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Riff Tone

Lake of Fire (Live Acoustic)

Nirvana

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

Guitar1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric
AmpFender Twin Reverb (used as monitor, not direct to PA)

Amp Settings

gain3
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Live performance, MTV Unplugged in New York (1993). Guitar was run through the Bartolini 3AV pickup directly to the amp, bypassing the original DeArmond pickups and onboard controls. No evidence of additional pedals or effects used for 'Lake of Fire' riff section; chorus and distortion pedals were used on other songs but not this one.

Tone Character(10)
warm and woodyslightly gritty edgemidrange-forwardpercussive strummingdynamic response to pickingnot fully clean, slight breakuparticulate attacknatural acoustic resonanceno modulation or time-based effectsamp coloration present

Difficulty

The riff requires energetic, percussive strumming and dynamic control to achieve the slightly gritty tone, but uses basic open chords and straightforward rhythm.

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