History of Kurt Cobain's TOM Strat: The Frankenstrat of Grunge

History of Kurt Cobain's TOM Strat: The Frankenstrat of Grunge | Nirvana Guitar History Episode 9

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@feliperamirez4308 Ай бұрын

We now need NirvanaBassGuitars

@d3lt452 Ай бұрын

He'll need some serious luck to get a Ripper/Grabber/RD, but YES

@matteoandrulli552 Ай бұрын

Krist used bassist worth 4000$

@DineroDeLeon Ай бұрын

No, but actually, to hear the history and use of all of Krist Novoselic's basses would be incredibly informative and valuable.

@feliperamirez4308 Ай бұрын

@@d3lt452 he's a lucky guy

@NathanColvin Ай бұрын

Didn’t Krist only play a small handful of bass models in Nirvana? Gibson Ripper and Ibanez Black Eagle, almost exclusively?

@PulseXP-yo8wu Ай бұрын

Watching this on work break. With fish and chips

@ffluigishots9288 Ай бұрын

True British

@PulseXP-yo8wu Ай бұрын

@@ffluigishots9288 Indeed

@Ottophil Ай бұрын

You should get french fries. They are better with fish

@PulseXP-yo8wu Ай бұрын

@@Ottophil Nah. Chips with Salt and Vinegar with gravy on top. That’s the way to go for me

@mushroomleg Ай бұрын

It’s ok.

@pennsy77 Ай бұрын

Sorry I wasnt present for the premier! Was doing some other things. This video turned out amazing, I am so glad to have helped with this Eric!

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

I am so so happy you like it! Wouldn't have been possible without you, will never be able to thank you enough!

@TaiFlurfy Ай бұрын

TOM STRAT!!! I love that awesome pickup mounting ring on. Great vid Eric!!!

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@StereotoneGlasgow Ай бұрын

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU’RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR!!! YOU’RE SO COOL!1!1!1!1

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

I don't even know what to say 🥹 It's the support of amazing viewers such as yourself that keep me going! Thank you so so much for watching and for the kind words, I'm extremely honored to have a played a role in you starting to play!

@StereotoneGlasgow Ай бұрын

@NirvanaGuitars im glad i could help you!!! you’re the best nirvana channel on youtube and i learn most of my lore from your channel! my friends get annoyed at me because i send them your videos all the time haha

@monkist Ай бұрын

Love this “History of” series you started recently. Would love to see one on each of his most prominent guitars! The Competition Mustang and the Jaguar of course, but what fascinates me maybe even more are the Univoxes. Keep them coming!

@Tangent_Frank Ай бұрын

one reason why you should modify a Gibson-style bridge (TOM or wrap tail) is that it has a higher tension towards the bottom of the strumming hand. tremolos have a much softer break angle on the strings, whereas a TOM bridge specifically makes it feel stiffer and adds a bit more acoustic characteristics, including a fuller sound, or at least it can feel that way. it's part of what makes a Les Paul such a big-sounding guitar. in fact, you can hear the difference between a Floyd Rose Les Paul and a traditional one. The Floyd version always sounds thinner, or weaker in comparison. I must give some real credit to Kurt here, with a reverse approach of trying to essentially use haptics for a fuller sound.

@Silverfan97 Ай бұрын

Nice vid dude i love the TOM Strat!

@mossy_Antolope Ай бұрын

You’re my favourite channel on YT. I’m obsessed with nirvana and Kurt himself and this is where I go to geek out😂 keep it up man❤

@UnhingingLoki36 Ай бұрын

My favorite of Kurt’s guitars. Love the look and simplicity

@GRUDGEDGuitars Ай бұрын

Wow amazing work man keep it up and also please do the history of the Fender Jaguar 🙏🏽

@bigmuffmelvin7388 Ай бұрын

Love these history of videos brother, keep em coming. I had no idea that picture of dave with the smashed body was the TOM strat. I always assumed it was the vandalism also. This is why I love thr Nirvana Gear Community (I learn something everyday) Excellent build and video

@erinmulholland9301 Ай бұрын

Cool video!

