Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards By Matt Parker published 6 January 23 The Recording Academy has announced the list of honorees for this year, and it’s studded with iconic guitar talent
A YouTuber has built a pedal to clone Kurt Cobain’s home demo tone By Matt Parker published 2 December 22 Producer/songwriter Aaron Rash has hand-wired a pedal he calls the Engine
Kurt Cobain’s Boss DS-1 sells for $75,000 – is this the most expensive pedal sold at auction? By Matt Parker published 16 November 22 The highly personalized distortion pedal recently went for more than Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys Octavia pedal
Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed 1973 Fender Mustang sells for nearly $500,000 at auction By Matt Owen published 14 November 22 The sunburst offset was smashed in 1989, and its remains were swapped for a Gibson SG after Cobain's guitar-destroying performance left him without an instrument to play
Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear Reflect on the Making of Nirvana's 'In Utero' By Alan di Perna last updated 4 November 22
Kurt Cobain-signed 1973 Fender Mustang – which he smashed onstage in 1989 – goes up for auction By Matt Owen published 2 November 22 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
Watch Red Hot Chili Peppers cover Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit with John Frusciante on lead vocals By Michael Astley-Brown last updated 1 November 22 The funk-rockers tackled the grunge classic during a recent show at Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music
Courtney Love’s Masterbuilt Surf Green Fender Venus goes up for sale By Matt Owen published 18 October 22 The unique Custom Shop creation was used extensively by the Hole bandleader, and featured during historic performances such as Reading 1995 and Lollapalooza 1994
Watch Nirvana's legendary Reading 1992 set in full in remastered 4K By Jackson Maxwell published 30 August 22 The band's final UK performance – an explosive 25-song set widely regarded as one of the band's greatest – occurred 30 years ago today
Guitars played by Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Ace Frehley go up for auction By Jackson Maxwell published 5 August 22 Also going under the hammer is the destroyed neck of a guitar used (and subsequently smashed) by Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang sells at auction for $4.5 million By Matt Owen published 23 May 22 The winning bid from Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay makes the iconic offset the second most expensive guitar sold at auction, overtaking David Gilmour's Black Strat
Bids on Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang have already hit $2 million By Matt Parker published 11 May 22 Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has made a generous early bid to kickstart an auction in aid of his mental health charity Kick the Stigma
Kurt Cobain’s iconic Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang to go on tour ahead of world-first auction By Matt Owen published 21 April 22 Used in Nirvana's breakthrough smash hit, the guitar's value is estimated to be around $800,000
Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang goes up for auction for the first time By Matt Owen published 11 April 22 A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the guitar – which featured in the iconic 1991 music video – will go towards supporting mental health charity, Kicking The Stigma
Kurt Cobain's final days to be turned into an opera by London's Royal Opera House By Sam Roche published 7 April 22 Cobain's is “an archetypal story – operas deal well in those”, says ROH composer-in-residence Oliver Leith
30 left-handed guitarists who flipped the instrument on its head By Jenna Scaramanga published 5 April 22 We chart some of the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string
Watch Nirvana cover The Cars at their final show in 1994 By Jackson Maxwell published 1 March 22 Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl played the tongue-in-cheek cover during a scorching 23-song set at Terminal Einz in Munich, Germany – their last concert ever
Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang review By Chris Gill published 11 January 22 Three decades after Nevermind changed the world, Fender resurrects the late Nirvana frontman's signature electric
Fender resurrects the Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang By Jackson Maxwell published 12 October 21 Faithful to the grunge legend's original design, this rock-ready machine boasts a short-scale rosewood fretboard, custom pickups and a pair of Mustang slider switches
Kurt Cobain's final Guitar World interview: “We play so hard that we can’t tune our guitars fast enough. People can relate to that” By Jeff Gilbert published 24 September 21 The Nirvana icon discusses his love for the Fender Mustang and why he wouldn't endorse Gibson in his last conversation with GW, which took place during the week of Nevermind's release