To see the photos, check out our Pinterest board at Kurt Cobain’s DS-1 on Pinterest. DS-1 on TourĪs noted in the opening paragraph, the pedal was used for the entirety of the Bleach tour, and for the first couple of months of Nevermind. If you by any chance happen to come across an interview from Butch (or from Kurt for that matter), where there are specific pedals mentioned, be sure to forward it. However, Butch Vig, who produced the album, and was interviewed in a 2005 documentary ‘ Classic Albums: Nirvana – Nevermind‘, does not mention which pedal Kurt used exactly.įurthermore, every single article from a well-known magazine that lists the Boss DS-1 as the pedal used on Nevermind doesn’t list their source, and always seems to quote Butch indirectly. This Kramer Ferrington acoustic-electric reflects one of those dialectical swings that occurred in the mid-1980s. They follow a loosely Hegelian dialectical process of first going one way, then leaping to an opposing pole, and finally ending somewhere in the middle, only to start the process over again. The Definitive Kurt Cobain Gear Guide By Chris Gillīy the time the band started recording ‘Nevermind’ in April 1990, Kurt most likely continued using the pedal. It’s funny how history and evolution work. He was using a little orange Boss DS-1 distortion pedal and these Univox guitars that looked like Mosrites. Kurt brought in a little closed-back 2×12 cabinet with two Celestions, most likely 70-watt models. Based on this, it is also likely that the pedal was used on the following tour between June 1989 and May 1990. It also has the Kramer logo on the headstock(I’ve noticed that some have a Ferrington logo instead), and volume/treble/bass controls on the top of the body. Mine has the diamond shaped fretboard inlays and a Kramer logo inlay behind the 21st fret. Bleach, NevermindĪccording to Jack Endino, who produced ‘Bleach’, during the studio sessions Kurt was playing through a Boss DS-1 pedal. From what I’ve been able to find out on line I think it’s a KFS-1 made around 1986. If you happen to come across an interview where Kurt talks about pedals, and which ones he preferred, be sure to forward it. At some point during the Nevermind tour, he did make a switch to a DS-2 model, but it’s hard to determine when exactly this happened due to the lack of photos.Īlso worth mentioning is that most of what is known about this pedal, and Kurt’s preference in regards to pedals, mostly comes from other sources and not Kurt himself. The Boss DS-1 could arguably be considered one of the key elements of Kurt’s sound since he used it as his main distortion pedal basically throughout Bleach and Nevermind era. ( he was some kind of consultant regarding old instruments used in the film )Īny images or references that i see to him lately seem to be about his ukuleles and other acoustic instruments. Here's a curious little clip i just found from 1982 :Īnd if you can find a copy of the dvd of the coen brothers film 'the lady killers' there is an interesting little 'dvd extra' doco about ferrington and his workshop. I haven't laid eyes on it for 20 years, but i guess it was just a picture book of his instruments. it was amazing to see a book ( down at my local public library ) about a single luthier and, well it was a pretty interesting looking book that literally jumped off the shelf due to it's parallelogram (?) shape. Like a lot of folks i guess - i found out about ferrington from the spectacular book that came out in 1992 ( just looked it up! ) from the pre web days when the only books i could find about guitarmakers/making were instructional things like cumpiano & sloane. I too associate him with richard thompson, now that the shiny, pointy kramer ferrington acoustics that used to be in every music video have seemingly disappeared - i hope he got some good 'points' in that deal. I also found a copy of 'Ferrington Guitars', an elegant book produced in 1992 that includes a CD of a lot of Ferrington players like David Lindley, Elvis Costello, Ry Cooder, J.D. He seems like a really interesting character. After Kramer folded, Danny Ferrington produced them under his own label for awhile so it has a Ferrington logo and label in it with no mention of Kramer.
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