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Nirvana session cellist Kera Schaley talks about playing on In Utero: "The funny thing about All Apologies is Steve kept trying to talk Kurt out of putting cello on it"
By Rob Laing published
In her first-ever interview about the Nirvana sessions Schaley, talks about her work on songs All Apologies, Dumb and Dave Grohl b-side Marigold

The super rare Fender amp that Kurt Cobain used on In Utero
By Rob Laing published
The 4x12 Fender Quad Reverb was only made for four years in the 1970s – and Cobain's was a very specific version

"It sounds exactly like the record" – guitarist nails Kurt Cobain's Nirvana In Utero distorted tones with two pedals, a Fender amp and some insider information
By Rob Laing published
Aaron Rash's two-year tone odyssey pays off

Nirvana fan tries to recreate Steve Albini's aluminum Veleno guitar that Kurt Cobain used on In Utero
By Rob Laing published
It's very ape, and very nice

Did Mark Lanegan co-write Nirvana's Something In The Way on Nevermind?
By Rob Laing published
A new book suggests he did, and was also offered Nirvana's You Know You're Right by Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love

Guitarist mods a Squier Bullet version of the world's most expensive guitar – learns a valuable lesson about gear snobbery
By Rob Laing published
David Hilowitz's video is an inspiring journey to create a tribute to Kurt Cobain's Competition Mustang

Kurt Cobain's smashed 1973 Fender Mustang sells for nearly half a million dollars at auction – and his distortion pedal goes for $75,000
By Rob Laing published
The late Nirvana songwriter's guitar features his writing on the body but is in unplayable condition

Kurt Cobain’s Nevermind-era Fender Mustang smells like the next $1 million guitar as it goes up for auction
By Jonathan Horsley published
The guitar from the Smells Like Teen Spirit video is going under the hammer with a portion of proceeds going to mental health charity Kicking The Stigma
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