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his amps
 
his favorite studio amp was his fender twin reverb. live he liked marshall cabinets, but would probably play just about anything.
70's peavey vintage 2x12. this was the first amp when he was growing up in aberdeen. it was the tube model with the fake vinyl tweed. his dad gave it to goodwill, and kurt was very upset about it. he often cited this as his favorite amp and always was looking for another one.
randall heads and bfi bullfrog 4x12 cabinets, kurt used these in the beginning.
sunn beta-lead head driving peavey 4x12 cabs was the setup for the bleach tour.
4 power amps crown 800-w.
mesa boogie (7,8,10) pre-amps.
mesa boogie studio .22 preamp, crown or crest 4801 power amp. pretty straightforward. powered 8 cabinets. for speakers he had 25 watt greenbacks, then 75 watt celestions, and finally vintage 30's, which kurt liked best. this was his live rig for most of the nevermind tour. he used the crest power amps up until the end, too.
mesa/boogie mark iii head and marshall 4x12 cabinets.
fender bassman amp, he used this for 4 songs on "nevermind", like "lithium".
vox ac30 amp, he used this for a very clean sound.
marshall lead 12 "micro-stack", he used it in the later period.
! ! ! the marshall ministacks with the red trim were for laughs only. once kurt said to the crowd "i guess you want to see me smash something, right?" and then threw the mini-stack across the stage. they weren't plugged in ever ! !