the distortion tones of nirvana's in utero and how to nail it
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- Well here it is! The distorted tones on Nirvana's final record In Utero are the most unique interesting guitar tones that still to this day hold up really well. In this vid, I break down how Kurt used the Sansamp and DS-2 pedals, along with the Fender Quad Reverb to get an amazing sound. Hope ya dig it!
your passion and dedication of how far you`re going to achieve this one specific interest of music is fascinating to me. I´m glad, but also a bit nostalgic about the fact that the journey of the In Utero sound is almost over. I´ve been following your progress for over a year now and hope to see more of your content. Maybe you´ll uncover even more unknown album sounds in the future!
Thanks for following along, it's been a fun journey!
The In Utero sound is definitely unique, it has a really raw sound. It's by far my favourite Nirvana album. Shout out to Steve Albini.
this man has perfected the art of recreating guitar tones
no shit
Got chills, sounds unreal, I've heard these sounds for so long that hearing it replicated like this so flawlessly is absolutely surreal, I learn something new from each video you release, I didn't realise the DS2 and Sansamp were both used at the same time to get that tone. In Utero's sound just never gets old to me.
It's been a while since you've started this tone chasing journey and honestly not only did your tone evolve but so did your presentation of your videos, community etc. I find it kinda hard to believe we've already reached this stage where it seems like we've already figured out everything we need to replicate that tone.
It's been 30 years since February 1993, 30 years since the release of In Utero and 30 years to finally be able to achieve that sound again. Everything fell into place.
The future is already looking pretty great!
Yea he always doubled up on the ds2 and sansamp even live you could hear a shift in tone especially in breed when he was makin noise at the beginning
@@revengeof1307 imo he never did live, breed he would use the ds-2/grunge pedal alone, at least with the in utero live footage we have
If you listen to Pat's and Kurts live tones they basically recreate this. Its a pretty common thing for recording. One really bassy tone then another brighter tone. Double track both of them and pan and it'll sound huge. Pat seems to have a darker tone on the live Nirvana shows then kurt has his usual brighter tone.
pat tended to use a rat, but also would have his tone and volume knobs rolled down a lot, hence the darker sound.
Quite possibly the easiest tones to recreate.....and I'm a nirvana fan too.
Ah one of the best nirvana albums
Definitely top 3
The
the best
There were not so many of them. lmao
all of them are the best.
Amazing, as always. You're actually the reason why I came back to Nirvana after not listening to them in years. Thanks man, you're really doing a great job with those videos!
Serve the Servants just sounded like the album, seriously man, you should do a documentary on these tones, great content!
I’ve been watching since your first tone recreation video (I can still remember when and where I watched it) and to see you come so far is amazing man, I can’t wait for the website and the guitars , and for what’s to come. Keep doin what you’re doin Aaron
im in love with how that aluminum guitar sounds, i never thought id want one so much till now
It is insane how accurate these tones are, you could easily convince me those are the isolated guitar tracks, appreciate all your work man!
Man, waiting for your solo album!
I've only ever seen one musician play a Quad Reverb live...Albert 'Iceman' Collins, a Houston bluesman and an innovator and amazing guitarist...the fact that Steve and Kurt somehow settled on the Quad Reverb - a beast of an amp - makes me smile
aaron… i just started the video and the tone is fucking PERFECT
I love this channel so much. It’s so interesting and so inspiring. Thank you for making such amazing content.
this is the best nirvana tone recreation I've ever heard its perfect. If only I had a quad reverb 😂😂
Edit: when are you going to put your store up?! I am really wanting to get that square wave and engine pedal!!
He puts ridiculously huge effort into these, like I think he has no competition in this field. After seeing his videos I look back at other older tone recreation videos and they're no match. And I'm not even in my nirvana phase anymore haha
It comes back around. I recommend making a playlist of the Nirvana songs that make you happy. The dark arts and the grotesque are tough themes on your psyche.
Nailed it man! Loved the journey you took us on with every single video. Looking forward to the next!
Aaron is the man, . My bandmate who is basically as old as my dad I have a 72 TWIN reverb. A DS1 and 2. A 74 hi flier phase 3. But I never had the Sans Amp. I didn't realize how essential that was to the tone. I bought one. We hooked it up according to Aarons diagram. And BOOM, it started hissing and feeding back exactly the same. Awesome. I live less then an hour from Pachyderm and I've been there a few times. Ive wondered about the mics? But, in a room on its own the setup seems to be100% correct. Aaron nailed it. Awesome! Thank you.
