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Come as you are amp settings — Marshall MG30GFX

The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come as you are”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30GFX with a Harley benton Sc 500 BK vintage series. Studio version, Nevermind (1991) - iconic main riff / intro

Original rig

1965 Fender Jaguar / Fender Mustang (D Standard tuning) -> Electro-Harmonix Small Clone Chorus -> Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp / Vox AC30

Watery, dark modulated clean tone with deep pitch detune warble and slight warmth

Amp settings — Marshall MG30GFX

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard MG30GFX FX (Chorus)

Select the Chorus segment on the onboard FX knob to replicate the Small Clone warble

FX (Chorus) 6

02Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; key to the exact analog bucket-brigade detune warble

Rate 3 · Depth Switch 10

Why these settings

The MG30GFX Clean channel provides the necessary headroom, while the treble is dialed back to 4 and tone knob to 7 to compensate for the humbuckers on the SC-500 versus Kurt's single-coil Fender Jaguar. Engage the onboard chorus effect at roughly 6 to provide the watery detune from the amp alone. Heavy chorus/distortion: hit the OD-1 channel and kick on a Boss DS-1 or DS-2 for the chorus section.

PRO TIPTune the guitar down a full step to D Standard (D-G-C-F-A-D) and pick softly near the neck pickup with a thin pick to capture the slinky, dark resonance of the original riff.

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