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Kurt Cobain-signed 1966 Fender Jaguar, Elvis Presley’s Rosewood Telecaster head up bumper guitar auction
By Matt Owen published
A Gibson Sonex signed by Steve Vai, Warren Haynes, Eric Johnson, Al Di Meola and many more can also be found in the mammoth auction catalog

The world’s most expensive guitar pick? A Kurt Cobain-signed plectrum, thought to have tracked the Nevermind demos, has sold at auction for over $14,000
By Matt Parker published
The pick features Cobain’s doodled take on the Dunlop Tortex logo. “I knew this piece was special when I saw it,” says buyer Shaun Ertischek

Is this the most expensive smashed guitar ever sold? Kurt Cobain’s stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster sells at auction for $600,000 – 10 times its initial estimate
By Matt Parker published
The instrument, signed by all three members of Nirvana, er, smashed expectations in the recent sale

The 5 Nirvana basslines you need to hear
By Joel McIver published
From Smells Like Teen Spirit to About a Girl, here are Krist Novoselic’s five greatest basslines

A Kurt Cobain stage-smashed Fender Stratocaster is going up for auction
By Jackson Maxwell published
Signed by all three members of Nirvana, the Strat also features a note from Cobain addressed to the Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan

Nirvana, Nile Rodgers and Heart’s Nancy and Ann Wilson all honored with 2023 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards
By Matt Parker published
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
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
The highly personalized distortion pedal recently went for more than Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys Octavia pedal
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