Sounding absolutely incredible man, phenomenal work 🙌
This is freaking awesome, love your videos! Thanks for all the time and passion you've put into this! As a guitar player it's really satisfying that somebody else has the same obsession about this unique, heavy, aggressive and raw sound of in utero. You nailed it! Greetings from Germany
The joy I feel every time I see a new Aaron Rash video. Ngl I've watched every video by now and keep rewatching them. Dude, keep up this amazingly dope work. As a photographer/videographer and Nirvana enthusiast, your work really does inspire me.
Aaron. Major props on all the work you’re doing. You’ve changed my opinion on tone shaping and what’s actually important in nailing iconic tones. Also, looking forward to the production run of the aluminum guitars. I’m a lefty and a Kurt fan, so I’m really looking forward to picking one of them up. Thanks for the great content.
Being a lefty guitarist is hard. I hope aarons guitars are affordable
Man I can’t wait for videos on drum sounds too. One day you can make a 6 hour documentary on each drum for every song.
I think it would be interesting if you used a cherry red color on the Mosrite, it would be somewhat different from the other colors like black, sunburst, white and so on. Great video as always Aaron! Looking forward to the next ones!
I couldn’t agree anymore!
Imo a candy apple red or graffiti yellow would look the best, but until we have an actual example we cant tell
@@Juan-rd5jf true but those colors sound good too
100%
Color influences tone too much 😏
thank you so much dude. i would love to see you doing some riffs with differnt eras of tones, just cause its so damn accurate. cheers mate!
Tone is absolutely spot on 👌👌
Awesome stuff man! Quad reverb is so cool. It makes me nostalgic thats for sure
You finally got it!!! So proud of you! Thanks for your dedication!
Hey Aaron, love the video, I had some questions about some things you said in the video
1. If the Randall was not used much, do you know of any In Utero songs that did use it?
2. I texted jq on what pedals he hears throughout the album, according to him, he also hears the Big Muff on the album (the In Utero Big Muff brought was the V4 Op-Amp), do you hear that pedal on In Utero at all, if so, where would it be in the chain?
3. Do you hear Pedal X on In Utero at all, if so, where would it be in the chain? (I'm specifically asking about the mixes that ended up on the album)
4. Where would the Echoflanger be in the chain, you did not draw it on either piece of paper.
I also have some guitars I think you'd be interested in getting for your tone videos:
1. Univox Hi-Flier Phase 4 (there is no phase 3 online during the time of this comment): reverb.com/item/65611279-univox-hi-flier-phase-iv-1977-1979-natural?bk=
2. Epiphone ET-270 (Kurt used this guitar on the song Dive from the Incesticide compilation album): reverb.com/item/70233208-epiphone-et-270-1802t-1970-1975-cherry-red?bk=
3. Fender Kurt Cobain Road Worn Jaguar (this was not the Jaguar you used to own, this is the road worn version): reverb.com/item/70304253-fender-kurt-cobain-road-worn-jaguar-2012-2015-3-color-sunburst
4. 1969 Fender Competition Mustang (Red): reverb.com/item/70715299-1969-fender-mustang-guitar-w-matching-headstock-competition-red?bk=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOiI1NzUwNDcxNC0zNTFjLTQyMTUtOTY4Zi1kNDlmNWNjNmJlM2MiLCJpYXQiOjE2ODg0ODg3MjAsInVzZXJfaWQiOiIxMDc5NTAyNyIsInNlc3Npb25faWQiOiIiLCJjb29raWVfaWQiOiIwZDc5YjVmNy0zOTcyLTRjNzUtOWY3Ny02ZWJmNjcxYzFiOWYiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lkIjoiNzA3MTUyOTkiLCJzb3VyY2UiOiJOT05FIn0.vNKDzQ5sUm7au6pX_gFy9fpK9QXWLMfX6zy7fSBBVeo
5. 1966 Mosrite Ventures Mark V (Yellow): reverb.com/item/70476996-mosrite-1966-the-ventures-model-mark-v-white-sn-b1226-06-25?bk=
6. Fender ST-62 Black Stratocaster (this guitar is based off the Vandalism Strat, only difference is Fender logo and tuners): reverb.com/item/68087872-fender-japan-st-62-stratocaster-reissue-black-rare-oop-excellent?bk=
7. Fender ST-62 White Stratocaster (this is the same guitar based off the same Strat used on Nirvana's '92 MTV Music Awards and Argentina '92 show): reverb.com/item/66224542-fender-japan-grunge-era-1962-standard-stratocaster-vintage-1994-fujigen-mij-aged-olympic-white?bk=
