Editing Lee Ranaldo (section)

==Equipment==
[[File:Moonlander.jpg|thumb|[[Moonlander (musical instrument)|Moonlander]] guitar.]]

Ranaldo has used many guitars but is associated with the [[Fender Jazzmaster]], [[Fender Telecaster Deluxe|Telecaster Deluxe]] [[electric guitar]]s and sometimes [[Gibson Les Paul]]s, usually with radically [[Scordatura|alternative tunings]], and [[prepared guitar|modifications]]. One of his Jazzmasters has a single coil pickup installed between the bridge and the tailpiece to exploit the resonating chiming sounds on that area of string at these so-called [[tailed bridge guitar]]s.  Ranaldo is one of the few popular artists to use the Ovation Viper solid body electric.

In 2007 [[Yuri Landman]] built for Ranaldo the [[Moonlander (musical instrument)|Moonlander]], a biheaded [[electric guitar]] with 18 strings: 6 normal strings and 12 [[sympathetic strings]].

Since Ranaldo and Moore are popularizers of the [[Fender Jazzmaster]], [[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]] introduced in 2009 a special Lee Ranaldo signature edition of a transparent blue version, together with a transparent green one for Moore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fender.com/sonicyouth/|title=Fender® Sonic Jazz Master Jazz Blaster|publisher=[[Fender Musical Instruments Corporation|Fender]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527211417/http://www.fender.com/sonicyouth/|archive-date=May 27, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2009}}</ref>

In 2013, Ranaldo played a Watcher guitar from the French company Custom77 during his last Lee Ranaldo & The Dust tour throughout Europe.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gumble |first=Daniel |url=http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/interview-lee-ranaldo-talks-gear-guitars-and-shops/018413?fb_action_ids=10203113669870427&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B1407029756208963%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map |title=INTERVIEW: Lee Ranaldo talks gear, guitars and shops &#124; Musical instrument industry news |publisher=MI Pro |access-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222140508/http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/interview-lee-ranaldo-talks-gear-guitars-and-shops/018413?fb_action_ids=10203113669870427&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B1407029756208963%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>