lol
Nice play sir!
Thanks mate!
Don't think KC used a sans amp till In Utero, using a Boss OD1 instead, but none the less you're getting the amazingly close tone.
When I had a go at chasing the nevermind tones I found that the small clone on minimum settings did an ok job at getting close to that layered guitar sounds, or even better (when I had one) a rotary speaker cabinet. But like I say this is for approximating the sound of the layered guitar tracks on nevermind (with one guitar) not cos KC ever used these things this way.
No he didn’t, I’m not even using the same sansamp model as that. I just found with my setup I could approximate the tonality of the DS1 more closely on my setup with a sansamp gt2 than I could with the DS2
Regarding the layered guitar tones I mentioned, I forgot to say that the small clone works best blended in with the unmodulated tone.
That’s a great tone! How much does a Jag like that cost? I live in the UK and it’s about £1,300 and I’m not sure how much it is in Australia.
About $1500 after tax and insurance in us, $1350 starting price. I just bought a lefty
Excellent job
best rendition i've seen in years .. on point sounds!!!! .. yeah the sansamp to emulate the mesa preamp nice!!
Thanks mate, really appreciate the kind words!
Hell yeah! Same sound of nevermind album! So beaitiful
mathias cronqvist thanks so much!
that breed tone is totally FILTHY
I don’t like it. Sounds like a five year old messed with your distortion pedal. Lol.
Collecter34 5 it’s just buttloads of fuzz 😁
I don’t like it either it just sounds like 8 but game
Breed sounds like it has too much gain or something. Might wanna keep that down a bit
A tad heavy on the fuzz, otherwise awesome
I think it's because there are multiple guitar tones mixed together on the album. I'm pretty sure Breed has a heavy fuzz mixed with a lower overdrive so it can maintain definition on the album version. Butch Vig had them track tons of different guitars together while recording to give the songs that big and powerful sound.
Ah, I don’t want to be a critic, the man did an amazing job!
The intro for breed sounds odd to me, but then again, I don't play so... anyway nice video!
YAY FINALLY ALEX! NICE VID AND TONE BTW :)
When you see these riffs you understood that Kurt's talents was create simple music.
You are amazing! Really well done!!!
Hey thanks so much! Glad you liked it!
The ProCo RAT Distortion was fire. You replicated the Tone for Territorial Pissings. The only pedals I have is a Boss OS-2 Overdrive to replicate the DS-1 and Turbo DS-2, A Big Muff Pi pedal and a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus to replicate The Small Clone.
I don’t think he used sans amp until in Utero but I love the sound. Also the other distortion pedals like the Rat and Big Muff were used on the songs he used them on exactly. Great job man, keep it up!
Coby Cooper no, he didn’t use a sansamp. He was using a DS1 and a combination of amps including I believe a modified Fender bassman, as well as his Mesa, and an AC30. I found it too hard to get an exact sound for each track since I don’t have the gear so somewhat simulated a Mesa Mark style distortion using the sansamp
alexrcowan really? I thought he used it on in Utero. I gotta recheck my facts ! 😂😂😂😂👋
Coby Cooper I meant he didn’t use a sansamp on nevermind haha. He absolutely used the crap out of a sansamp on In Utero
Awesome video!! I want to learn and play the guitar. Would you recommend a fender stratocaster?
Zander Mort defiantly it’s great for learning
Definitely!
Awesome video man, keep it up!
Thanks man, I will try to!
Aight out of curiosity what are some of yalla favorite Nirvana albums? I've found myself partial to Nervermind then Bleach as a close second. Incesticide was my least favorite with In Utero a bit above it
Bleach then Nevermind then Incesticide then in utero but i like then all a lot
Hello, good sound! What potentiometer have you? 1 Mkh or 500 Kh? On my Jaguar kurt cobain, i have 1 Mkh, but for dimarzio super distortion and PAF, but dimarzio admise 500 Kh. Sorry for my english, i'm french. Thank
Great work
Thank you so much 😀
Hiya I’ve got an unrelated question
On a mustang if I put a Seymour Duncan jb jr in the bridge and put both the switches to the right (for a right handed player)
Will the sound be twangy if not what sound does it make
Thank you
Awesome video and videos
:)
Orange Potato farmer I find the sounds you get on a mustang with a bridge humbucker when you put both pickups in phase or even out phase to be very similar to if you have two single coils. The difference is that you will get slightly more output, particularly with the two pickups on and in phase (both switches going the same way). So it will tonally be generally twangy like normal, just a bit louder.
Nice job dude. Learned a few things there like.
Big fan of you! Bravo Alex! Greetings from Greece. Could you also write the settings of the guitar?
Your country is terrible
My favourite is the slide you do in the verses for In Bloom! I never used to play the song that way and the way you're playing it is actually correct so I learnt something from this vid! 😁
Awesome! Glad you got something out of the vid! 😊
Man I would literally cut off my arms to play as well as you... Wait... Well anyway, great work, and don't worry about the sloppy playing, that just makes it more authentic in my opinion
GREAT THUMBNAIL
Amazing bro
This is an excellent video.
Thanks Matthew!
Fuckin knocked it out of the park with this one man. I was actually gonna get a focusrite scarlett solo. Are thos little boxes good with pedals?
In smell like teen spirit he up strokes the riff
Great video but the chorus effect is a bit too heavy on CAYA imo. It sounds better with the switch in the down position
@alexcrowman Just gotta love your that kc jaguar of yours its a beauty and you play the songs as they should sound or maybe even better! All the best to you man!
NeXeoN MiRAIE thanks so much mate! Yep the KC jag is my pride and joy!
Yeah sure is , is wish you the best in the future But anyways are The VM mustangs are like KC mustangs
I love your Cute Doggo to
Spot on man, do you mind posting or commenting your settings for the ds1 in your incesticide tone video, if you still have a way of knowing it, I would appreciate it. keep up the great content
I swear.mate you gotta make vids where it is just individual riffs
What pedals did you use?