But this signature prototype was used even two months before his death in 1994. The Jag-Stang was one of the last guitars Kurt used, usually rotated with other Mustang models, and very sparsely his 1965 Jaguar. This model sports an alder body and a 24-inch scale maple neck with a rosewood fretboard, on the neck position there was a Fender Texas Special and a white DiMarzio H-8 humbucker for the bridge. One that stuck after the first prototype and tryout session. As for the headstock, after some trouble finding the right fit, Larry Brooks from the custom shop shared that they ended up using a standard Fender shape for it. This special model used simple Mustang electronics and single-coil pickups as well, just like the tailpiece and pickguard pieces were all taken directly from the aforementioned model, but used the horns and mild aesthetic values from the Jaguar cut down to a lower scale. “What I did is I took a picture of a Mustang, a Polaroid picture of a Mustang, and a picture of a Jaguar and then cut them in half and glued them together and told them to build that. The first drawings were later published from his journals and he shared them with the Fender custom shop engineers, but he also gave a glued picture of half a Jaguar and Mustang. In 1993 with Nirvana being hailed as the “biggest rock band in the world” Kurt landed a deal with Fender to make a special guitar just for him, he came up with the idea to produce a completely new model that would hybrid a Mustang and a Jaguar. Kurt Cobain was most known for playing Fender Mustang and Jaguar guitars as well as the Martin D-18 acoustic he played on the legendary Nirvana MTV unplugged performance. But it wasn’t until 1991’s Nevermind that Kurt and Nirvana would become a world-changing act through the release of their first No. With mild pop melodies, enough to become a catchy riddle in the minds of thousands, Nirvana’s Sub Pop era spawned their first underground hit Love Buzz, a song that for many music critics and historians was nothing but a mere hint of what was yet to come. His conscientious lyricism and distortion-packed, blasting riffs trademarked the band and the left of the American dial alike. He also shaped the course of the music industry, pivoting American counterculture and alternative rock as a massive driving force. As frontman of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain not only became the face and voice of a generation.
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