About a girl live at the paramount amp settings — Blackstar debute 15e
The Nivarna guitar tone for “About a girl live at the paramount”, dialed in for a Blackstar debute 15e with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Live at the Paramount, Seattle, October 31, 1991
Fender Mustang (modified with Seymour Duncan JB humbucker) → Boss DS-1 → Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp with solid-state power amp, 4x12 cab. Tuned to E♭ standard.
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 0 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 6 |
01Boss DS-1 Distortion
Main gain source — amp stays clean, all dirt from pedal
Your Strat's single-coil bridge is brighter and lower output than Cobain's humbucker-loaded Mustang, so mid pushed to 7 compensates for the thinner midrange, and tone knob rolled to 7 tames the ice-pick highs. The Blackstar Debut 15E's OD1 channel is used as a clean platform (gain 0) because the DS-1 provides all the saturation — stacking amp gain would mud out. The Debut 15E has no presence control, so that knob is null.
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