This is cool! I think the ds-2 sounds a bit less aggressive and more refined than the ds-1 but the ds-1 still really does a great job at creating a raw, gritty rock guitar sound.
I belive it's the OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion. As someone who owns the OS-2 I prefer it as the other one is harsh sounding without being fed into a drive channel.
Any distortion pedal will do. From subtle overdrive to harsh distortion sounds. Easy to emulate most anything. Get a hard distortion pedal and an overdrive. Your tones are covered.
@@naimdrs Believe it or not the DS-1 was used entirely on the Nevermind album, he didn't start using the DS-2 until the middle to latter parts of the Nevermind tour
bought my ds2 15 years ago and it never left my board… ds1 mode for humbuckers and turbo for single coils. That fat mid range sound I cant find anywhere else
Getting that particular tone may be tough... Kurt Cobain actually recorded that track four different ways on four different amps and combined the four to get what we hear in the song drain you.
Kurt actually hated this tone later in his career. Which is why he switched over to the Sansamp exclusively when recording In Utero ,as told by Steve Albini. Albini said Kurt hooked up his live rig and said I can't believe it I have been playing this shitty sounding rig all this time. This was after dialing in the Sansamp and listening to it. Kurt never looked back. The Sansamp is the sound of You know your right,which was the sound he was always looking for apparently.
Damn! No way. I did not know. I'm just hearing this now. Another great fallen artist!?! WTF man,everyone seems to be taking dirt naps.......@@chrisdee5032
Kurt eventually abandoned his Boss pedals. By In Utero he was using the Sansamp exclusively. Its the sound of the song You know your right. Which i feel was his best sound as well.
No he used a boss hm3 hyper metal pedal with a Marshall 2x12. Totally not what Kurt was used to using but it hit hard asf. He showed up to the studio with no gear, the only thing familiar was the univox guitar used
Not! Whada you high?!? Watch the video on the making of in utero, with Steve Albini. He talks about Kurt using Steve's aluminum guitar and the Sansamp, into a Fender twin verb for the bulk of dirty tones on the album....... Facts!@@Nevuaryofficial
@@nicoguarini28i believe he's talking about the You Know You're Right session for the Boss HM pedal. Which is true. Kurt didn't bring his equipment to the studio and used Ernie Bailey's equipment. You're semi accurate on the In Utero session. Kurt used a Sansamp pedal, But a Fender Quad - Reverb amp. It's also rumored by Steve that Kurt used a Randall amp, but tbh it doesn't really sound like it
I agree, but they've spent very little. A ds1 is cheap, and the ds2 looks used, so they've spent sfa, but yes, even a katana 50 would do better than what they have.
@@lucasmoura4312 the vandalism strat had a humbucker in it. But he played an single coil strat at the reading concert. It sounded cool, but it was a bit different from the typical nirvana sound of course. It’s possible.
@@samanthasokay4010 If you want live sound yes but If you want to play along with the album the ds1 I think is better...If you play drain you,The ds1 will make it sound way better because kurt used the ds1 to record drain you...
@@m0ns00ntheband Kurt I think just used DS-1 on Bleach and such. He used a lot of different pedals, at the end of 1993. he used the Grunge pedal for a little bit, but eh overall, just get the DS-1 imo, also its a bit cheaper than the DS-2
@@samanthasokay4010deffo the nirvana tone he sone in most his songs tbh I like both them but to my ears I do like the turbo a little more in this video
