Any info about Kurt Cobains Ferrington guitar. I am currently workin on my mustang and going to mod it to the ferrington

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Any info about Kurt Cobains Ferrington guitar. I am currently workin on my mustang and going to mod it to the ferrington

Post by Alex! » Thu Mar 09, 2023 8:15 am

Please I need info
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Re: Any info about Kurt Cobains Ferrington guitar. I am currently workin on my mustang and going to mod it to the ferrin

Post by echobaseone » Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:12 am

here let me...

The Ferrington guitar is modeled after a Fender Mustang for the most part but features a few important differences. It holds three pickups compared to Mustang’s two. The bridge pickup is a humbucker, while the neck and middle pickups are single coils, with the middle one being angled. They are made by a company called Bartolini, and the humbucker had a coil split – giving Kurt more control over the tone. The guitar was also fitted with a Gotoh Tune-O-Matic bridge and tuners.

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Post by caples » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:58 pm

I love this guys channel, maybe this would help:

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Re: Any info about Kurt Cobains Ferrington guitar. I am currently workin on my mustang and going to mod it to the ferrin

Post by Highnumbers » Thu Mar 16, 2023 8:41 am

I'm a fan of seeking out first-hand source materials when researching anything.

For that reason, I highly recommend picking up a copy of Danny Ferrington's book. You can buy a used copy on Amazon for $5

https://www.amazon.com/Ferrington-Guita ... 0060168978

It was published in 1992/93, shortly after the Kurt Mustang build was completed and includes a spread of photos and some personal anecdotes. Plus you can check out Danny's other builds.

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Re: Any info about Kurt Cobains Ferrington guitar. I am currently workin on my mustang and going to mod it to the ferrin

Post by patski » Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:41 pm

Kurt's Ferrington guitar also had heart-shaped inlays for fret markers.

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Post by Alex! » Sun May 21, 2023 10:22 am

Thanks guys sorry I was AFK but this summer the ferrington will be build I unfortunately can not afford Bartolini pickups such as the V88D the noiseless singles so I’m gonna try and use cheap shit for it but it will be wired to spec
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Post by Alex! » Sun May 21, 2023 10:26 am

@caples I love Aaron Rash
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Post by Alex! » Thu Sep 21, 2023 10:06 am

So Update on the Ferrington. I have yet to find bartolinis and plus wiring diagrams to wire the Humbucker up. I may or may not be cheap and put a Super Distortion in the Bridge and just use sum cheap Single Coils from a Old Strat
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