Customer Reviews for Nevermind
Location: from San Jose, CA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
January 24, 2011
accurate vs inaccurate
This book does have some mistakes as many texts do: in the song "In Bloom" my version (which may be pre-revised) shows B5 in the chord and the tab shows Bb5 instead) since the transcriber forgot to change the flats the software automatically puts in the chord. However, the people saying that the bridge in "Smells like Teen Spirit" is wrong are not correct- the bridge is fine- there are other notes in there (bass) that cover what the guitar is playing. When the bass plays a C the E5 in the guitar part starts to sound like Cmaj7. This is pretty clever harmonically and those that say the music is dead simple don't appreciate the skills that went into this music. These are great songs, well written and the album's production is terrific.
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Sawyer
Location: from Hawaii
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 11, 2009
VERY GOOD
I found this book very accurate. The tabs are correct except for a small mistake here and there. BUT I was able to play some of Nirvana's best songs thanks to this tab book. Some songs might take a day or two to completely figure out but it overall makes you a great guitar player.
12 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Randy Tennant
Location: from Baltimore, Maryland
October 28, 2008
GOOD
Great for beginner/advanced players I found maybe a couple small mistakes in the music. Better than the Incesticide transcription. Definitely more accurate than the FREE tabs online! BUY IT SUPPORT AND LIVE ON KURT'S LEGACY! BTW these idiots saying Nirvana is a "Bass band" and "these songs use a lot of effects" is such bs!They don't know what they are talking about, SLTS uses NO effects besides the solo. 99% of the music is CLEAN/DISTORTED guitar. if it does NOT sound right then YOUR NOT playing it right! People think a song sounds better on CD because he used "effects/better effects" FALSE. Theyre just not playing it 100% right. Been playing for 15 years thats exactly what I used to think "maybe he used some effect" no just not playing it right! Thats why it PAYS to learn SHEET MUSIC and NO tabs! Tabs cant teach a song perfectly like rhythm, sustain, bends/slides, etc. It just tells you what notes to hit. The rest has to be memorized by track
13 of 27 people found this review helpful.
Max
Location: from Texas
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 19, 2005
nevermind
Yeah, the person who wrote Nirvana is a bass band is very mistaken. I can only think of about 2 Nirvana songs that were more bass oriented-Come As You Are and Lithium. But, great tabs, except a tad off. And to the person who wrote Kurt Cobain was one of the most influential guitarists of all time, I agree that Cobain was a fairly decent guitarist, but he will be remember to most of the world as an extremely revolutionary lyricist. Let the music of Nirvana live forver!
11 of 27 people found this review helpful.
Tommy G
Location: from San Francisco,CA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
January 15, 2005
THE BEST TAB BOOK!!!!!!!!
The Book is 100% accurate!!!! I PLAYING IN A BAND AND IT WORKS!!! BUY THIS BOOK!!!
13 of 26 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Somewhere
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
August 2, 2004
dude
this is a great tab book. It's good for advanced and beginners. There are some great riffs in there. Awsome book.
10 of 23 people found this review helpful.
Giovanni Pietro Pirando
Location: from New York, New York
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
April 21, 2004
Great record, Great band, Weak Book
The authors were terribly sloppy with this book. For instance the intro to "Come as You are" is wrong. "Smells like Teen Spirit" is a bit off and several other songs are done in a more complicated manner than in their actuality. Kurt favored Drop D tuning and down a half step tuning so seeing other harder tunings is just absurd
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Jamie
Location: from Roanoke VA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
April 12, 2003
Nirvana is the Best
Anything to do with Nirvana or Kurt Cobain has to be good. No questions ask
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from new york but does it really matter
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
January 22, 2002
A lot of things to clear up!
Like most other people said, NIRVANA IS NOT A BASS BAND (although it does make it sound really good). I got this book 2 years ago when i didn't even know how to hold a guitar and now i'm doing Hendrix with ease (I'm in no way saying that I am close to his genius, i only play his songs). What I'm trying to say is that the book was very inspirational and even though people say that it's "overrated" it doesn't make it any less great. Of course there are glitches, I mean just by watching Teen Spirit video you can tell that the verse line is played on the G and B not the B and E, but don't complain about it like the other guys, just fix it. Just buy it, learn it, and enjoy it. Nirvana comes from within!
