The Fender Mustang

by Jeremy Conn

Kurt Cobain - Fender Mustang - 1965 - EHX - Boss Effects - Noise from Maine - Maine Guitars

Originally released in 1964, the Mustang was the third in Fender's student series-following the Musicmaster and Duo-Sonic-but the first offset to be featured in the range.

Fender Mustang - 1965 - Olympic White - Noise From Maine - Maine Guitars - Kurt Cobain 

By the 1990s, the Mustang had become an indie-rock workhorse and could be found in the hands of grunge gods (Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Mark Arm of Mudhoney), Britpop superstars (Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn of Blur), shoegaze innovators (Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine), and noiseniks like Buzz Osborne from the Melvins and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. 

Kurt Cobain - Nirvana - Fender Mustang - Noise From Maine - Maine Guitars

Read the full article on fender.com

Buy a Fender Mustang at maineguitars.com

 

Leave a comment

Back to Noise From Maine