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"This is one of the best amps I've ever played" – new video investigates the Fender Twin Reverb Kurt Cobain used on Nirvana's Bleach
By Rob Laing published
Jack Endino's modded Fender amp was Cobain's go-to for Nirvana's debut album

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

Billy Corgan explains why his approach to playing guitar solos was different to his grunge contemporaries, recalls his two reactions to hearing Nirvana's Nevermind
By Rob Laing published
"Kurt would play ironic solos – they weren't real guitar solos"

Guitar song lesson: learn how to play Nirvana's Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
By Matt Webster published
Matt Webster's latest lesson focusses on the tones and technique behind an In Utero classic

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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