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Kurt Cobain\u2019s most beloved six-string companion could soon be in your hands.<\/p>\n
A 1969 Fender Competition Mustang that the late Nirvana frontman deemed his favorite guitar will be auctioned off at Christie\u2019s New York in March 2026. The left-handed axe, which is expected to fetch between $2.5 million and $5 million at the upcoming sale, was featured on two of the band\u2019s generation-defining albums and used for several seminal live performances. It was, therefore, a key contributor to the soundtrack of the \u201890s.<\/p>\n
More from Robb Report<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m left-handed, and it\u2019s not very easy to find reasonably priced, high-quality left-handed guitars. But out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite,\u201d Cobain said of the instrument in his final interview with Guitar World.<\/p>\n Cobain purchased the teal Fender from Lloyd Chaite of Voltage Guitars in Los Angeles sometime between 1990 and \u201891. He played it during both the Nevermind<\/em> and In Utero<\/em> recording sessions, as well as on stage during the height of Nirvana\u2019s fame. It is also the guitar that the grunge icon famously strummed in the music video for the band\u2019s perennial hit \u201cSmells Like Teen Spirit.\u201d The clip, which debuted on MTV\u2019s 120 Minutes on September 29, 1991, catapulted Nirvana into stardom. The band won countless awards for the single and the video, earning both a rightful place in music history. Cobain died by suicide in 1994 at the age of 27, but he, the band, and their songs remain firmly in the zeitgeist.<\/p>\n