man.. i'm amazed! REALLY AMAZED!! this is 100% the most accurate cover on youtube. it is clear that it is most likely impossible to completely repeat, but you took into account every detail !! even these distorted whistles .. I'm in shock and I'm unrealistically high on this thing ... I fully understand how difficult it is to repeat this tone.. my hss strat can only dream of such a thing, although it sounds similar, it's still not the same. but, you did it.. applause for this gentleman!
@@Disorder17 Wow that is extremely kind of you!! Thank you so much 😃 I had fun trying to figure out the left guitar track, it's very different to do all those noisy scratches instead of the echo flanger sounds!
Gonna be honest, when I first saw this comment while in a hotel room, my brain went “what? No it isn’t, it’s just a bunch of loud noises and it hurts my brain!” I tried listening to it fully for the first time ever like immediately after I had that thought. Gonna be honest it became my favorite nirvana song almost as soon as I hear it. You couldn’t be any more right lmao
That was one of Kurts talents what he’s doing on this song as he’s controlling the feedback of his guitar through the amplifier using his electro harmonics poly chorus pedal if you like that particular sound the jam demo on the 20th anniversary edition of in Utero has some crazy feedback on it.
@@NirvanaGuitars If I'm right, you've done one video where you recorded the song with the Echo Flanger clone and another video where you recorded it with a Poly Chorus. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on comparing the two.
@evitative the madebymike clone is as close as you're going to get to a real vintage poly chorus based solely on the chips used in the original pedal. Mike will make you one of his pedals, it'll cost you about a third the price of a vintage poly chorus after you convert to pounds and pay the import fees.Takes about 4 months to get it.
@@naciremasti I appreciate the heads up. I already have two pedals from Mike and am familiar with his work. Nothing of what you said really speaks to my question though. Thanks anyway!
what fucks me up is how underrated of a noise rock album In Utero was...i ferl like Kurt was going full dark mode version of Sonic Youth..its literally one of the greatest Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Milk It, Serve The Servants, that fucking album is special man there was something other-level about it that i cant put my finger in it
I always thought this tone was great. I love the more treble heavy Nirvana tones they sound so abrasive! The Radio Friendly Unit Shifter tone always sounded 'scrapy' to me I always loved it and this is great recreation!
Dude, whatever people might say, your covers/recreations are far above anyone else's. Not only the extreme dedication to replicate the equipment, settings, effects but also the feel for playing the songs the right way. I've seen many people cover these "easy" songs, but the feeling is always off, one note here, one muted note there, it always bothers me. But I thoroughly enjoy your versions. Keep up the fantastic work.
Yeah, strumming up or down can make a subtle yet appreciated difference in a song. It's just not the same when you do it in a way that wasn't done originally. It might not be bad, but a good example of how this can make a difference is with Ramones covers. Most if not all of the time, you're supposed to strum downward for accurate Ramones covers. Too much, I'd see people down-up-down-up strumming. It's just not the same. It also doesn't help many cover examples that the Ramones used Mosrite Guitars most of the time, and Johnny used a *very* specific model that was discontinued early with maybe 150 total having been built.* But you'd think that a few more people would try to take Mosrite pickups from other models, then put them in their Les Paul or something. At least they'd get in the general ballpark as the bulk of the 1970s Ramones sound that way. * The 1965 Mosrite Ventures II, later touted non-officially as the "Slab Body" version. (Mosrite used the same Ventures II name for a re-designed version, which was later re-named the "Ventures Mark V" model. The re-designed Ventures II is called the "Ventures II German Carved" version.)
That's sounds so good, this might be in my top 5 favourite RFUS covers, guitars sound powerful and raunchy and very dystopian, you captured that In Utero sound so well. Amazing Cover! Edit: I feel the same about this song sounding better live.
Love your channel. Been a Nirvana fan over 30 years and I love your humility and love for the band. There’s another channel doing Nirvana tones at the moment that’s way more slick and the dude is full of himself so I never watch, it just doesn’t feel like Nirvana to me. I saw Nirvana 3 times and met Kurt, I genuinely feel he’d love your channel because of your sincerity. Keep up the excellent work!
