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Riff Tone

Come As You Are

Nirvana

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Mustang (early 1970s, competition blue, stock pickups)
AmpFender Twin Reverb (silverface, late 1970s/early 1980s, studio recording)

Amp Settings

gain4
bass6

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Effects & Signal Chain

Notes

Studio recording for 'Nevermind' (1991). Guitar is a Fender Mustang with stock single-coils, neck pickup selected. Amp is a Fender Twin Reverb (no built-in chorus, reverb likely off or low). Effects are from pedals, not amp. No evidence of live/touring gear for this studio recording.

Tone Character(10)
watery and lush modulationclean, undistorted single-coil soundwarm and rounded neck pickup toneswirling chorus effectclear note articulationslightly scooped midssubtle amp reverb (if any)no grit or breakupfull-bodied low enddistinctive 1990s alternative rock texture

Difficulty

The riff requires accurate alternate picking and string skipping with clean articulation under chorus modulation, but does not involve advanced techniques or high speed.

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