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Riff Tone

About a Girl (Live at Reading, 08/30/92)

Nirvana

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Japan Standard Stratocaster Left Handed (Sunburst, with Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in bridge)
AmpUnknown (likely Marshall JCM800 or JCM900, as used by Cobain live in 1992, but not confirmed for this specific song/section)

Amp Settings

gain5.5
bass5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Live performance at Reading Festival, August 30, 1992. Guitar confirmed from Equipboard and video evidence. Amp not explicitly confirmed for this song/section, but Marshall JCM800/JCM900 is most likely based on era and Cobain's live rig. Settings estimated due to lack of explicit numbers for this performance.

Tone Character(10)
warm and slightly grittyclear and janglyopen and dynamicslightly compressednot heavily distortedarticulate single-coil soundslight breakup at higher picking dynamicsno pronounced modulationmodest low endbright upper mids

Difficulty

The riff is based on simple open chords and steady strumming, but requires dynamic control to maintain the clean/edge-of-breakup tone and clarity in a live setting.

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