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@404TVfr

3 ай бұрын

You think there could ever be a chance for the VMA Strat to be fully repaired and restored?

@doruk79

3 ай бұрын

I’m a huge fan

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

@@404TVfr It's definitely possible, but would need extensive work. But at the same time, it's a fully signed body. Putting in a input jack would completely cover the "help me" stick person. So there's an argument to be made both ways, to restore it or to leave it as is

@King_Creates

3 ай бұрын

Are you gonna change anything on ur vma Strat to make it more accurate to the real deal?

@paressehylton

3 ай бұрын

@@404TVfr​​⁠ Nah dude. Just like steve albini said about the in utero sessions studio microphones, they are not microphones anymore. Those are artefacts, music history pieces, museum material, and it worth lot of money, at the condition it’s properly stored, protected from fire, sunlight etc, and touched as less as possible.

We need to make sure that this man gets to see all of Kurts actual guitars

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

🤞 I would LOVE to make this an entire series, and create many visual records!

@krispykrackers8826

3 ай бұрын

If he gets to see the Competition Mustang and Unplugged guitar👀

@TheLockdownKidNYC

3 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars You're probably the only shot we have at seeing the Vandalism or Jaguar up close. We await until then.

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

@@TheLockdownKidNYC 🫡

@stephenkane2464

3 ай бұрын

@@TheLockdownKidNYCwhere tf is the Jaguar !! lol

the day you get to document his jaguar will be insane

@SarbastBashar-vy6so

3 ай бұрын

what actually happened to the jaguar?

@johnmostlikely

3 ай бұрын

@@SarbastBashar-vy6so according to eric erlandson, who was the last person seen playing the jaguar, frances bean has it

@Kasikerim

3 ай бұрын

​@@johnmostlikelyShe does not show anything thats sad

@johnmostlikely

3 ай бұрын

@@Kasikerim frances has a lot of kurt’s stuff, pretty sure most of it sits either in a storage unit or a warehouse

@Kasikerim

3 ай бұрын

@@johnmostlikely There is nothing i wouldn't give to touch that guitar frances is too lucky 👾

Man you’re getting to see all the guitars! I wish I had opportunities like this

You should do a video on Kurt’s telecaster

@ruination775

Ай бұрын

Yes. Most definitely.

This is the Kurt Cobain birthday special? Another lucky moment for you Eric! I did not know the vma strat went through so much after being destroyed in Buenos Aries.

Looks like the first character of the neck would’ve been I, this making the serial I039699. Same year as Kurt’s Vandalism which is 1989-1990

Happy Birthday Kurt

I wish you met Kurt, these videos are insane!

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Bro at this point he IS Kurt Cobain

@stephenkane2464

3 ай бұрын

Lollll wouldn’t go that far

@101Volts

2 ай бұрын

He has great attention to detail, but I also wouldn't go that far. Though I will say he's inspiring to this fool (me) who never nicely recorded and uploaded his own covers of B-52s songs. ARGH.

MIJ guitars had prefixes of either A, E, G, J, U or T. Based off when the guitar was used it can only be an A, E, G, or J, based off the straight line you can make out on the attached part of the neck and the removed, My best guess is it's an E or a J. Which for timeline sake means it was built from 1984-1990. There is also the possibility of it being an I, but I and J are the same period of 1989-1990. My best guess is it's an I because there doesn't seem to be any curl to it based off the attached part of the neck. So overall my guess is I039699 (1989-1990)

@lita534

3 ай бұрын

Serial number is K039699, year of production of guitars with that serial is 1990-1991, guitar have vintage truss rod, single ply pickguard, that means it must be ST-62 Vintage reissue, its in their catalog of 1990 Japanese guitars. You can even see two little lines from K in the video.

The fact the owner reached out to you to get you to come over and document it says enough. Hopefully you get to document some more of Kurt's gear as I just get a sense of joy and amazement that you've already done so with two iconic guitars

Man i'm so jealous that you had a chance to see it

That’s so freaking awesome! Me and my 9 year old son are really big fans of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. My son actually introduced me to this channel. It’s really cool to see these kinds of things. I’m also glad that this piece of music history is in the hands of a passionate fan and not just some rich collector who owns football teams. Thanks for sharing this with us 😋

There’s no way those neck screws were there without a back plate. In fact, in the video of the guitar being broken I’m pretty sure you can see a neck plate… Earnie must have reclaimed it along with the electronics, and then put the screws back in

Dang it the premier is during school😭

Wow man im so jealous! Would love to see Kurts guitars in real life!

