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This classic article from the August issue of Guitar World serves as the definitive guide to Kurt Cobain's grungy assortment of pawn shop guitars, high-octane pedals and essential amps. Kurt Cobain must have been amused when magazines like Guitar World and Guitar Player requested interviews and when Fender approached him to design a guitar. But here's where another irony exists — although Cobain often said he didn't care very much about equipment, he certainly possessed more than a passing interest in the tools of his trade. Cobain may not have collected vintage Gibsons, Martins, D'Angelicos and what-not, but he owned an eccentric cache of budget models, low-end imports and pawn shop prizes — most pursued with the same passion as a Gibson collector seeking a mint '59 Les Paul. Even when he could afford the best, Cobain's taste in instruments never changed.

The sale also included the case, which Cobain had decorated with a sticker for the band Poison Idea's "Feel the Darkness," Rolling Stone reports. Inside, along with Cobain's picks and strings, is a "stash bag" decorated with a silver spoon, fork, and knife. Other items from the Nov. Last year, the cardigan Cobain wore for the gig became the most expensive sweater ever sold. Breaking News.

As frontman of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain not only became the face and voice of a generation but also shaped the course of the music industry, pivoting American counterculture and alternative rock as a massive driving force. Conscientious lyricism and distortion packed, blasting riffs that trademarked the band and the left of the American dial alike. The most iconic guitars used by Kurt Cobain were his Fender Mustang and Jaguar guitars as well as the Martin D he played on the legendary Nirvana MTV unplugged performance, but he played many others throughout his career.

Written by CNN Staff. The rare DE guitar is listed with a number of other items once owned by the Nirvana frontman, who died by suicide in , approximately five months after the New York show. The auction house is hosting the sale in Beverly Hills, Hollywood.