Blew amp settings — M-Vave Tank G
The Nirvana guitar tone for “Blew”, dialed in for a M-Vave Tank G with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Telecaster. Studio version, Bleach (1989) — recorded December 1988 at Reciprocal Recording
1968 Fender Twin Reverb (silverface, Jack Endino's studio amp) + Boss DS-1 Distortion + Univox Hi-Flier / Fender Mustang in Drop C tuning
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01M-Vave Tank G (Distortion Module)
DS-1 style hard-clipping distortion block; serves as the primary gain source into the clean amp model.
The original sound is a Boss DS-1 slammed into Jack Endino's clean Fender Twin Reverb, so keep the Tank G's amp model clean with gain at 2 and let the onboard distortion block do the heavy lifting. Your Squier Telecaster bridge pickup is naturally brighter and thinner than Kurt's humbucker-equipped Univox, so roll guitar tone back to 7 and bump bass to 7 on the amp block to capture that heavy, subterranean Bleach low end. Tune the guitar down to Drop C (C-G-C-F-A-D) as on the record to get the proper string slack and dark resonance.
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