Recreate that tone: Nirvana - About a Girl

Nirvana - About a Girl is one of my favorite songs ever, I hope you guys are ready! I'm super excited to start my first ever Bleach album tone recreation video... This is really the song that put Nirvana on the path to the success they would later achieve, so it seems only right to start off bleach with "About a Girl. Hope you guys dig it 🤘🏼

[@Taylor00780]

Im scared on how this sounds exactly like the original

[@AaronRash]

When I started playing it, it scared me too 😂

[@roxstar2016]

Hey guys Kurt is alive. He is this man😅

[@mustafaumer3070]

Baldski and nirvana my life is complete!!!

[@dumpythehippo5818]

And I thought I was listening to a drum track

[@beau-2222]

We're all scared.

[@cinemod5393]

It's actually unreal how you get so fucking perfect on these tones. God damn dude, can't wait for blew.

[@void0094]

Nice profile pic man

[@manolispates8206]

When you picked behind the bridge you accidently recreated the guitar intro of You Know You're Right!

[@therogersfamily8253]

I noticed that!! So cool

[@Tomnedreb]

Hey man! These videos inspires me to start getting some new speakers for my amp. Been playing a lot of Nirvana over the years, and Bleach is such an awesome record with immensely cool sound. Can't wait for the Celestion G12M-70 speaker to arrive in the mail.

[@magraretsbane6274]

This is incredible man

[@ethansmolders463]

you are honestly my favourite guitar youtuber. Your just give the facts and are insanely accurate. Props bro keep up the videos!

[@isaiahgamervw7306]

I always get excited when you post a video lol. Amazing content

[@4unfed]

bro at the beginning i thought my audio just cut that was so accurate! amazing job as always with these tone recreations.

[@millennialanimal]

Another great video!

[@peterkliment4327]

Like the tones are amazing. But. For a small channel your production quality is even better than most big youtubers. Wow. Such a clean looking video. Love it.

[@eliaskaff]

Very nice man , i love your videos

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Awesome Tone man. It sounds spot on

[@jamarcus09]

You should do Nirvana demos and stuff like that once you are done with bleach, but for songs that maybe weren't finished, you should sort of make it like a nirvana song, because I think that would be really cool to see an interpretation of a finished demo!

[@bandwagon202]

Man, the first seconds of the video i was like "holy ****, he got the exact tone". Thank you so much!

[@Bullke]

Man.... that's absurdly close. Your channel is amazing and i can't stresst that enough. Here i am hoping for more in uteru too haha

[@agustinalejandrogerosa7069]

The quality of these is insane

[@mattdoliver1984]

Oh man, must have missed when you put this out, I was patiently waiting for you to drop an upload aswell 👍🏼 You’ve definitely mastered playing in the Kurt style now, sounds absolutely awesome Aaron 👍🏼👍🏼

[@d.a558]

the sound of "Bleach" was Recorded With two guitars with a univox (three songs were recorded with this guitar) and a Mustang (the rest of the album was recorded)

[@AaronRash]

Hey man, not saying that's not true or anything but is there any verifiable source out there to support it? In all the Jack Endino interviews I've watched and read he says Kurt used the Hi-Flier and a mustang for the in utero demos with him but not bleach. I have a mustang and I'm definitely down to use it for bleach (I usually test all my guitars on each song any way and use what sounds closest) but usually when I do this I find everything I read on the internet to not be true at all. Even for "you know you're right" Robert plant said the intro sound is steel drums Kurt used in the studio which is absolutely hilarious because its clearly the bridge on the Hi-Flier 😂 I think there's more misinformation surrounding Nirvana than any other band on earth.

[@d.a558]

@@AaronRash to see the Mustang I'm talking about you have to see the cover of Bleach and it's not a univox it's a Mustang

[@AaronRash]

@@d.a558 I’ve seen that mustang as well as read about it, but that’s just a photo Tracy Marander took during a show. That’s not the studio sessions. Is there any source stating that mustang was used to record bleach? Jack Endino consistently says it was a hi flier for the entire album in every interview I’ve watched and read.

