If you've ever had a prized possession, and then gotten rid of it down the track - you'll know the feeling of wondering where it ended up.
That's the feeling that The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney had when he traded away his childhood guitar, a 1964 Daphne Blue Fender Mustang.
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He took to Twitter to tell the story of the guitar - which he bought because he was "obsessed with Nirvana" and wanted to be like their late lead singer Kurt Cobain.
He's always wanted another 1964 Daphne Blue Fender Mustang, and what better time than with his 40th birthday approaching?
He found one online, and he bought it - with the hope that it could somehow be his guitar from all those years ago.
So, just a few weeks ago, Patrick was reunited with the guitar for his 40th birthday - complete with the damage to it that he caused all those years ago.
Check out the full story below - we love a happy ending.
I was obsessed with Nirvana around 1993/1994. I wanted a fender mustang so badly because of course that was the guitar Cobain used. One day in March 1994 in the Akron Beacon Journal classified ads I saw a listing for a 1964 daphne blue Fender mustang for 175 bucks.
— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
Easily 400 bucks cheaper then what they were worth at the time. My dad drove me to this guys house and I bought the guitar.
Cobain killed himself a few weeks later.
It was my prized possession.— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
A few years later I’m playing in my friend David’s garage and I drop the fucking thing and smash the enamel and paint and dent the body. I was so fucking bummed about it. The thing was mint and I just fucked it up. I decided around this time to trade it for a Jazz bass
— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
and telecaster. I traded with my buddy Andy. He loved it but eventually needed money and sold it to his brother Matt who covered the fucking thing in stickers and traded it ultimately for a NECK TATTOO.
The neck tattoo artist took it to a friend of ours in town— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
(Dan Johnson who is now Dan’s guitar tech) to sell it for him. He posted it on EBay and it sold to someone.
So a few weeks with my 40th birthday approaching I thought I should get myself a 1964 daphne blue mustang.— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
I found one listed on Reverb that has been refinished by Lay’s guitar shop in Akron Ohio and it’s daphne blue the seller is in Texas.... I bought it. I just thought there is a chance some how this is mine.
— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
The photos didn’t show the area where I dropped it but I thought hey there is a chance.
I got the guitar a few weeks ago and it has the same damage to the body. I got my guitar back for my 40th birthday.https://t.co/oxcMaQU8rN pic.twitter.com/bpudhftMRN— The Black Keys (@theblackkeys) April 15, 2020
