Yadda Kurt Cobain ya gyara guitar

Kwanan nan na fara sauraron Nirvana kuma na lura cewa sautin gitar a cikin wakokinsu sun sha bamban da wanda kuke ji a makada na zamani. Wannan shi ne sananne musamman a farkon waƙar "Rape Me".

Ba ni da wayo sosai kuma zan yi godiya sosai idan wani zai iya bayyana yadda Kurt Cobain ya gyara guitar don samun irin wannan sauti na musamman?

Shin wasu membobin ƙungiyar banda Kurt sun yi irin wannan gyare-gyare ga kayan aikin su don cimma wannan tasirin? Idan haka ne, wanene?

Matiyu Russell : Don farawa, yana da kyau a lura cewa yawancin kasancewarta, Nirvana ƙungiya ce da ba a sani ba kuma mara kyau. Sabili da haka, sun yi ƙoƙari su adana kamar yadda zai yiwu akan siyan kayan aiki. Kayan aikin su na da kyau amma ba su da inganci kuma ana iya amfani da su.

Kurt ya buga gita iri-iri a tsawon rayuwarsa. Sau da yawa ana ganinsa da shi na Stratocaster Fender ya yi.

Kurt tare da Fender Stratocaster

Kurt tare da Fender Jaguar guitar

Kurt tare da Fender Mustang

Shahararriyar Gitar Jagstang, wanda ya haɗu da halayen Jaguar da Mustang guitars. An zana ta a hoton da ke ƙasa, wanda Cobain ya yi:

Ya kuma yi amfani da wasu gita, irin su Univox, kwafin Mosrite. Wannan yana tabbatar da cewa kowane guitar na iya yin sauti kamar guitar Kurt Cobain idan Kurt Cobain ya buga shi. Masu gita sau da yawa suna cewa duk ya dogara da wanda ke buga guitar, kuma har zuwa wani lokaci wannan gaskiya ne.

Gitar Jaguar da Mustang ba su da farin jini sosai a lokacin, saboda duk makada suna ƙoƙarin yin koyi da irin waɗannan kattai kamar Van Halen ko Guns & Roses, waɗanda suka yi amfani da nau'ikan kayan kida daban-daban. A saboda wannan dalili ne aka yi amfani da gitatar Fender za a iya siya akan farashi mai rahusa.

Babban gyare-gyaren da Kurt ya yi wa katar shi shine shigar da a humbucker maimakon misali guda dunƙule. Sautin da aka samar tare da humbuckers yawanci ya fi ƙarfi, ya fi girma kuma yana da ma'ana a tsakiya. Girman su sau biyu ne guda coils (kwatanta girman baƙar fata humbucker a kan Stratocaster tare da farar fata guda biyu na yau da kullun a cikin hotunan da ke sama), don haka sanya a humbucker a kan guitar da aka tsara don guda Yin amfani da coil zai buƙaci cire babban gadi daga jikin guitar, ko ma yanke belin kanta.

Irin wannan gyare-gyare an yi wa Kurt's Jaguar (hoton a sama), amma ba shi ne ya yi shi ba, amma wanda ya riga ya mallaki guitar. Wani lokaci Kurt ya yi amfani da Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickups - waɗannan su ne humbuckers rage zuwa girman guda - nadi. Ana iya shigar da su akan gitar Fender ba tare da wata matsala ba. Ya kuma yi amfani da Seymour Duncan JB pickups lokacin da zanen guitar ya ba shi damar.

Don samun wannan sauti, Kurt ya canza ba kawai guitars ba, har ma da sauran kayan aiki. Na sami bayani cewa Cobain bai da mahimmanci game da zaɓin kayan aiki kuma ya yi amfani da sassa daban-daban. A rangadin, kayan aikin sa na yau da kullun shine Mesa Boogie preamp da keɓantattun na'urori masu ƙaramar mitoci. Wannan tsarin ya haifar da matsaloli masu yawa ga ƙungiyar fasaha, waɗanda ke da wuyar shawo kan Kurt don amfani da wani abu mafi aminci.

