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Kurt Cobain's 'Skystang I' Fender Mustang guitar fails to eclipse his record-breaking Competition Stripe model at auction
By Rob Laing published
But it still fetched over $1.5million

“I’ve been chasing this sound for so long and it’s finally here now”: YouTuber spends 6 months making a replica of the aluminium guitar Kurt Cobain used to record In Utero, and it sounds incredible
By Jonathan Horsley published
Aaron Rash is an In Utero tone obsessive and having tracked down the amps and pedals behind Cobain's guitar tone on the album he took it into his own hands to build a Veleno clone

"It brings back so many memories" – Nirvana tech Earnie Bailey and Kurt Cobain's brother discuss and demo his Sky-Stang I guitar
By Rob Laing published
The 1993 HS Fender Mustang is due to go to auction in November with an estimate of $1-2 million

Steve Albini reveals Nirvana's In Utero album features a happy accident with Kurt Cobain and a distortion pedal in the studio
By Rob Laing published
His recent appearance on Conan O'Brien's podcast with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic unearths new information about the In Utero sessions

“I’ve been chasing this sound for so long and it’s finally here now”: YouTuber spends 6 months making a replica of the aluminium guitar Kurt Cobain used to record In Utero, and it sounds incredible
By Jonathan Horsley published
Aaron Rash is an In Utero tone obsessive and having tracked down the amps and pedals behind Cobain's guitar tone on the album he took it into his own hands to build a Veleno clone

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
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