The guitar tones of Nirvana's 'In Utero': Will a silver-face twin do the trick?

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Hey all,
Back with another video! This time we're talking about Nirvana's In Utero and the amp Kurt used for tracking guitars. In this video I discuss Kurts amp, the recording methods used, and give it a go myself with a 1977 Twin Reverb amp I picked up recently.
While I didn't cover every song, this video will give you a good idea of the tonal possibilities of this amp with combined with the SansAmp and DS-2.
I hope you enjoy! Please let me know what you think in the comments below.
Special thanks to ‪@jq.guitars‬ , ‪@AaronRash‬ & ‪@johnpickk7526‬ for providing information which helped make this video possible.
Thanks for watching :)
Time stamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:03 - Overview
3:35 - My Twin Reverb
4:15 - Utah speaker variations
5:26 - Kurt's & Aarons Quad
6:24 - My recording process
6:53 - Ambient mic's on In Utero
7:13 - Amp / Pedal settings
Demos
7:45 - Rape Me
9:45 - All Apologies
10:23 - Pennyroyal Tea
12:01 - Heart-shaped box
13:24 - Scentless Apprentice
14:48 - Frances Farmer
15:58 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

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3 июл 2024

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@isaiahgamervw7306 10 месяцев назад

I think you pretty much nailed it man. That speaker and the Veleno is the secret to the whole album. You can pretty much nail the distortion tone with or without the Veleno, just need to have the right settings on the Sansamp

@baskah 10 месяцев назад

Very accurate tone recreation, sounds great! I think you nailed it.

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot!

@bigmuffmelvin7388 10 месяцев назад

Imo the twin will absolutely nail the inutero tone along with Kurt’s live tone. I know there has been a lot of videos about speakers and such but really that mesa, twin and quad all have the same clean circuit. You pair any of them with the sans amp and the poly chorus and it nails it Awesome video, I love your vhs style openings and tone recreations. Keep ‘em coming

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Yeah for sure man! Thanks a lot for the kind words, I have cool videos planned for the future :)

@tangerinesrock90038 10 месяцев назад

This video gold absolutely nailed it . With the tones

@gheorghe-lecastefan468 10 месяцев назад

I guess I found another chanel that I love. You and Aaron Rash are my favourites! The utah speakers are so rare so I hope you will make more videos with them.

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! That’s very kind of you :) I will for sure!

@zeraleph 10 месяцев назад

awesome video!

@knight2255 10 месяцев назад

Great job, just heard a Billy Corgan interview where he states he was sad when kurt died because that was his number 1 competition, I wonder if Kurt knew that if things would've turned out different.

@user-ne9fc3ry4l 10 месяцев назад

love the intro and you play really well!!👍🏼

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot!

@jaimeflor4181 10 месяцев назад

Sounds pretty accurate to me! I’ve never tried to mimic another bands sound 100% accurately, so it’s interesting to see other musicians do it.

@707_sucks 10 месяцев назад

sounds good

@johnpickk7526 10 месяцев назад

it most certaintly will do the trick! Awesome vid man :D

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot!

@amyswamy 10 месяцев назад

sweet intro!

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

@drewnorth3816 8 месяцев назад

great work, regardless of how close to In Utero it sounds, the tones are fantastic. But, I do think you nailed it pretty damn close

@gmoney4526 10 месяцев назад

The speakers in this have a very similar sound to the Mia Zapata show that was just released. Wonder if thats what he had in that twin reverb

@fancykarlmarx 10 месяцев назад

You can make a twin reverb do anything. It’s the greatest amp ever made.

@jasondorsey7110 8 месяцев назад

Why does the greatest amp ever made have to be so damn big and heavy?

@fancykarlmarx 8 месяцев назад

@@jasondorsey7110 it’s to weed out the non believers lol. This might be guitar blasphemy, but at this point I would just get the tone master version. Like a quarter of the weight and I can’t tell the difference in sound.

