Jan 6, 2025 · Learn about guitars, amps, and effects used by Kurt Cobain throughout his career, and share you own input, stories, and knowledge.

FEATURE: Kurt Cobain: Still Taking Care of His Friends Kurt likely painted and repaired the SG upon returning from Europe in late 1989/early 1990, and fitted it with a humbucker in the bridge from one of his old Univox guitars.

However, there’s no photographic evidence of this, which opens a door to another theory. The Final Incarnation or a Separate Guitar? It appears that a guitar similar to Kurt’s old Greco Mustang was seen in the footage from February 14, 1990 (see video below).

Based on the photos published in [original source needed], this guitar is currently kept at the secretive Kurt Cobain vault – an undisclosed place somewhere in Seattle that houses some of Kurt’s belongings, including a few of his old guitars.

We still don’t know where Kurt got the guitar, and why it had such a short lifespan, but at least a part of the mystery is solved. Mustang with Sluggo As already stated, the 1975 Fender Mustang ended up with Sluggo Cawley on July 16, 1989, and in exchange, Kurt got Sluggo’s old Gibson SG. Kurt Cobain’s smashed 1975 Fender Mustang.

Kurt owned an Ibanez copy of a Gibson Les Paul guitar, likely acquiring it sometime towards 1993. He was never seen using it, but based on a couple of somewhat reliable sources, he did indeed own it.

Kurt Cobain Talks Gear and More in His Final Guitar World Interview Kurt’s Mustang was finished in lake placid blue with matching headstock and was equipped with a black single-coil pickup in the neck and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails bridge position.

The ET270 model was manufactured in Japan from 1972 to 1975, so Kurt’s guitar obviously must’ve been bought second-hand, likely sometime in early 1990 around Seattle. The guitar featured a hardwood cherry red body with a bolt-on hardwood neck and rosewood fingerboard, as well as two single-coil pickups. The Hard Rock Cafe Epiphone ET270

Oct 1, 2024 · Kurt Cobain’s chaotic night at Trees in Dallas on October 19, 1991, remains one of the most infamous moments in Nirvana’s early career. What started as a typical show took a wild turn, with Kurt using his iconic Competition Mustang guitar at the start.

Kurt was spotted playing a red Fender Stratocaster during two shows in November 1993: once on November 4th at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, and again on November 12th at the George Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.