Kurt Cobain
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The secrets behind Kurt Cobain‘s guitar tone on Nirvana‘s Smells Like Teen Spirit
By Chris Gill published
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
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
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
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
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
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
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