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The blue 1969 Mustang Fender guitar used by Kurt Cobain in the 1991 Nirvana music video "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is displayed at the media preview of the "Music Icons" auction, at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, on April 11, 2022
Kurt Cobain’s iconic Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang to go on tour ahead of world-first auction

By Matt Owen Published

Used in Nirvana's breakthrough smash hit, the guitar's value is estimated to be around $800,000

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Kurt Cobain and his 1969 Fender Mustang
Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Mustang goes up for auction for the first time

By Matt Owen Published

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

Electric Guitars
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain's final days to be turned into an opera by London's Royal Opera House

By Sam Roche Published

Cobain's is “an archetypal story – operas deal well in those”, says ROH composer-in-residence Oliver Leith

Artists
Left-handed guitarists
30 left-handed guitarists who flipped the instrument on its head

By Jenna Scaramanga Published

We chart some of the most inspiring southpaws to ever pick up a six-string

Guitarists
Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota on December 10, 1993
Watch Nirvana cover The Cars at their final show in 1994

By Jackson Maxwell Published

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

Music Releases
Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang
Fender Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang review

By Chris Gill Published

Three decades after Nevermind changed the world, Fender resurrects the late Nirvana frontman's signature electric

Electric Guitars
Fender's newly relaunched Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang guitar
Fender resurrects the Kurt Cobain Jag-Stang

By Jackson Maxwell Published

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

Electric Guitars
Rock singer Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994) performs on stage with Nirvana at the MTV Video Music Awards, September 10, 1992..
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

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

Artists
(from left) Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl and Kurt Cobain perform at the Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1992
Super Deluxe 30th anniversary reissue, remaster of Nirvana's Nevermind announced

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Available in a number of formats and set for a November 12 release, the reissue includes the complete, previously unreleased recordings of four live shows

Music Releases
Kurt Cobain's childhood home
Kurt Cobain’s childhood home officially recognized as a Washington state landmark

By Matt Owen Published

The home’s current owner has also laid out plans to restore the property to its original glory and transform it into a “tribute project to Kurt’s early life and career"

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