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

@Aaron_Luiken Ай бұрын

Yet another amazing video. You are truly the best youtuber on the platform

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Wow thank you so much! 🥹🙏🏻

@thrillvilled111 Ай бұрын

Thank you again for another banger video. Reminds me to keep playing my guitar!

@Garbageguitarist Ай бұрын

I absolutely love this guitar it is so unique love the detail in this video keep it up!

@kaydenandrade3138 Ай бұрын

I was in the premiere of the video, it was a great history video too

@Raisonlife Ай бұрын

Cool! It seems like you have all of Kurt's more or less famous guitars. Now you need a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp, a Marshall cab and that frankie Marshall Amp.

@angutimmm 2 ай бұрын

Can’t wait! Been waiting for this for so long😆

@Propanerockband Ай бұрын

Love these vids

@loungeact1212 Ай бұрын

Damn dude great job on this! This is one of the trickier mods to do at home without a drill press. The holes need to be precise.

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Thank you so much man! Means a lot coming from you, I've really been enjoying the history videos you've been posting lately 😊

@LucianoEnriquePeraltaVaras 2 ай бұрын

I was waiting this exact video since the sound test

@Fluensky2 Ай бұрын

TOM STRAT!!!! This is probably my favorite of kurts guitars. Not even just for the sound but it just looks so cool

@rigor.mortis.4 Ай бұрын

you have no misses man, ur one of the main ones getting all the facts into a mainstream audience. we see the dedication man, keep it up :) and hows the jagstang vid going?

@GoldenNinja67 Ай бұрын

Best NirvanaGuitars video i have seen

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Wow thank you!! 🙏🏻

@bobhope4949 Ай бұрын

I know why he used it, he wanted a stable live guitar where he wouldn’t have to fuck with tone too much and be good to go

@Aoutrarapousa Ай бұрын

Oh thats my favorite Nirvana Channel

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

🙏

@fereise208 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah, my personal fav Kurt's guitar next to the Jaguar.

@joeyarnold9372 Ай бұрын

That damn thing sounds so good his live rig was perfect

@nirvanauk Ай бұрын

Another great Vid mate, mine is currently in bits but you may of inspired me to bring her back from the dead 😂

@mateks2413 Ай бұрын

lv your vids!! I always watch them even tho i don't have enough money to buy anything that appears in your channel ; >

@jmelara324 Ай бұрын

I kind of like how it’s basically the anthithesis to the superstrat and hair metal or whatever and Grunge’s answer to the Frankenstrat

@MicahSheperd 2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah!!! My fave Nirvana Strat!!!🥳🥳🥳

@bobhope4949 Ай бұрын

If ya think that’s cool my squire has two humbuckers…….😏 and is built like a tank could definitely kill someone, that’s why her name is black Betty

@MicahSheperd Ай бұрын

@@bobhope4949 Okay, squire boy.

@bobhope4949 Ай бұрын

@@MicahSheperd total micha……. Good news is is it don’t end well for you

@MicahSheperd Ай бұрын

@@bobhope4949 Okay whatever you say man. Anyway have a nice life.

@bobhope4949 Ай бұрын

@@MicahSheperd I’ll have a horrible life just to spite you!😡

@TwistedCantQuickscope Ай бұрын

1:54 I know this picture was taken in Edmonton Canada.

@rowboat0012 Ай бұрын

You should totally do a Mr. Moustache cover with the L&L tone :D I’ve always wondered what it would sound like if it was part of the setlist

@thewoodenkipper Ай бұрын

Awesome video such an interesting guitar and do you think you’ll ever make a video about Kurts SG.

@MattMonk Ай бұрын

That Kerrang! list is hilarious, especially if it's an all time list.

