Sonic Youth News: Sonic Youth Release Signature Series Fenders

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Both Thurston Moore and Lee Ronaldo from Sonic Youth have released their own signature series Fender Jazzmasters this week.

Both guitars are stripped back Jazzmasters, with just a three-way pickup switch and a volume knob, but the guitars differ in the pickups, the bridge, frets and pick guard.

The blurb on the official website says “Thurston Moore + Lee Ranaldo. Jazzmaster guitars slung across seminal shoulders. In the hands of both men, the sound of Sonic Youth is the sound of that guitar used as part paintbrush and part cluster bomb. Introducing the new Thurston Moore Jazzmaster and the Lee Ranaldo...