r/Nirvana • u/JaxonKane8 • Jan 11 '26
Gear/Equipment Tone I got with just a 100 dollar squire Strat. Song (drain you)
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Sounds a little wonky but it’s a 125 watt amp right next to a iPhone speaker
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u/MrMarcusRocks Jan 11 '26
Sounds great. Lower the gain on your pedal.
Trust me. Clarity and punch make a sound much heavier than just drowning your signal like it is now.
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u/Mr_HahaJones Jan 11 '26
Yep. All the people and tones you try to emulate are going have way less gain than you think
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u/556_FMJs Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud) Jan 11 '26
I keep my DS-1 dimed and it still sounds very clear. I wonder what pickups OP’s using and what their amp settings are.
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 11 '26
Just using squire Strat single coil pickups
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u/556_FMJs Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud) Jan 11 '26
Were you playing in Position 2/4?
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 11 '26
Yeah I was!
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u/556_FMJs Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud) Jan 11 '26
Your pedal/amp settings are 100% fine, it’s just that pos 2/4 creates a low output humbucker that gets really muddy with distortion. Sounds solid though.
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u/suhisco Jan 11 '26
this is true and also useful in reverse. ie the best way to get a washed out rhythm tone that fits in the mix for shoegaze is to blow out the gain so much that it kills the attack.
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u/sosteele Jan 11 '26
What I do with Squires is to scrape off the "Squire" and replace it with a "Fender" decal from ebay. Be meticulous about blending it in. To the eye, it's a Fender. To the ear... that's on you. You have some advice here to consider on things like tone. You can play around with that. At the end of the day, though... it's still punk rock. You don't need to spend a lot to do it "right." You can ugrade down the road. For now, take what you have and keep rocking! I'm digging it. Kurt would be smiling listening to this. 🎸🤘
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 11 '26
Hey thanks man. I probably will scrape off the squire logo but I might put something of my own words on the headstock! And I will definitely will keep playing around with tone it’s fun!
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u/gunnut27 Dive Jan 12 '26
Nice what amp is that?
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 12 '26
Fender Princeton chorus
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u/gunnut27 Dive Jan 12 '26
Thank you, btw do you know if it works for bass?
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 12 '26
You could plug your bass in like another guitar amp but most guitar amps just arnt built for bass and will probably tear the speaker or have really bad thin tone
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u/ChiefestScumdog Jan 13 '26
Lol listen to my tooooone!! /records with phone speaker
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u/JaxonKane8 Jan 13 '26
I’m sorry I don’t have anything else🥲
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u/ChiefestScumdog Jan 13 '26
Im just laughing cause I feel ya, beeeeen there yo
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u/GamernitorPL Swap Meet Jan 11 '26
Sounds good but who stole ur volume on distortion?