NEW YORK, Oct 14 — Guitars played by music legends Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain are going under the hammer in the United States next month with an estimated price tag of up to...
'Short-sighted' to cull crocodile spotted at Marina East without trying other options first, say some animal groups in SingaporeNEW YORK, Oct 14 — Guitars played by music legends Eric Clapton and Kurt Cobain are going under the hammer in the United States next month with an estimated price tag of up to US$2 million each.
Up for grabs at the sale organized by Julien’s Auctions in Nashville will be Clapton’s Gibson SG — popularly known asIts custom-painted psychedelic finish makes it one of the most recognizable guitars on the planet, and a key symbol of theremained with him for years afterwards, and was key to the development of what was dubbed the “woman tone” — an oft-imitated sound he produced on the guitar.
The blue Skystang I was one of a number of the models that Cobain bought for the tour, and was the instrument he played at the band’s last ever performance in Munich in 1994, the auction house said.Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s, said the Skystang I was an important part of pop culture history.
“We all know that Kurt Cobain loved to break guitars and smash guitars, but the Fender Mustang was... his favorite guitar,” he told“For the last song of his performances, he takes up a cheaper version of the guitar, and that’s the guitar that he would smash, but not this baby.”A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the two guitars will go to mental health charity Kicking the Stigma.
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