Come As You Are amp settings — Fender MG10
The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come As You Are”, dialed in for a Fender MG10 with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, Nevermind (1991)
Fender Jaguar (neck single-coil pickup) → Electro-Harmonix Small Clone chorus → Mesa/Boogie Studio .22 Preamp or Fender Bassman
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01Chorus pedal (any basic analog or digital chorus)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. The Small Clone is essential to this tone; a Boss CE-5, MXR Analog Chorus, or even a cheap Donner/Joyo chorus clone will get you 80% there. Without chorus, this song sounds naked.
Your SG's neck humbucker is hotter and darker than Cobain's Jaguar single-coil, so I dropped bass from the original's 5.5 to 4 and kept treble moderate at 5 to prevent mud. Gain is low (3) because the original is a barely-breaking-up clean — the MG10 has limited headroom so this keeps it from getting too crunchy. The MG10 lacks mid, presence, and reverb knobs, so those are null.
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