Song Rigs
Kurt Cobain — Gear by Song
How Kurt Cobain's rig changed track to track — specific amp settings, key gear, and what you need to replicate each tone.
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nevermind · 1991
The guitar tone that defined the grunge era. Cobain ran a Boss DS-2 into a Fender Twin Reverb with the reverb on the amp…
Come As You Are
Nevermind · 1991
Come As You Are is built around the EHX Small Clone chorus applied to a clean-to-lightly-overdriven guitar signal. The c…
Heart-Shaped Box
In Utero · 1993
In Utero's guitar production is rawer and more abrasive than Nevermind — producer Steve Albini used room ambience and na…
Lithium
Nevermind · 1991
Lithium uses the same fundamental Nevermind guitar rig as Smells Like Teen Spirit but the distorted guitar parts are les…
In Bloom
Nevermind · 1991
In Bloom features one of the most guitar-dense arrangements on Nevermind — the intro riff uses chorus on a Rickenbacker …