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Riff Tone
About a Girl (Live at Pier 48, Seattle, WA, 12/13/93)
Nirvana
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Mustang (early 70s, Competition Blue, modded with Seymour Duncan JB in bridge)
AmpFender Quad Reverb (Silverface, 4x12, 1970s)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass6
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Notes
Live performance at Pier 48, Seattle, 12/13/1993. Guitar is confirmed by video and Equipboard. Amp confirmed by Equipboard and MusicRadar as primary live amp for In Utero/Live & Loud era. Settings are for live, not studio.
Tone Character(10)
bright and janglyslightly grittyarticulate attackclear note separationpercussive strummingdynamic and openminimal sustainnot heavily compressedslight breakup on hard strumsuncompressed, lively
Difficulty
The riff requires steady, energetic strumming and clean chord transitions, but no advanced techniques or complex rhythms.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Mustang (early 70s, Competition Blue, modded with Seymour Duncan JB in bridge)
AmpFender Quad Reverb (Silverface, 4x12, 1970s)
Amp Settings
gain3.5
bass6
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Notes
Live performance at Pier 48, Seattle, 12/13/1993. Guitar is confirmed by video and Equipboard. Amp confirmed by Equipboard and MusicRadar as primary live amp for In Utero/Live & Loud era. Settings are for live, not studio.
Tone Character(10)
bright and janglyslightly grittyarticulate attackclear note separationpercussive strummingdynamic and openminimal sustainnot heavily compressedslight breakup on hard strumsuncompressed, lively
Difficulty
The riff requires steady, energetic strumming and clean chord transitions, but no advanced techniques or complex rhythms.