My Time With Kurt Cobain's Actual Guitar | Ep 3: Smells Like Teen Spirit Fender Competition Mustang

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Published 2024-05-11
Documenting, analyzing and examining nearly every inch of Kurt Cobain's 1969 Fender Competition Mustang. One of the most historic and iconic guitars in rock music, and the most expensive electric guitar in the world.

A thorough visual record and historical analysis of Kurt Cobain's actual Smells Like Teen Spirit mustang, the guitar that lead a musical revolution. Every ding, scratch and mark. Nothing is overlooked.

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HUGE shoutout to @lomicguitars212 for being my assistant for this absolutely incredible experience

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All Comments (21)
  • @angutimmm
    From 100 dollar guitar to most expensive electric guitar that's crazy!!!
  • @tmmuscics2753
    Next video - “I went to heaven to document Kurt cobain”
  • Fun fact: In 2015, a study was done. It was to try to find out what the most iconic song of all time is, according to statistics. Scanning hundreds of millions of forums, blogs, newspapers, radio stations, streaming services, etc. And according to that data, the most iconic song to ever be released, is Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana. In other words, oh my god.
  • @TJ-wf1rr
    I actually never thought this guitar would really see the light of day again after it was sold for around 4 million dollars.
  • @VermilionVortex
    Now Eric just needs to document the Jaguar, and everything will be right
  • @dustra5000
    HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS (jk please do, you’re the best at documenting these)
  • Hes living out every nirvana fans dream And sharing it with all of us Absoloute legend
  • @THE-CRT
    DUDE NO WAY, HE’S ACTUALLY DOING IT!
  • @sleevelessace
    "this was kurts most favourite and cherished guitar! even having his guitar tech making a less intrusive and reversible bridge mod :) shows clips of him slamming it into a monitor untill the neck snaps off Ahhh love! :)
  • @UltraZombie
    So cool as a lefty guitarist I’m glad it’s being documented as the most famous lefty guitar of all time
  • @K1see1337
    I from Russia, I love Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
  • The fact that this became a series in less than a year, and you getting the chance to see and hold arguably the Nirvana Guitar, is amazing! The Unplugged guitar, HSB music video guitar, Vandalism Strat, Jagstang, and Jaguar would all be amazing to see in this series!! Maybe his pedals and amps(wherever they are) could be a part of this series? One day, we'll see
  • You're like the Jim Cameron of Nirvana research, so good dude! This is epic
  • That guitar to me is more iconic than eddie van halen's strat. I love that guitar with all of my heart and i cant wait to see it! ❤
  • The fact that you got the color codes direct from the guitar is remarkable. Its a gift to anyone on that journey to created a perfect replica. Well done!
  • @pasi8800
    Full body chills and I'm just watching this video. Can't imagine how it must have felt being there in person.
  • @randomcrap7682
    the serial number now belongs to a 97 frontman amp according to fender's site
  • @CraigMahaney
    Very cool he was able to have time with kurts guitar.