The Truth Behind Kurt Cobain's Grunge Pedal | DOD FX69 Grunge

The Truth Behind Kurt Cobain's Grunge Pedal | DOD FX69 Grunge | Nirvana Pedal History Episode 1

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Yes, he did own and use one! Setting the record straight about Kurt Cobain's DOD FX69 Grunge pedal, one of his most misunderstood pieces of gear.
Discussing when he got it, when he got rid of it and every show he used it at. Complete pedal history followed by a sound demo on various settings.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
1:55 - Release Background & Knob Functions
3:15 - Shows Kurt Cobain used this pedal at
5:45 - Why did Kurt have this pedal?
7:12 - Fact checking a supposed Kurt quote
11:38 - Pawn Stars
13:19 - Sound Demo introduction
SOUND DEMO:
Settings 1 - Live & Loud
14:37 - Pennyroyal Tea
15:56 - Breed
17:00 - School
Settings 2 - A lot of Butt & Grunge, some Face
17:27 - Paper Cuts
18:38 - Floyd The Barber
19:11 - Milk It
Settings 3 - A lot of Butt, Little Face, Some Grunge
19:49 - Mexican Seafood
20:38 - Anorexorcist
21:41 - Heart-Shaped Box
Settings 4 - A lot of Face, around 50% Butt and Grunge
22:25 - Territorial Pissings
22:52 - In Bloom
23:17 - Touch Me I'm Sick (Mudhoney)
23:36 - Serve The Servants
Settings 5 - All Butt, No Face or Grunge
24:22 - Negative Creep
25:05 - On a Plain
25:38 - Dive
Settings 6 - All Butt, A Lot of Face, Some Grunge
26:28 - Spank Thru
27:03 - Drain You
27:41 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Settings 7 - 50% Butt, A Lot of Face, All Grunge
28:05 - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
28:49 - Scoff
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@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

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@NinjaMatt2201 7 ай бұрын

Kurt's ds-1 broke during a performance on French TV before this. The footage is available on KZfaq. During Drain You, his guitar stopped working after stomping on the ds-1 hard. After trying to get it working for a bit, fiddling with his guitar (I'm guessing he assumed the guitar itself broke), he threw the guitar down in frustration and sung the rest of the song, with Pat Smear carrying the guitar playing. As I remember from some book/books on Nirvana, Kurt couldn't find another DS-1 to replace it at the time, and this was during a tour. So he had to grab whatever was available, which was the Grunge pedal. Kurt, or maybe his guitar tech Eddie (Eddie answered some questions on an online forum somewhere, I'm pretty sure I saw him talking about it) found a DS-2, making the Grunge unnecessary. As I recall, Kurt thought the Grunge was a joke and hated it. If memory serves, I believe during the show where he threw the pedal into the crowd, Kurt had his DS-2 at that point. As I remember it, I believe He had both pedals plugged in on stage and actually used the DS-2, only keeping the Grunge in his pedal chain as a joke, concluding with throwing it into the crowd. I'm guessing that's where the rumor started that he never turned on the Grunge, because Kurt had the Grunge in his setup and didn't turn it on during that particular show. The internet wasn't a thing back then, so anyone who wasn't at the previous shows and were only at that one show might not hear about the shows where Kurt did turn on the Grunge, and spread stories of the show, assuming the same thing was true at all shows. It wasn't public knowledge that the DS-1 had broken until years later, so people would have assumed Kurt was still using it unless they could see his pedal board well enough to notice it wasn't there.

@NinjaMatt2201 7 ай бұрын

I vaguely remember the MTV interview story with Kurt talking about the Grunge pedal, but the context I got the story in was that he was joking, but he played it straight, so maybe the interviewer didn't get that he was joking. Sorry I don't have better memory, I really wish I could tell you the specific places I got my info, but that was a long time ago. I hope I was still a help.

@NinjaMatt2201 7 ай бұрын

Oh. As you may know, Kurt used both a Big Muff and the DS-1 together on a few songs, like Territorial Pissings. So I'm guessing that's what the Grunge was trying to emulate.