Ya kuma yi amfani da BOSS DS-1 da DS-2, Distortion tasiri fedals, da 1970 Electro Harmonix Small Clone fedal mawaƙa. Tare da taimakonsu, ya sami sautin "mai iyo" kamar, alal misali, a cikin waƙar "Ku zo kamar yadda kuke". Rushewa fedals witches ne waɗanda galibi ana haɗa su tsakanin guitar da amp.

Ana amfani da su don canzawa ba zato ba tsammani daga "tsabtataccen sauti" zuwa babbar murya, "sauti mai ƙazanta", kamar yadda yake cikin gabatarwar zuwa "Ƙamshi Kamar Ruhun Matasa". Hakanan za'a iya amfani da su don samar da daidaitaccen "sauti mai datti" ko da menene amp ɗin da aka haɗa da guitar.

Ana iya ganin fedar BOSS DS-1 a gaban hoton da ke ƙasa. Zan iya bayyana muku yadda Kurt ya sami wannan sautin guitar, amma ba ni da masaniyar yadda yake yin wannan madaidaicin yayin wasa ɗaya daga cikin gyare-gyaren Stratocasters.

Daban-daban fasahohin da aka yi amfani da su yayin rikodin suma sun taka rawa. Misali, wurin makirufo a cikin ɗakin studio zai iya rinjayar ingancin sauti. Steve Albini, wanda ya taimaka rikodin kundi na In Utero, ya yi rikodin makada a ɗauka ɗaya, yana wasa a cikin ɗaki mai yawa. Microphones . Wannan dabarar tana ba ku damar samun sautin "dannye" wanda ba za a iya samu ta wasu hanyoyin ba, alal misali, lokacin da aka rubuta membobin ƙungiyar daban.

Dabarar wasan Kurt, ko kuma rashinsa, shima ya rinjayi sakamako na ƙarshe. Wannan ya dawo da mu ga ka'idar cewa komai ya dogara ne kawai akan guitarist da kansa. Cobain ya kasance mai iya abubuwa da yawa, amma shi bai kasance ɗan kita ba. A cikin wasansa, ya sanya jin daɗi fiye da fasaha: ya bugi igiyoyi da wuya, samun sauti na musamman. Bai yi ƙoƙarin yin wasa a cikin maɓalli ɗaya tare da sauran membobin ƙungiyar ba ko kuma ya buga bayanin kula koyaushe - duk wannan yana nunawa a cikin sautin guitar.

Cobain ya yi amfani da kayan "ba daidai ba" kuma ya taka leda sosai. Ya sami wahayi ta hanyar salo irin su punk da madadin, da kuma sanannen dutsen a lokacin, don haka ba ya son guitar ɗinsa ta yi sauti "tsaftace", ba tare da lahani ba. Yana amfani da kayan aiki waɗanda ba za su iya samar da sauti mai inganci ba ko da Kurt ya so. Cobain ya yi aiki tare da furodusa wanda shi ma ba shi da sha'awar sautin "mai kyau", don haka ya taimaka wa mawaƙin ya haɓaka sautin gitar ta hanyar amfani da hanyoyi daban-daban na rikodi.

Leon Lewington: Ga wata babbar hira wacce Kurt ya bayyana yadda ya sami irin wannan sauti na musamman: “Kurt Cobain akan kayan aiki da ƙari a cikin sabuwar hirarsa da mujallar Guitar World.

Babu wani a cikin ƙungiyar da ya mayar da hankali sosai ga yadda aka sa kayan aikinsu. Kowa dai ya saurari gitar Kurt. Bai damu da yanayin katarsa ​​ba ko dai , yadda aka daidaita su ko kuma wane yanayi ne igiyoyin ke ciki.

Dylan Nobuo Little: A takaice dai, abubuwa da dama ne suka sanya wakarsa ta musamman. Na farko, ya yi amfani da gitar da ba a so a buga (Kurt ya fi son Fenders waɗanda ba a gina su don dutsen punk da ba. Rushewa pedals, da Jaguar, wanda Cobain ke yawan haɗuwa dashi, an gina shi don dutsen hawan igiyar ruwa).

