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Kurt Cobain’s Famous Guitar Is Hot Button in Daughter’s Divorce

Kurt cobain guitarFrances Bean Cobain, the famous daughter of Kurt Cobain, has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to help get her father’s famous guitar back. She is requesting that her estranged husband return her father’s 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic guitar, which is the legendary guitar Kurt played during Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged.” The estranged husband claims that Frances Bean gifted the guitar to him, and therefore, he gets to keep it. In her response, she fired back asserting that there is no way she would gift such a priceless family heirloom. Additionally, Frances Bean is demanding to inspect the guitar to make sure it is in pristine condition and to keep it in an art shipping company until the dispute is resolved.   

See Frances Bean Cobain: Gimme Back My Dad’s Guitar . . . I’ll Keep It Safe!!, TMZ, January 25, 2017.