Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) always hit the stage, he always use a Mustang® guitar-an enigmatic anti-hero figure with an esoteric anti-hero instrument. It’s with great pride then that Fender introduces the Kurt Cobain Mustang, which evokes the man, the band, the sound and the times, and gives an authentically crafted nod to one of the most unlikely guitars to ever find itself at the center of a musical maelstrom.Kurt Cobain liked Mustangs a lot. For one, he preferred offbeat guitars that didn’t cost zillions of dollars, and the Mustang certainly fit those two criteria. Also, being somewhat physically diminutive himself, he liked to perform live with slightly more diminutive guitars, like Fender Mustangs and Jaguars, which better fit his hands and his reach.
See for yourself-go back and watch the famous 1991 video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and there he is and there it is slung over his shoulder. Or think back to when you saw them on the ’93-’94 In Utero tour, when he seldom went onstage with anything but a Mustang. Quite often and especially later on, Mustangs were a big part of what Kurt Cobain was all about, musically.
Specifications :
Body : Alder, Neck Wood : Maple,Fretboard : Rosewood, Nut Width : 1.625" (41.3 mm), Scale Length: 24" (61 cm), Frets : 22-Vintage Style, Inlays : Vintage Ivory Dots, Fretboard Radius : 7.25" (18.41 cm), Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan® JB Model™ Humbucking Bridge Pickup - Direct Mount, Neck Pickup : Mustang® Single-Coil Neck Pickup, Pickup Switching: On/off, phase slider switch for each pickup (in/out), Controls : Master Volume, Master Tone, Hardware : Chrome, Bridge :Adjusto-Matic™ Bridge with Dynamic Vibrato Tail-piece, String Nut : Synthetic Bone, Tuning Machines : Vintage-Style, Strings : Fender® USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges), Color : Fiesta Red, Sonic Blue, Dark Lake Placid Blue with Stripe
