Kurt Cobain Signature Guitar Comparison | Jaguar vs Mustang | Nirvana Guitar Sound |

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Comparing the Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Jaguar and the Fender Kurt Cobain signature Mustang! Which one do you prefer?
A side by side comparison with no talking. Just the two guitars playing Nirvana riffs back to back, 2 songs off each of their 3 studio albums.
0:00 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
0:25 - In Bloom
0:50 - About a Girl
1:17 - Rape Me
1:37 - Negative Creep
2:10 - Heart Shaped Box
Gear used:
Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Jaguar (Road Worn)
Fender Kurt Cobain Signature Mustang (Skystang)
Earnie Ball "Heavy Top, Skinny Bottom" strings on both guitars
Eleven Rack (using my custom Nirvana clean and distortion patches)
Recorded in Pro Tools
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Song clip heard at the end of the video is the instrumental jam from Nirvana's 10/02/91 show at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC.

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  • @pandemic7
    @pandemic72 жыл бұрын

    Only a real Nirvana fanatic knows you upstroke the chord changes on Teen Spirit. 😁

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha gotta try to play it like Kurt when using Kurt guitars!

  • @pandemic7

    @pandemic7

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars Yup! Same here 😏

  • @mirata7748
    @mirata77482 жыл бұрын

    2 beautiful guitars, and you nailed the tone it sounds so good 🔥Fantastic!

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I LOVE these guitars and thought it'd be fun to do a side by side comparison

  • @mirata7748

    @mirata7748

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars you made the right choice then! Hoping you would compare the competition stang and the jagstang

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been thinking of what comparisons I should do next, so I appreciate the suggestion!! I’ll add it on my to do list 😁

  • @mirata7748

    @mirata7748

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars also I have a feeling the pots on the guitars make a difference on how bright sound, so if the Mustang had 1mg pots then it would sound really similar to the jaguar!

  • @powerlink2000
    @powerlink20002 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting comparison. Loved it!

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @drownthepoor
    @drownthepoor Жыл бұрын

    Just discovered your channel today, and it's admirable your attention to detail and dedication to reproduction and fidelity. Nirvana is one of the most important bands to me as my mother loved them and played them often when I was a child. My first guitar was a Squier Telecaster. I then went to the shop intent on getting an Epiphone Les Paul as my ex girlfriend had one I played often. I prefer them for metalcore/hardcore, but most notably I find Les Pauls so much easier to play for the lower-chords. Fenders are harder on the wrist, and most people play them them with the headstock up high and close when standing up. I used to compare my Tele and her LP trying to understand why and I still don't know. Somehow I ended up leaving the guitar store with another Fender though, a Telecaster Deluxe HH. I love it, but it's a lot closer to single-coil Tele's than you'd think. The Jaguar & Jazzmaster were two others I considered getting, and I still plan to. But I need a Les Paul first. Also your Eleven rack is something that I am now very interested in.

  • @mrnoble5475
    @mrnoble54752 жыл бұрын

    My preferences: SLTS = Jaguar on the clean, not much difference in dist. In Bloom = Jaguar About a girl = not much difference Rape Me = Jaguar N Creep = not much difference H S Box = Mustang, but Jaguar in dist

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love seeing the song by song breakdown of your preferences! Overall it Looks like the Jag won for you 😉

  • @rique_.leal.
    @rique_.leal. Жыл бұрын

    Ive been bugging my parents to get me a mustang ever since i saw your channel !!! Thank you for inspiring me

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope they get you one!! 🤞🏻

  • @realdavidii
    @realdavidii Жыл бұрын

    gotta love the clean mustang but the distorted jaguar at the same time :D

  • @mastrofpuppets
    @mastrofpuppets2 жыл бұрын

    i have a list of my dream guitars, haha i really want the fender jaguar!

  • @kademusic8145
    @kademusic81452 жыл бұрын

    oooo they both sound great

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know right?? I got both of these right when they came out and will never part with either

  • @MaximBobbaertsOfficial
    @MaximBobbaertsOfficial2 жыл бұрын

    Well done! Sounds great! How did you record the guitar audio in this vide o?

