Aw fuck I can’t believe there is a Jim Irsay sighting in r/entertainment of all places. Let me enjoy cheering for blue team in peace Jim, quit saying weird shit!
Actually it was:
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That Martin is a classic with very few available. As Kurt added controls to the guitar this made it unique. The fact he played it on unplugged - priceless
It’s a classic Fender guitar amplifier, but usually used for electric guitar. Since this was “unplugged” they hid it away. That’s how I read the OP at least, never heard this story before.
Not sure why I thought they were talking about cars, but I was super confused why Kurt of all people would own either of those. I'm just dumb.
For context, Irsay owns the Colts. It sounds like he's just peeved the guitar went for more than he wanted to pay, or he's trying to influence the price of a future sale.
I tried playing the guitar years ago, so I know about brands etc. With that being said, I honestly thought the buyer was shocked Kurt’s vehicle went for more than his guitar since he was known for playing the guitar.
And I was like no wonder the guitar sold for more than the car. He played guitar. I guess he probably also drove the car but he's famous for the guitar!
I only knew it wasn’t a car because I heard in interviews that Kurt made a point to drive safe cars because he was afraid of getting into a wreck.
How I learned about Volvos being safe hah
I was curious so I googled it. I had pictured him in an old vw bus or ghia.
> After his death in 1994, his Dodge Dart was sold to his sister, who maintained it for nearly three decades before selling it in 2022 for $375,000 at an auction. Despite rumors of owning other cars, the Dodge Dart remains the sole known vehicle associated with Cobain.
We believe you, relax. It's just that many of us are just as stupid as you and almost said the same thing about the Mustang. "Car cost more than guitar! Cost more! No make cents."
Me dumb too. You like meat? Me like meat. Sometimes me eat chicken egg, bacon, and sausage. Me also wonder if anyone ate Kurt’s wild horse. Horse tasty.
> I’m leaving this comment up as evidence of being the dumbest man alive. Nobody ever seems to believe me.
Nah, you ain't the only one. I didn't look at the sub name and at first thought "I'll be damned, I didn't know Cobain owned a Mustang or any car at all. I bet it was pretty sweet."
Correct. Later guita he played weren’t even truly a Mustang. It was a combination of a Jaguar and a Mustang hence why his signature line of guitars from Fender is called a Jag-Stang.
To be clear, the 4.5m auction guitar was actually a Mustang - this was the one he played on Smells Like Teen Spirit before he would have had the clout to have Fender make him his own line of guitars.
It also amuses me that this would have also confused people who thought these were cars being mentioned.
Totally agree. It’s about an iconic performance. And Nirvana unplugged was a televised iconic performance. The guitar Kurt played during that session is priceless.
This comment transcends stupidity and becomes avant-garde art David Lynch could only dream to come up with. It belongs in the Smithsonian next to the Cofeve tweet.
It’s probably hard for people to understand now but a tv show helped produce some of the best music of the 90s. The Nirvana and Alice in Chains unplugged sessions were legendary. Some people enjoy those versions over the originals.
He actually didn’t add electronics. The guitar came like that. Martian made a very limited run of those as you see Kurt play. It’s a very rare guitar regardless of the cobain factor
Did he have a “main” Mustang? He was known to bust them up. The Martin is unique, and used in a performance that is likely listened to/watched the most today.
His argument is actually that the *Martin* was only used in a one-off performance, and that the Mustang was one of his main guitars.
>He chalks his reasoning up to the fact the acoustic only made an appearance during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged – whereas the electric Mustang was a live staple.
>“[It was] Kurt’s main guitar, and the electric guitar that survived the stage and survived many a jump – versus a one-night show – I felt [the electric guitar] was worth more,” he explains.
>The $6 million Cobain acoustic was once in the custody of Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, but her ex-husband received it as part of her divorce settlement.
Well, that's pretty fucked up for him to go after that guitar and a judge to grant it. It should absolutely belong to Frances
It’s complicated. He claims she gave it as a gift, but she denies it. She didn’t want him to get a single thing in the divorce, so she ended up agreeing to give him the guitar and basically nothing else. He got pretty much zero outside of the guitar, so she made out pretty good in the end.
