How do I get a Nirvana sound on guitar?

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How do you get a Nirvana sound on the guitar?

You know, for Smells Like Teen Spirit, Heart Shaped Box, Lithium, and Come As You Are, and all their other songs. I already have a Fender Stratocaster, and a small Junior G-DEC amp (getting a new one soon, more expensive one soon).

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Kurt used an Electro-Harmonix BigMuff for Nevermind (also a ProCo Rat); and a Boss DS2 afterwards (In...

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When I play certain songs on my Acoustic guitar it doesn't sound right?

I am a beginner guitar player and can play some simple songs and chords etc.However when trying to learn some other songs like heart breaker by led zeppelin I can't get it to sound right. But when someone else plays it it sounds great, it's becoming...

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More practice! As for the Nirvana tunes, many of them require a different tuning than standard to play...

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What guitar should I get?

Okay. So i play sort of stuff like Smashing Pumpkins, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nirvana, early Feeder etc... But i'm totally stuck. At the moment i have an Epiphone Dot and an Epiphone Korina Explorer but I'm looking for a more up market guitar. But I...

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Hello there, The Telecaster may be a good fit. You just need to find the right model. The 72 Deluxe...

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Get this guitar to sound like that!

I have an old Art and Lutherie Ami (parlour guitar), and a relatively new LXME little Martin with pickup. I like the sound of the A&L better, but the Martin is more versatile and more comfortable to play. Is there anyway I can set up the Martin to...

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As an acoustic instrument, each of the the guitar's physical characteristics contributes towards its...

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How do I get that post-grunge sound on my guitar?

I've been playing guitar for about 9 months. I write a ton of music, and I'm really inspired by Post-Grunge bands like Seether, Staind, Chevelle, etc. I really love the sound they have. I want to duplicate that deep, rough grungy sound on my guitar....

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Most use standard tuning. Some use dropped D tuning. The Fender Mustang series of amp is a good modeling...

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Tom, like many pop punk guitarists, has an overall brighter tone. You can cop this by keeping your amp...

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What electric guitar pedal should i get for a Motley Crue sound?

My electric guitar sound is bland without a pedal and I only have an amplifier at the moment. I want to get the real metal/rock sound out of my guitar, like Motley Crue and DethKlok. what guitar pedal should I get? I heard the SD-1 pedal was good, what...

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if you want a really heavy metal sound get a death metal pedal, on a clean setting it can still give...

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How do I get a good sound out of my electric guitar?

It's not the tuning or anything, I have it tuned properly, but I can't get a good sound out of it. It always sounds muffled and fuzzy. How can I get a good, clear, crisp sound out of my guitar and my amp? I have a guitar like this one, but I think mine...

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Hello there, Your gear is just fine for a beginner. I think the Fender Mustang is a very good choice...

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Electric guitar users: Is there any way to lighten the sound or get some kind of reverb effect without a pedal?

I'm writing a song at the moment, but I'm very new to using electric guitars (don't even own one, I'm using my friends currently) and I'm finding the sound to be too harsh and too heavy. For the part I have in mind I need the guitar to be sort of "...

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Hello there, Reverb is just a type of echo. Depending on the type of reverb effect and the settings...

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Cant get a clean sound on my guitar?

okay, so when I plug my semi acoustic guitar (fishman pickup, Tanglewood guitar) into my midi (alesis io2) and record on audacity, I get an interfering sound. (like when you touch the end of a lead while its plugged into an amp) the guitar cant be faulty...

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After a considerable head scratch and an assumption that you are using a Fishman pickup with a pre-amp...

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