NIC FIT

by UNTOUCHABLES

as covered by SONIC YOUTH


Tab by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)
  w/ thanx to FDSwayze + Raj Paden!

TUNINGS
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Thurston: GGDDD#D# (right)
Lee:      GGDDD#D# (left)


LAYOUT: A - B - A - C - A - B - A - B - A


INTRO					00:00-00:06

A SECTION				00:06-00:12

I'm assuming that Lee and Thurston are mixed in the same channels as the rest of the record.
They each approach the riff slightly differently - Thurston is more of a straight ahead bash
at the riff with the 5th creeping in on the D string, but mostly emphasizing the G strings.
Lee seems to be holding his whammy bar and tweaking every single note he plays, and rather
than playing power chords, he's playing on the G strings but letting the open D and D# strings
ring in at random to make it even more "dirty" sounding.

Thurston:

D#---------------------
D#---------------------
D----------------------
D---5-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--- x 4
G---5-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---
G---5-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---
        
Lee:         

D#----------------(0)--
D#----------------(0)--
D-----------------(0)--
D-----------------(0)--  play loose while tweaking whammy bar / throw in open D and D# strings at random
G---5\7-7-7--7-7-7-7---
G---5\7-7-7--7-7-7-7---

B SECTION				00:12-00:13

Thurston:

D#----------------------------
D#----------------------------
D-----------------------------
D---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---
                 
Lee:

D#----------------------------
D#----------------------------
D-----------------------------
D-----------------------------
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---  loose w/ bar + open strings at random
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10---

A SECTION				00:13-00:22

Play riff x 6

C SECTION				00:22-00:26

Thurston:

D#----------------------------------
D#----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
D---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--5--7---
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--5--7---
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--5--7---
                 
Lee:

D#----------------------------------
D#----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
D-----------------------------------
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--5--7---
G---12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10--5--7---

A SECTION				00:26-00:36

Play riff x 6

Thurston seems to utilize his whammy bar during this section as well, and during live versions
Lee would take off doing high rapid picking over the instrumental (which is the only thing that
makes me wonder if he IS in the right channel on the album).

B SECTION				00:36-00:37

A SECTION				00:37-00:45

Play riff x 6

B SECTION				00:46-00:47

A SECTION				00:47-00:45

Play riff x 3

End on:

D#---------
D#---------
D----------
D---5--7---
G---5--7---
G---5--7---





last updated: 12/31/24

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