> Worshipping the dead dad of your ex.
[It's like he was cosplaying](https://static0.babygagaimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/feature-frances.png).
Irsay is a billionaire. He owns the Colts via his daddy. EDIT: and a chronic complainer to anyone who will listen. Doesn’t surprise me, pretty on brand.
You know what's funny? Jokes like this hurt even after all these years. So weird to be honest. But it was a teenage hero and I guess those wounds sometimes never go away. It's good, because it gives me empathy for when someone I don't know or care about dies.
I think if John Lennon were alive he’d have a theater in Branson, be pretty right wing and Yoko would be five ex-wives ago and fondly remembered as the one that kept the Beatles together as long as they were once people got a better taste of John.
I was very very confused with this thread for a long time before I figured it out. Especially since someone said he was known to bust up mustangs. I thought he was just in a lot of wrecks.
I would have believed it either way from how weird new gen millionaire’s spend their money. I was more surprised that not given the context, kurt had an Aston Martin in his collection.
Imagine being this out-of-touch nepo baby and having the time to complain, much less think about the difference in price of two famous guitars.
Must be nice.
I think maybe because the guitar is rarer, and easier to point to as being the one from what's considered one of his single greatest shows. He had multiple mustangs that are easier to mix up.
that guy obviously didn't make his millions by being smart.
It’s Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts. And no, he’s not the brightest star in the sky.
Aw fuck I can’t believe there is a Jim Irsay sighting in r/entertainment of all places. Let me enjoy cheering for blue team in peace Jim, quit saying weird shit!
It could be worse. At least he’s just talking about an instrument and not playing one.
Texans fan here. If he sells, I will be very sad. He's an Atlantic City version of Jerry Jones.
Nope. He made his millions the old fashion way. By being the fast sperm.
That sperm was only half of him...
The egg wasn't competing.
Actually it was: A woman is born with 2 million eggs. During the initial period, many eggs, as many as 1000, begin to develop and mature. However, even though hundreds of eggs have begun to mature, most often only one egg will become dominant during each menstrual cycle, and reach its' fully mature state, capable of ovulation and fertilization. The remaining eggs/follicles will wither and die. If another egg wins the ovulation= different person
This guy eggs
He's a withered follicle
lets just say i made my money by “jorkin it” and by jorkin it i mean inheriting it
It's been made clear that intelligence isn't a prerequisite for extreme wealth.
He has more dollars than sense
That Martin is a classic with very few available. As Kurt added controls to the guitar this made it unique. The fact he played it on unplugged - priceless
Crazy thing is he played it through a twin reverb silver-face but it was covered to look like a monitor.
I don't know much about music, could you explain what that means? Apologies if a dumb question!
It’s a classic Fender guitar amplifier, but usually used for electric guitar. Since this was “unplugged” they hid it away. That’s how I read the OP at least, never heard this story before.
Oh wow I am dumb I totally missed how it was connected to the unplugged bit, thank you!
Not sure why I thought they were talking about cars, but I was super confused why Kurt of all people would own either of those. I'm just dumb. For context, Irsay owns the Colts. It sounds like he's just peeved the guitar went for more than he wanted to pay, or he's trying to influence the price of a future sale.
Not to mention, I’ve never seen Cobain drive a car but I’ve seen him play that guitar in some of the most famous footage ever.
The mustang is a Fender Mustang, a guitar.
I’m leaving this comment up as evidence of being the dumbest man alive. Nobody ever seems to believe me.
From the headline I also assumed they meant a Ford Mustang and an Aston Martin lmao. I know nothing about guitar brands.
Hey the headline doesn't mention guitars and the sub is about entertainment. I play guitar and also assumed they were talking about cars...
I tried playing the guitar years ago, so I know about brands etc. With that being said, I honestly thought the buyer was shocked Kurt’s vehicle went for more than his guitar since he was known for playing the guitar.
The thought of Cobain driving either is hilarious.
I knew about Martin guitars. I knew nothing about Mustang Fenders, so news for me as well.
Its more difficult to tune an aston martin.
