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come as you are amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

The nirvana guitar tone for “come as you are”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Fender Player Telecaster. Studio version, Nevermind (1991) — iconic watery clean intro riff

Original rig

1965 Fender Jaguar / 1969 Mustang (neck pickup) -> Electro-Harmonix Small Clone -> Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp / Vox AC30 clean

Warm, watery modulated clean with slight low-end depth and lush detuned chorus

Amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

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Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	4
Reverb	2
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

RECOMMENDED — not owned; essential for the signature watery Nevermind modulation

Rate 4 · Depth 10

Why these settings

The Twin Reverb provides immense clean headroom matching the Mesa Studio Preamp clean, but its high treble shelf requires turning the bright switch OFF and dialing treble back to 4. Rolling the Telecaster's tone knob down to 8 rounds off the sharp single-coil bite to emulate Cobain's shorter-scale Jaguar neck pickup. Because you lack a chorus pedal, the amp alone delivers the warm clean foundation, but adding a Small Clone is required to achieve the unmistakable watery modulation.

PRO TIPPick lightly with the meat of your thumb or a thin plectrum near the neck pickup to emphasize the round, sub-bass fundamental on the low D and G strings.

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