8. 1966 Stella Harmony H912 (the Stella you currently have right now is the wrong Stella, what gave this away was the pickguard, Kurt's had a white pickguard, and the shape of Kurt's pickguard looked a little different than yours, look at the pictures of Kurt in his bedroom with the Stella and compare it to yours, specifically the pictures with color): reverb.com/item/67311219-stella-harmony-h912-1966-kurt-cobain-model?bk=
9. Univox Hi-Flier Phase 2 (Kurt used the Sunburst version of the Phase 2 on You Know You're Right, the Phase 2 he used for the song was borrowed by Earnie Bailey, Earnie installed a SD JB for the bridge pickup, and he installed what I believe to be Schaller tuners): reverb.com/item/71222067-univox-hi-flyer-2?bk=
10. 1990 Fender American Standard Stratocaster (this guitar looks an awful lot like the Reading '92 Strat): reverb.com/item/69814274-fender-american-standard-stratocaster-1986-2000?bk=
11. Fender Kurt Cobain Skystang Mustang: reverb.com/item/66300757-fender-kurt-cobain-mustang-2012-sonic-blue?bk=
12. Fender Kurt Cobain Fiesta Red Mustang: reverb.com/item/65719222-fender-kurt-cobain-mustang-2010-s?bk=
I also have a link for the Boss HM-2 (Kurt borrowed Earnie Bailey's HM-2 to record YKYR): reverb.com/item/71300757-boss-hm-3-hyper-metal-distortion-1993-1998-black?bk=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOiI0Y2MyZTA2Zi04YzNkLTRkZmUtYTYxZi1lNTgxZGE3YmFlMDQiLCJpYXQiOjE2ODk2NTQ0MzUsInVzZXJfaWQiOiIxMDc5NTAyNyIsInNlc3Npb25faWQiOiIyMjFjYmIxMy1kNjhmLTQyZmUtOWQ4ZC01ZjIzZjM1MjI4YTkiLCJjb29raWVfaWQiOiIwZDc5YjVmNy0zOTcyLTRjNzUtOWY3Ny02ZWJmNjcxYzFiOWYiLCJwcm9kdWN0X2lkIjoiNzEzMDA3NTciLCJzb3VyY2UiOiJOT05FIn0.G-9TUXb2_zdUgMiPDnjzi_Jn2l5-_nLqjW5zNpQ04i4
If you decided to get any of these guitars, I would be interested in which ones you decided to get 🙂
Note: I did not link a Univox Custom because there isn't one like Kurt's online by the time of this comment being posted.
I haven't miss one of your videos, been there from day one. Wow, what an accomplishment, it's been so incredible to follow your journey! I'll definitively buy your aluminium guitar when it'll be ready!
The mosrite would look very cool in shell pink or surf green
I don't even like Nirvana that much but I totally love your channel and the way you're able to perfectly recreate those guitar tones
Wow, congradulations. This is one of best videos i ever saw, really great.
Nice work on finding tone and showing the process. You are building a great guitar collection at the same time. This definitely sounds better than the other sites that get close to their live sound but not many could figure out their recording setup with every detail. I can’t wait to see what you figure out next.
Thank god for your videos without you I don’t think I would be able to try and re create tones so thank you
You're right, sometimes, the chase is better than the catch. But, you sir,have nailed it. You have harnessed the powers that be. Congratulations. Looking forward to a rundown of some of the songs. I bet Francis Farmer would sound awesome through you set-up!! Thank you for showing us the way!!
Dude you're just the best! I'm literally stunt by all of you videos! Oh god))
hey man, appreciate the amount of work you put into your videos, btw are you planning to recreate the tones of any other bands?
type o negative, green day, mud honey, soundgarden, guns n' roses, alice in chains, the offspring, the cure, pearl jam, stone temple pilots, red hot chile peppers, sonic youth, NIN, etc...man the 90's had the greatest music...
Thank you for sharing this journey. I have fallen in love with your content, it feeds my brain
Aaron this sounds amazing! Amazing job! I recently picked up a late 70s Twin reverb with the Utah speakers which I’m excited to start using to hopefully get some of the in Utero sounds.
I think your spot on in terms of how they got the sound, I the Quad is definitely the biggest factor. Had no idea about the DS-2 being used along with the SansAmp at the same time but amazing that you figured it out!
Can’t wait to see what you have in store for the future!
Thank's Dude! You to your soul in to it. This is really EPIC!!! Looking foward on your next videos. Why not go in depth with each song? Many of us will appriciated.
