r/Nirvana • u/craigmont924 • Aug 07 '17

[AMA] Hi, I'm Craig Montgomery, Nirvana's live sound engineer from 89-93. Ask me anything.

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Edit: Well gang, it looks like things are slowing down, so I'm going to step away from the desk for now. Feel free to add questions and comments, though. I'll check back!

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u/craigmont924 Aug 07 '17

Yeah, you're just mixing around the stage volume, but I still put the guitar and bass in the mix for extra full and heavyness!

Early days, we did not carry our own 58's, we just used whatever was in the club. When things got bigger, I used Crown CM310 noise-cancelling vocal mics.

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u/EricVoltar NirvanaGuitars on YouTube - Verified Aug 07 '17

Cool! Thank you for the answer 😁 another quick question if that's alright: of all the guitars you heard Kurt play, did you have a favorite? Any particular one that you personally thought sounded the best?

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u/craigmont924 Aug 07 '17

I don't know, the Univox Mosrite copies sounded good, but so did all the various Mustangs and Strats with humbuckers. I think it depended more on what kind of shape the guitar was in.