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Kurt Cobain

Cobain's late live chain stacked two alternative distortion voices before two very different analogue modulation units.

Board
In Utero touring chain
Context
Live and Loud period
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Touring-period rig
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
4 units · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

In Utero touring chain

Guitar-tech documented signal order

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

Guitar tech Earnie Bailey published the serial order. The PolyChorus or EchoFlanger position depended on which working unit was available; this snapshot uses the PolyChorus seen during the period.

Cited sources

  1. Guitar WorldNirvana: Super Fuzz Big Muff
  2. Ground GuitarKurt Cobain's In Utero guitars and gear