[@d.a558]

@@AaronRash there is a video in which the Mustang that I say appears and it is from the year 1988 so 90% if it was used in the recordings of Bleach

[@AaronRash]

@@d.a558 Yes Kurt had a Mustang in 1988 and also several Hi-Fliers at the same time. Just because he played a mustang live doesn't mean he used it to record bleach. Like I said, is there anywhere stating that to verify he recorded bleach with it? If not, it's just a random guess... Check this out: www.mopop.org/about-mopop/the-mopop-blog/posts/2019/december/nirvana-univox-guitar/

[@BrattScorsa]

Hey man!!! Really great VIDEO. Congrats!!!!. Some weeks ago, I did a cover of this theme and it was really difficult to get a tone close to Kut´s one, I really worked a lot using plugins, stompboxes, EQ...

[@MattMediaMatt]

best video to wake up to!

[@MrDarkHawk]

Uploaded on my birthday i guess it's a sign.. SUBBED. i just found out about your channel! good stuff man

[@Kalanioccc]

spot on

[@Dezstrat]

lowkey such an underrated youtube this guy should have like at least 200k

[@Lack0]

Thanks for the speaker suggestion. I was always looking for that clean sound, so I bought this same speaker and found I was looking for over 2 decades. I also totally agree on guitar resonance and prefer very light bodied guitars even if they are mostly cheap ones.

[@L.J.W.98]

I also have a late 60s Arai Diamond (1702t) like this, mines black but the clear coat has aged to an almost dark green colour, has the stock P90 looking single coil in the bridge position and an unbranded aftermarket P90 neck pickup. Every time I plug it in.. Instant Bleach tones! 😁 Love the videos dude!

[@adamu472]

I adore your video

[@Jcbeatz_]

Glad he is posting and btw sounds just like thebog

[@pedrohenriqueviana5596]

Shit, that tone really gets close man, awsome

[@delivereyes2479]

Wow I thought tht would b harder ... U nailed it bro.

[@ravager2006]

Such a cool tone. I've been using the fender champion 100 and I have to say that the British setting with the right eq nails almost every nirvana tone. Solid budget choice if you know how to use it

[@callumrochon9414]

AMAZING!!! Keep up the videos man. I can’t even believe how accurate you get. Please do Floyd The Barber next!!

[@AaronRash]

Thanks! Its on the list!

[@Teo-ok9sr]

Bro you are the only guy that do exact the same tome of nirvana, please do come as you are if you can please

[@cgo5161]

Love your tone recreations, udo it perfect with nirvana, do you think you could do other bands in the Same genre in the future?

[@jamesh1625]

I’ve been a subscriber since your first Nirvana tone video. These videos are great. Thank you for doing these!

[@theDIMENSIONchannel]

you're the best man, your videos are actually good. there's so much crap on KZbin....I am also a huge nirvana fan and been playing guitar and writing original songs since I was a little kid. I play the drums too that'd be cool to get together and jam someday lol

[@mejtr1340]

holy, this is so accurate. you should try doing heart shaped box

[@trenttoby375]

fire fire firee

[@user-ge8xk6eq7c]

Bro I was playing a game with this video on and I did NOT EVEN REALIZE THIS WAS NOT THE STUDIO RECORDING BUT IT IS YOU!!!!

[@Dankmemes555]

I am Literally Blown away by how accurate your Recreations are.

[@naomtish]

Just have to say I really appriciate every art & sound you create

[@ethansmolders463]

please do and i love her tone really want to capture that cassette tone

[@puddle1296]

hey Aaron! killing it with the tone again! oh and i just wanted to share a piece of info that i find cool. i was looking at the date's bleach was recorded (via LiveNirvana) and found out that the recorded the **bleach** sessions were done in December. then i remembered that Kurt didn't have a univox during December in 1988, being destroyed in October the same year. so then i looked through photo's of the band playing in November/December and hes playing with this weird home-made mustang with a univox pick-up installed. then i look at a video where the band is rehearsing for bleach during December, and it shows that hes using his home-made mustang with a univox pickup if the bridge. so i think he actually use his mustang with a univox humbucker during the bleach sessions that were recorded in December, but anything before October was recorded with his univox yes.