@messagedeleted1922 7 ай бұрын

Hey always wondered if Kurt had the 83? Japanese ds-1 pedal. I had an 83 it's backing plate is in Japanese and it says Roland not Boss. The age of the pedal matched one Kurt might find in the Northwest. My pedal was bought in Vancouver BC in 88 I think.

@ZoeysRockShow 7 ай бұрын

Nirvana Pedal history series actually sounds cool, that would be dope to see

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

What pedal would you want to see discussed next? 🙂

@stephenkane2464 7 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars Boss DM-2 ;)

@ZoeysRockShow 7 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitarsSmall Clone for sure

@JACKDAW1967 7 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitarshis ds-1's

@milanterpstra8118 7 ай бұрын

@Nirvanaguitars can you do his polychorus next?

@olympian3 7 ай бұрын

Today is December 29th, 2023, and I’m posting this comment at 7pm mst. It has been almost exactly 30 years down to the hour since Kurt threw his grunge pedal into the crowd. And I happen to watch your video right now.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

I want to say "perfect timing" but that doesn't feel like enough!

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 7 ай бұрын

The FX69 has just an obscene amount of gain, I’ve had mine since they came out and I love it. There’s a LOT of misinformation about Nirvana out there, mostly because Kurt loved messing with the media and often contradicted himself and even straight up lied to reporters because he enjoyed it. Love the channel, you do a great job.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I agree, Kurt could be quite the storyteller when it came to interviews & the media. It makes the hunt for the truth all the more fun 😉

@EricJohnson-fh8zj 7 ай бұрын

Yes it's great. It's like a fuzz distortion Mashup. Great sounds. Gives great feedback

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 7 ай бұрын

@@EricJohnson-fh8zj The feedback from it is like nothing else I’ve used over the years and you can really manipulate it well.

@EricJohnson-fh8zj 7 ай бұрын

@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 For sure man! I still remember the sweeet feedback i used to get...a sweet cherry on top of what sounds like one of the grimiest fuzz boxes ever made lol. I've been looking for a replacement unit quite a while now but ive only seen the boss versions. That's awesome you held onto yours all this time. I had mine from about 95-'06, before I walked away left it at my existence with everything else I owned. What a tragic loss (the equipment not the girl lol). If you ever sell yours or find one for sale at a decent price...Holla ✌️

@djay6651 7 ай бұрын

You turn the Grunge all the way down, and the gain is still over the top. I used to use it for metal and my DOD FX-55B Supra Distortion for alt/grunge.

@ck2music712 7 ай бұрын

Kurt and Nirvana was the reason I started playing music almost 40 years ago now. He made it seem easy enough that even I could do it... As long as I was honest and REAL about it. I just wanted to say "Thank you" for all your hard work researching and chasing down the TRUTH. We appreciate it and YOU, immensely...

@jeremyfried5463 6 ай бұрын

Same here, I remember seeing a nirvana video and thinking “I don’t know why, but I have to learn these songs like now” later a buddy of mine gave me my first guitar (an acoustic, but still) here I am 27 years later and I’ve been hooked the entire time.

@TestMeatDollSteak 7 ай бұрын

I was gifted a DOD Grunge pedal for one of my birthdays, either in 1995 or 1996, and it looked like the one that you have. I was and am a huge Nirvana fan, and I was embarrassed by the “grunge” name on the pedal. I knew that Kurt & Co. often made fun of that term by pointing out that it was manufactured marketing gimmick, so I was self-conscious of having that pedal and felt very “cringey” about it, so I eventually got rid of it. I did think (at the time) that it sounded better than either of the Boss DS distortion pedals, though.

@mj.l 7 ай бұрын

if your pedals look crap but sound good, you can always paint them or put them in a different case. obviously too late for your pedal, but tbh a lot of good gear looks a bit cringey. i love my Surfybear reverb tank, but damn it looks silly

@Bikewithlove 6 ай бұрын

@@mj.l- I’ve got two great pedals by KMISE - the noise gate & AB-Y - and painted over both of them because I’m absolutely keeping them. If I had one I’d just sand off all the paint on the ‘Grunge’ pedal down to the bare metal & leave it like that.

