Please note that this is a handmade acoustic-electric guitar with single coils pickups so a bit of buzz can occur. – Ortega dreadnought acoustic guitar case with complete relic job to match as close as it can be Kurt’s original: – Freeway 6 positions selector switch (works just like a Strat) The 1959 Martin D-18E guitar was played by Cobain during his 1993 MTV Unplugged performance in New York. – Hepcat Pickups Middle custom handwounded pickup, a mix of a Jaguar and a Strat bridge pickup – Neck & Bridge Hepcat Pickups handwounded Single coils Grunge became gold Saturday (June 20) as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for an eye-popping 6 million at auction. – Headstock completely refined to match the original A detail of the guitar used by musician Kurt Cobain during Nirvanas famous MTV Unplugged in New York concert in 1993, is pictured at the Hard Rock Cafe Piccadilly Circus in central London on May. Non contractual pictures, this is the n☁ that I keep for myself:) Hope you like it! Here comes the description and Youtube links. Whether it be stamps, trains, trading cards, or something else, chances are there are people out there who collect just about anything. It took me several months of research and creativity (and a bit of craziness: ) to be able to recreate what is now the most iconic music memorabilia of Grunge music and the 90’s, which I grew up in. The guitar Kurt Cobain played during his iconic MTV Unplugged performance has sold at auction for more than 6 million. Today I’m proud to offer the opportunity for fans like me to own what is now my biggest project since the creation of “ khristore” in 2006. It remains to these days one of their best and remembered live session. Souvenirs of Cobain's life regularly fetch high figures, but the acoustic guitar marks a new record.On November 18, 1993, Nirvana performed their MTV Unplugged in New York at Sony Music Studios. Kurt Cobain’s Martin guitar from MTV Unplugged goes up for auction The heavily modified Martin D-18E carries a presale estimate of 1million. He purchased the guitar a few months before the concert, and it is a very rare guitar that was produced only for a year between 19. Kurt Cobain’s renowned ‘MTV Unplugged’ guitar has shattered the record for the most expensive guitar ever sold at auction, selling for US6.01 million (about £4. The previous record for the most expensive guitar was set in 2019, when Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmor's instrument was sold for around $4 million. If there is one iconic Kurt Cobain acoustic guitar, it is the Martin D-18E, which Cobain used in the legendary MTV Unplugged concert in 1993. While all of these items fetched several hundred thousand dollars, none competed with Cobain's guitar. Other items sold at the auction on Saturday, as part of the Music Icons event by Julien's Auctions, included a guitar owned by Prince, a belt worn by Elvis Presley and a gown worn by Madonna. Cobain famously used the guitar during Nirvana's 1993 "MTV Unplugged" performance Image: Getty Images
The guitar was played on November 18, 1993, less than five months before Cobain committed suicide at the age of 27. The guitar, a 1959 Martin D-18E, was sold to Australian Peter Freedman, owner of Rode Microphones.īids opened at $1 million for the record-breaking sale.
The subsequent live album is one of the grunge rock band's only acoustic recordings. Grunge became gold Saturday (June 20) as the guitar Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s 1993 MTV Unplugged performance sold for an eye-popping 6 million at auction.
It became one of his best known and most iconic guitars after he was seen performing with it during the MTV Unplugged in New York live album. The guitar was famous for having been played on Nirvana's 1993 "MTV Unplugged" performance. This Martin D-18E Kurt bought in early 1992 at Voltage Guitars in Los Angeles for 5,000 Julien’s. An acoustic guitar played by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has been sold at auction for a record $6 million (€5.4 million) in Beverly Hills, California.
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