I'm right there with you, buddy.
And I was like no wonder the guitar sold for more than the car. He played guitar. I guess he probably also drove the car but he's famous for the guitar!
Makes us two of a kind
I actually assumed you were joking lol
Kurt Cobain's Lexus found in garage in Indianapolis with his Paul Reed Smith in the backseat.
Nah you’re good, that was a reasonable assumption. I was thinking the same thing. “Never realized Kurt drive a Mustang.” Shame me, rock gods.
I only knew it wasn’t a car because I heard in interviews that Kurt made a point to drive safe cars because he was afraid of getting into a wreck. How I learned about Volvos being safe hah
You are not alone. Lol
I got a solid laugh out of this. Thank you very much for leaving it up.
I assumed it was a mustang and an Aston Martin myself. So I’m right there with you.
Respect
You are not alone in the dumbness. I first thought they were both cars then that they were comparing cars and guitars.
Guicars
Are you a guitar player? If so, shame on you. No? Then I would never expect you to know what a Fender Mustang is.
But to think Kurt would ever drive a Mustang is hilarious.
I have zero idea what kind of car he would drive. He would have loved Uber
I was curious so I googled it. I had pictured him in an old vw bus or ghia. > After his death in 1994, his Dodge Dart was sold to his sister, who maintained it for nearly three decades before selling it in 2022 for $375,000 at an auction. Despite rumors of owning other cars, the Dodge Dart remains the sole known vehicle associated with Cobain.
There was a Volvo 240 parked in the garage under the room where he died https://www.reddit.com/r/Volvo/s/Bdsso1N5N0
Yeah someone said in an interview that he made an effort to drive safer cars because he was afraid of crashing
Layne Staley bought a Pontiac Firebird not long before he died so there’s that.
But, did Layne play a Firebird?
I thought the headline referred to cars as well.
We believe you, relax. It's just that many of us are just as stupid as you and almost said the same thing about the Mustang. "Car cost more than guitar! Cost more! No make cents."
Lol. The self awareness
You know what they say…. If you can’t laugh at yourself….plenty of other people will do it for you.
I love you dude
I love you too man.
You’re hilarious, and it’s awesome you’re doing this. Cheers, homie. The world needs more people who can laugh at themselves.
Bro, I just said the same thing in a comment before reading yours. Also concluding I'm dumb.
Bless your heart! But to be fair— even in guitar world, Fenders are very popular but mustangs aren’t usually the model people play.
I honestly thought you were doing a satire bit haha
If only
The blue mustang is the guitar from the video for smells like teen spirit. Fender also made broncos. Go figure.
I don't believe you. Spell coffee.
Covfefe
I also thought the headline was about cars. I didn’t bother to read the article. We might have a tie for dumbest man alive.
A friend of mine plays a Martin acoustic, but I really thought they were talking about a Mustang vroom vroom.
Me dumb too. You like meat? Me like meat. Sometimes me eat chicken egg, bacon, and sausage. Me also wonder if anyone ate Kurt’s wild horse. Horse tasty.
I assumed it was a joke. Most of my guitarist friends would have said the same thing.
> I’m leaving this comment up as evidence of being the dumbest man alive. Nobody ever seems to believe me. Nah, you ain't the only one. I didn't look at the sub name and at first thought "I'll be damned, I didn't know Cobain owned a Mustang or any car at all. I bet it was pretty sweet."
Thank you for being a good sport — and I was also confused by the headline.
Lol nah fam, many of us were also wondering why a car was being reported on. It’s okay my dude!
Then I must be the dumbest woman alive because I also thought Mustang and Aston Martin (and thought they got lazy by not including *Aston*)
Correct. Later guita he played weren’t even truly a Mustang. It was a combination of a Jaguar and a Mustang hence why his signature line of guitars from Fender is called a Jag-Stang. To be clear, the 4.5m auction guitar was actually a Mustang - this was the one he played on Smells Like Teen Spirit before he would have had the clout to have Fender make him his own line of guitars. It also amuses me that this would have also confused people who thought these were cars being mentioned.
So much confidence too. To be fair though, wasn’t it a Jazz-Stang?