You should make your entire Nirvana gear update video!

It is amaizing video! Thank you for sharing this. Maybe Kurt bought this guitar with these burnts from sort of pawn shop in Japan, so the guitar has a tag but it is not brand new. For example check out how looks like Fender Stratocaster 1984-87 ST-362.

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Will look into that, thank you for the lead!! Thank you for the kind words and for watching 😃

@thedutchdjentleman

3 ай бұрын

I think this might be the guitar yeah. The only differences from ones I could find online are that this has an 8 hole, not an 11 hole pickguard and that this has the serial number by the heel, not on the headstock. Side note, these '84-'87 japanese fender strats have the most incredible necks on them so if you get a chance to play one, take it.

@GenaGuitar

3 ай бұрын

@@thedutchdjentleman st-57 body with st-62 neck

I love that you have become the go-to person to document these relics on KZread. I'm sure you already know this, but you're going to keep getting these opportunities because you put out excellent work. You've made yourself an indispensable to us Nirvana guitar nerds. Kudos!

When going on the Fender website for the serial lookup, the complete serial number appears to be A039699. 1988-1999 '68 Reissue Fender Stratocaster: Vintage White Poly finish, basswood body, maple neck, 21 frets, bone nut, 3-ply pickguard, etc. Great video!

You’re like a human lucky charm for Kurt’s real guitars. The VMA strat is one of the more aesthetically better looking guitars for me and seeing you hold it is amazing. Crazy video! Edit: that poster holy shit

another kurt guitar!? amazing! i hope we get to see more guitars in the future. i was really exited to the the damages at the back of the headstock from this, thanks for your videos, white strat eater out. WAIT

Dude! Your channel is awesome! I am 45 years old and I've been a Nirvana fan since i was 13 back in 7th grade. Started playing guitar when I was 14 and bass and drums when i was 16. I still play guitar to this day. Pretty awesome seeing all you do on your channel. Keep goin' man! 😁👍🏼

The VMA is definitely one of his most iconic guitars so it's definitely awesome seeing you with it, man, that's so cool

Thank you for making this video I remember this guitar well as a nirvana fan prior to nevermind. Thanks for what you do

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!!

Too bad I missed the stream, but I'm really glad you were able to see & examine another one of Kurt Cobain's guitars. Keep up the great work!

Been watching this channel for a while, really proud of all the progress its making! Keep up the great work!

Good job, great vidéo ! 👍😎

Amazing, man! I was thrilled

Everyone is a Strat guy eventually... Especially, if you're a Fender guy. Strats are the perfect form factor for a guitar. I'm right there with you.

@r.edward5701

2 ай бұрын

Hate where the volume control is. SG's for me

If I had a nickel for every time in the last year Eric has gotten to see one of Kurt’s guitars in person, I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

This made me legit laugh at loud 😂 that’s great haha!

@amandahammond2691

3 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars Glad to be of service!

Amazing with all of Kurt’s guitars. Such a great story with this Stratocaster.

Great video for Kurts birthday thank you

This was so good!!! You didn’t disappoint Eric!!! Keep it up!!!

Dude awesome vids keep the good work it’s funny his birthday is three before mine

this is so amazing that you get to document all these things for us

Love this video. Hoping for even more of these with even more of Kurts actual guitars.

Hi, I am the original Radio 1 competition winner, I had the guitar for over 20 years and it is great to see it again in this video.

@neah7061

3 ай бұрын

I have a pic of the serial number which may help with the MIJ prefix letter.

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Wow Thank you so much for watching and for commenting! I would love to see that picture, to hear your story about receiving the guitar. Email me at skystang.one@gmail.com when you can 🙂

Amazing Eric!!! 🙏🏻

That’s amazing! This guitar has a very special place in my heart, this and the Hendrix Woodstock strat is why I purchased my Olympic white strat in ‘94. It’s interesting to see how mine is now much more yellow in its colour (it’s a USA one so possibly different paint?) but Kurt’s one still seems to be a close/true shade to the original.