@yaroslavgolub9475 9 месяцев назад

Very close to the in utero sound. These sound like they have a lot less depth to their sound then the oxford speakers just like the orange utahs imo. Sounds really good

@CharlesDuranJr 7 месяцев назад

Almost there man not quite perfect but keep pushing for that perfection

@The_Real_Shrimp День назад

Really cool video, one thing I will note though is that those speakers shown in the back of the cab are not Fender Utah speakers. Those speakers are the standard Special Design blue label speakers made by Eminence. Utah speakers have orange labels that say Utah, and are very very rarely found in '74 Quad Reverbs and even more rarely in select early 70s Twins, if any at all. They still do just fine with In Utero sounds, but wont quite match it.

@wastewoodrockers5526 День назад

Thanks a lot! Yes you’re right. I made this video before I really understood the different speaker models used by Fender so forgive the inaccuracy! To make matters more confusing there are orange label Utahs that look identical to those found in the 74’ Quads bar the cones which is really the most important part. Thanks for the comment!

@The_Real_Shrimp День назад

@@wastewoodrockers5526 Yeah it's the orange ones to try an look out for, this are the In Utero Speakers for sure. The blue label Fender speakers are very deceiving, because I think a few are made by Utah, but most are made by the other company. And Oxfords are different too. Like I said, those speakers in your cab will do you quite fine. I'm looking to get a set myself or a set of vintage Celestion G12M-70s or Celestion G12T-75s, which are really good for that tone and Bleach as well

@wastewoodrockers5526 День назад

@@The_Real_Shrimp Yeah I’ve got a 4x12 with some 80s T75s they sound great! My new favourite has to be the M70s though. I bought some for a 2x12 and I love them.

@The_Real_Shrimp 21 час назад

@@wastewoodrockers5526 I was trying to buy an 80s Celestion G12M-70 on Reverb yesterday but for some reason had my account suspended. I recently just bought a 1972 Twin Reverb and was gonna put those speakers in it to really get the bleach sound. Those are the same speakers in Jack Endino's cab that Kurt used to record with

@wastewoodrockers5526 21 час назад

@@The_Real_Shrimp Yep! Good idea, they pair well with twins. The two in my cab are 1983 I believe. I have an original 70s HiWatt Custom 100 head which i usually pair with them, sounds amazing!

@JR_Taylor 8 месяцев назад

In Utaho

@RUBBERTANK_3 8 месяцев назад

Do you know how to really get Kurt's tone, Any of his tones? make impulse responses of isolated tracks.

@martinbourgois1464 10 месяцев назад

Its amazing tanks à lot, i always try to reach this particular sond... i have a question, which pedal create this clean tone in in utero like for heart shape box or others one, its very unique

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Thanks a lot! You’re welcome. For the clean tone, there are two guitar tracks. One is straight into the amp, no effects / pedals. The other is into the amp with the volume control turned up and a SansAmp pedal in front of the amp. If you want to see the exact settings for the sansamp I recommend watching @Aaron Rash on RU-vid. He has the settings in his videos.

@martinbourgois1464 10 месяцев назад

Tanks a lot, i'm amazed by your work and it really help me out to understand the work of kurt the Wright way. Tanks again, the soud is so good 😁

@JR_Taylor 8 месяцев назад

i have a twin with utah but I'm thinking of swapping them out for JBLs

@luisalextorres 8 месяцев назад

i have the jbls for that eric johnson clean tone imo my all time favorite

@salad-fork 10 месяцев назад

Second song sounds alot like nutshell by Alice in chains

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Yes haha I was a bit inspired by it

@zerocray5219 10 месяцев назад

Great vid! Also Kurt used a mustang for heart shaped box

@kBlueberry2024 10 месяцев назад

He used Steve Albini's Veleno guitar

@zerocray5219 5 месяцев назад

Oh yeah you’re right, did the research shortly after commenting.