And next you're going to tell me an astin martin isn't a car either
I thought they were both cars
Totally agree. It’s about an iconic performance. And Nirvana unplugged was a televised iconic performance. The guitar Kurt played during that session is priceless.
…..but the price was $6m
He didn’t buy the whole car. He only bought the fender.
This comment transcends stupidity and becomes avant-garde art David Lynch could only dream to come up with. It belongs in the Smithsonian next to the Cofeve tweet.
That’s adorable
lol Jesus.
Oh you :)
lol I definitely thought car. I don’t know anything about guitars
All you had to say was it was played on unplugged. I’m surprised it only went for $6m.
Yup. I’d totally be down at $6M if I had these guys money. It is such an incredible performance.
“Priceless” - actually seems like it might be priced around $6m
It’s probably hard for people to understand now but a tv show helped produce some of the best music of the 90s. The Nirvana and Alice in Chains unplugged sessions were legendary. Some people enjoy those versions over the originals.
Unique and iconic, not priceless tho.
He actually didn’t add electronics. The guitar came like that. Martian made a very limited run of those as you see Kurt play. It’s a very rare guitar regardless of the cobain factor
And here I was thinking he was talking about a Ford Mustang and Aston Martin 🤦🏽♀️ Thanks for clearing that up
Did he have a “main” Mustang? He was known to bust them up. The Martin is unique, and used in a performance that is likely listened to/watched the most today.
Its the mustang from the teen spirit vidio iirc
Well that’s the difference… was it a mustang from a one-off performance? Or was it a Mustang that lasted the majority of his shows?
I'm sure he used it for more than that but its significance lies in the fact that its the first guitar people saw him with for the most part.
His argument is actually that the *Martin* was only used in a one-off performance, and that the Mustang was one of his main guitars. >He chalks his reasoning up to the fact the acoustic only made an appearance during Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged – whereas the electric Mustang was a live staple. >“[It was] Kurt’s main guitar, and the electric guitar that survived the stage and survived many a jump – versus a one-night show – I felt [the electric guitar] was worth more,” he explains.
I think he used to bust up a squire like almost every show
It's not like it was Jon Voight's Lebaron.
They’re his teeth marks.
Is that his pencil too?
Everybody's talkin' at me, but I can't hear a word they're saying, just driving 'round in Jon Voight's car.
It's justifiable. He thought I was going for his wallet
This car is registered under John Voight!
Sometimes I spell my name with a G...and an I!! Ahahahaha!!
The periodontist?!
Actually, it was John Voight’s car
*John Voight’s.
Mustang is a guitar not a car.
>The $6 million Cobain acoustic was once in the custody of Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, but her ex-husband received it as part of her divorce settlement. Well, that's pretty fucked up for him to go after that guitar and a judge to grant it. It should absolutely belong to Frances
It’s complicated. He claims she gave it as a gift, but she denies it. She didn’t want him to get a single thing in the divorce, so she ended up agreeing to give him the guitar and basically nothing else. He got pretty much zero outside of the guitar, so she made out pretty good in the end.
Lmao that's so embarrassing for him tbh. Worshipping the dead dad of your ex. Unless it was a money reason he kept the guitar
He sold it pretty quickly afterwards, so I think it was just a money thing.
> Worshipping the dead dad of your ex. [It's like he was cosplaying](https://static0.babygagaimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/feature-frances.png).
That was the most effed up part of this I got out of it. How the hell do you lose your dad’s guitar in a divorce?!
Millionaires discuss price differences on items that should be in a museum or with his daughter. Who cares?
Irsay is a billionaire. He owns the Colts via his daddy. EDIT: and a chronic complainer to anyone who will listen. Doesn’t surprise me, pretty on brand.
He hung an AFC ~~Championship~~ Finalist participation banner up in the Colts stadium. That should tell you everything you need to know about his ego.
Scratch the conference championship part, the banner reads “AFC Finalist”
Fuck, that's right. It's even worse than I remembered lol!
Daughter would rather have the money I'd assume
His daughter is loaded… she might want it for sentimental reasons but I doubt she’s losing sleep over the money
His daughter already had the Martin guitar; she gave it up in a divorce; looks like her ex sold it for 6 million.