Loving the video so far!! However you did forget one Strat: the one smashed at the first Hollywood Rock show, there were two black ones. I think the one at Hollywood Rock was a PartsCaster like the Reading strat. They're distinguishable by their damage status, and the Hollywood Rock one debuted at The Point Theatre. But holy crap, I never realized how intact the body was!

I love your videos man, your VMA strat in particular gave me the itch to do my own, first time wiring pickups myself too, such a badass guitar

You are so lucky! I listened to Nirvana casually over the years, but I didn't really dive into this rabbit hole until December last year when I started learning Teen Spirit and Come As You Are. Nirvana and Silverchair had a huge influence on The Moffatts final studio album titled, Submodalities, as well as their B-sides collection. You can also hear the Teen Spirit riff in their song titled, Born to Be Wild. So I figured studying those influences would give me a really good foundation, but I fell in love along the way! I'm in my late 30s, just now studying guitar fundamentals. I resumed the hobby just over a year ago after a 20 year hiatus. I quit guitar sometime in 2003 at the age of 17 due to motivation issues stemming from family circumstances. I picked up an aNueNue M-12, which is nearly identical to the ones used by Music Travel Love (formerly The Moffatts). I am looking to upgrade to electric within the next few years, and I thought that a Kurt Cobain setup would be a good start. Do you have any recommendations? Is there anything you would do differently if you started studying guitar later in life?

This. Is. Insane! I did wonder after the VMA tone video last week if something was in the pipeline! Nice one Eric, not sure what the time will be here in the UK but I’ll be watching it! 🎸

Dude, this is amazing. That is one of my fav Kurt guitars ever

I love what you do and it’s so fricking cool that you’ve seen Kurt’s actual guitars I’m really jealous

Have only found you recently, but man. You go so in depth with these videos its honestly amazing. The amount of effort you bring to analyze kurts guitars is insane. Definitely subscribed.

Still think it's cool that asf recommended this channel, also love all the work that's gone into this video

Enjoy your delivery style :) Hope you get to see all the guitars and document them all

Great vid, as always, Eric. Keep it up! :)

This is gonna be epic when it premieres! I can already it’s gonna very be interesting to see!

Amazing!!❤

Dude. Good for you. A thousand times, good for you. I'm so glad that someone like you, who I see a lot of my younger self in, is able to not only do the things you do, but share it with the rest of us. You know you'll always have our support, and if there's anything we could ever do for you please ask, you know we'd help out!

What a crazy opportunity, I’m so happy you got to experience this, you deserve it after all the hard work you put in for the Nirvana community.

Dude this is epic! You get these amazing opportunities to see these items and Share them🥹

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

I am incredibly lucky and don't take it for granted 🥹 I am only able to do these things because of the support from the amazing Nirvana fan gear community. My hope is that I am able to give back by creating these visual records/historical analyses of these guitars!!

@King_Creates

3 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars Ur the best man,Grateful for keeping Dave’s,Kurt’s,And Krists legacy alive

I don't know why but every clip where you talk about how iconic the guitars are and then it cuts to Kurt abusing the shit out of it had me cracking up. Wish this guy stuck around to see 57.

Awesome, waiting for the holding the MTV unplugged guitar!

this is an awesome video

you shoud try to see if there's still finger prints of Kurt on it.

he’s done it again

Great video 🙂👍👍

Today when I was at school I literally could not stop thinking about watching this video I was so excited I just could not pay attention in class 🥳✌️😊🎸🎸

@andrewahrenholtz9447

3 ай бұрын

me too lol

This will be awesome.

What a banger to watch!

Very cool that you got too see another of Kurt's guitars! This channel called Scott On Tape had its host get to sit in the Melvin tour van! Maybe you guys could do a collaboration video?

This is awesome!!! I’ve always loved this guitar and the tones from the shows it played. I reckon it might be my favourite after the skystang. You are SO lucky you got to see it! Great video. Two questions: What would you say is the cheapest, or cheapest to build Kurt Cobain guitar? And second of all, what bass would you reccomend for a beginner? Thank you ! Sending love from Australia ❤

Fascinating!

