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Come As You Are amp settings — Blackstar ID 30 TVP

The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come As You Are”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID 30 TVP with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Nevermind (1991) — iconic clean intro riff

Original rig

1965 Fender Jaguar / Mustang (neck pickup, tuned D Standard) into Electro-Harmonix Small Clone into Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp and Fender Twin Reverb

Watery, lush, modulated clean tone with subtle warmth and low-end depth

Amp settings — Blackstar ID 30 TVP

CHANNELClean Warm (ISF set to 3 for American voicing; TVP set to 6L6)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	6
Treble	5
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Small Clone (or built-in Mod Chorus)

Set built-in MOD to Chorus type with moderate rate, or use external Small Clone with Depth switch UP

Rate 4 · Depth 10

Why these settings

The ID:30 TVP Clean Warm channel paired with 6L6 TVP emulation provides the round, high-headroom American preamp response of Cobain's Mesa and Twin Reverb setup. We set the ISF counter-clockwise (around 3) to scoop harsh upper mids and pull treble slightly down to 5 to tame the high-output ceramic neck humbucker on your Ibanez compared to Kurt's single-coils. Presence is set to null as the ID:30 TVP faceplate does not feature a dedicated presence knob.

PRO TIPTune the entire guitar down one full step to D Standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) and pick softly near the fretboard with the neck humbucker to get the deep, resonant wobble of the album cut.

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