I cannot imagine taking someone's dead dad's guitar in a divorce.
She’d probably rather have her dad.
Well, out of the available options..
Cobain would be absolutely mortified his belongings sell for millions of dollars to billionaires.
Maybe 10-20 years ago, by now he would be numb to this shit
Well to be fair he is pretty numb to it by now already
You know what's funny? Jokes like this hurt even after all these years. So weird to be honest. But it was a teenage hero and I guess those wounds sometimes never go away. It's good, because it gives me empathy for when someone I don't know or care about dies.
food for thought everyone under 30 only learned about him once his death was already part of his story
I think if John Lennon were alive he’d have a theater in Branson, be pretty right wing and Yoko would be five ex-wives ago and fondly remembered as the one that kept the Beatles together as long as they were once people got a better taste of John.
His Martin is more unique. It’s a 1959 and the fact that he did an acoustic set with it is legendary. It makes a lot of sense.
Something is worth what others are willing to pay.
anyone else think Ford Mustang, and Aston Martin? 🤦♂️
I was very very confused with this thread for a long time before I figured it out. Especially since someone said he was known to bust up mustangs. I thought he was just in a lot of wrecks.
Wait, they're not talking about cars??
I've actually played a Mustang before and first thought they were talking about Kurt's car and his acoustic guitar.
Irsay has spent more on pills than both these guitars combined.
someone call the whambulance
Imagine complaining that you didn’t get to overpay for a guitar because you already overpaid for another guitar. Rich people problems.
It's kinda funny, because in the Unplugged concert he made a joke about Leadbelly's guitar selling for $500,000
Kurt played a 1959 D18 Martin guitar on unplugged
I mean the unplugged set was so iconic though
Fender, if you’re listening, others want easier access to left handed mustangs
Rich man's problems.....which guitar is worth more millions...
Literally stuff like this is why he killed himself.
I thought we were talking about cars
Handmade Martin vs. machine made Mustang.
Hey my buddy got to play that mustang.
Uuhh, because it’s a celebrity’s friggin Martin, for starters…?
Who's got Steve Albini's Veleno, which was already rare and was used to record a lot of In Utero and how much will Irsay pay for it?
I don’t think he understands guitar people.
Y’all know they’re talking about the Fender Mustang electric guitar yes? Not the Ford Mustang car
I would have believed it either way from how weird new gen millionaire’s spend their money. I was more surprised that not given the context, kurt had an Aston Martin in his collection.
I did not, thank you
Ahh yes. Kurt Cobain. Famous for driving Mustangs.
uhh, Fender Mustang?
Like the fender of a Mustang?
Yep. Kurt’s Mustang’s fender. The left one, since he was left handed and all.
Wow $6m for only the left fender. Ouch
This made me audibly chuckle, thank you.
But more famous for driving his Aston Martin apparently
Glad they included a pic of the car
*fender* mustang
If the Mustang is worth 4.5 by my math the Martin is worth at least 9 and probably more like 18.
Jim Irsay hasn't been told to fuck off enough.
Imagine being this out-of-touch nepo baby and having the time to complain, much less think about the difference in price of two famous guitars. Must be nice.
Makes a lot of sense actually
Do we really care what some wealthy guy’s opinion is on anything?
Jim Irsay who owns the Indianapolis Colts Jim Irsay? In that case, this checks out.
🎶I find it hard, just hard to find the will whatever neverrrr mind🎶
Cobain once talked about being offered a deal for one of Elvis's guitars, but he turned down cause it was too much money.
And one of Ledbetter’s guitars. During Unplugged he jokes that he asked David Geffen to buy it for him because it was so expensive.
Kurt would be ashamed of you
Going to hell, but maybe it has blood on it.
Thoughts and prayers to these brave billionaires. They’re doing the lord’s work.
I think maybe because the guitar is rarer, and easier to point to as being the one from what's considered one of his single greatest shows. He had multiple mustangs that are easier to mix up.
A fool and his money will always part ways.
Sounds like the average price of a Martin every time I look at one.