The
Recording Of Bleach
The Recording
Of Nevermind
-Krist Novoselic used a SVT Bass rig (2).
-Krist Novoselic used a Gibson Ripper Bass through an Ampeg SVT400
head (1).
-In the In Bloom video the you can see an Ampeg bass amp which
belongs to Nirvana guitar technician Earnie Bailey. Krist
Novoselic used a ProCo Rat pedal for Breed and Endless, Nameless.
(4)
The Recording
Of Incesticide
The Recording
Of In Utero
-Krist Novoselic used his Gibson Ripper again through a 200 watt
Hiwatt head (converted to use KT90 tubes) through a Marshall
cab.
-On the In Utero tour Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic both went
with 8 cabs each, all running fully wide open. (1)
The Recording
Of MTV Unplugged
-In November of '93, a few weeks before the taping, Alex Coletti
(MTV Unplugged producer) flew up to a Nirvana gig in a remote
part of New England, somewhere north of Boston. He was armed with rough sketches of the stage set which embodied Cobain's ideas, and with his own personal Ovation semi-acoustic bass guitar. The latter was meant to be loaned to Krist Novoselic in the event that the Nirvana bassist didn't have an "Unplugged bass" of his own. In the end, Novoselic didn't use Coletti's Ovation bass, but rather a Guild acoustic/electric bass rented from S.I.R. in New York an instrument that has been used on other episodes of Unplugged.
-Krist Novoselic also played Accordian on Jesus doesn't Want Me
for A Sunbeam it is a Dobren. It was Kurt Cobain's, it was also the first instrument Krist Novoselic learned to play (3).
The Recording
Of From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
-This is also a compilation album featuring live songs from 1989
to 1994.
-The Nevermind tour (1991) according to Australian Music Trader
says Krist Novoselic used a Gibson Ripper Bass through an Ampeg
SVT400 head for the recording of Nevermind and that became his
live rig. On the In Utero tour Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic
both went with 8 cabs each, all running fully wide open but I am
not sure of the Basses he used (probably a mixture of everything
mentioned in the FAQ).
Guitars
-Krist Novoselic was seen during the end of the Nevermind tour
(6/22/92-8/30/92) using a Gibson Thunderbird IV, also during much
of the early Nevermind tour (9/??/91 through 4/??/93) he used a
Gibson Artist Bass this can be seen in a lot of live photos.
-Krist Novoselic can also be seen using a Gibson Thunderbird on
the cover and in the liner notes of From The Muddy Banks of The
Wishkah.
Amplification
-200 watt Hiwatt head (converted to use KT90 tubes) through a
Marshall cab (1).
-Ampeg SVT400 head (1).
-Fender Twin Reverb (1).
-Mesa/Boogie Road Ready speaker cabs (5).
Effects
-Krist Novoselic used a ProCo Rat pedal for Breed and Endless,
Nameless on Nevermind.
-ProCo Rat distortion Pedal was used for Floyd the Barber at the
10/31/91 show.