@Demiglitch Ай бұрын

@@Bikewithlove It's been over thirty years since Kurt died, I think you don't need to feel cringey for having a pedal that says grunge on it. The only people who will judge you for the pedal are the people who recognise what it looks like anyway so sanding off the name is pointless. The real punk thing would just be to use it and not care. I don't think people care that much anyway and the ones who do will just have to have a "harsh toke".

@CameronDufour2010 7 ай бұрын

1:46 yes, PLEASE make more videos on guitar pedals. I really would like to know a lot more about the “DS-1”, “DS-2”, “RAT”, and “Small Clone”. Especially when Kurt began using these pedals, because there is a lot of misinformation about Kurt’s usage of certain pedals…Also great vid❤❤

@Johnathanpickle-lv9ip 7 ай бұрын

you should make a booger history video!

@aarontimm 6 ай бұрын

@@Johnathanpickle-lv9ipno sorry, i already uploaded that on my second channel

@Guitar_Jams 7 ай бұрын

It’s great that your focusing on Kurts gear a lot, but I personally would love to see you cover some of Pat’s gear

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Been meaning to discuss his gear! I LOVE his red Hagstrom a lot

@marcosolis2511 7 ай бұрын

listen man, the accuracy of your playing is so underrated at this point. swear we're just used to you nailing these riffs like nothing. great work once again 💯🐐

@Pixpi 7 ай бұрын

Lol but they're easy riffs to nail....

@marcosolis2511 7 ай бұрын

@@Pixpi ight lemme see your video nailing all of these, lmk when you upload it

@jasminericenic 7 ай бұрын

i thought i was the only one who saw the misinformation in the JHS description, thank you for bringing this to light!!

@brianzane5748 7 ай бұрын

I have an original in a box in my basement. Thanks for the refresher. It's going to stay in that box 😂

@kenkrugger 6 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Nirvana with my friends several times. We saw all the great grunge bands back then. It feels weird but also good to see young people still loving this music. We had no idea we were witnessing music history. We were too busy stage diving and having the time of our lives. Great video man.

@temuka1616 7 ай бұрын

A pedal history series would be really cool! Literally all types of Kurt's gear history series would be welcome!

@josuerico2832 7 ай бұрын

Man i discovered your channel this year and it has been the best thing to happen to me, i love your videos and the form that you make them, hope you still make alot more quality videos this 2024, love you and wish you the best man.

@Nefr_10 7 ай бұрын

Me too bro

@WilliamHaisch 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing the actual work, investigating the sources, searching for clues, and debunking the myths. As far as I am concerned, your videos are the videos of record for all things Nirvana gear! Always happy to watch your videos! Take care!

@ShaunM001 7 ай бұрын

Great job as always! You always do your research and your videos are very informative. The pedal series would be a great additional to your channel.

@letitbleedadam 7 ай бұрын

The irony is that had the pedal been given a different name, people probably would've loved it.

@williamkramer9731 2 ай бұрын

Doubtful.....dod was popular for a bit, but the problem with their pedals wasn't just gimmicks, overall they were of terrible build quality..... some people got lucky and theirs are still going, but they had a very high fail rate and short lifespan. When there's countless pedals similar in price range that hold up, it's a no Brainer to go with the competition..... I've known a handful of people who initially hyped them only to have them die, and I've tried two that lasted for less than a year combined.

@draisine1609 7 ай бұрын

I would be interested in the pedal history type videos. This was a fascinating history - thanks for going to the effort of researching all the info.

@kidgloves2 7 ай бұрын

I love this channel real bad Fun fact, the DOD Gonkulator is the grunge circuit with the addition of a ring modulator that you can blend on or off. I love that pedal.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Didn't know that! Gotta look that up now haha sounds interesting

@tigmil8116 7 ай бұрын

The grunge is a modified rat circuit as well.