@angrybirds2472 Ай бұрын

Yo have you been to any shows? November 93 Springfield mass. Imho one of the band's personal favorite because what i saw from the seats was that intimate club aura personifies into a stadium perfectly. Life changing event. Spent years wondering why the ds1 was weak sauce during the 90s cutting volume when I went to nail his tones. That and i want as much info as i can on the mix setups it was some crazy stwreo delay on his vocals too make his voice really what it was..... Maybe you'd dive into that someday?

@joesampson2658 Ай бұрын

Nice job

@domichuyt6439 Ай бұрын

hey, i was just wondering, did kurt modify his guitars on his own or did he go to people and ask them to modify them to how he liked? I myself would want to learn how to but dont think i have the tools

@italian_weirdo Ай бұрын

you should make videos where you use setups of nirvana shows and play songs that weren’t played at those shows, like In Bloom with a Paramount setup or Territorial Pissings with a Live & Loud setup

@bobross4449 Ай бұрын

3:29 me and Pennsy were talking and I think these are black Telecaster style knobs, AllParts sold these in 80s and 90s and today, so it’s very well possible that someone switched the stock knobs to these

@WrongOrderIsHere Ай бұрын

try getting a Hagstrom F200 build for the Kapu tone, specifically the full concert itself (I forgot where Kapu is, nevermind)

@0nedairy Ай бұрын

more history videos☝🏾️

@Toxygen-5u7 2 ай бұрын

When this comes out I will be watching a nirvana tribute band plus fav Kurt guitar

@FDM- Ай бұрын

je pense que c'est l'une de mes guitares préféré de nirvana !

@dangallo4397 Ай бұрын

Would love to know more about how the TOM was mounted into a trem Strat body. The bridge posts would have had to have been drilled into the wood just forward of the mounting point of the original Strat bridge. The wood there is super thin, maybe a quarter of an inch. Can’t imagine those bridge posts had much wood to bite into, unless wood was added underneath in the trem cavity.

@VV_Music21 Ай бұрын

Hi Eric, do you think that the Boss Katana Mini would nail the Nirvana Tour Tone 91-92 and 93-94? Nice video by the way. Very interesting. The T.O.M strat looks actually better then I thought it did.

@elaaron1236 Ай бұрын

You should get an reaper bass! To complete the vma look!

@onlyusernameleft2 Ай бұрын

Retrofitting a strat with a tune-o-matic is not a simple modification. The bridge sits much higher than a standard strat bridge. I looked into it when I was building an offset baritone partscaster. There are a few ways it can be done though. If the guitar is a hard tail, routes can be made to recess the bridge and tailpiece. The pitch of the neck will almost definitely still need to be adjusted, since ToMs were designed for arched and carved top guitar. That's what I was looking into because I was starting with a guitar shaped slab of wood. If the guitar had a trem, which the vast majority of strats do, I can only guess. Removing the old bridge assembly and blocking the entire trem cavity, and just filling in that entire route to give yourself a blank slate? Did he even have Ernie Bailey as a guitar tech at that point?

@xrprevolution8480 Ай бұрын

Amazing content .. I’m already trying to replicate your unplugged mod acoustic … with a sigma

@101Volts Ай бұрын

Still looking forward to a Mosrite video that debunks the nonsense and misnomers surrounding his 2 Mosrite mark V models. Please contact me for straighter information on it.

@samabbitt5587 Ай бұрын

Hey Eric can you do a collection of bloopers and outtakes compilation for your next video

@andyandersonsylvester8533 Ай бұрын

Based on Polaroid Picture taken by Big John, i guessed that TOM Strat were smashed during Le Zenith gig on June 1992..

@paulkovacic3822 Ай бұрын

Day 2 for asking for a video about the sound garden mustang

@kenolgaming8068 Ай бұрын

Hi eric, quick question. For your build you used a hardtail body, but if Kurt’s was hardtail too why did he put tape on the hole? Cause if it was a hardtail there would be no hole. I’m trying to build a Tom myself and was wondering this for a while. Anyone got anything useful let me know!

