“I was going for Jag-Stang vibes”: How Spiritbox's Mike Stringer and Aristides channeled Kurt Cobain for one of modern metal’s most desirable signatures

Mike Stringer wear a black hoodie and stands in a field of straw-colored long grass with trees in the background. He is holding an Aristides seven-string guitar.

Last year, Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer teamed up with Aristides for his first-ever signature guitar lineup – the STX Series – available in six-, seven-, and eight-string models. And, signaling offsets’ ever-growing popularity in metal, the lineup also served as a nod to Kurt Cobain.

“I was kind of going for a Jag-Stang kind of like Kurt Cobain style shape,” Stringer tells Premier Guitar.