The super rare pedal Kurt Cobain used on in Utero (Pedal X)
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2022
- This video is all about "Pedal X" a guitar pedal used by Kurt Cobain during the recording on their final studio album - In Utero.
Guitar World Magazine, engine article link: www.guitarworld.com/news/aaro...
Check out Aidans channel! @AidanGallagher
The effect on the Albini mix of "Heart Shaped Box" was produced by the vibrato channel on Cobain's Fender Pro Reverb amp. The amp only had half the power tubes working, a broken off pot, and was badly in need of repairs. But Cobain tried to hide the amp from his guitar tech because he liked the broken sound and didn't anyone fixing it.
Krist Novoselic described the sound on the original HSB solo to Cobain as an "abortion."
Funny I always thought it was recorded with the ehx polychorus.
@@astorgaluthierwasn’t it the quad reverb not pro reverb
@@astorgaluthiernah that’s vibrato (pitch change) on the polychorus instead of tremolo (volume change) that is on the solo
I'm a simple man. Aaron uploads, I like.
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Exactly! 😁
Lol me too. I dont do noodling and shredding I just like playing power chords.
🫡, present and accountable
Sameeee
I'm so happy for you Aaron, congratulations for all the attention you're getting, you really deserve it. Btw this pedal makes the guitar sound like a synth, it's crazy
I know right!
more like a lo-fi sound to me
that's a ring modulator - the clue was when it slowed down and the carrier oscillator went from audio rates to became an LFO and create a tremolo. If you read the manual for the moogerfooger MF-102 it will explain all the concepts needed to understand it
Babe wake up, a new Aaron Rash video just dropped
i was thinking the same thing
Hey man I think your Engine pedal is the start of a fuzzy, gritty sound revolution!
This is fast becoming my favourite channel, can’t wait to see what you’ve got coming up!
It’s time everyone! Lo-fi, chimey clean tones, riffs based on chords, shimmer pedals, deep space reverbs have been fun and all……..but let’s bring back heavy noisy distorted riff rock! Aaron lead the way!
Awesome as always, hope to see more ! Everything you show and play and talk about is very interesting! Hope you release your original music soon ! Cheers
¡Me encanta la calidad del vídeo y su voz!🔥
Excellent video and quality as always! Keep em coming!
excited to watch this video, keep up the good work.
Man I can’t wait for come as you are, also can’t wait for the engine pedal to be finished and available for purchase!!!!
Man...I can listen this for hours. The songs, ambience and feelings are so good. Congratulations for be awesome! 🇧🇷
Awesome video man! Never disappoints
very happy to see you accomplish these things man! Forever in your support homie!
Love this channel!!!
Well done with the article! 👏👏👏
good work ! its cool to see people carrying the torch for kurts incredible music . i have a very tough time listening to it .
man, the video quality is so good!!^^
So happy to here ur getting the attention u deserve man, gives me hope for my in future music :) i love ur content ur a huge inspiration to me!
Cool video Aaron. Love your getting the lime light for your work.
Wow! this is so interesting, learning about new things c: thank you for this video
This sounds absolutely fantastic
2:50 no one is talking about how cool its sounds? Seriously?
Yeah, sounds like a beginning for a pretty good post-rock song, im curious as well 👀
very cinematic
I was trying so hard to find the name of it. Is it just he came up with on the spot cuz holy shit.
Aaron, love the videos! Quick question, do you make your own music anywhere? The little demos you play are sick I would love to here more music like that
Dude, I love your videos so fucking much, such a vibe
Holy hell here it is!!!!! Dude 2 weeks man, two weeks I’ve waited!!!!!
Love the style of your videos, it's inspirational. And your music is ace, definitely think about self publishing it.
That’s nuts man. Good for you. Excited to see what happens next for you.
dude i love your videos
This is fascinating. Just subbed
congrats, love the pedal
Please don’t forget to show the settings! Your videos are awesome! I’m a huge fan!
Dang it’s that snowy in seattle? Up here in olympia we got nothing lol! Also congrats on the fame man! Awesome to see a channel grow like this!
