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Riff Tone

Rape Me

Nirvana

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Stratocaster Left Handed (white, rosewood fretboard, Seymour Duncan Hot Rail in bridge)
AmpMesa Boogie Studio Preamp into Crown Power Base 2 Poweramp

Amp Settings

gain7
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording for 'Rape Me' (In Utero, 1993). Guitar is the so-called 'Lithium Stratocaster', used in the studio and confirmed for this era. Amp setup is the Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp with Crown Power Base 2, as used by Cobain from 1992-1994. No evidence of live rig or alternate guitars for the studio riff section.

Tone Character(10)
aggressive and saturatedraw, open power chord soundtight and percussive attackslightly scooped midsfuzzy, grainy distortionarticulate pick attackminimal ambience/reverbno modulation or time-based effectsdistinct bridge pickup bitedynamic, loud rhythm

Difficulty

The riff is based on simple power chords and straightforward rhythm, but requires aggressive, consistent strumming and muting to achieve the raw, percussive sound.

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