Sonic Youth to Reopen Reverb Shop to Sell Studio-Used Guitars, Pedals, and More

[KR Sound]

Sonic Youth to Reopen Reverb Shop to Sell Studio-Used Guitars, Pedals, and More

Lee Ranaldo’s first-ever electric guitar, a Hagstrom II, will be among the gear available for purchase

pitchfork.com

 

[Erik S]

Says they’re selling a set of UREI monitors. I noticed those in the background of this shot of their studio in this month’s TapeOp magazine.

Reason they stuck out to me is that there are a similar looking pair randomly for sale in my small town on Craigslist.

https://nh.craigslist.org/msg/d/jaffrey-urei-813-studio-monitor-pair/7847517788.html

 

[Harry Klippton]

If I recall from last time, everything was in really comically poor condition

 

[Erik S]

If I recall from last time, everything was in really comically poor condition

If ima pay a 5x what some pedal is worth cuz Thurston used it, I want him to have used the shit out of it.

 

[HamishR]

As soon as I saw that Sonic Youth were selling gear I thought who would buy that? It will be wrecked. And I LIKE Sonic Youth!

 

[Erik S]

As soon as I saw that Sonic Youth were selling gear I thought who would buy that? It will be wrecked. And I LIKE Sonic Youth!

I get the appeal from a collector perspective of getting a piece of gear that was used on a recording you love. Not that I’ll ever have that kind of money, but I can imagine it.

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Last time they had I think a farfisa that they got from Phillip Glass. That’s one hell of a provenance.

They also had lots of cool vintage SY merch and rare old posters for pretty reasonable prices, though I never got anything

 

[derevaun]

After reading both their memoirs, I regret that I liked their music when I did. Also if it's a "Sonic Youth" enterprise, it likely (IDK/IDC) cuts out Kim Gordon.

 

[andare]

After reading both their memoirs, I regret that I liked their music when I did. Also if it's a "Sonic Youth" enterprise, it likely (IDK/IDC) cuts out Kim Gordon.

If you care to explain, I'd be grateful.
I'm in a similar situation with Steve Albini after reading weird things about him. Not enough time or energy to verify though.

 

[Nostradoomus]

If you care to explain, I'd be grateful.
I'm in a similar situation with Steve Albini after reading weird things about him. Not enough time or energy to verify though.

Albini has spoken at length about his old stupid shitty edgelord past, and by all accounts grew from it as a person. That's about all I can ask for. I don't have idols, but I respect that. There are tons of unverified rumours (extreme ones) about him that I ignore because they are just that.

 

[derevaun]

If you care to explain, I'd be grateful.

Just my reaction to Kim Gordon's memoir followed by Thurston Moore's memoir: she describes him as hiding behind whatever he thinks is cool, and his memoir essentially hides behind whatever he thinks is cool. He name drops a lot of interesting artists--really, the book could be a great playlist and save everybody some time & effort--but IMHO it comes across as humble-bragging layered on preciousness. Their 80s records felt original and vital, but always with an awkward balance between noise and pop. I used to feel like it flipped somewhere around Daydream Nation, but the memoirs make it clear that they always were mostly Thurston Moore chasing cool.

Or as my wife put it, Kim Gordon's memoir spells out how Thurston Moore is an ass, and his memoir demonstrates that Thurston Moore is an ass.

 

[HamishR]

The funny thing for me was that the main attraction of Sonic Youth was Kim Gordon. I bought Goo for the two songs that Gordon sang. Never really cared for Moore's singing. Cool Thing is fab.

 

[gonzo]

I watched the reverb video. You'd think he would keep his first guitar or just plug things in on the video to confirm they work or not. Cash in now honey!

 

[Feral Feline]

I don't want any of that gear.

I want the original set of guitars that was stolen from them, and still in their precious esoteric-tunings.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

the main attraction of Sonic Youth was Kim Gordon.

This. 100%.

I saw her earlier this year with her solo stuff. Cool Thing!

 

[Robert]

If I recall from last time, everything was in really comically poor condition

That's hilarious considering I just saw this headline this morning:

“Our guitars were so bad, we couldn’t make them work for us. Glenn came over to my apartment with six guitars, three under each arm, and threw them onto the futon”: Sonic Youth are now alternate tunings icons – but the band opted for them out of necessity

 

[giovanni]

Albini has spoken at length about his old stupid shitty edgelord past, and by all accounts grew from it as a person. That's about all I can ask for. I don't have idols, but I respect that. There are tons of unverified rumours (extreme ones) about him that I ignore because they are just that.

A friend of mine knew him. He didn’t have anything bad to say about him. The fact that he basically refused to get paid for In Utero is all I need to hear about him!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I love thurston, but he’s undeniably an immature piece of shit. Kim and Lee have always been leagues above Thurston.

 

[andare]

A friend of mine knew him. He didn’t have anything bad to say about him. The fact that he basically refused to get paid for In Utero is all I need to hear about him!

I was a big fan of Steve Albini - his music, productions, work ethics and his help for his community - until I read and saw disturbing things from his past. Now I'm in a pickle.