Aneurysm amp settings — Front man 10g 10g pr 357

The Nirvana guitar tone for “Aneurysm”, dialed in for a Front man 10g 10g pr 357 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, 1991 session (Incesticide / B-side) — heavy main riff

Original rig

Fender Jaguar (DiMarzio Super Distortion bridge humbucker) -> Boss DS-1 -> EHX Small Clone -> 1960s Fender Bassman head into 4x12 cab

Raw, saturated distortion with mid-heavy grind and gritty attack

Amp settings — Front man 10g 10g pr 357

CHANNELClean channel (OD switch out)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Treble	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Distortion (DS-1 style)

Primary gain source; run into clean amp input

Tone 5 · Level 7 · Dist 8

Why these settings

Because you own a dedicated distortion pedal, the Frontman 10G stays on the clean channel with low gain (2) to avoid fizzy double-clipping through the 6-inch speaker. The Strat bridge single-coil is naturally brighter and thinner than Kurt's DiMarzio Super Distortion humbucker, so roll the guitar tone knob back to 8 and keep the amp treble at 5 to tame harsh top-end. The Frontman 10G has no mid, presence, or reverb controls, so overall frequency shaping relies on the pedal's tone knob. Clean intro/verse: bypass the distortion pedal.

PRO TIPKurt's aggressive pick attack came from heavy downward strums using thin-to-medium picks; dig in hard near the bridge to force a percussive bite out of the Strat single-coil.

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