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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 Harley Benton SC-Custom II. 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 — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Small Clone Chorus

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; engage the onboard Chorus FX on your MG30CFX at around 10 o'clock to approximate this

Rate 6 · Depth 10

Why these settings

The Marshall MG30CFX is set to the Clean channel with low gain to replicate the pristine studio preamp headroom. Because your Harley Benton SC-Custom II has thicker humbuckers than Cobain's single-coil Mustang/Jaguar, the bass is reined in and the tone knob is rolled down slightly to tame top-end snap while keeping the core warm. Use the MG30CFX's built-in FX knob set to Chorus to capture the lush modulation without external pedals. Distorted chorus section: switch amp channel to OD1 or engage a Boss DS-1 block/pedal.

PRO TIPPick the intro riff with a medium-soft downstroke dynamic right over the neck pickup area to get that rounded, hollow attack without pushing the preamp into breakup.

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