Man your comment hit hard and really resonated with me, I seriously can’t thank you enough 🥹 that is extremely kind of you!! I’m forever jealous that you saw Nirvana and met Kurt and forever grateful for the support 🙏🏻 if you don’t mind me asking, what was your interaction with Kurt like??
@@NirvanaGuitars You’re very welcome, my friend. It makes me really happy to see younger people love Nirvana the way I love Nirvana. By that I mean with a strong passion, KC kind of had that energy about art and it hit hard for a lot of us in the early 90s, I guess that’s why we miss him so much. Anyway, I can tell you have that love too. I didn’t get to talk much to him, it was only a few minutes, but as you might imagine, he was very kind and gracious to my friend and I. He just came across as a sweet, humble dude. If you didn’t know better, you’d never guess this guy was the biggest rockstar in the world.
Thats sick man, sounds EXACTLY like the studio. i've always like the Live And Loud version more. it sounds a bit darker then the studio as the Studio sounds a bit more rough and brighter
I don’t know why RU-vid waited 4 days to finally show me this but I’m still amazed nonetheless. It’s like I’m listening to the album! If it’s possible, you gotta do a budget In Utero rig one of these days because I neeeeed that echo flanger tone
I recorded a full cover of this recently (including the bass, drums and vocal) - didn't quite get the EchoFlange thing right, I just used my old Arion flanger. Love that Univox copy.
It’s so crazy how you achieve those nirvana tones great commitment I’ve been trying for so long but can’t get that close! Keep the universe changing videos up🎸
@@NirvanaGuitars I can't put into words the elation going through all of us when we got a message out of the blue saying "Hey, would you guys be interested in a Krist AMA? I'm Erik Friend and I play guitar in a band with him!" I'm glad you were there for both of those. It's a shame I hadn't connected with you yet. Oh well, at least I know who you are now, right?
@@Ivegotwormsinme That's so interesting, I had actually wondered how you managed to arrange that with him! I appreciate that but both of those took place well before my channel had a following 😊 I'm the one who asked Krist about what it was like to start designing his signature RD with Gibson!
have you considered doing tutorials? you're the only person I've seen who plays these songs exactly like kurt did and so many tabs and other tutorials have blatant inaccuracies, thanks for keeping the spirit of nirvana alive regardless!
Amazing job, Eric! The tone, the feel, the notes - everything is there! Probably the best cover on RU-vid! I've been down the rabbit hole when it comes to In Utero tones myself for a few months and ended up ordering exactly the same clone (even the graphics) from Baskah a couple months ago. He's great! Now I get like 99% there tonewise with just a 90s proco rat and vox pathfinder 15R (sansamp doesn't sound right through it). Still working on playing RFUS since the song is a glorious mess and the live version is obviously a bit different. I'll jam to your interpretation next time, it's great!
wow i think you just made me like this song with this SUPER ACCURATE TONE RECREATION, I know this is your favourite song so I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into making this super accurate. well done dude
Incredible cover, sound is spot on! Happy to see it sounds so good. I took my time with this one and actually tested and compared it to the others I had at the time. You got the best sounding one😊
You're inspirational. I must confess I don't remember this song note for note and I never tried covering it, but getting the tone on target and making a point of nailing how the song was played in studio, is something I've been hoping for in covers I *never* recorded. I was hoping to make covers of B-52s songs; tonally, too, which is something that no one has done. It doesn't help many covers that hey, Ricky's guitar setups were just plain rare. Nobody else seems to have stuck the bottom 2 strings from a bass onto a guitar, except him. He only did that for 1 guitar used with that CFxxFF tuning (x = no string) for 3 songs, but I'm not sure if the album version of "Runnin' Around" used the bass string gauges or not. I have made tabs, up to 21 of them now, and I do take my time doing it. I go second by second, seeing if there are inaccuracies that aren't repeated. I try to go through the song multiple times just to make sure I didn't goof up. Even so, I've still found errors, months or years after tabbing.
