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Kurt Cobain-signed 1973 Fender Mustang – which he smashed onstage in 1989 – goes up for auction
By Matt Owen published
The signed guitar was later exchanged for a Gibson SG, after Cobain's guitar-smashing antics left him without a guitar to play for Nirvana's gigs

Johnny Ramone's iconic 1965 Mosrite Ventures II guitar sells at auction for $937,500
By Sam Roche last updated
The battered offset was used by the guitarist on every single Ramones album, as well as at almost 2,000 of the band's shows between 1977 and 1996

The Gretsch White Falcon Dave Grohl used in the Foo Fighters' Monkey Wrench video has sold at auction for over $53,000
By Jackson Maxwell published
Once owned by Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, and used extensively with the band both onstage and in the studio, the Gretsch was heavily modded

Guitars played by Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Ace Frehley go up for auction
By Jackson Maxwell published
Also going under the hammer is the destroyed neck of a guitar used (and subsequently smashed) by Kurt Cobain

Gary Moore Collection Part III auctions off more of the blues icon’s gear
By Matt Parker published
The guitarist’s 1966 Marshall JTM45 and a number of Gibson guitars are set to go under the hammer

Two of Ace Frehley’s most outrageously bonkers Gibson Les Paul Customs from Kiss's 1996 reunion tour are up for auction
By Jonathan Horsley published
The archetypical ‘do not try this at home’ guitars, one emits smoke, the other fires rockets… But don’t worry, they come with instructions

A 1970 Gibson Les Paul Custom – gifted by Eric Clapton to Gregg Allman – is headed to the auction block
By Jackson Maxwell published
Said to be in good condition, the guitar has sat in the home of Allman's onetime Anna Maria Island, Florida neighbor for 40 years

An Eric Clapton-owned and stage-played 1968 Martin D-45 acoustic guitar is headed to the auction block
By Jackson Maxwell published
With an estimated value of $300,000 – $500,000, the acoustic was used at Derek and The Dominos' first concert, at the Lyceum Theatre in London, in June 1970

B.B. King’s childhood acoustic parlor guitar goes up for auction
By Matt Parker published
The 1920s gut-string parlor guitar is said to be King's "first love"

Paul Gilbert to sell signed, super-rare Ibanez PGM90HAM signature guitar for Jason Becker fundraiser
By Matt Owen published
The axe, which was made in 1998 and wielded by Gilbert at the Hoshino 90th Anniversary Concert, will be sold with a signed TC Electronic PG signature MojoMojo overdrive pedal
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