About a girl amp settings — FENDER Frontman 20G

The Nirvana guitar tone for “About a girl”, dialed in for a FENDER Frontman 20G with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Bleach (1989) — jangly rhythm track

Original rig

Univox Hi-Flier Phase 3 / Fender Stratocaster -> 1968 Fender Twin Reverb head -> closed-back 2x12 BFI Bullfrog cab

Raw, jangly vintage clean with bright attack, slight edge-of-breakup grit, and tight low end

Amp settings — FENDER Frontman 20G

CHANNELNormal / CleanBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Why these settings

The Frontman 20G features Gain, Bass, Middle, and Treble controls on its Normal channel, allowing you to dial in the slight power-amp breakup of Jack Endino's Twin Reverb without a separate pedal. We push Treble to 7 and Middle to 6 to capture the raw acoustic-like chime of Bleach, while keeping Bass at 5 to prevent the small 8-inch speaker from tubbing out. Running on the clean channel with Gain around 4 delivers the exact edge-of-breakup bite Kurt got by digging in hard.

PRO TIPUse thin-to-medium gauge picks and strum aggressively near the bridge while selecting the neck+middle position to get that distinctive percussive, hollow acoustic-electric clatter.

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