How would I achieve the Nirvana tone

[unreal mason]

Im wanting to get the Nevermind tone and a Fender Lt25 and a DS-1. I'm assuming its mainly the bridge pickup thats being used but do they use the neck pickup?

[frozen socket]

99% is the bridge pickup for sure

[sturdy cypress]

Most of clean tones are the neck

Drain you is the neck, lithium is the neck, verse chorus verse is the neck, old age is the neck

[unreal mason]

Oh I didn't know that

[sturdy cypress]

For nevermind the guitar doesn’t matter as much as long as you have a single coil in the neck and humbucker in the bridge

The amp matters way more

specifically the speakers

[unreal mason]

Thats exactly the setup I have

[sturdy cypress]

you have the right speakers?

[unreal mason]

I just have the Fender Mustang Lt25

[sturdy cypress]

Okay so then you don’t have the speakers

You don’t have the exact setup then

Getting the tone for Nevermind is mostly those speakers

Like 98% of it

[forest blaze]

Also, nervermind has a lot of guitar layers. And each layer is a different tone

Possibly done with different mics and or mic position. All that effects the tone

So unless you have all that it can be tough to get it perfect

[unreal mason]

Oh

[forest blaze]

You could do something similar. Find a tone that blends in and fits with the mix. If you actually had the exact same tone it would be hard to hear yourself in a mix if you were trying to play along

[unreal mason]

I dont know enough about tones to get some familiar

[forest blaze]

While the song is playing set your amp settings until it sounds good with what you are playing

[sturdy cypress]

Only for like 2 songs it does tbh

Same mic pos and everything just different preamps being swapped

If you have the right speakers tho preamp doesn’t matter you can similar results on different preamps

Just listen to the stems of the songs and mess with your amp until you get close

If you don’t have the right speaker or one that’s similar enough your not going to be able to get that close without some form of post eq

[unreal mason]

Oh

[unreal mason]

But how can I get it with my set up

[stiff pecan]

you dont

theres a guy on youtube who i forgot the name of but he replicated the nevermind tone 1:1

exact same amp, cab, speakers and pickups

[unreal mason]

[prime relic]

@unreal mason if you set your ds-1 right and eq your amp right, you can get a pretty good nirvana tone

[unreal mason]

Yay

[prime relic]

Check out nirvanaguitars on YouTube

[prime relic]

did you get it?

you wont get the exact studio tones with your gear (alot of regular people wont) but you can get close enough for playing live

[wraith osprey]

I have same as you man a lt25 and a ds-1

I'm a pro of nirvana tone

[wraith osprey]

And i use a fender Rumble 15 for the return for a better quality audio

I use a squier classic vibe mustang

For clean section and solo like in bloom and teen spirit

And this for distorsion

And a use 10-52 polyweb elixir string

That's all

[orchid oyster]

And also don't forget chorus pedal for smells like teen spirit, and come as you are

[unreal mason]

What are the different switches positions do?

I have a Fender Jagstang and I there's that Mustang controls I think

[wraith osprey]

And in bloom drain you territorial pissings endless nameless and more

[wraith osprey]

It's switch for a out of phase sound

[unreal mason]

I thought you could only do two pickups at a time for out phase and in phase

[orchid oyster]

Yeah and those

[wraith osprey]

Yeah is that

[orchid oyster]

@unreal mason just search up nirvana guitars on YouTube, my guy has everything to know about their tone

[unreal mason]

Oh I completely forgot about Nirvana Gutiars my amp has a twin reverb setting so I can technically copy his settings

[orchid oyster]

Lol