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“The workhorse”: The Fender ‘Sky Stang’ played by Kurt Cobain during Nirvana’s last show – and 53 In Utero tour dates – is going up for auction
By Matt Parker published
The Japanese Mustang – aka The Sky Stang I – was used at Nirvana’s final show in Munich, Germany and is expected to fetch between $1 and $2 million

“This is the one that got him hooked”: Slash’s first Guns N’ Roses Les Paul – the ‘Hunter Burst’ – is going to auction
By Matt Parker published
The guitar was bought by Slash in September 1985 and used during a formative period for Guns N’ Roses, in which they wrote many classic Appetite for Destruction tracks

“Sick”: In 1985, Kurt Cobain carved one word into this Teisco Del-Ray guitar. Now it has sold at auction for $153,000
By Matt Parker published
The instrument recently sold at auction for a price that far exceeded the $10,000 minimum bid

A ‘lost’ Fender Performer from 1985 has surfaced – possibly the rarest example of the quirky electric guitar ever made
By Matt Owen published
Believed to be a prototype, the Emerald Mist model heralded a transitional period in Fender history, and is going up for auction later this year

The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000
By Matt Parker published
The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek

Jeff Beck's stage-used prototype Graffiti Yellow Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for over $94,000
By Jackson Maxwell published
The guitar has a fascinating history, heavily intertwined with Beck's significant role in the development of the Strat Plus

Is this the most expensive smashed guitar ever sold? Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for $600,000 – 10 times its initial estimate
By Matt Parker published
The instrument, signed by all three members of Nirvana, er, smashed expectations in the recent sale

Six of Eddie Van Halen's stage-played Charvel EVH Art Series guitars – and a Masterbuilt Frankenstein copy – go up for auction
By Matt Owen published
Each Art Series guitar was played and signed over the course of Van Halen's tours in 2004, 2007, and 2012, and are being auctioned off alongside a Chip Ellis-built model as one mega collection

A Jimi Hendrix stage-used 1968 Fender Dual Showman cabinet is headed to the auction block
By Jackson Maxwell published
Acquired by Hendrix due to his need for more onstage firepower, the cab features a pair of 15-inch JBL 130 speakers, and was most prominently used for the guitar hero's performance at the 1969 Newport Pop Festival
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