Tone Chasing Nirvana WITHOUT 'Correct' Gear 

I like that idea!

Price should never deter anyone from using the gear that works best. I use whatever is correct for the situation.

Looks like a p-Bass, sounds like a P-bass, P-bass is what is required for this song. Conditions are perfect and all is well.

That amp was a gamechanger for me. Suddenly a LOT of drive pedals I thought weren't very good turned out to be fantastic - I'd just been running them through amps that didn't play nicely with them.

@@ScienceofLoud the synergy of gear can be more important than its individual performance . Mix and match your way to sonic superiority🤘🏽

Ssshhhhh......don't tell anyone or they might have some fun😉🎸🤘🏼🎸

Solid state sucks so bad. I like tubes for cleans too

Two tracks were recorded. In the DAW one panned all the way to the left, and one all the way to the right

Not an oversight, I simply don't want to encourage a 'tone by numbers' approach is flawed on a fundamental level. I'd rather promote the idea of using your ears and becoming familiar with dialling in your equipment based on what you are hearing - which is the correct approach.

@@ScienceofLoud Fair enough, and agreed as I do use my ears to adjust to taste, but seeing someone else's settings is a starting point in most cases, since depending on what gear everyone uses, they have a reference point and then adjust to suit their rig, instead of starting from zero which is also valid but sometimes frustrating. I know I certainly don't expect your settings to be the be all and end all but seeing how different people achieve a similar tone especially in the age of RU-vid is just part of the fun in chasing certain tones. Love the channel and the content!

2:36 - of course, all the guitar parts were double tracked and panned out.

@@ScienceofLoud Makes sense! Sounds great!

Have you ever considered that Colin does this on purpose, so the video doesn't get taken down?🎸🤘🏼🎸

@@gearViewmirror That’s not how it works, different bands take different action, nirvana doesn’t take videos down. So no, I just think he wasn’t aware of the things I pointed out.

Oh crap....everyone hide, the string police are out....😳

@@gearViewmirror Aye, ye bet ye laddie! ;o)

That's tone filth, it just doesn't sound the same without it.

@@ScienceofLoud Aye, ye cannae polish a turd!

nice job though. Good to see you back.

This song was a wake up call to the music industry that had become mired in the extravagant power ballads, inane guitar widdling, and saxophone solos of the 80s. It was rebellious cry for a frustrated youth looking to carve their own identity in a culture that offered no place for them, like the 70s punk movement was 2 decades before. It's very much a result of the politics and social issues of its time, so it resonates with people who were there to experience that. I know all of these once radical movements look tame and outdated in hindsight, but to be a young person in the 90s - this was an identity! A very loud 'fuck you' to conformity and the trends of the generation before. I was slightly too young to truly appreciate its impact when it released, and I've never been a fan of Nirvana, but I've come to really enjoy and appreciate the impact of Smells Like Teen Spirit specifically. It's has a power and impact that I feel still resonates, despite the generational landscape shifting away from the problems of the 90s. An anthem in every sense, and I hope there continue to be these songs for people - that redefine music and culture - that will become overplayed and difficult to understand for the people who come across them later, because it wasn't a message for them - it was a call to arms to change the world of the past, and if it did its job right, shouldn't have the same impact to kids born into that changed future.

​@@ScienceofLoud Grunge was the last time that rock made any significant step forward IMO. Soon after, rock finally stopped looking forwards and became too nostalgic for me to the point where I lost interest in being in bands. Capital Radio used to have a rock show "Music your mother wouldn't like" but now rock has become "Music your grandmother does the ironing to" - sadly including grunge. I look forward to some youngsters coming up with innovative guitar music that upsets their parents. Triple bonus points if the comments section on Rick Beato's channel starts dumping on them! 😂

@@ScienceofLoud honestly fair enough, my main issue with the song (apart from people playing it incorrectly) is just how overplayed it's been though, it ruins any song

Were you not alive during the 90’s? People loved this song. Nirvana were as huge as Metallica and Guns N Roses!

@@standard_tuning ..were? were you not alive during the 2020s? theyre still just as popular

That really sucks for you, because I'm going to keep doing it.