Color of the Guitar, something emblamatic of Kurt. Thank's again.
Salute you from Bogota, Colombia South America. 🤘🏽🙌🏽✊🏽🤟🏽🤘🏽🙌🏽
You nailed it. Been loving this channel
Dammit Aaron. Dammit dammit dammit. I just had to find this channel. Now you're gonna have me going down this rabbit hole, bro. 🤣🙏 'Come As You Are' is the first riff I learned that was more than just a 1 string riff like 'Satisfaction'. I had to break it into 2 parts and then learn them together.
It was at THAT MOMENT that I knew I could really teach myself to play. And I did! That was Dec 2019/Jan 2020, before everybody decided to play guitar during the pandemic. It's clear to me now that Ive always been a guitar player. It just took me 30 years to buy a guitar that was better than the nylon string acoustic I had as a kid lol.
I've always been into music wayyyy more than any of my friends. Id ride around and try and figure out timing of songs on the radio aka 4/4, 11/7, etc...while trying to keep in time with the tapping foot. Yea. I've always been a musician. I just finally gave in to it and I couldn't be happier about it.
Top 3 Nirvana albums, for sure.
I really like this channel, thanks a lot for breaking things down. I bet you can't mod a SansAmp Classic to make it sound like the original SansAmp
You have a big fan here in Brazil! Amazing job bro, and, I want a Veleno made for you, great work, keep going dude
I always love your videos there shot so perfectly ♥
Your channel is beyond amazing
Holy shit when you started playing I Hate Myself and Want to Die I thought it was the original track. That is *ridiculously* accurate
PS: now get yourself a Gibson Ripper and replicate the Nevermind and In Utero bass tones
I do want a ripper! That'd be super cool!
@@AaronRash Oh man, please do this, Aaron! Krist has the best bass tone
@@AaronRash then get a tama granstar, learn drums, and do drum tones
same!!!
The bass tone is pretty easy, have both pickups full, get a guitar distortion pedal, not a bass one. Specifically a rat. Set the distortion really low so it acts like a treble boost, but set your amp bass higher. I play on an Ibanez bass and it sounds great.
Love the 2 guitar side by side edits!
I hope you do more secret tones like Seasons in the sun, Here she comes now and B-side aneurysm
Finally,
Almost a year i follow you and i feel so affected by what you ve done here.
Wish yall the pleasure to nail Nirvana s tone and all the love and support Aaron you need !
Wow great video sounds perfect! Great work man🤘🏻🤘🏻
you nailed man, well done!!!
thats great dude, u made it
now i will wait for your own album
your songs are Beautiful
Finally an accurate video on this! Great job Aaron!
Two fun ideas for the Mosrite finish:
1. Pool burst - paint the guitar to look like swirling water of the pool on the Nevermind album cover / Come As You Are video.
2. Kurt's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" shirt - paint the guitar black with green stripes and grey accents - just like Kurt's shirt from the video.
THis is amazing. You still use the Fender Oxford speakers? And do tubes matter? Mine has the stock ARS tubes but heard that Earnie replaced the tubes with different ones. I found a quad a few weeks ago and let me tell you I am so glad I got it now haha. I use the jag which def doesn't quite get their with the sansamp and always wondered why the tone sounded closer when I paired the sansamp with a distortion pedal as the sansamp on its own always has this muffled tone to it but it all makes sense now. So glad I found your channel 2 years ago this truly has been an amazing experience.
It's incredible!! the sound is perfect 👌
Excellent work man!
Someone needs to make a whole new album with that sound.
You are awesome love to see someone with more passion about Nirvana than me
Great video as always
Another awesome video. Those parts where you are twice playing those exact tones are absolutely mind blowing. I am excited every Sunday to see if new video will come out. Also can´t wait for the store to be available so we can buy the Engine pedal and Veleno. Just out of curiosity, how much will the Veleno cost? Thanks for response and everything you do for us.
Now brotha,use that beautiful tone!!!Love to hear that tone put to use in your music or im sure others are wanting you to help in the production of their music.👍
ur the only dude who actually get the sound. would love to see you do siamese dream...
Fantastic video. Kurt would be impressed
The tone for I hate myself and want to die, is CRAZYY perfect
Omg! Sounds amazing!!
Awesome video man!!
You really have found the tones through your obsession. It's clear but distorted without any compression. The resonator guitar makes a huge difference. I wonder if it can be done with a different resonator type guitar?
This is amazing. Thank you Aaron Rash.