@@NirvanaGuitars I never did it until I saw him do it on Live and Loud and went, aah, yeah, that might be why it has more punch than how I'd been playing it
Good eye!! Just rewatched and he does do it sporadically. Must be another one of his nuances that he did live but not studio, like the Drain You bridge chord or throwing in the A major in the Pennyroyal verses
I never really listened to this song before because I thought it was like endless nameless where everything is just feedback and other noises, but it’s actually kinda catchy.
You think you'll ever get a Mosrite Ventures Mark V, or maybe a Hallmark Gospel? Both are gonna be close to the whole Mosrite "Gospel" Mark V that Kurt had, which was serial # B1697. And yes, it's most likely to rightly be a Mark V - I don't know where the "Mark IV" thing came from. It was a Mark V from 1966 - 1968, so I can't imagine that Kurt's last of the last Gospel models built probably in 1969 would have been any different, unless it was called a Mark IV just to get past legalities since the Moseley family had lost the rights to the Mosrite name at the time. That's the story about why that model said "Gospel" on the headstock - Moseley used the "Gospel" name that Mosrite had previously used on a few of the many Celebrity models, just to have guitars to sell. Mark V serial #s start roughly at B700, and the Gospel models seem to be starting at B1688 or B1689, then the last one known is B1700. The model was more or less the same thing before B700, just with the "Ventures II" name, starting around B151, but it did go through a few design changes to use up old necks that were originally meant for the earliest Ventures II which was an entirely different design that Johnny Ramone used.
I hope so!! I've REALLY been wanting Hallmark's version of the Gospel, been eyeing it up for a while now. Every time I have the funds to get it, a different guitar project seems to always take priority 😂 Would love to have one. All your comments have been super informative, I appreciate you sharing that info! Will hit you up if I get a Gospel and do a history video about them
@@NirvanaGuitars Thanks for replying. Just one too many projects? Yeah, I can see that. Mosrite isn't the most frequently thought of company, and I'm not sure whether or not Kurt recorded anything with his Gospel MK V outside live shows, but I can't keep from thinking that a lot of people are missing out on their tone. Clean, they're somewhere between Fender and Gibson. They're kind of clean like Fender, but with more oomph like a P90, yet not as "dark" as Gibson. They also don't sound as "wet" as Single Coil Fenders to me for some reason, so Jaguar Single Coils or Stratocaster Single Coils still comparably have their own sound. Edit (for anyone else reading:) Granted, some demo videos don't really make Mosrite models sound very good. They sometimes sound dull and uninspired, but it depends on the settings. Good tonal examples are the Ventures Live in Japan 65 album, and the first 4 Ramones albums. I have links to Mosrite tonal examples at the bottom. Back to the original comment: The Hallmark's a little bit different from a vintage Mosrite, but it's pretty darn close to the original. I haven't played a Hallmark, but from what I've heard, I don't think you can get much closer to Mosrite than with Hallmark. Stock 1960s Mosrite Non-Roller Bridges can sometimes be a bit wonky, and original Mosrite Solid Bodies are prone to denting since the bodies are made of Basswood. Hallmarks: 24.75 Scale 1.580" neck width at zero fret?* Neck Depth tapers up from 0.790" to 0.870" at the 12th fret* Potted Pickups Alder Body * These measurements are actually off Hardly Ramone's Johnny Ramone Signature, as he shared the info with me. Measurements may be the same with a Hallmark Gospel. 1964/1965 - 1969 Mosrites: 24.50" scale 0.860" thick neck from frets 2 - 12 1.560" width at zero fret Non-potted pickups Basswood Body (when solid bodied.) I might be one of the most obsessive people about Mosrite - I've compiled serial numbers for different models over at the Mosrite Forum, about models that almost nobody pays attention to. That's usually for the 70s models, but I did start listing the Acoustics too. I'm not the only one working on Mosrite Serial Number Lists, though - Max Katzenberger also has his list at his own website. He lists the Ventures, Ventures II Slab, Ventures II Carve / Ventures Mark V / Mark V (Nameless) / Mark V Gospel models, and others that are closely associated like the Mel-O-Bar (Slide guitar) models. Edit again: Here are some tonal videos that are relevant: Hardly Ramone's Cover of "Glad to See You Go" on his Hallmark Johnny Ramone Signature: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Gq8youqW-WE.html SouthernVersion's cover of Judy is a Punk on his 1966 Mosrite Mark V (which I advised him in the purchase of:) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dhDjlPVekxE.html And here's a video of The Ventures, live in Japan in 1965, playing "The Cruel Sea." This shows the "dry but clean" tone that I think Mosrite has when played in the right amps: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sT567KXTe0Y.html
