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The money will roll right in amp settings — Orange Crush 12

The Nirvana guitar tone for “The money will roll right in”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 12 with a Fender John Mayer Stratocaster. Live at Reading Festival (August 30, 1992) / Fang cover

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (bridge humbucker/single) into Boss DS-1 / DS-2 into Mesa/Boogie Studio Preamp and Marshall 4x12 cabs

Raw, abrasive, mid-heavy grunge punk distortion with biting top-end attack

Amp settings — Orange Crush 12

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-1 Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with pedal, set amp Gain to 2, Overdrive to 0, and use pedal as gain source

Tone 4 · Level 10 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The Orange Crush 12 lacks built-in reverb and presence controls, so both are omitted. Since you do not own Cobain's core Boss DS-1 distortion pedal, the amp's onboard 4-stage preamp and Overdrive knob are pushed to 8 to supply full saturation from the amp alone. Treble and mids are boosted to 7 to compensate for single-coil Strat pickups and emulate the aggressive upper-mid cut of Kurt's live rig.

PRO TIPDig in hard with a medium-to-heavy pick close to the bridge saddles to get the sharp, percussive attack Cobain used for the driving verse riff.

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