Lounge act amp settings — Fender Rumble 100
The Nirvana guitar tone for “Lounge act”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 100 with a Squier contemporary precision bass https://multisononline.com/descatalogo/squier-contemporary-precision-bass-lrl-pwt.html?srsltid=AfmBOorjn9uIlDcKTchg7Xfp5k8HvH_W10QfcYWC9-Ded0wbBsNcYPgH. Studio version, Nevermind (1991)
1970s Fender Precision Bass (with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups), Ampeg SVT-400BH head, Ampeg SVT 8x10 cab, picked aggressively with heavy gauge roundwounds and blended clean DI
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 5 |
Krist's tone comes from an Ampeg SVT pushed to mild grit with high mid-range bark. The Fender Rumble 100 has a naturally scooped, rounder voicing, so push low-mid (set 'mid' to 7) and high-mid to 6 while keeping bass flat to recreate that punchy Ampeg cut without getting boomy. Drive the Gain knob to 6 on the Rumble to introduce harmonic breakup without turning on the fuzzier Overdrive circuit.
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