Na biyu, tonalities da ya taka da kuma mafi iko humbuckers (suna ɗaukar tsakiyar mafi kyau kuma ana ɗaukar su mafi zafi da cikawa) ƙirƙirar sauti na musamman. Har ila yau, kayan aikin da aka yi amfani da su da kuma salon wasan Kurt sun yi tasiri a cikin sautin (wanda ya kasance mai yawan gaske). Yanzu bari mu ci gaba da bayanin duk katar da ya buga (a cikin tsarin lokaci) da sauran kayan aikin da ya yi amfani da su.

Kurt na hannun hagu ne, kuma duk da cewa gitar na hannun dama sun fi arha kuma sun fi sauƙi a samu, ya yi ƙoƙari ya buga gita na hagu a ko da yaushe, saboda sun fi dacewa da salon wasansa na tashin hankali. Duk da haka, a wasu lokuta yakan yi amfani da katar da aka gyara na hannun dama tare da kirtani da aka sake tsarawa, musamman a lokacin da Nirvana ke har yanzu rukunin gareji kuma yana da wuya su sami kayan aikin da suka dace.

A wannan lokacin, Kurt ya yi amfani da kayan aiki da yawa da aka yi amfani da su (mafi yawancin kwafin Fender da Gibson), duk da Bisharar Mosrite, Epiphone ET-270 da Aria Pro II Cardinal, wanda ya zama kayan aikin gitar sa. Shahararriyar guitar ta wannan lokacin ita ce Univox Hi-Flyer, kwafin Mosrite Mark IV tare da nauyi mai sauƙi da siffar jiki na musamman wanda Kurt ya ci gaba da amfani da shi duk da cewa Nirvana ya zama sanannen makada. A tsawon aikinsa, ya samu kuma ya gyara gita masu yawa.

Tun daga kusan 1991, Kurt ya gwammace ya buga gitar Fender. Bayan fitowar Nevermind, ya yi tare da gyare-gyaren Fender Jaguar '65 guitar sunburst wanda ya ƙunshi ja mai gadi. Yanzu gitar Jaguar, da makamantansu na Jazzmaster, suna da tsada sosai, amma a lokacin ana iya siyan waɗannan samfuran Amurka akan farashi mai rahusa. Kurt ya sayi gitarsa ​​akan kusan $500 a LA Recycler.

Wanda ya rigaya ya canza shi (Martin Jenner na Cliff Richard da The Everly Brothers). Ya sanya shi da Dimarzio dual humbuckers (wani nau'in PAF mai ɗaukar wuya da kuma Super Distortion gada ), gadar Schaller Tune-o-Matic kamar kan gitatar Gibson, da sarrafa ƙara na biyu.

Ya saba da wannan saitin abubuwan kuma ya ci gaba da gyara gitarsa ​​ta Fender a cikin wannan jijiya. Sannan ya maye gurbin madaidaicin zaɓin zaɓin zaɓin (3-position switch) tare da maɓallin turawa ta hanyoyi uku. Kafin wannan, ya yi amfani da tef don kiyaye maɓallan daga canja wurin da gangan, saboda ya fi amfani da hagu. gada karba .

Daga baya, bayan yin rikodin A Utero, ya maye gurbin Super Distortion humbucker tare da Seymour Duncan JB da ya fi so. Har ila yau, ya kamata a lura cewa bai taɓa yin amfani da makamai na tremolo ba kuma ya gyara tailpieces, yana ƙara ƙarfafawa da daidaito na kunna guitar. Menene ƙari, duk guitars ɗinsa suna da madauri na Schaller, kuma madaurin Ernie Ball sun kasance baki ne ko fari.

Koyaushe yana da Fender Stratocasters da yawa a hannu (mafi yawa fari ko baki, amma ɗayan ya fashe da sauran ja), waɗanda suka karye a lokacin shahararrun kide-kide na ƙungiyar. An tattara su ko dai a Japan ko Mexico kuma sun kasance madadin arha ga samfuran Amurka.