Finally a video how to get this distorted tones! :D
Awesome vid as usual
You’re doing the lord’s work. Thank you
Respect for deep exploration ❤
thank you again for sharing your videos with us! huge fan! also, white is a good color for the guitar with a tortoise pickguard.
We would like to see you playing the whole album cover now! Please)
Dude I love your videos I feel like I need to tell you: I don't understand like 89% of the stuff you talk about, and I still love your videos and love hearing you talk about this stuff, obviously it's because of how much passion you have for in this case In Utero, but yeah I just wanted to let you know how you manage to get my, (and probably other people like me), attention with the quality of your videos and the passion you put into it.
Disclaimer: also one of the reasons I probably don't understand most of it is because English is not my native language, even tho I consider my English pretty good for a Spanish speaker I don't have a lot of the technical vocabulary that you use when you talk about sound in general, idk why I spilled all this useless information here but that's it, thanks a lot for such cool videos, looking forward for more
GREAT WORK!!!
When i listen to these tunes a lot of emotions come up… great times! Kurt is dearly missed…
4:16 Was absolutely perfect
I had already been experimenting with different settings on the sansamp because of your other videos with varied settings, even experimenting with the filter matrix on a few different pedals that I have. I really do need an original echoflange or polychorus, the original and clones of electric mistress aren't quite cutting it. Still sounds great, and is so much fun to play.
But as far as the different settings on the sansamp, yeah it doesn't make much sense that he would have one of the most tweakables drive stompsbox of the era, but not check out the other settings?
There's even a picture of him bent over tweaking sansamp knobs on stage, so I wouldn't be surprised if he changed em live here and there, even if only to satisfy his own stage sound, possible early hearing loss from making that guitar explosion sound for so many years, and probably just because he wanted to lol.
Thanks man, great videos!
this dude's house is amazing
This is incredible, knew that in utero distortion was special!
Love it man!
I think the mosrite would be fun to have painted a burgundy racing stripe finish. You absolutely nailed those sounds Aaron!
You've got my dream gear, especially that mirror guitar, and now you even have the exact amp and tone used on In Utero. I can't even😭
Thos is super cool! You did a nice job...✌️
Spot on with these sounds jeeez
Hope you don"t mind if i ask a few questions about the hi flyer
1: How thick is the body?
2: What is the length of the body from top to bottom?
3: What is the width of the body?
I've been thinking of making my own hi flyer build but couldn't find a proper template for the body, also your work is amazing, keep it up man!
Sounds really good
YOU DID IT AARON!!! SOUNDS EXACT
Amazing job! 🙌🏼💙🤘🏼
I'm new to this channel, but I noticed you usually keep a capo on the 1st fret. I was curious if that's because you prefer being tuned down to D standard for tension reasons or simply bc it's easier to switch between the various tunings Nirvana used over the years (between E, half step, and D).
Seriously impressive work you do though. Wish I had this channel 30 years ago lol. Would've saved me a lot of work! 🤣🙏🏼🤘🏼
In Utero was WAY before its time. I remember listening to it for the first time.... such a masterpiece.
Amazing as usual. Any chance you can remind us what speakers you have in that quad? i.e. what speaker #2 and #4 refer to?
Indeed
What about the guitar tones on The Pumpkins Mellon Collie album, that would be a project and a half. If you are a fan of their stuff? That album and In Utero are two of my most favourite sounding albums ever. Sure Siamese Dream too but Mellon Collie was just reined in chaos. Love it GREAT video by the way, well done.
Absolutely man, the solo on Love has been firmly ingrained in my brain since I first heard it as a middle schooler.
@@magraretsbane6274 Oh definitely, mine is Bodies, that sound the feedback and when the riff kicks in and they just layer it up again and again, been rattling round my skull forever.
i have a frontman 15 i bought at a goodwill type store with an unkown 10 inch speaker that was literally junk, it was so dirty and it didn't even work, got home, my dad fixed it for me and it took me MONTHS to get a good sound out of it, i put the treble to 10, mid 2.5 and bass to 3 and the DS1's tone lightly to the left and its REALLY, REALLY GOOD! even if the speaker has holes on the outise because they didn't put it in right, it sounds incredible, it can do all sorts of tones if you change its setting right, from bleach to in utero, to lives, its just amazing how a trash "begginer" amp can be so good.
(btw my guitar is a IYV PRS with sorta humbuckery single coils)
Just found this video in a news article. Subbed 😎
I really enjoy your videos. I just wanted to let you know that man.