Come As You Are amp settings — Orange Crush 20
The Nirvana guitar tone for “Come As You Are”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Pure gewa Qc passed. Studio version, Nevermind (1991) — iconic watery clean intro riff
1965 Fender Jaguar / 1969 Mustang (neck pickup) -> Electro-Harmonix Small Clone -> Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp / Vox AC30 clean
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Master | 5 |
01Electro-Harmonix Small Clone Chorus
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (essential for the signature watery detune)
The Orange Crush 20 has thick low-mids, so keep bass moderate at 5 and bump treble to 6 to emulate the brighter Fender single-coil clean sound. Keep the amp on the Clean channel with low gain to remain purely uncompressed before any modulation. Adding an EHX Small Clone chorus pedal will instantly transform this clean base into the signature watery studio tone.
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