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what Nirvana sound are you after, bleach is different from nervermind, as is in utero.
Most of kurts guitars had a JB humbucker in the bridge. I’ve owned mustangs and jaguars and jagstangs etc and the best of the bunch is a good hss Strat with a JB in the bridge with a nice clean fender amp coupled with a RAT or a good multi stage overdrive pedal, the Marshall jackhammer is a good cheap pedal for the sounds you’re after and can be set to overdrive or distraction with a good eq range.
oh and the chorus pedal is an ehx small clone.
The quirks of his technique shaped the sound more than the gear. Two classic examples:
About A Girl - it looks like he plays Em to G for the main riff but it's actually E5 as he damps the G string with this middle finger. The next section sounds and looks lily is C#m but it's actually major again due to the way the ring finger catches the B string. People play that song wrong because they go with what sounds and feels more musically correct.
Teen Spirit - the intro riff is often played wrongly. You can probaly guess why... That's right... It's the "wrong" notes from the fingering. The first chord sounds like F barre child but it's actually more of a stud 4 from the way it's fretted.
Kurt played all stories of stuff "wrongly" but it worked. That's why he did it and that's what his sound is about.
https://www.premierguitar.com/ext/resources/images/content/2014_03/LNU/Mar14_LNU_FCS_GL-Fallout-Exclusive_WEB.jpg
Both Jane's Addiction and Alice in Chains used G&L...Not that it really matters, but the Fallout will nail Grunge.
Since we're on the topic, would you play the Bb with bass on the A string like x1333x? Would be the sensible move from the F.
https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/fender-offset-series-duo-sonic-hs-644390
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.
Thing is, all everyone playing that stuff at the time was using what they could afford or borrow, getting out there and playing because they loved it...
It would instinctively follow that it would be Bb. You could add in the occasional x1333(3) to give it a bit more Kurt. The whole vibe is that it's intentionality a bit messy in terms of the chords but tight with the drums and bass.
And speaking of bass, Krist's dirty bass is also a massive part off Kurt's sound.
You said you have a big muff so just dime the gain knob and it should be big and heavy sounding enough easily.
If not, maybe just a bridge pickup swap for something higher output. It's cheaper than buying a new guitar at least.
My two main guitars at the moment are completely at the opposite end of the price scale, a Fender Lee Ranaldo Jazzmaster and a Squier Ryan Jarman Musuar thing. Don't think that getting a Fender will instantly be a better guitar than what you have, you may even prefer your Squier Jag in the long run.