I’m so happy it’s owed by a true nirvana fan! I bet most of them are owned by investors. I wish I could get my own kurt guitar but I’m about £1 million short. Love the work you do it’s always correct I have been a nirvana fan for 32 years and you still teach me things I never knew.

Sooner or later you're gonna be the one who finds Kurt's jaguar. Amazing video as always!!

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

That would be absolutely insane 🤯 we can only hope!! 🤞 Thank you for watching!

@kBlueberry2024

3 ай бұрын

Kurt's Jag as we know is in Frances' possession. At least from what Eric Erlandson told someone when they asked him about it via Instagram

@rikkifknrobin

3 ай бұрын

@@kBlueberry2024 I know someone reached out to Earnie, frances, and even Courtney. If my memory serves me right Earnie doesn't have it, Frances didn't respond, and Courtney told him to fuck off lol

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

@@kBlueberry2024 that’s what I’ve heard/seen too! As far as we currently know, it seems like Frances has it. Rightfully so imo

@krispykrackers8826

3 ай бұрын

@@rikkifknrobin She said fuck off? Over a small question?

We need the jaguar next!

Amazing as always!!! and i was just wondering, are you going to make a part 2 or complete redo (like what you did with your reading 1992 tone video) of your snl 1992 video now that you have a hotrails strat???

Where's the neckplate...? Screws into the neck and no neck plate?

4:03 I like how he had the big fridge raider size road case but only had two small amps in it. Lol

Nice vid Eric!

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

There is an article ( Ground Guitar) about Kurt and Krist building Mustang ( blue and pink ) in the garage . (Kurt:) We even built a bunch of Mustangs at one time. We bought some necks, and took pieces of wood and cut out the bodies and put necks on - and they were completely out of tune. But we did a pretty good job. (Krist:) We had this little assembly line in the garage, where we -incomprehensible- painted them. (Kurt:) Those were all destroyed in one tour. That was about like four years ago, probably. At least.

have fun dude 🎸🎸

Cool man. Been a nirvana obsessed fan for over 30 years. Met Dave and Krist. And attended the rock hall 2014. Wife thinks I’m crazy lol

eric you should do your entire gear collection cuz last is outdated !

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Yes that video is very outdated at this point! An update video for that is very high up on my "to do" list

Great video! Keep up the good work! Also wanted to know why the AI voice was used lol just curious

I hope that one day we will know the whereabouts of Kurt's Jaguar and it can be documented part by part.

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Oh my god that would be absolutely insane 🤯 we can only hope!

@SAP-V

3 ай бұрын

​@NirvanaGuitars if a Long lost bass lost in the 70's can make a comeback then so can his Jag

Bru I’ll be at school when this premieres😭😭😭

@JacksonClancy-qj2fg

3 ай бұрын

lol me too, should have downtime to watch it tho

@jacksonhagele9

3 ай бұрын

@@JacksonClancy-qj2fg yea but I also have guitar sooo I’ll have to wait a while

Jesus Christ I need you to play and document ALL of Kurt's Guitars, specially Jaguar and MARTIN D18

Awesome to see the real thing the owner is very lucky ,myself i would be too tempted , carefully glue it up string it up and hear its sound again would be far too tempting ,a very valuable item for its history .

My favorite nirvana guitar now by far!!!

congrats!!!!!

Nice video, thanks 🤘💀👍

the first part of the serial number is the the broken piece on the guitar with the screws going through it. If you owner undid those four screws and took out that little piece you would be able to see it.

AWESOME

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🤗

I really hope you get to see (and play) the competition mustang

Wow, just wow!

Amazing

Man, this guy is getting to see ALL the guitars!

hey i love the stuff you do, it makes me wanna listen to more nirvana than i do. but if you were given the chance to see any one of kurts guitar which? (mine would be his jag, i just love sunburst)

İ was not expecting a part 2

@NirvanaGuitars

3 ай бұрын

Neither was I lol

@ilgarisnotme5001

3 ай бұрын

@@NirvanaGuitars lol

Really interesting to see that the guitar is still around and not just thrown away

Pretty cool 👍🎸😎

I can not wait

I feel like I have read somewhere that fender sent the white strats to kurts room in japan

Its Amazin!! I wish we could find out the history of the blue Jagstang given to Peter Buck, little is known about it, enlighten us. Please do somthng with it