Sonic Youth Gossip - Kim Gordon's '66 Fender Jaguar

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The red 1966 Jaguar is one of the few original Sonic guitars that didn't get ripped off in '99 [The band’s touring equipment was stolen from a Ryder truck in Orange County, California, in 1999. Only four pieces of equipment have been recovered to date.]. The red 1966 Jaguar is one of the few original Sonic guitars, and it has a lot of the classic Sonic modifications. In my opinion, it's the best surviving historical example of their original batch of axes. Back in the '90s it was mainly played by Thurston on songs like "Silver Rocket." Since then, Thurston has gone on to almost exclusively Jazzmasters, and this has become one of Kim's main jams." — Eric Baecht