[@jamarcus09]

cool

[@joesampson2658]

I agree with this. The tone is all in the pickup and the DS1. Oh and Kurt's playing of course

[@matthieurudolf634]

Once again it's amazing. What do you think about the Fender Bassman used for the Nevermind session? Tweed or Blackface?

[@foofghtr]

Eastwood makes these guitars brand new today and they’re pretty affordable especially if you want the White Heart Shaped Box Univox.

[@alexkeenan5768]

Couple months ago I actually bought a guyatone LG 127T it’s a highflier/mosrite copy reached out to somebody who knew about them… They were also supposedly made in the same factory in Japan by the same people who made the high flier… supposedly the specific one I have in Cherry red there were only a dozen made

[@AaronRash]

Thants pretty cool! is it super lightweight too?

[@alexkeenan5768]

@@AaronRash It is actually slightly heftier than a high flyer we had a phase 3 at the music store I used to work at, the guy who brought it in said it was owned by Kurt and he had it authenticated… that thing weighed nothing🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gmoney4526]

finally a song my celestion 70s go well with haha

[@UltraZombie]

For live versions try the neck pickup on a strat

[@adamobrien8931]

how do you only have 5k subs 😧

[@small6248]

Let’s GOOOO

[@ACUPOFGRUNGE]

1:47 you know you're right lol another reason why i wanna get a guitar with that bridge type

[@jejealin]

imoresionante!!!suena igual!!!!

[@roxstar2016]

That was awesome as always. What was the music behind your voice ? Plz tell me. That was great.

[@elgoocho]

Do you mean at the end? Its D7 a wipers cover.

[@TimeToSk8OrDie]

Killed it as per usual! Ever thought about making impulse Reponses for your speakers?

[@AaronRash]

Thanks! yes I will hopefully soon

[@TimeToSk8OrDie]

@@AaronRash this is the greatest news I have ever heard in my life

[@williekenk]

While your point about different microphones is understandable, using different mics at different distances is EXACTLY the level of detail that set Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories apart from a quality and production stand point. Panda Bear talks about this process specifically in his Collaborators interview about the album.

[@chrisva4268]

Have you ever looked into the Retro Roc KC94 guitar? I feel like its the perfect modern tribute to Kurt's Fenders, and beautiful reinterpretation of the jag-stang concept

[@Dankmemes555]

I would really love to see you recreate Nirvana's Live show at Teatro Castello, Italy in 1991. My favorite Nirvana tone(Specifically his Jaguar Clean Tone)and show. Would also be amazed if you could recreate it in Amplitube 5. If not I completely understand!! Love your content ❤️

[@erikwettergren1986]

Leeds show 1990 ❤

[@zayonzz]

Can u make a video about your equipmen micros,cameras,speakers or showing your studio talkin about your amplifier and guitars u know

[@juice7693]

Yes

[@mustafaumer3070]

Plz do "Drain You" studio version next

[@brobchicken9656]

im so existed to hear blew now

[@rayisded]

lending my ear

[@drizzly___]

that’s what i’m talking about.

[@dennialiester]

awesome video as per usual! im really excited that you’ve started on bleach, and you already got about a girl down to the tee, literally identical lol, almost scary i see that you were able to recreate this tone digitally. is there any accurate impulse responses to emulate a late 1980’s Celestion 12T-75 speaker? keep the awesome vids man (:

[@AaronRash]

Thanks! I will at some point release an IR pack when I have a collection of all the perfect sounding speakers

[@ddeadgrass]

YESS BLEACHH

[@chmurixoklol]

1:47 you played you know youre right... Actually, on this session kurt played a hi flier and Boss distortion pedal, we dont know exactly if it was ds1 or ds2 becasue only info we have is : "Despite his apparent enthusiasm for the session, he had arrived at the studio without his gear, and ended up using a Univox guitar that the band's guitar technician, Ernie Bailey, had reworked for him, along with the studio's 50 Watt Marshall amp, which he disliked, and a pedal board with a Boss distortion pedal."

