Kurt Cobain
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Kurt Cobain’s battered Boss DS-1 distortion pedal sells for $9,000
By Richard Bienstock published
The announcement comes just days after the Nirvana leader’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E is auctioned for more than $6m

Kurt Cobain’s MTV Unplugged Martin D-18E sells for record-breaking $6m
By Michael Astley-Brown published
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
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
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
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
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
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
Expected to reach half-a-million dollars, the Mustang is "the most thoroughly documented Cobain guitar to come to market"
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