Ya sanya JB humbucker akan duk waɗannan gitar. Wani lokaci yakan kasance '59 Seymour Duncan ko lokacin da babban ƙoƙon dogo mai zafi ba zai iya daidaitawa ba. Strat. Bayan da aka farfasa mashigin, an haɗa sabbin gita ("Franken-Strat") daga sassansu. Misalin irin wannan guitar shine duk baƙar fata Strat guitar (tare da baƙar fata, mai ɗaukar hoto, '59 pickup and controls, da Feederz decal) tare da wuyan Fernandes Strat (asali. wuyansa ya karye).

wannan wuyansa kawai ya ɗauki wata ɗaya kuma an maye gurbinsa da Kramer wuya (band ɗin yana ɗaukar su a duk lokacin don gyarawa). Wataƙila Kurt ya fi son su Fernandes ' wuya (ko da yake sun kasance mafi sauƙi don samun). Duk sauran wuyoyin da ke kan Fenders suna da allunan fretwood na rosewood, waɗanda ya fi son maple .

A lokacin yawon shakatawa na Utero, babban guitar Kurt shine Fender Mustang. Ya mallaki da yawa daga cikin waɗannan guitars, ɗaya a cikin "Fiesta Red" tare da farar ƙwanƙwasa fararen lu'u-lu'u da masu ɗaukar baƙi, da wasu biyu a cikin "Sonic Blue". Sun bambanta kawai ta bayyanar - ɗaya yana da mottled ja mai gadi da farare, ɗayan kuma yana da saman bene mai ja da fari da baƙi.

The gada stock An maye gurbinsu da Gotoh's Tune-o-Matic da tarago kusa da shi an maye gurbinsa da Seymour Duncan JB. Kamar yadda yake tare da guitar Jaguar, bai yi amfani da ƙwaƙƙwaran wuya ba (ban da wasu rikodi na studio) da rawar jiki makamai . The tremolo An maye gurbin maɓuɓɓugar ruwa tare da masu wanki na al'ada, da kuma wutsiya an gyara ta yadda igiyoyin za su wuce ta kai tsaye. Wannan tsarin ya fi kama da gita na Gibson.

Kurt kuma ya fara aiki tare da Fender don ƙirƙirar Jag-Stang, haɗin gwanon Jaguar da Mustang wanda ya haɗu da halayen da ya fi so: gada Tune-o-Matic, a hagu humbucker gada , ɗan gajeren tsayi (gajeren 24 ″ sikelin) da siffa ta musamman. guitar kanta. Duk da haka, kawai ya yi amfani da wannan guitar sau da yawa zuwa ƙarshen aikinsa - Kurt ya kasance da aminci ga guitars Mustang. Yana da kyau a lura cewa duka ƙungiyar sun kunna kayan aikin su ƙasa da rabin mataki.

Don wasan motsa jiki, Kurt ya yi amfani da ko dai Epiphone Texan guitar tare da ɗigon Bartolini 3AV mai iya cirewa (wanda aka gano ta sitika na “Nixon Yanzu” a sauƙaƙe) ko kuma 1950 Martin D-18E guitar. Ana iya jin shi akan kundin Unplugged A New York, amma a matsayin electro-acoustic (tare da karban Bartolini 3AV, amma an riga an gina shi a cikin guitar kanta), wanda ya haɗa ta hanyar fedals kuma. mai hadewa , don haka ba za a iya kiran shi sauti kawai ba.

Duk waɗannan guitars an gyaggyara ƙirar hannun dama tare da sake tsara kirtani. Abin ban dariya shi ne cewa guitar da ya buga a lokacin rikodin waƙoƙin "Polly" da "Wani abu a Hanya" daga kundin Nevermind yana cikin mummunan yanayi, amma bai canza shi ta kowace hanya ba ko ma canza kirtani a kan. shi. Stella Harmony mai kirtani 12 ne ya siya akan dala 30 a kantin sayar da kaya. Ta na da igiyoyin nailan 5 kawai, da gada an gudanar da shi tare da manne.

A matsayinsa na mai tarawa na gaske na tsofaffi, sabon kayan aiki da arha, Kurt da sane ya guji siyan sabbin kayan aiki. Ban ambaci yawan adadin sauran gitar da ya buga ba: kamar wasu gyare-gyaren guitars na Telecaster da sauran Mustangs (mafi yawa samfurin '69 da aka sani da bayyanarsa a cikin bidiyon "Smells Like Teen Spirit"). Mosrite Mark IV da Fender XII guitars (dukansu sun lalace tare da rikodin gida da diary wanda Kurt ya ɓoye a cikin gidan wanka don kare shi daga 'yan fashi - an cika su da ruwa).