[@Dravenscrypt]

Wasn't those P90 pickups? I love Nirvana and you make cool videos. Have you ever tried the spark amp? I use that and they have like 10k tones. I was thinking of getting a twin reverb cause the qaud is pretty big.

[@AaronRash]

The early phase 1 hi fliers had the P90 style ones and then phase 2 had the humbuckers. Kurt recorded bleach with a phase 2. I've got a phase 1. I've never heard of the spark, ill check it out!

[@F11290]

Thanks for this video! I'm trying to replicate the sound but I can't figure out how to load the IR in amp room, any help would be greatly appreciated! :)

[@ReVeRbx-fe5wr]

You gave the Paul Reed Smith expanation for pickups 🙂

[@matiasdominguez2076]

1:47 you know you are right intro lmao

[@memphishancock6483]

The phase 4 hi flyers with humbuckers like Kurt's had the same thin body but they were MUCH heavier. I worked on my mates original one, same year as Kurt's one but my mates one has a dimarzio in the bridge. They're still resonant but as I said they weigh quite a lot more

[@middle_pickup]

I remember having a conversation with a singer a long time ago about my thinline telecaster tone. He couldn't accept that putting a wide range humbucker in a different kind of guitar would not replicate my tone. I still sound like a telecaster. It's not all about the pickups. The guitar has a voice.

[@toast581]

u should check out the floyd the barber tone. it’s awesome. i think you would get soooo close with your high flier

[@santrixhimself3679]

i get what you mean when talking about the pickups but have you ever changed the pickups on a late 90s/early 2000s epiphone? after i did that to my 2004 epiphone sg the guitar suddenly came to life and sounded way different compared to the muddy mess it was before ;)

[@matisiowy]

O YEEAA MANN, can u do you know you're right tone?

[@clfnole]

I have that same IR pack, which mic or mic combo did you go with?

[@carmichael3594]

Man I have had so many debts over pick up and the actual sounds of a guitar, and those who think pick up changes the sound don't know anything about guitars 👍

[@bumblefritz]

I have a Hi-Flier coming my way soon. It's a phase 1 exactly but it is branded "Maestro." I've seen that brand pop up here and there but I've never heard of a Maestro Hi-Flier. Any clue?

[@alexkeenan5768]

No way man!!!!! No freaking way!!!!!! I was literally just playing that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AdamTheGuitarist]

I might be late to the party but I would love a link to the IRs used

[@zayonzz]

Witch camera u use?

[@ericdavidwallace]

Holy Cow that sounded so good! Can we be friends? I live in Seattle now too, just moved here from LA.

[@e56o]

What software do you use on the computer to get all the tones you play??

[@David01.d]

My PRS se Paul's guitar can get a similar tone but I'm going to create a patch on my ge150 with this impulse response to see if it gets similar

[@kurthalley]

Hi Aaron do you still have this cab? And do want to sell it without the speakers?

[@ChrisCovers78]

What is that D-7 recording in the background?

[@user-danny28]

Can you recreate the drain you tone

[@21stcenturygildedage]

Please do Blandest

[@CryptToneMusic]

Please do more Bleach songs 🙏

[@Raisonlife]

You Know You’re Right please 🙏🙏🙏

[@yml3654]

What daw are you using?

[@aidenmartin174]

Was it easy to put in a humbucker in your classic vibe mustang

[@FiestaRed]

Could you try and recreate Big Long Now?

[@AaronRash]

noted!

[@Arkaitz.M.A]

Actually Eastwood is selling this model. Vintage univox pickups sounds louder than a phase 4 for example. But yeah your right. Is crazy to think two guitars are diferents if they are made on the dame factory whit the same materials. But between kutrs univoxs hiflyer pickups and actual hiflyer pickups "the phase4, Eastwood ones" there is significant sound diference

[@AaronRash]

Fore sure, I've seen some comparisons, but the problem is the Eastwood pickups were on their newer reissue hi flier. The older ones sound completely different to me but I think it's more to do with the guitar than the pickup, but just my opinion!

