Since their first gig three decades ago, New York's Sonic Youth have broken most rules known to music, and in partnering with Fender on their own line of signature Jazzmaster guitars, Thurston Moore ...

Sonic Youth guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo have a strong affinity for their Fender Jazzmasters. which they say have defined the Sonic Youth sound for more than two decades. According to ...

Guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo had already adopted a wildly experimental approach to their playing, inventing unique alternate tunings, using prepared guitars – with drumsticks wedged ...

The Sonic Youth Official Reverb Store is officially open and as Lee Ranaldo explains, it is 100% stocked with Kool Things ...

Hopefully SY’s Lee Ranaldo gets his long lost Fender Mustang back by then. The guitar (pictured above) was stolen from Lee in July 1999.

Nevertheless, it could be another one of Fender Japan’s classic ‘growers’, and while it’s not exactly what we’d have gone for with a Jazzmaster/Starcaster hybrid, there’s no denying ...

Robert Plant is selling gear for charity, including totally unique John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster “The destruct button really sets it apart”: Fender unveils the Mike Campbell Red Dog Telecaster ...

Fender's American Acoustasonic Jazzmaster adds in an Acoustasonic Shawbucker for an even more versatile acoustic / electric hybrid guitar. This sound demo was recorded directly through a Line6 ...

a red Fender Mustang guitar stolen from Sonic Youth 's Lee Ranaldo a decade ago -- one on this list here; note about theft here -- resurfaced recently on eBay. Who bought it?

Ranaldo usually uses Fender Jazzmaster and Telecaster Deluxe electric guitars, with radically altered tunings, and modifications.

Let’s start with one thing that Fender has won me over on — the design. In photos, the Acoustasonic series looks almost cartoonish. Up close, though, I must admit that the Jazzmaster in ocean ...