@kidgloves2 7 ай бұрын

@@tigmil8116 I’ve heard that. I also heard the Grunge is a modified DS-1. Does that mean the Rat and DS-1 are a similar circuit? I actually don’t know. Also, I remember playing an original Grunge back in the day and not liking it. Yet I love the distortion side of my Gonkulator reissue. And the Gongulator reissue doesn’t have the EQ controls of the original Grunge. I wish Josh Scott or someone can clear this up lol.

@YMF1891 7 ай бұрын

@@kidgloves2 I have an FX13 Gonkulator that I got used on Ebay around 2002. I too think it sounds better than the Grunge pedal and I think this because you can turn the gain down and find a sweet spot. The demo we just watched has the 'grunge' knob all the way down yet it's still a very high gain sound.

@patandmacmusic 6 ай бұрын

My first pedal was the DOD Flashback Fuzz which was also a tweaked Grunge pedal. The Gonkulator was my holy grail pedal after hearing Mike Einzinger use one but they were impossible to find and very expensive. I would up buying a reissue for $40 a few years ago, and now it basically is a paperweight lol

@douglasvaughn9349 7 ай бұрын

YES pedal history please 🙏 😎love the channel man!

@SxTxD_KY 7 ай бұрын

Great pedal for playing sludge, too. You really do the music justice, BTW. This was a lot of fun to watch, especially when you played "School"

@beamertoy 6 ай бұрын

Your nirvana tunes are spot on! Sounded like I was listening to a demo tape of Kurt playing these songs.

@MichaelEMJAYARE 7 ай бұрын

CONGRATS to the folks auctioning the pedal off more than Faux Stars were willing. I love your videos, its history, man. Everything is history- and I cannot wait for more.

@indiedavecomix3882 7 ай бұрын

Holy crap, I saw that and could not believe that they would not recognize the value in that gear and their expert was either a moron or working with them to undervalue it. As someone who is nowhere near an expert in these values, even I know $500 for a piece of gear used by Kurt Cobain is criminally lowballing.

@tdchopping8666 6 ай бұрын

That was a really informative video and I enjoyed watching you play the riff. But my God that's a hard pedal to love!

@stephenkane2464 7 ай бұрын

Keep these coming. Excited for the jag-stang video. Do one on the echo flanger !

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Will do! There’s so much research for the Jag-Stang haha that one will end being a pretty long one

@stephenkane2464 7 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars I really like the detail you put into using actual live tracks and the moments the effects are used

@EngineeredNonsense 7 ай бұрын

I’m really interested in a Kurt Cobain pedal history series! Some background on Krist’s bass pedals (I believe I saw a RAT in a live show) would be fantastic too. 2:04

@Authorityoneverything 7 ай бұрын

I love the way you lay the research in a great linear way

@jhonpatrick2965 7 ай бұрын

YES!! More pedal history videos!!

@andrewpappas9311 7 ай бұрын

One of my friends who’s a huge Nirvana fan owned this as his first guitar pedal and while he does agree it’s kind of a meme pedal he did eventually sell it but he still has some fond memories of it, but as for the pedals Kurt used I would love to see something like that and it’d be awesome learning about the origins of his DS-1 (my DS-1 still has the same settings as Kurt on Smells Like Teen Spirit that I got from an issue of Guitar World from a few years ago and it still sounds great in general), DS-2, Small Clone, Big Muff, Rat, Polychorus, etc. Great as always, man, happy holidays and I hope you and your family have a merry Christmas, peace and love from Canada

@haakonmoninger505 7 ай бұрын

Sweet vid, I’d love to see more pedal videos like this

@coldking1935 7 ай бұрын

I have the Grunge FX69B… a friend gave it to me over 10+ years ago… I always thought it sounded terrible. Cool video! Thoroughly enjoyed the history and review

@maynardburger 6 ай бұрын

It absolutely is terrible. And even if you think it maybe sounds ok at home, the real killer is that it's completely unusable live. Even worse than most fuzzes, the Grunge pedal just completely erases like all the midrange and makes your tone completely inaudible in any kind of loud band mix. It is straight up unusable. You could maybe use it for some overtone layers in a recording or something but you definitely couldn't use it for a core track or anything. It's pretty trash. And even as a fuzz, there's much better options.

