FENDER DUO-SONIC
   
Used by Thurston: 1987-1999

  • 1987 -- GGDDD#D# (Cotton Crown, Stereo Sanctity, Brother James)
  • 1989 -- GGDDD#D# (The Wonder, Hyperstation) + ACCGG#C for live Silver Rocket video
  • 1990 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross)
  • 1991 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross)
  • 1992 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross, Drunken Butterfly)
  • 1993 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross, Drunken Butterfly)
  • 1994 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia)
  • 1995 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross, Skip Tracer)
  • 1996 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross, Skip Tracer)
  • 1999 -- F#F#GGAA (Schizophrenia, Tom Violence, White Kross)

    NOTES:

  • One of the first Fenders used by the band before they stocked up on Jazzmasters, etc... It's a uniquely modified Duo Sonic w/ a 3rd pickup (installed before they bought the guitar, I think). Like Lee's Thinline Tele Deluxe, the Duo Sonic remained in the F#GA tuning for nearly a decade, before it was stolen in July 1999.
  • Gauges: .046 .046 .026 .022 .017 .017 (F#GA)
  • White body
  • 3 single coil pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • Blue pickguard
  • 2 knobs
  • 2 switches removed
  • 1 slider
  • Mustang tailpiece/bridge
  • Circular Astro Boy "People Start Pollution, People Can Stop It" sticker
  • Rectangular yellow "Sisters Are Getting Pissed!" sticker
  • Serial # -- 626923
  • Used by Thurston in "Silver Rocket" & "Candle" videos
  • Listed as "White" on '90 set lists.
  • Listed as "DUO" on '95 set lists.
  • Listed as "DUOSONIC" on '99 set lists.

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