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Kurt Cobain's Guitars
Kurt’s main guitar during the Nevermind era was a heavily modified three-colour sunburst 1965 Fender Jaguar which is believed to have previously belonged to Martin Jenner, guitarist for Cliff Richard and The Everly Brothers. Modifications include a tune-o-matic bridge, an extra volume knob and a Gibson-style toggle pickup switch with tape covering the disconnected on/off and phase switches.
The left-handed 1993 Fender Mustang shown
here was custom built by Fender luthier Scott Zimmerman and played
extensively by Kurt on Nirvana’s In Utero tour during 1993-94. Sonic
blue Mustang #1 is on indefinite loan to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kurt first used
this 60’s Mosrite Gospel Mk IV on stage at the Hollywood Palladium in
August 1990. Originally a right-handed model, an extra strap button
was added to allow Kurt to play it left-handed. He also used white
correction fluid to make the fret marker dots larger so they could be
seen more easily on stage.
Kurt eventually sold the guitar to a Los
Angeles pawn shop and since his death it has been sold at auction, realising $131,000 in 2006.
The Jag-Stang
was the result of a collaboration between Kurt and the Fender Custom
Shop. To demonstrate what he wanted he took pictures of a Mustang and a
Jaguar, cut them in half and taped them together. The result had
the upper contours of the Mustang and the lower lines of the Jaguar. The
fiesta red Jag-Stang illustrated here was packed and ready for
shipping when news of Kurt’s passing was announced.
Kurt
famously used this 1990 Japanese Fender Stratocaster at the Reading
Festival in 1991. It was known as the ‘Vandalism Strat’ due to the
bumper sticker from the Feederz album Teachers in Space. The guitar
was finally smashed in Paris in the spring of 1992.
The illustrations of these famous guitars are original and have been produced by George Morgan following extensive research.
These are not photographs.
Size 841mm x 594mm (33.1" x 23.4")
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