@@NirvanaGuitars Sure thing. Again (just to stress the fact here, I really was hoping that you might pass on this info to clear up some things about Mosrites in the NIrvana community:) it's most likely a Gospel Mark V. His Guitar Tech might have called it a "Mark IV," but unless that was specified in the letter to the original owner (which would have been in the guitar case, and which I've never seen a scan of one,) I see no reason to call it that; especially since most of its body shape are labeled as a Ventures Mark V model. (About 800 of them, roughly from B700 to B1500, are labeled this way.) Also, again, there aren't "just two" of the Gospel MK V around - exact numbers aren't known, but it looks as though there were at least 12 or maybe 13 made. B1689 - B1700 is the known serial number range, unless B1688 (not accounted for) is also one. Again, Kurt's is B1697, so its the 4th to last one among the Mark V models. Accounted for examples are B1689, B1695, B1697, B1698, and B1700. This is according to Max Katzenberger's Serial # Site. It's not surprising for Mosrite's serial numbers to not always line up perfectly, though. B705 should be a Mark V, but it says "Ventures II" on the headstock. B532 is also a carved Ventures II, but it has a neck and body that belong in the B154 - B265 range. So on and so on. There are even a handful of Ventures II (Carved) models that were probably made *after* Kurt's Gospel MK V was probably made in 1969 - 1970, but these Ventures IIs were likely made with old parts that never got assembled, and they (usually, at least) have no serial numbers in the fretboard. They even have the wrong tailpiece on them - one that was originally for the Ventures II (Slab) model that Johnny Ramone played.
Don't take this as a hate comment, but I understand the complaints or comments about the post-processing that you use in the nevermind tones, it happens that these tones (at least the distortions) were achieved using the famous vintage greenback, which was used in a lot of classic productions of the time and whose tone it's very difficult to imitate if you don't have the original equipment (at least without starting to notice clutter, sound artifacts, etc, all this considering that EQ Match is used, which doesn't always go well). It doesn't matter what amp you use or how much EQ you use, if you don't have those speakers you'll hardly get the same tone. And let's agree that the tracks from the aforementioned album do have a lot of post-processing, but one of the most important aspects is the speakers used. It should also be noted that in your videos you don't even use real recordings of your amplifier's speakers, but rather connect the emulated output of the speakers, which makes it lose even more fidelity and authenticity. Let's not forget that the microphone used, the position of the microphone, and even the resonance of the room all color the tone of a guitar. So you have to understand a little criticism, at least when they are well-intentioned. And it's not that I want to underestimate your work, I must admit that with your Twin Reverb you have been able to get very close to the tones of some recordings (Part of this also because Kurt used this same amp in his career), but there are factors that will always be missing unless before you start experimenting with different speakers. A Twin Reverb is fine for achieving the tones of Bleach, Incesticide and maybe some In Utero tracks (But here too it's worth mentioning that the Twin Reverb and Quad Reverb sound very different from each other), but for what Nevermind is, no some vintage Greenbacks the thing becomes very difficult. I myself bought some Impulse Responses from some Pre Rola Greenbacks (which are from 71) online and in theory it should sound minimally similar but it is not the case. These are examples that in certain aspects analog is irreplaceable and that the only way to achieve that mythical sound is to spend a lot of money and buy even Greenbacks :( Please, if you read this, don't stop trying because I like watching your videos and sharing that love for the band, but I had to say what I think about this topic.
Well good thing I don’t have the actual track playing then. What you’re hearing are my 2 guitar tracks mixed with a filtered In Utero backing track of just bass, drums & vocals
