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Come As You Are amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come As You Are”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a hamer SFX - 2. Studio version, Nevermind (1991) — iconic watery clean intro and main riff

Original rig

1965 Fender Jaguar / 1969 Mustang (neck pickup, tuned down a full step to D-Standard) into Electro-Harmonix Small Clone into Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp and Marshall 4x12 cab

Warm, watery, dark clean tone with distinctive deep chorus modulation

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard FX (Chorus)

Set FX selector to Chorus on the amp panel to match the watery Small Clone modulation

FX (Chorus) 6

02Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; engage depth switch up for the authentic watery studio wobble

Rate 4 · Depth Switch 10

Why these settings

The MG30CFX Clean channel provides the necessary headroom, while trimming treble to 4 compensates for the solid-state top-end bite to mimic Kurt's warm, dark Mesa preamp clean sound. Dialing the amp's onboard Chorus to 6 captures the modulation using only your owned gear. Tune down one full step to D Standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) to get the exact pitch and loose string resonance of the recording. Chorus verse / DS-1 chorus: kick on an external DS-1 on the chorus sections.

PRO TIPKurt used down-tuning to D-Standard paired with light picking over the neck pickup; pick gently near the 12th fret rather than close to the bridge to keep the low strings from getting percussive and brittle.

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