@coldking1935 6 ай бұрын

Haha! Couldn’t have said it better. It’s absolute trash. I always thought it was just me… it’s not. Thing is worthless 😂

@villian99918 7 ай бұрын

I actually think depending on the settings someone could get a really cool black metal or almost industrial tone out of it

@JDELOU 7 ай бұрын

It would be awesome to see this pedal history series!

@hanshoeg 7 ай бұрын

Great video! Really enjoy the history and information.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! 🙏

@NirvanaFan54321 7 ай бұрын

This video is really interesting thanks Eric for the great content

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and for watching!

@blastofo 4 ай бұрын

Oustanding and thorough research. Well done!

@green.room.guitars 7 ай бұрын

Nicely done with some of the deep cuts like anarexorcist! Good detective work as well..

@tymime 7 ай бұрын

Honestly that Josh guy from JHS rubs me the wrong way, so it doesn't surprise me that not everything he says is 100% accurate.

@LucasBrewer-yh3bb 7 ай бұрын

love the pedal history! PLEASE make a series for ds1, ds2, small clone, rat, etc.

@BJ-fj6jw 4 ай бұрын

Extremely impressive research, my friend.

@thetwat1001 7 ай бұрын

The pedal series sounds like an awesome idea!

@karashoku8017 7 ай бұрын

You should do a You know you’re right tone video some day. Great video btw!

@user-ws7di2qo4t 7 ай бұрын

This is a great Mythbusters episode! I always thought he just threw that pedal in the crowd that one time! There's a whole backstory to it though, wow. Huh. Nice job. 👍

@khristore 7 ай бұрын

Hey Eric, Just came across the video so starting watching 😋

@Arkaitz.M.A 7 ай бұрын

Great video. Nirvana pedals history would be great. It would be great a comparision between the 3 versions, showing differences between them

@schiggy182 7 ай бұрын

I remember when on pawn stars this pedal showed up. Pawn stars is always low balling people. Interesting history and I’m glad I own one. Kurt seemed to be the kind of guy that would troll the trolls. Seems almost laughable that he “never turned it on” when if you own this pedal you can definitely hear it

@JanBeta 7 ай бұрын

Hey, great video and also awesome channel in general! I remember that sometime in the late 90s, a friend of my band got one of those pedals and our guitarist briefly tried it during one of our rehearsals. We played a mix of grunge and emo-y stuff back then and primarily just used our Marshall heads overdriven for all the distorted sounds. Our guitarist played around with the Grunge pedal a bit, laughed and just put it aside. It just sounded absolutely horrible in comparison to our usual sound. I think now after watching your video, I finally get what Jason was aiming for when designing the pedal, it's just really punk rock, dirty distortion with a lot of noise. And I actually kind of like it (it was just not suitable for our style back then). :D (PS: I'm in my mid forties now and recently had my first live gig in 15 years or so--with my Nirvana cover band!)

@hailmaryrecordings8255 7 ай бұрын

So, it’s safe to say that Kurt had this on the board for a few-weeks, hated it, and gave it to a fan. In the fall of ‘93, I was looking for a good dirt-box & tried a few. I didn’t like the sound of the FX69 through my amp, and settled on a RAT … I’m still not a big-fan of the signal, but can understand why someone may use it. Very cool segment, by the way. Your playing is also really solid, so I subscribed. 👍🏻

@mikesantiago14 3 ай бұрын

no wonder he hated it, it's so noisy it probably equated to indiscernible noise live. although i would love to have a pedal like this for noisy stuff

@stephenmiller5023 7 ай бұрын

I’ve got one of the later versions that have “Loud, Low, High & Grunge “ knobs left to right . I got it quite awhile ago from a coworker buddy for $50 , used but in great condition. It’s on my pedal board , along with a Morley “ Wah -pedal” , an Ibanez TS-9 tube screamer , a Boss original DS-1 and a “ Path seeker “ splitter box to use my Vox or Fender Blues Deluxe amps individually or paired up . All of this is tapped into a Pigtronics Philosopher king pre amp . I can get some serious tones & extended sustain & fade or swell with all of it . Fun just to mess around and I’m sure I’ll never find all the combinations I can create . 😉👍. Cool video here and I appreciated it a lot . Thanks man for sharing this with us .

