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Plectrums, move over – this inventor created a mini bow tailor-made for acoustic guitars and basses
By Janelle Borg published
The Pickaso Guitar Bow is the latest guitar accessory promising to expand sonic soundscapes by turning your acoustic into a violin

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo is selling his first-ever electric guitar on the band's relaunched Reverb store
By Janelle Borg published
This is the third time the iconic experimental rockers have linked up with the online gear marketplace to sell a collection of their own gear to fans

Lee Ranaldo remembers the time Steve Albini made Sonic Youth a guitar with 16 high E-strings – and an inlaid appendage
By Janelle Borg published
The alt rock icon has recalled the producer and guitarist’s ultimate in-joke custom guitar build

22 guitar heroes who shaped the sound of '80s indie and alternative rock
By Andrew Daly last updated
The '80s proved to be a pivotal and eclectic time for the electric guitar – one defined by its role in coaxing new sounds from the instrument. From The Smiths and The Cure to Pixies and R.E.M., here are some of the era’s biggest guitar stars

Watch Mdou Moctar shred with Gina Gleason, Richard Fortus, Marc Ribot and Lee Ranaldo in the first ever D’Addario Extended Play jam
By Matt Owen published
The "Hendrix of the Sahara" shared the stage with special guests to perform tracks from his dazzling 2021 album, Afrique Victime

Lee Ranaldo Talks 'Electric Trim,' New Gear and Chances of a Sonic Youth Reunion
By Alan di Perna published
One of the key guitars in my career has been an early-Seventies Fender Telecaster Deluxe that I had before Sonic Youth started, and that I played pretty much throughout Sonic Youth.

Guitar World Staff Picks: Damian Fanelli's Top 10 Albums of 2012
By Damian Fanelli published

Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo Discusses Fender's Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore Jazzmasters
By Damian Fanelli published
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