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Broken Cobain Guitar
Stratocaster smashed on stage by Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain's Fender Stratocaster (1993, left-handed), demolished by him in Inglewood, California, during the 1993 tour in support of album "In Utero" - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.35.27 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

  • Stratocaster, left-handed (1993), Fender. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    "​Kurt Cobain of Nirvana demolished this guitar at the climax of a performance in Inglewood, California, during the 1993 tour in support of In Utero. He destroyed the bridge pickup by using his technician’s drill, allegedly to impress Eddie Van Halen, who was in attendance. ",
    "​Technical Description: Contoured basswood or alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25½ in. scale; black finish; bolt-on neck with dot inlays; silver Fender logo decal on headstock; two single-coil pickups, bridge pickup missing, five-way selector switch, one volume and two tone controls; chrome vibrato bridge and nickel tuners, white plastic pickguard and knobs; bridge pickup and routing destroyed with drill, neck separated from body ",
    "​Artwork Details ",
    "​Title:  Stratocaster, left-handed ",
    "​Artist: Fender ",
    "​Artist: Kurt Cobain (American) ",
    "​Date:   1993 ",
    "​Medium: Basswood or alder, maple, rosewood, chrome, nickel, plastic ",
    "​Dimensions: Length: 39 in. (99.1 cm) / Width: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) / Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) / Weight: approx. 7-8 lbs. ",
    "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
    "​Credit Line: Courtesy of Curtis Schenker ",
    "​Provenance: Kurt Cobain "
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Source Broken Cobain Guitar
Author Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City
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" "Instruments of Rock & Roll" show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art "

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