@sleevelessace 7 ай бұрын

yeah do the pedal history!!! got so many questions about kurts use of boss ds-1 and turbo distortion pedals, not the hugest nirvana fan, listening wise but for kurt as a guitarist ,song writer and muscian hes one of the best , and is so interesting, love your content man! your starting to convert me to Fender mustangs and jaguars LOL i will give u that im more a Kramer Baretta,flying V, LP guitar guy, but those fenders are the "middle child" of theyre lineup

@michaelslingerland4219 6 ай бұрын

Yes! Please do a pedal history!

@JaeronTerry 18 күн бұрын

Love your videos really !!

@kylewoodson 7 ай бұрын

Very nice video, I would love to see more pedal history videos- and very interesting info about the grunge pedal, I am honestly glad that if there was one pedal that needed more info, it would be this one. What I mean is I am glad that you decided to let in more info about this pedal and gave it a chance while everyone excused it as a gimmicky, cash grab- rrally giving this pedal justice for what it deserves

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It’s all in an effort to clear out all the misinformation that’s floating around. And when set right, it’s actually a pretty great pedal!

@MakeSomething 7 ай бұрын

I greatly appreciate your research.

@PedalChainsAddiction 7 ай бұрын

I would absolutely watch a ‘Kurt’s pedals’ series. Or pedals & amps. Totally. I always believed he was just trolling with this pedal, so thank you for this video. Love it.

@marcelodiana82 5 ай бұрын

Great research you made man! clap clap clap 👏 subscribed

@kaidenlemonaden 7 ай бұрын

this was awesome, I loved the mudhoney cover. I also love these history videos, and I would even if they weren't about guitars or pedals and just history of the band. or other bands!

@thewarplayer2398 6 ай бұрын

Great research man!!

@SynthiaVan 5 ай бұрын

Friend gave me a bag of old pedals including this one, I kept it as a curiosity because of the labels and the Kurdt connection. Thanks for breaking it down.

@naeromagus 7 ай бұрын

Wow this was the first guitar pedal that was my own. Along with the DOD Ice Box. I had gotten this from ebay back in 98-99 I think. Haha got it because of the name Grunge pedal. Was a HUGE Nirvana fan then. Just started playing guitar then too. Later on after I no longer had the pedal. I found out that Kurt had it. Never really knew it played it live. Except as a Joke hence Grunge pedal. Really enjoy your content Eric. Soon I will upload a video of the gear I have ( Original Poly chorus, and a 1980s Small clone among others . Keep em coming man. Brandon

@ruidosuciooficial7476 Ай бұрын

Excellent Video bro❤🤘

@NirvanaGuitars Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@thegreatjonzini 7 ай бұрын

Underated pedal. Used mine back in the late 90s through already trebly marshall valvestate. It was a fun time 🥂

@quinntoohey406 7 ай бұрын

At this point youre the internets best source of new and confirmed Nirvana info Eric! Thankyou so much for the enormous amount of work you do, we are very grateful

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Wow that is an honor, thank you for the kind words and for watching! 🙏🏻

@quinntoohey406 7 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars Ive been a massive Nirvana fan since i was 15 or so, im 38 now. Your videos bring me such happiness as it means i am STILL learning real stuff about Kurt and the band after all these years. I love your indepth analysis and all the fact checking you do. You're a legend!!

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

You are too kind 🥹🙏🏻 I’m a fanatic making content for fellow fanatics! So happy you’ve been enjoying my videos!

@piotereq 7 ай бұрын

PLEASE do a Nirvana pedal history series, your content is great and something like that would just be amazing!

@ostrich888 7 ай бұрын

Totally do the pedal history series!

