Fender Kurt Cobain Mustang Signature Electric Guitar, Sonic Blue

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Other features include the classic 24" Mustang scale length, C-shaped maple neck with urethane finish, 7.25" - radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 vintage-style frets and vintage-style ivory dot inlays, four-ply Tortoiseshell pickguard, master volume and tone controls, vintage-style tuners, and chrome hardware.

Kurt Cobain liked Mustangs a lot. For one, he preferred offbeat guitars that didn't cost much and the Mustang certainly fit those two criteria. Also, being somewhat physically diminutive himself, he liked to perform live with slightly more diminutive guitars, like Fender Mustangs and Jaguars, which better fit his hands and his reach.

See for yourself-go back and watch the famous 1991 video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and there he is and there it is slung over his shoulder. Or think back to footage of the '93-'94 In Utero tour, when he seldom went onstage with anything but a Mustang. Quite often and especially later on, Mustangs were a big part of what Kurt Cobain was all about, musically.

When Kurt Cobain hit the stage in the early 90's, it was often with a Mustang electric guitar - he was an enigmatic anti-hero figure with an esoteric anti-hero instrument. So it's with great pride that Fender introduces the Kurt Cobain Mustang, which evokes the man, the band, the sound and the times, and gives an authentically crafted nod to one of the most unlikely guitars to ever find itself at the center of a musical maelstrom.

Features/Specifications:

Body & Bridge:

• Body Material: Alder
• Body Shape: Mustang
• Body Finish: Urethane
• Bridge: Adjusto-Matic™ Bridge with Dynamic Vibrato Tail-piece
• Pickguard: 4-Ply Tortoiseshell

Neck:

• Neck Shape: "C" Shape
• Number of Frets: 22
• Fret Size: Vintage Style
• Position Inlays: Vintage Ivory Dots
• Fingerboard Radius: 7.25" (18.41 cm)
• Fretboard: Rosewood
• Neck Material: Maple
• Neck Finish: Urethane
• Nut Width: 1.625" (41.3 mm)
• Scale Length: 24" (61 cm)
• String Nut: Synthetic Bone

Pickups & Hardware:

• Pickup Configuration: H/S
• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan JB Model™ Humbucking Bridge Pickup - Direct Mount
• Neck Pickup: Mustang Single-Coil Neck Pickup
• Pickup Switching: On/Off Slider, In/Out Phase Switch for Each Pickup
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Hardware Finish: Chrome
• Strings: Fender USA Super 250R, NPS, (.010-.046 Gauges)