[@Arkaitz.M.A]

@@AaronRash some luthiers says that the affect less that we think y the electric guitars bodyes. The Wood affects in the resonance of the neck between maple and rosewood. Other aspect that change the tone is the hardware and electronics. This is what they say. I really don't know. Check out this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGVpXyjmMpmd6c He is going removing guitars parts to see where tone comes from in eléctric guitar. I think this video deserve to see and think about it.

[@stone7327]

What is the name of the song in the background at 0:45? I recognize it but forgor the name. Nevermind, I found it again. D-7.

[@Scratchdhelp]

i'm getting really close to the tone just on amplitube 5 and my guitar, but it still sounds kinda trebley and it doesn't have that "crunch" to it, any ideas?

[@Scratchdhelp]

btw, i don't have a hi flyer but my guitar does resonate a lot.

[@MistaMahcos]

What’s your full signal chain Aaron? Speaker, mic, preamp?, mixer?, into daw?

[@AaronRash]

Hi, for this song there was none. it was just straight into my DAW

[@leilemusic_]

No cuz why does it sound EXACTLY like the recording. Tone for tone. Also a question, why is there a capo on 1st fret is that how Kurt had it when he recorded or is it for something else.

[@AaronRash]

The capo is just because I didn't feel like tuning my guitar up a half a step to standard tuning lol. Bleach was done in standard tuning.

[@sinkmc3682]

how did you fit the humbucker in the bridge?

[@sinkmc3682]

@@noobymoosehead ohhhh , do you think it would be able to fit in the newer dm 206 versions?

[@AaronRash]

Yep I just chopped up some old credit cards and mounted it to that on the pickup ring, then painted it black.

[@hi_c.v7289]

Average Aaron rash W

[@karlmoore6354]

It does sound like you nailed the tone from Bleach. But, I question if what you said about pickups is true, because Jim Lill has a video that demonstrates that 99% of the amp tone from an electric guitar comes from the electronics. He even removed the body of the guitar and used just the pickup and strings and it sounded the same as with the body.

[@AaronRash]

I’ve watched all his videos. I don’t agree with his testing methods though. He just plucks a string and let’s it ring out. Things start happening when you actually play chords - different modal frequencies react with each other that’s coupled to the body. Plus most of his test are using new strings. You can’t hear a guitars tone with new strings - instead you’re just hearing a ton of metallic harmonics which makes it impossible to hear tone. If Jim’s theory is true, all electric guitars would sound the same, which is obviously not true. I’ve had a ton of mustangs with the same pickups same hardware and they all sound very different to one another, even unplugged. I actually demonstrated that in my butterfly effect video. Of course all this is just my opinion from my own experience. I wish bodies didn’t affect tone. I would save a lot of money!

[@karlmoore6354]

@@AaronRash I'll take your word for it only because I've been trying to get Kurt Cobain's tone and then improve it for years and haven't been able to do it. This is in spite of being able to play almost all his songs and having his Jaguar and Mustang, plus a Fender Twin and a Mesa Boogie Studio Preamp and 295, lol. You're really the only person who's pretty much nailed it that I know of. Although, I have gotten a tone I really like, that's close, although I never heard them live, and it cost a fortune. It's splitting the clean chorus from an spx90 (this is the chorus Krist used on Nevermind) into a Marantz 8b (you can use a much cheaper tube power amp with almost the same results here) into a pair of JBL L100 century studio monitors (expensive, but worth the money) and playing the distortion through the Mesa Boogie then a DS-2 after the preamp, then into a Mesa power amp, into the Fender Twin cab. I hated the Fender Twin at first, but it sounds great with the Mesa Boogie as a head. The clean channel only makes like a 5% improvement, but it's enough to get it to the point where changes sound like differences, instead of improvements. You can listen on my channel's most recent video. Do you use a sub with your NS-10s?