The secrets behind Kurt Cobain‘s guitar tone on Nirvana‘s Smells Like Teen Spirit By Chris Gill published 16 April 21 How Cobain changed popular music forever with a modded Strat, a Mesa/Boogie and a couple of everyday stompboxes
The definitive Kurt Cobain guitar gear guide: a deep dive into the Nirvana frontman's pawn shop prizes, turbo-charged stompboxes and blown woofers By Chris Gill published 17 February 21 Decades on from the grunge legend's passing, his tone remains one of the most iconic in guitar's storied history
Two played-and-smashed Kurt Cobain Strats sell for more than $150,000 at auction By Richard Bienstock published 4 December 20 The guitars were destroyed at the finale of Nirvana gigs in 1992 and 1994
Two played-and-smashed Kurt Cobain Fender Stratocasters are up for auction By Richard Bienstock published 2 December 20 The Strats were brought out to be destroyed at the end of gigs by the Nirvana frontman
You can now buy a Kurt Cobain-used Tortex pick - for $400 By Michael Astley-Brown published 23 July 20 The 60mm Dunlop plec has been authenticated by Nirvana tech Earnie Bailey
Kurt Cobain’s battered Boss DS-1 distortion pedal sells for $9,000 By Richard Bienstock published 23 June 20 The announcement comes just days after the Nirvana leader’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E is auctioned for more than $6m
Prince’s long-lost Purple Rain “blue angel” Cloud guitar sells for more than $500,000 at auction By Richard Bienstock published 22 June 20 The custom-made, heavily-played instrument was Prince's primary stage guitar during the height of his career
Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E sells for record-breaking $6m By Michael Astley-Brown published 21 June 20 Cobain’s acoustic overtakes David Gilmour’s Black Strat to become the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction
Steve Vai: Kurt Cobain and Billie Joe Armstrong's playing is "virtuosic" By Richard Bienstock published 1 June 20 The shred guru explains what makes the Nirvana and Green Day guitarists' technique so unique
Kurt Cobain’s iconic MTV Unplugged Martin acoustic set to be auctioned for $1 million By Richard Bienstock published 11 May 20 The customized 1959 D-18E is rumored to be the last guitar the Nirvana frontman ever played
St. Vincent plays spellbinding acoustic cover of Led Zeppelin’s Dancing Days By Michael Astley-Brown published 5 May 20 Annie Clark reveals “moderately-played, half-remembered partial-cover”
The biggest threat to the guitar? It could well be guitarists: how online hate endangers the instrument we love By Michael Astley-Brown published 3 March 20 Why we ended up with a culture of player haters, and what we can do to change it
Kurt Cobain’s 1993 In Utero Fender Mustang sells for $340,000 By Richard Bienstock published 28 October 19 His MTV Unplugged tattered sweater wasn’t far behind
Kurt Cobain's custom 1993 Fender Mustang, used on Nirvana's In Utero tour, is up for auction By Richard Bienstock published 10 October 19 Expected to reach half-a-million dollars, the Mustang is "the most thoroughly documented Cobain guitar to come to market"
Guitar Techs Explore Kurt Cobain's 'In Utero'-Era Fender Mustangs By Damian Fanelli published 20 February 19 A rare, up-close look at Kurt Cobain's 'In Utero'-Era Fenders.
Kurt Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E Lost in Frances Bean Cobain's Divorce By Jackson Maxwell published 21 May 18
Hear Nirvana Play "Dumb" and "Polly" Acoustic at an Edinburgh Pub in 1991 By Jackson Maxwell published 5 December 17
Kurt Cobain’s Vintage Late-Fifties Hagstrom Deluxe Is on eBay By Christopher Scapelliti published 17 February 17 A Hagstrom Deluxe solidbody electric guitar once owned by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is up for auction on eBay.
Nirvana "Confirm" Kurt Cobain Is Alive and Well—and Playing Right-Handed Guitar By Damian Fanelli published 13 September 16 About 17 hours ago, Nirvana—or, to be more precise, the person who runs the long-defunct band's Facebook page—was forced to shut down a rumor thatKurt Cobain is alive and well and living in Peru.