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GALLERY: Experience Music Project Guitar Collection

From Hendrix’s Woodstock Strat to Kurt Cobain’s Jaguar, the EMP Museum houses some of the most iconic and rare vintage guitars in the world.

Kurt Cobain's Univox Hi-Flyer
This guitar is notable for being the first guitar Kurt Cobain ever smashed. Nirvana was playing at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, on October 30, 1988, and Kurt destroyed his guitar in a fit of passion at the conclusion of the show.

What if you could have the best of both—or multiple—worlds? Our columnist investigates.

This column is a fun and educational thought experiment: What if I took inspiration from the well-known Fender amps out there, combined the best from them, and applied a few of my own twists? After all, this is how amps developed. I read somewhere that “Fender made the first Marshall, and Marshall made the first reissue Fender.” It's funny, because it's true: The Marshall JTM45 was based on the narrow-panel tweed Fender Bassman 5F6-A.

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Seven previously-unheard Bruce Springsteen records will be released for the first time this summer with “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” coming June 27.

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The guitarist-of-all-trades runs us through his formidable live rig.

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Sterling by Music Man introduces the Joe Dart Artist Series Collection, featuring the Dart I, II, and III basses.

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