@CregyGuds-i5n Ай бұрын

Played a strat with a similar pickup configuration at guitar center, I thought about buying it since it was a squier, but I sadly didn’t pull the trigger.

@Yeeper-omsj 2 ай бұрын

Im going to party at this time😂😂😂 i will watch it when im done

@rileysuperfriend9889 Ай бұрын

i always assumed he put that bridge on cause of lee ranaldo’s tom bridge on his red hh strat.

@ianclevenger9714 Ай бұрын

I wonder if you'll an endless nameless tone recreation

@Aoutrarapousa Ай бұрын

Nirvana is the best Band I know

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Same!

@Aoutrarapousa Ай бұрын

😉@@NirvanaGuitars

@TungstenOvergaard Ай бұрын

We need a BOOK

@jmelara324 Ай бұрын

we need a MuseGuitars

@Pizzak-q9f Ай бұрын

I need it

@Nirvanatones27 Ай бұрын

One waiting, that's me

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to be at the priemere!

@clintwilson6380 Ай бұрын

Did Kurt ever play a hardtail Strat?

@fanaticluflex. Ай бұрын

dude can you do a verse chorus verse cover with the 1992 reading tone?

@omaligam Ай бұрын

Do the jaguar!

@batman_rme3236 Ай бұрын

What was that song playing at the beginning of the video

@Ilovegwen00 Ай бұрын

How do i learn to play nirvana songs?

@Nottheoutline420 Ай бұрын

I've been lurking but i wish you would try to recreate these tones on a mustang gtx amp for the memes because Mustang

@larrasumner Ай бұрын

The Roxy strat neck had 22 frets all the other strats had 21 i wonder if he didn't like the spacing on the 22 frets

@Eggnoodlesandketchup3 Ай бұрын

That pickup ring looks black in the photos to me

@whenlifehandsyou Ай бұрын

I wonder if the pots were 250 or 500.

@Yourefavoritebypolarsatanist Ай бұрын

0:11 player

@Theeletricminers Ай бұрын

mustang é uma tonante americana, guitarra de brinquedo ...

@Aguywholikesguitar Ай бұрын

Can you do you know you’re right tone

@Theeletricminers Ай бұрын

Stratos são bem melhores meu amigo brasileiro ... não sei como ele conseguia tocar mustangs e jaguars com aquela escala de anão e aquela mãozona dele kkkk comprei uma jaguar japonesa, devolvi no outro dia ...

@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb Ай бұрын

*who killed Kurt?*

@thew1zard__ Ай бұрын

get your conspiracy bullshit outta here

@superhall911 Ай бұрын

only kurt cobain would need to hurry and buy another guitar to finish an album lol

@gracetaylor8914 Ай бұрын

Sorry iam late

@krisfrederick5001 Ай бұрын

If guitars could talk...

@bobhope4949 Ай бұрын

Kurt would have been locked up

@JoshNotJohn0 Ай бұрын

Well the guitar was smashed 3 times so odds are you'd just hear "OW OW OW OW OW"

@gabriellemcdevitt7681 Ай бұрын

Im 10 and i need advice for a Nirvana pedel to get thats chep enough

@lmaosougo3936 Ай бұрын

boss ds-1 but on your age you should focus on playing and practicing not gear

@IvanBruh-sz6jh Ай бұрын

by the way that guitar I think it was played in live and loud

@youthfrustrationband9291 Ай бұрын

No, it looks similar but that was just another "throw away strat" during this time kurt bought a bunch of strats just to destroy them. Hence why the guitar was kept stock.

@jblassio Ай бұрын

Just by looking at the thumbnail, I can tell the guitar is out of tune…🤣🤣🤣

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

It’s in tune this entire video

@jblassio Ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars in the hands of Kurt Cobain, nothing sounded in tune…lol..never seen a tune-a-matic on a Strat, does it even intonate right with Fender scale.