Can’t wait for more
so nice Aaron! Great video :) Cheers
I’m definitely buying that engine pedal when you release it
Hey Aaron. I've been really liking your content, you actually inspired me to start recreating Nirvana tones like you do. thank you dude
Very exciting video.
To start off, this has been one easily the best videos you have released, i would like to mention i dig the Bob Ross sweater like i really dig it lmao, and you should seriously start considering to sell engine pedals since the popularity it gained is too great to be unnoticed, I really loved the sound of pedal X, it does have that in utero essence, when you dialed in that tremolo setting it sounded great it sounded really familiar to the intro to boulevard of broken dream, pedal X was definitely used in utero, like in the starting of heart shaped box the second guitar definitely used it to some extent, there are probably more songs he used it with that we have no idea of know, also another thing I'd like to mention is the almighty spx90, it totally nailed the tone on lithium and come as you are, for years i thought something was definitely fishy about those two songs since there could be no way that lithium's clean parts were recorded with a dry guitar signal and come as you are had a more ambient chorus sound compared to a normal small clone, the spx90 fully confirms my suspicions, that mustang also sounded really nice and the idea of kurt using the ferrington is very plausible, maybe what albini said about him having a mustang/jaguar hybrid guitar during those sessions were just the ferrington? Could be but I'm not sure.
The exclusivity of each video makes it even more special everytime, love your videos man!
Looking forward to the next one.
Are you allergic to punctuation or something?
@@albingreen344 guinnes world record, longest sentence… .. in the world
Your so underrated. Your videos should be getting 10X the views you have right now
I know you've heard this a lot but we all hope you are considering making your playing an album. I know a lot of people that would love that. Please Aaron!!
Amazing!!💖
Ive only read the title of the video but i can already tell its going to be a good one
The only video that I’ve ever seen on this pedal. Also hope you can get the engine fixed!
the riffs in this video are beautiful
goddamn aroon! Your work is amazing
와~! 너무 멋있어요😎 그리고 기타 톤도 너무 좋아요, 정말 좋아요!✨ 앞으로도 수고하세요~👍🏻
Secretly the best channel on CZcams
aidan is great
Glad to see you get the attention you deserve
sounds very good 😸
Amazing!! 🎉
I love ur vids dude
aaron you NEED to release these songs
From aidan
From aidan and tua.up ✋🏽
hey man! im really happy for you getting noticed by guitar world and aiden fuckin gallagher! i know you probably get this a lot but id love to hear a lofi album from you. you've really got a thing for melancholic grooves.
Great video
Im so happy for you ❤
3:30 I love that riff. Sounds a bit like a twisted version of paranoid android
I need that song for real!!!
very happy for you
Aaron here is my suggestion as someone who is a pedal junkie- for the COBAIN ENGINE you should try and get someone to partner with you that can build the demand for it, cuz there will be a HUGE DEMAND cuz otherwise you gonna be like analog mike and have 5 year waits for it. You could try keeley or something……but you wanna make it kinda affordable….I would hit up Jeorge Tripps. He could either make it a way huge pedal or mxr pedal and market it as “by aaron rash”. Cuz joerge tripps is known for ALWAYS giving credit where credit is due and he wont charge hundreds and hundreds of dollars like jhs would or some of the others.
Or go the british route-. HIT up SOUNDLAD LIVERPOOL. Dude makes epic pedals for $100. He is a pedal genius and I dunno about production, but I know he could offer some advice on what to do with it. He was basically the co-designer of the 1991 pedal. He did all the technical design. If you don’t know what that is….check it out
This's absolutely awesome... You're such a talented man... Your versions of Nirvana songs, GOOD!!!!!!!!!! 🛐✨👑❤️
AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Great tone fr
I just picked up a Player Mustang same as yours and can say it's amazing!
Miss you Kurt.
In response to whether or not he used it: I am pretty sure this would be the "tremolo" he used on the solo for Heart Shaped Box. It can still be found in the "original Steve Albini 1993 Mix" and it definitely has a harsher ring modish sound as opposed to most tremolo pedals.
