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Riff Tone

Drain You (Live at Pier 48, Seattle, WA, 12/13/93)

Nirvana

Guitarpunk1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Mustang (early 70s, Competition Blue, stock single coils, right-handed, lefty-strung)
AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, late 60s/early 70s, live backline)

Amp Settings

gain0
bass5.5

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Live performance at Pier 48, Seattle, WA, December 13, 1993. Clean section (verse/intro) played on Mustang into Twin Reverb. No pedal engaged for clean part. No evidence of chorus or modulation on clean section. Settings estimated based on typical Twin Reverb clean setup and genre/era. No studio layering; this is a live single-guitar performance.

Tone Character(10)
clear and glassybright and articulateslightly scooped midsspringy reverb ambiencedynamic pick attackno audible breakupopen and percussiveFender clean sparkleno modulation or choruslive room presence

Difficulty

The clean riff requires accurate picking and muting to keep the tone clear and articulate, but the chord shapes and rhythm are straightforward for most players.

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