Nirvana Tone: From The Muddy Banks of The Wishkah | Riffs & Settings for all 3 Nirvana Eras

Recreating all the guitars that are on Nirvana’s live compilation album From The Muddy Banks of The Wishkah. From The Muddy Banks tracks were recorded from 1989 to 1994, so it essentially gives us a general overview of Kurt Cobain’s live tone throughout Nirvana’s career. I play all the riffs and share the settings for my live tone recreations of all 3 Nirvana eras! Thank you to @ on Instagram for this video request! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Preview of all 3 live Nirvana era tones 0:39 - History of the album 1:51 - What gear I am using 4:03 - School (11/25/91 Paradiso) 4:52 - Drain You (12/28/91 Del Mar) 6:19 - Aneurysm (12/28/91 Del Mar) 7:46 - Smells Like Teen Spirit (12/28/91 Del Mar) 8:55 - Been a Son (11/25/91 Paradiso) 9:23 - Lithium (11/25/91 Paradiso) 10:20 - Sliver (11/10/93 Springfield, MA) 11:08 - Spank Thru (11/19/91 Teatro Castello, Rome) 12:25 - Scentless Apprentice (12/13/93 Live & Loud) 13:26 - Heart-Shaped Box (12/30/93 Los Angeles, CA) 14:36 - Milk It (01/07/94 Seattle, WA) 15:25 - Negative Creep (10/31/91 Paramount) 16:14 - Polly (12/03/89 London, UK) 16:51 - Breed (12/03/89 London, UK) 17:42 - Tourette’s (08/30/92 Reading 92) 18:13 - Blew (11/25/91 Paradiso) GEAR USED: Eastwood Hi Flier Phase 4 (Univox Copy) Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Jaguar (roadworn) Fender Vandalism Stratocaster Fender Competition Mustang Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Mustang (modded fully to Skystang I specs) Boss DS2 Electro Harmonix Small Clone Sansamp Classic by Tech 21 (2021 reissue) Elector Harmonix Poly Chorus (mid 90s reissue) Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb Vandalism Strat Stickers - use coupon code “nirvanaguitars“ to get 2 for the price of 1: My amazon storefront where you can buy gear/parts Kurt used: Lomic Guitars - Where I got my custom 2021 Jag-Stang Pickguard: Learn Nirvana songs with Fender Play! :1101lpoaU Background music is an instrumental version the song Character Development by my band Ithomiid. You can hear the full song at Follow me on instagram at @nirvanaguitars Check out my progressive punk band at Check out my acoustic project at
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