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Come as you are amp settings — Gallien-Krueger MB110

The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come as you are”, dialed in for a Gallien-Krueger MB110 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. 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 — Gallien-Krueger MB110

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Small Clone (Chorus)

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

Rate 6 · Depth Switch (0=Up, 10=Down) 10

Why these settings

The Gallien-Krueger MB110 is a flat, clean bass combo that serves as a clean platform without native chorus or reverb. Set the 4-band active EQ neutral with Low-Mid at 6 and Hi-Mid at 5 to capture the warm, rounded chime of Kurt's neck pickup. Adding an analog chorus pedal like an EHX Small Clone in front of the amp will instantly nail the signature watery detune. Chorus-driven intro switches to full-on dirt in the chorus: with an external DS-1/DS-2 pedal, kick it on for the heavy sections.

PRO TIPPick with a medium-thin pick near the neck pickup using a loose, fluid down-up motion to accentuate the low D-string bloom and watery resonance without harsh pick attack.

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