The bridge was filled in and routed to insert a new slot for the saddle.Voltage Guitars recut the nut so it could be played left-handed.Pickup Selector Switch, Tortoiseshell Pickguard.Design Elements: Two DeArmond Pickups, Three Control Knobs,.Adirondack Spruce Top, One-Piece Mahogany Neck.Wood Composition: Mahogany Back and Sides,.The guitar has plenty of scratches and damage from its short lifespan as Cobain’s favoured acoustic instrument. I’ve taken several close up photos which you can see below. He customized both the guitar and it case and used it during several performances before his untimely death on April 5, 1994. He didn’t own the guitar for long, purchasing it with its vintage hardshell case at Voltage Guitars in Los Angeles. However, the star of the show is Cobain’s famed 1959 Martin D-18 guitar, which sits behind a protective glass cage. Photos from the 90s alternative music scene at the Sydney Powerhouse Museum’s Unpopular exhibit. The exhibit does a great job of capturing the chaotic, stripped down energy of the times with one room showing a small Nirvana performance in Australia recorded on tape, as well as plenty of photos from the era. I had the chance to take a closer look at the D-18E at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, where it was showing as part of the Unpopular exhibit – an exploration of the alternative music scene in the 1990s. It would take a further 26 years for the guitar to earn a different type of infamy after Røde Microphones founder Peter Freedman bought it for $6 million, making it the most expensive guitar ever sold.įreedman planned to use the guitar to help support the arts sector and, good to his word, has begun touring it around the world.
Kurt Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic guitar will be forever associated with the musician thanks to Nirvana’s live 1993 MTV Unplugged performance just months before he died. It was his go to acoustic guitar that he also took home with him and was the last guitar he ever played.Ī truly special guitar and very desirable and beyond rare.Kurt Cobain’s infamous 1959 Martin D-18E, which was sold to Peter Freedman for $6 million, on display in Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum. You can see why Kurt Cobain chose this guitar for his MTV unplugged set with Nirvana and to use on the In Utero tour in 1993. The pick ups have a great sound and combined with an amp this guitar takes it to another level. It has a rich and deep tone and a lot of character. The tuners are still as good as the day they were made and the electronics are working as they should. It has a beautiful red pearloid to the edge bindings and red pearloid pickguard. With such an irresistible player such as this it has been played as you would expect, with it’s fair share of dings and small scratches, but it holds up well and is a true testament to the build quality of Martin guitars it is in wonderful shape with only the finest quality woods and materials used. The guitar is in great condition for its age. The guitar comes complete with its original case made by TKL, quite possibly the finest cases in the world with gorgeous green plush lining. The first tone knob closest to the sound hole controls the tone of the neck pick up, the middle is the overall volume control and the tone knob to the the right controls the tone of the bridge pick up, giving the guitar great tonal variety. The guitar sounds exactly like the Nirvana MTV in Unplugged album, a truly beautiful sounding rare guitar. This makes this exact model officially the most expense guitar ever sold. This has now been settled, Isiah Silva sold this guitar through Juliens Auctions in Beverly Hills for a recording breaking $6,010,000.
The last model guitar Kurt ever played and part of Frances Bean Cobain lawsuit with Isiah Silva.
Famously used by Kurt Cobain on tour and on Nirvana’s famous MTV unplugged in New York appearance. This guitar had a very limited 1 to 2 year total production run of 302 instruments, dreadnought body, solid spruce top, mahogany sides and back, 2 factory installed DeArmond pick ups, kluson tuners, great condition for age, action is fine. It is now up there in the desirability stakes with the Gibson Korina Explorer and Flying V from 1958, Les Paul Burst from this time period and ’50’s and early ’60’s Fender’s. This is one fo the most coveted guitars in history after setting three world records at auction for Kurt Cobain’s original for the highest price paid for a guitar, highest price paid for memorabilia and highest price paid for Kurt Cobain/ Nirvana memorabilia. PLEASE NOTE WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER FOR THIS GUITAR AND SHIPPING IS FOR THE EU ONLY DUE TO THE BRAZILIAN ROSEWOOD ON THE FRETBOARD.
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