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Riff Tone
Drain You (Live In Los Angeles, Great Western Forum - December 30, 1993)
Nirvana
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Mustang (likely Competition Blue, left-handed, with Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in bridge)
AmpMesa/Boogie Studio Preamp + Crown Power Amp into Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cabinet
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
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Notes
Live performance, December 30, 1993, Great Western Forum, Los Angeles. Gear confirmed for In Utero tour era. Settings and pedal use are for live, not studio.
Tone Character(10)
raw, mid-heavycrunchy and aggressiveheavy, saturated distortiongritty grunge attackbiting edge from bridge pickupminimal reverb, dry soundpercussive and dynamicslight palm mutinghigh-output, fuzz-ladenloud and energetic
Difficulty
The riff is accessible to intermediate players due to its straightforward power chord shapes and rhythm, but requires stamina for aggressive downstrokes and dynamic palm muting typical of Cobain's style.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Mustang (likely Competition Blue, left-handed, with Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in bridge)
AmpMesa/Boogie Studio Preamp + Crown Power Amp into Marshall 1960A 4x12 Cabinet
Amp Settings
gain7
bass5.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Live performance, December 30, 1993, Great Western Forum, Los Angeles. Gear confirmed for In Utero tour era. Settings and pedal use are for live, not studio.
Tone Character(10)
raw, mid-heavycrunchy and aggressiveheavy, saturated distortiongritty grunge attackbiting edge from bridge pickupminimal reverb, dry soundpercussive and dynamicslight palm mutinghigh-output, fuzz-ladenloud and energetic
Difficulty
The riff is accessible to intermediate players due to its straightforward power chord shapes and rhythm, but requires stamina for aggressive downstrokes and dynamic palm muting typical of Cobain's style.