@lukel.146 7 ай бұрын

Hey man nice covering of Kurt's pedal! Btw do you think you'll make a video about Kurt's sunburst strat used at the 1992 Reading show?

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

I touch on all of his hot rail strats in my 1992 VMA history video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g92Alat_s5iXd3U.html

@kenkrugger 6 ай бұрын

Great work man! Thank you

@stephenkane2464 7 ай бұрын

Keep these coming great job

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do 🙂

@j_c_93 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for your fact-checking. It seems like we're entering an era where KZfaqrs are finally being held to a higher standard and are more often being called out for just making stuff up, not sourcing anything, and straight up plagiarizing.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

That’s what I try to do here on my channel! Present the facts, cite my sources and hopefully clear up inaccuracies 🙂

@CalebChrisR 4 ай бұрын

when u did the audio comparison for the minnesota show w grunge and sans pedal i IMMEDIATELY recognized the sound and where ive heard it on other bootlegs

@infn8loopmusic 3 ай бұрын

I owned this pedal in 1997ish and I think it's hilarious to see Kurt on the floor hitting the button by hand because mine was broken and you couldn't easily switch it by foot at all. The plastic cover over the footswitch seemed to wobble around a bit and prevented the button from pushing properly. I ended up having to duct tape it. 😂 I cannot believe that I bought it for $20 from a friend who said 'whatever man it's broken and barely works.' it was the first pedal I ever bought. And I should have held onto it. 😢 😂

@infn8loopmusic 3 ай бұрын

Also, if you know Josh from JHS well... It's quite possible he had inside info in writing that article or believed some internet forum backroom rumors. He is a massive nerd and has backups of entire website forums and catalogues of old advertisements and tracks down old receipts and estate sales and keeps the boxes for everything he owns. The dude is neurotic in the best way for knowing anything and everything about pedals. He literally owns a giant pedal museum and pedal company. But it could just be some rumor equally.

@juicebox5453 7 ай бұрын

$1,000-$2,000 is laughable lmao

@ThaKellis 3 ай бұрын

but this one says “butt”

@powerlink2000 7 ай бұрын

Loved the history behind it!!!

@Endumattis 7 ай бұрын

Amazing! Would love more pedal videoes, sanSamp next?😃

@wullowtries3018 7 ай бұрын

Nice one Eric!

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@theanglo-saxonsceathunter4364 6 ай бұрын

Christ! That sound take me back when i got this pedal in 1993. I loved this pedal and suited me perfectly. Years on i am sure I still have my original (now broken) and the mark 2 replacement. Somewhere! 😂 Brilliant video! 👌🏻

@Johnathanpickle-lv9ip 7 ай бұрын

merry christmas eric

@lancewagner2480 7 ай бұрын

I saw them in Houston Texas in Dec. of '93....very cool seeing this video

@alastairwoodford3575 5 ай бұрын

I got a dos grunge fx69 for my christmas a young kid and still have. I loved it at the time. The distortion was way better than many cheap amp distortions. The instructions had settings for a few nirvana songs like territorial pissings.

@Loscha 6 ай бұрын

The Grunge circuit doesn't have too much in common with the DS-1. The Grunge has a lot of gyrators creating a much more complex frequency response than a DS-1. Also, the DS-1 has that kind of "tilting" EQ circuit, same topology as a Big Muff. Grunge has active shelving high and low EQ stages. I like the Grunge pedal for Industrial Metal like NIN and Ministry.

@Silverfan97 7 ай бұрын

Love these videos best nirvana tone channel

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

🥹🙏🏻

@SmokinFoolz 7 ай бұрын

I love this channel. I love Grunge pedal. I love stuff. Thanks for this. Great video.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the kind comment! 🙏🏻

@JacksonShredder138 7 ай бұрын

The dod grunge was my first distortion pedal, I bought it back in 1994 I still love it. I bought a digitech version around 2010 and it's not the same as the dod

@khristore 7 ай бұрын

Great video, specially the first investigations part! Thank you for this, I hate so much misinformation... I spreads like a virus and once it's here, when you tell the truth, no one believes you because of that brainwash all over the world, all over the years. That's crazy and it's just like that in every domains. Anyway I love my Grunge Pedal as you know and I use it as much now as my DS-2 in my band ^_^ Great playing also, specially with Pennyroyal Tea;) Happy holidays and Merry Christmas to all the Nirvana community!!!😋

@MedoSic. 7 ай бұрын

Excellent history of the pedal!! the Grunge son!! Thank you for sharing !!