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I recorded it directly to pro tools through my eleven rack

  • @MaximBobbaertsOfficial

    @MaximBobbaertsOfficial

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars Awesome! Btw, feel free to subscribe to my channel, check out some of my videos and leave a comment! ;)

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MaximBobbaertsOfficial cool will check it out!

  • @justintonation9726
    @justintonation97268 ай бұрын

    I am so frustrated I didn’t buy the KC Signature Mustang when it was available. It was only $1,000 back then. I bought a MIM Mustang Pawn Shop special failing to realize the one I played in my local guitar shop was a MIJ Pawn Shop Special. I really wanted the Teen Spirit one, which is dumb since that one wasn’t used by Kurt to my knowledge. Now I’m leaning toward the sonic blue. I’m wondering if I should get the Jaguar, Jagstang or buy a used mustang and mod it.

  • @romu7999
    @romu79998 ай бұрын

    great sound. i think i prefere the Jaguar but there is no much diffrence.

  • @gearoftones8585
    @gearoftones85857 ай бұрын

    Definitely prefer the pickups in the Jag

  • @radiogigolo
    @radiogigolo2 жыл бұрын

    There's not a huge amount of differences in sound but over all I would pick the mustang over the Jaguar for its more bass/darker tone than the brighter tone of the jaguar. Both are great guitars 🙂

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed! They are similar with the main difference being the Mustang having a little more low end. Both of course are perfect for playing Nirvana!

  • @Lalairu

    @Lalairu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars the jaguar has di marzios while the mustang uses a seymour duncan on the bridge right?)

  • @DelScully

    @DelScully

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Lalairu yes sir, JB certainly sounds a bit darker imo! Although I've heard the neck pickup in the jag is actually really good as well for regular stuff not just nirvana!

  • @Lalairu

    @Lalairu

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DelScully I see... I like both a lot actually, but I must decide lol. I already have a tele, so I might buy a CV Squier Jaguar and mod it. I saw a demo a week ago, and the result is very good.

  • @DelScully

    @DelScully

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Lalairu I am deciding as well! Have a couple jazzmasters but am wanting a short scale guitar and have always dreamed of the KC Mustang, but its way too expensive now and my second favourite is his jag! I like the Jagstang as well though!

  • @gmoney4526
    @gmoney45262 жыл бұрын

    Cant decide between the jagstang or the jaguar, any advice?

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Love both but definitely the Jaguar. Extremely versatile, the Dimarzios are brilliant

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    I have 7 Nirvana related instruments and the Jaguar is my favorite!

  • @gmoney4526

    @gmoney4526

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NirvanaGuitars oh wow sweet thank you! Yeah its tough. I tried a jagstang in stores, loved the neck but disliked the sounds. Tried a Squier jag, hated the nexk loves the sounds. Ugh

  • @realdavidii

    @realdavidii

    Жыл бұрын

    so, let's say I want the jaguar tone, but I have a CV mustang would it be a good idea to use the DiMarzio instead of the Seymour Duncan? like without changing the pots or anything like that, just swapping the pickup

  • @StepsandSightseeing
    @StepsandSightseeing Жыл бұрын

    Kurt didn’t have the Mustang writing on skystang 1. It just said fender.

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    Жыл бұрын

    Correct. Fender’s right handed Cobain signature model comes with mustang written on it, left handed does not

  • @David01.d
    @David01.d2 жыл бұрын

    I know Kurt had his distortion settings pretty much almost maxed out all the time. But for me I would lower it down till you get the dynamics shining through.

  • @brandoncohen3606
    @brandoncohen36062 жыл бұрын

    jag stang is a little darker, sounds better imo

  • @NirvanaGuitars

    @NirvanaGuitars

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you mean the Mustang? I agree that the Mustang has a bit of a darker sound. I’ll be doing a future comparison video that’ll feature my Jag-Stang!

  • @OMARA.OFFICIAL
    @OMARA.OFFICIAL2 ай бұрын

    I didn’t even know I had a Kurt Cobain signature daphene blue that you have till I was told in studio. I just wanted a Fender Mustang with a humbucker. I had a P90 stang just wasn’t cutting through found for $550 at pawn shop with black Seymour Duncan that you have in video. Alas I don’t have the tremolo bar if you read this can you tell me part #? Killer axes 🪓🤘🎸

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