@bleedwoodwinter 10 месяцев назад

DOGGGG

@bleedwoodwinter 10 месяцев назад

also wonderful video

@user-ye1sq2sm4y 5 месяцев назад

For some reason to me they seem like oxford speakers

@wastewoodrockers5526 5 месяцев назад

They look very similar to Oxfords, but they are the twin reverb version of the Utah speakers

@user-ye1sq2sm4y 5 месяцев назад

@@wastewoodrockers5526 I think I'm confused because if you search for Utah speakers blue label, in the pictures you can see it has only these long narrow holes and doesn't have any horizontal ones like yours. I'm just going so much in depth because I found a used twin with the same speakers as yours and wanted to be sure. Thanks for the reply

@wastewoodrockers5526 5 месяцев назад

@@user-ye1sq2sm4y Yeah they all look very similar. I can confirm the speakers in my twin are Utah. To be honest no matter which speakers you get, if it’s a mid 70s twin reverb they’ll all sound about the same. The Utah speakers in the Twin Reverbs are nothing like the orange Utahs found in the Quad reverb. That’s the only amp they came in sadly. Personally I love my twin and they don’t sound super far off the quad either. The main thing is the mic placement and combinations. I’d recommend checking out some of my newer videos as the tones are a lot better than this one.

@user-ye1sq2sm4y 5 месяцев назад

@@wastewoodrockers5526 Alright got it. I think the one I found is mid 70s because it has the master volume knob and for 900 I think it's a good deal. Also one more thing what should I look for when buying a used vintage amp??

@wastewoodrockers5526 5 месяцев назад

Nice! I’m not an amp expert by any means but I’d generally recommend looking for something that is in original condition, and then having it serviced by a tech if you know one. Most amps 30+ years old are in need of some sort of maintenance, generally I end up getting most things serviced even if the seller claims it already has been because you just never know

@LSD123. 10 месяцев назад

Not even close to the In Utero sound.

@wastewoodrockers5526 10 месяцев назад

Fair enough, it’s not the easiest to get

@isaiahgamervw7306 10 месяцев назад

Listen to the isolated guitar tracks to in utero. Sounds VERY close to the original

@agentofkariosd1116 7 месяцев назад

Short scale fender style guitar, any fender style amp with a clean channel and some run the mill pedals like a ds1. It's crazy how many cobain "tone" videos there are out there. This isn't rocket science.

@wastewoodrockers5526 7 месяцев назад

Not true at all IMO but that will get you in the ballpark for the earlier stuff sure

@stillpist 7 месяцев назад

"will get you in the ballpark"? Lmao. You are either selling pixie dust for clicks and monetization or you have fallen into the mass formation psychosis that every other nirvana gear obsessed channel has fallen under. The only actual difficult thing to nail in Kurt's tone has to do with not owning a vintage echoflanger/polychorus since no other pedal accurately reproduces that sound. Everything else is now run of the mill and easily attainable thanks to Kurts influence. Want a Jaguar with humbuckers? There's 20 options, ect. A twin reverb? One of the most famous amps of all time that you can everywhere. There are more ds1's than any other pedal out there in the world. Super distortion pickups? One of the most common aftermarket pickups in existence. And you don't even need all of that, but my point remains. You aren't some magician.

@wastewoodrockers5526 7 месяцев назад

@@stillpist What on earth are you talking about? You are arguing against claims I’ve never made. All I said was that ‘Some twin and a DS-1’ isn’t it if your after a specific sound. For a start the DS-1 wasn’t even used on In Utero and there’s a million versions of the Twin, none of which were even used for the recording of In Utero. ‘Selling pixie dust’ what? Lol I’m not selling anything, this video was me trying to get a similar sound to the album that’s it, there’s nothing more to it. I’m not claiming to be any sort of ‘magician’, I have no idea where you got this idea from. Obviously a lot of this gear is more readily available now, I never said it wasn’t so what’s your point? If you think it’s really just as simple as plug a DS-1 into an twin and you suddenly have the sound I don’t know what to say.