@joshuaokelly5814 7 ай бұрын

One day I am going to buy you one of Kurt's guitars , you are probably one of the best overall guitar KZfaqrs

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

That's one of my dreams too 🥹 Thank you!

@billyboyd418 6 ай бұрын

I was at that show and remember him throwing it in the crowd. I was in the upper seats to the left of the stage. It was a great show and I was lucky to even see them.

@awesomebillfromdawsomevill7788 7 ай бұрын

I’m still just starting this video but want to say, I clicked so fast at the title. I love history over specific pedals and other musical instruments etc

@bpabustan 7 ай бұрын

I saw that Pawn Stars episode. And yes Corey Harrison is indeed a lowballer. He did that on MOST of the items he dealt with. Chumlee is quite the opposite.

@honeyfrost3355 6 күн бұрын

Who's gonna buy a pedal kurt used a handful of times though? It wasn't his DS-1 or any of his guitars. Or even his unplugged sweater.

@soundgardener75 6 ай бұрын

I subscribed after watching this! And agreed, would be awesome if you can make a history of Kurt's usage of his gear!

@NirvanaGuitars 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and subscribing!! I currently have one more pedal history video that I put out after this one, but there are more in the works 😃

@kkrsnn5632 7 ай бұрын

I think I still have a CD with demo sounds from the DOD pedals. The Gonkulator was a cool one 😁

@tiainnogamer 7 ай бұрын

Fun story: My friend was speaking to his step father about music and What kind of music We play (I am in a band) My friend said that We play punk and grunge and especially Nirvana. He said that he was an exchange student (from Finland) and he went to The same school as Kurt and Chris. He told My friend that he was aware that they had a band and they spoke about it, because he was interested in punk/alternative rock. Little did he know that in a few years Nirvana was The biggest band in The world.

@NirvanaGuitars 7 ай бұрын

Wow that is amazing!!

@GugaRamone 7 ай бұрын

Amazing research you did there! I'd love to watch the histories of the other pedals too. BTW, the DOD Grunge is closely related to the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone. Both have almost the same topology, but the DOD don't have the mids control and it has a few components with different values. Nothing to do with the Boss DS-1, which is much simpler and very different sounding. Cheers!

@paressehylton 7 ай бұрын

Hey man. Super cool video, as always. Not to be a pawnstar defender, but i think that dod grunge episode is at least from 2015, way before recent nirvana revival that ended on all this kurt memorabilia craze. So i’m not so shocked on this price/estimation back then

@magraretsbane6274 7 ай бұрын

Interesting to see how you set yours, from the day I got mine I’ve used it with Loud and Grunge maxed out, Butt at about 9 o’ clock and Face at about 3-4 o’ clock. With all that crazy gain and treble it reminds me of the Big Black sound a little bit, that being said though I thought a lot of the sounds you got out of it were really cool

@dillanleach7205 6 ай бұрын

This is a great video for Nirvana nerds. I’m not sure why I’m reading negative comments here? I have been a nirvana fan for over a decade and you are the most rigorous researcher I have seen on KZfaq. EDIT: PAPER CUTS SOUNDED SO GOOD WITH THIS HAHAHA!

@REP300 7 ай бұрын

First pedal I ever purchased in 1993. Still have it.

@Nirvanafann6789 7 ай бұрын

nice that pedal sounds great especially on Floyd the Barber

@CT-Records 7 ай бұрын

I have an original FX84 Milk Box Compressor and I nearly always record my basses through it. It tightens up the signal and really fattens up the low end.