Nope. He famously used an electro harmonics poly chorus/flanger for that sound.
@@Trentstone121 It is the ehx polychorus for the album version, the Albini Mix sounds a lot different tho. But that's much it I think..wonder if he used it on other songs.
I like that the 'tremolo' part of it can go up to a 'superfast' tremolo, almost a fuzz sound. Most tremolo's cant go that fast
@@wnbbmbjg he did. He uses it a lot on radio friendly unit shifter, and live he used it for whatever songs he felt like at the time, usually on the solo or on feedback.
@@Trentstone121that’s the simplified answer…
Never stop
That “pickup” augment could be made once more over if you’ve ever heard J Mascis who really only plays jazz masters live and using lots of different guitars in studio but somehow still sounding like he’s used Jazzmasters
I’ve been waiting for this! **Rubs hands together**
Awesome playing. I really miss that style in todays music.
You are talented and stylish. Cheers
Aaron Riff #1 2:30
Aaron Riff #2 3:16
All of the yes
Dude please put out music already... the demos in every video you post are so good, I want more!
I can't remember if it was one of your videos before this one, I don't know where I commented this... but man, every time I watch one of your videos, it just helps me feel better that I haven't bothered to put a hotrails humbucker in the Mustang I just bought earlier this year. I was just enjoying the different tones I can accomplish with it as it came (the pickups are not exactly stock, but they are singlecoils and were apparently an upgrade from the stock ones that the previous owner did), but the temptation of teaching myself how to mod one of my own guitars, because I DO have a hotrails humbucker at my disposal, is there, lol. I'm still going to leave my Mustang as it is though.
man i would love to record drums for you, been playing for 15 years.
pls release the videos with the original aspect ratio, it would look better when watching on a smartphone. Thanks
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Love that first diddy at around 3:24 👌👌
That is awesome! What is the weight of the player mustang? Also your totally right, the intro of Tourettes has that exact pedal and you can hear it click and go up and down in tone eaxctly like yours! Def used on some tracks hidden under the covals
Awesome stuff man, I know you’re the ‘Nirvana Guy’ but it would be really cool to see you try to get some smashing pumpkins tones. Again awesome stuff!
Good video
guys! Aarons bouta blow up!!
Yay!
I feel like this might of been used subtlety on the opening chord of Serve The Servants. When I use my ring modulator and hit that chord I can get a similar sound.
cool
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My friend Scott from zao worked with Steve albini for the zao album the fear is what keeps us here.
So, let me first say that the engine pedal is pretty cool and I dig the shit out of it. The other thing I am curious about. I used to have a poly chorus which on songs like scentless apprentice I had thought was obviously the sound of that song w distortion etc. Radio friendly is the polychorus used differently. I heard an interview w krist where he said originally the solo in heart shaped box sounded like an abortion that fell out on the floor and it was in need of the Scott litt remix etc. leads me to think that a ring mod might’ve been involved… idk. The polychorus does a very close match to ring mod with the flanger circuit. Very similarly, scentless apprentice… so I though. Might that be pedal x. It’s certainly one note during the guitar during the verse vox. I totally agree that the bridge makes a lot of difference. The sound of a bridge that’s string thru the body vs say a mustang or jag bring is considerable. Lots more sustain. It’s def closer to rape me. Just the mustang pickups vs jag pickups plays a big role. Well done man!
Pedal x reminds me of the moog ring modulator. There's a lot of sounds in that thing but the cool tremolo sounds in there were very musical
4:48 sounds so good
Hey Aaron! Where can we keep a lookout for when that Engine pedal goes on sale? I'd love to pick one up!
my days the production for the demo is so sick. deftones white pony vibes!
It reminds me of my EHX Pulsar.
Hey Aaron! Just wanted to say I was listening to Sappy and heard the X pedal in the solo for a small bit, about 5 seconds.
I’m so damn jealous and never knew this pedal was used haha
My classic player Jaguar nails the rape me and heart shaped box tone. It’s got single coils. I’ve had so many buddies comment on how close it sounds.
Killer !!!!