7 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Pocono, PA
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
December 25, 2001
Great album guy
This is for the tab book. Not all tab books are right, hell, a lot of the times they're wrong. It's no big deal, but they're not always right. Especially the Matchbox 20 tab books and their out of place capos... And the people that said nirvana is a bass band, you're dumber than the other two. A nirvana song sounds like a nirvana song. Guy who said it bass parts are based on guitar chords, you're right, and In Bloom proves it
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
aaronlg
Location: from baltimore, MD
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
December 1, 2001
total waste of money
With music as dirt simple as this, you might as well just learn it some other way. Perhaps if the book were perfectly accurate, there'd be an argument for getting it, but it isn't. In two or three places, the guitar parts are dead wrong, the guy didn't even bother to transcribe a couple things he should have, and a lot of the prescribed fingerings are just plain dumb. Even right after I bought this book 5 years ago, I could tell it was mediocre. "In Utero," AIC's "Facelift," and Soundgarden's "Superunknown" are similar, but infinitely superior books for novice players.
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Stick with In Utero
Location: from Greenboro, NC
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 8, 2001
Bah...
This is a great album, and a very easy one to play. All Nirvana is easy to play, but this book makes it a lot harder than it actually is. There are many unusual chords in this book that I'm sure Kurt never used.
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Collin
Location: from MI
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
July 7, 2001
Great book!!
This is a great book. There are some awesome riffs to learn from this book that aren't very hard. Most of the songs are full of rakes. There are also some pretty easy solos that sound really cool in here too.
6 of 11 people found this review helpful.
mars
Location: from England, dorset
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
March 29, 2001
Nirvana rules
this is a brilliant book, especially for nirvana fans. i found it very usefull.
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Jack
Location: from Hartford, CT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
March 27, 2001
exceptional
This is an exceptional tab book, except for the beginning of some songs and parts where they transcribe the bass into a guitar part. Nirvana, by the way, is definitely not a bass band. Kurt is one of the most influential guitarists of all time, and the book has some awesome riffs...get it.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Crave the Wave
Location: from NJ
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 16, 2001
Eh
First off all, this is a great book with the exceptions of an few songs such as the "Come as You Are" intro (they just make it harder) and "In Bloom" and some minor things here and there but other wise its a great book and i suggest you get it. Make sure you learn "Polly" cause its the greatest song. Peace and have fun learning the songs!
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Rob Amor
Location: from Birmingham, England
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 4, 2001
definately maybe
Other reviewers are right, Nirvana is not a bass band, and yes, Kurt used many effects in S.L.T.S, but all can be created by tweaking with the amp. Some parts of the book are dodgy however
7 of 15 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from New York
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 9, 2000
a lot of things to clear up
I wrote the review that is titled "could have been better" and I still stand by that. One of the things that I want to clear up is that Nirvana is NOT A BASS BAND! The guy that wrote that is obviosly a bass freak and has no idea what he is talking about. I can play all the bass lines for Nirvana songs and mostly it's the roots of guitar chords, so it can't possibly a bass band. Secondly, the book is not 100% accurate, just notice the rhythm mistake in "Teen Spirit'"s bridge or intro of "Come As You Are". To this day the "In Utero" book is still the best and most accurate. I highly recommend it -- it really captures the real Nirvana style of playing and song writing.
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Brooks
Location: from Everett, WA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
September 17, 2000
The Other Reviews are Wrong!
This book is 100% accurate despite what the other reviewers said. If it's inaccurate then why does it have a note of autehnticity. This book sounds identical to the record, but Kurt used numerous effects so it may be hard to duplicate his sound. Nirvana is not a bass band. The songs sound perfect!
5 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Lemon
Location: from N/A
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
August 29, 2000
nirvana is a bass band
The cd is amazing but i heard that it is the the worst book, because nirvana uses a lot of bass , the reason that it won't sound good is because the main parts are for the bass, it requires all of the parts to sound good, if you play the bass it is a very good one to get
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from New York
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
July 16, 2000
could have been better
The album might be one of the best but the book sure wasn't. It made Nirvana songs seem so complicated while they are not. The birdge for "Smells like teen spirit" is way off and the intro for "Come as you are" is even worse. There are also some little mistakes in other songs. Still is a pretty valuable book to own. It pretty much sets the basis for all Nirvna songs.
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from tx
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
July 10, 2000
great album
the greatest album of all time
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.