This guitar was famous for being used in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video but that wasn't the first time it was seen, it was first used in the Beehive Music and Video store where it was used for the songs "Breed" at 8:00 and "Floyd The Barber" at 11:01. Here's the guitar - and Kurt's sweater - on display at Seattle Experience Music Project.

Cobain avoided using this guitar in large concerts because it was the second Mustang Cobain had ever owned and it was one of Cobain's favorite guitars (Cobain usually smashed his guitars onstage therefore he didn't use his favorites frequently, roadware may also have been a factor in this).

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1969 Fender Lake Placid Blue Competition Mustang with Matching Headstock. Kurt Cobain used this guitar in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video on August 17, 1991. It was purchased around the same time as his Jaguar, just prior to recording "Nevermind". however, Kurt had been seen using it often during shows. Despite his babying this guitar, he trashed this guitar during the infamous Tree Club show. As a result, it had lower edge damage and a broken neck joint. This guitar can also be seen on the relatively well-known "Hollywood Rock" festival concert footage shot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 01/23/1993.

Kurt's Mustang was lake placid blue with matching headstock. It had two black, single coil sized pickups with a white mother-of-pearl pickguard; serial # F 279651.

• Pickguard: White Pearl.
• Fingerboard : Rosewood w/ dot inlays; 22 frets.
• Pickups: H-S (Black Seymour Duncan Hot rails installed in the bridge position).
• Bridge/Tailpiece: Tune-O-Matic Bridge, Sept 91'

The bridge was replaced with a Stewart MacDonald Gotoh Tune-O-Matic (Kurt's favorite) before the Argentina trip. Oct'92.

First Recorded Use: 09/16/1991 Beehive Music & Video, Seattle, WA.

Last Recorded Use: 04/09/1993 Cow Palace (Trenjevka Woman's Group/Bosnia Rape Victim Benefit), Daly City, CA.

In an interview with GuitarWorld, when asked why he favors low-end models of guitars, Cobain replied:

"I don’t favor them — I can afford them. [laughs] I’m left-handed, and it’s 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. I’ve only owned two of them."

He added, "They’re cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small. They also don’t stay in tune, and when you want to raise the string action on the fretboard, you have to loosen all the strings and completely remove the bridge. You have to turn these little screws with your fingers and hope that you’ve estimated it right. If you screw up, you have to repeat the process over and over until you get it right. Whoever invented that guitar was a dork."

Here is a still image of Cobain holding the Fender Mustang.

"I have two Fender Competition Mustangs for sale here. Both were purchased and used while writing and recording Conventional Weapons by My Chem. These Mustangs really helped bring the garage rock feel to the forefront, and helped make some of my favorite sounding My Chem songs." - Frank

Damon Albarn playing Simon Tong's 1972 Fender Mustang in Competition Burgundy (LPB) in 2004.

In this Instagram story from Jimmy Smith, he shows his Fender Yellow Competition Mustang, with red stripes. The yellow finish has been known to turn more orange with age. He captions the photo:

I'm in love already and its only been a few hours

Ryan can be seen using a Fender Competition Red Mustang guitar in this photo. He used this guitar during the Pretty. Odd. era.

MARK ARK USED A COMPETITION RED MUSTANG IN THE VIDEO FOR BLINDING SUN

Here in a promo video for Nathan‘s other band “Baby Boys” You can see Nathan playing a Fender Mustang.

STEVE USED A BLUE ONE AND CAN BE SEEN THROUGH OUT THE VIDEO

In a photo from musicinminnesota.com, Kimbra is seen playing a Fender Competition Mustang during a performance in New Zealand.

Someone asked her on her Instagram post if it was a vintage or a reissue. She replied to it that it's a Japanese 2012 reissue.

In this image, you can see Amelia Murray playing a Fender Mustang Fiesta Red competition at a live concert.

This is Ben's main guitar for the death wish EP with some tape on the switches.