#What Guitar To Buy

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restive kiln
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I wanna buy a Guitar that is grunge (im going for the Kurt Cobain sound)

cursive lion
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price range?

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evh wolfheart or sum like thats 500 buck superstrat its awesome

cinder lintel
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One of the notable parts of Nirvana's iconic sound was their pedalboard

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For instance, Kurt Cobain used a ProCo Rat 2 pedal

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https://www.soundaffects.com/blog/2018/08/rat-race-ten-guitarists-who-love-the-proco-rat/

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RAT RACE: Ten Guitarists who love the ProCo RAT! - Sound Affects Pr...

The RAT was developed in the basement of the ProCo factory in Michigan, USA in 1978. “Yes, there were literally rats down there” says creator Scott Burnham. He stumbled upon the unique sound when he attached the wrong resistor to an in-progress distortion machine. From there, during the 1980s, the RAT took over the guitar

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You can read about it here

restive kiln
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I have a PRS guitar and a marshal amp

cinder lintel
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Sounds like a solid platform

cinder lintel
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Is it a big one?

restive kiln
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Yes

cinder lintel
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Specific model?

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Typically written on the amplifier

restive kiln
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Heres a pic of my equipment that i took when i first got it (ignore the album)

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cinder lintel
restive kiln
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Ok cool

cinder lintel
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I'd suggest you to read the article I've sent you and it might give you a good idea on what you really want

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(Pedals would be my answer)

restive kiln
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Alr thank you

cinder lintel
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🙏

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There's also demos on youtube

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ9aVcJVPxE

YouTube
JHS Pedals
Nirvana's Tone is Harder Than You Think (Kurt Cobain's Tone in 7 Pe...

Nirvana is the quintessential sound and feeling of 90s grunge. Kurt Cobain and the band gave voice to the frustration and disillusion of an entire generation of teens and young adults. Maybe more than the lyrics, the distorted, huge, aggressive tones embodied these emotions. We all know Kurt used a BOSS DS-1, and people have been gear chasing hi...

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Here's a good one

south zenith
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You might not even need pedals if you utilise the channel switching on that amp

cinder lintel
south zenith
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KISS principle

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Simple as possible

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Remember that nirvana's sound is going through a huge amount of processing in studio

cinder lintel
south zenith
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And chasing it might sound appealing but will be ultimately futile

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For a start, you don't have the exact speakers, amp and sheer volume level he used to record the stuff if that makes sense

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There's this guy on YouTube who nirvana tone chases for like videos and it cost him an obscene amount of money and time

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Not to try to kill your dreams (you should continue to dream anf want to do stuff like this) but go into it with a realistic mindset

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I.e. with good technique and the distortion channel you will have a great sound totally appropriate for playing nirvana songs

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But it won't and will never be identical

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Does that make sense @restive kiln