Riff Tone

Here She Comes Now (Smart Sessions)

Nirvana

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarEpiphone ET-270

AmpFender Twin Reverb (Silverface, early 1970s, Smart Studios house amp)

PickupsSingle coil pickups (stock Epiphone ET-270 configuration)

Amp Settings

gain5.5

bass6

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb2

presence5.5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, Smart Studios, Madison WI, April 1990. Guitar and amp confirmed by multiple sources for Smart Sessions. No evidence of Randall or Quad Reverb use for this session; those are In Utero era. No evidence of SansAmp or DS-2 for this session; those are later.

Tone Character(10)

bright and bitingraw, open crunchslightly gritty single coil claritydynamic and percussiveclear note separationloose, garage rock edgemidrange presenceslight amp breakupuncompressed, natural feelnot heavily saturated

Difficulty

The riff is straightforward, relying on power chords and dynamic strumming, with no advanced techniques or fast tempo, making it accessible for most players.

Sources

I finally got a kurt cobain guitar - Epiphone ET-270 : r/Nirvana Here are all the recently surfaced Nirvana "songs" that leaked ...Kurt Cobain's Guitar Rig, Gear & Pedalboard | Equipboard

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