In pictures: Fender Jazzmaster players
![Thurston Moore](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8fa8375c131a1836bfba0fff1fd32495-320-80.jpg)
Sonic Youth's chief noisenik has a long history of Jazzmaster wrangling.
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Thurston Moore
![Alex Turner](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c7d701024ae3f1cdc3a4c6a5745b1c8d-320-80.jpg)
Sheffield's finest spent most of 2009 with a Jazzmaster round his neck.
(Image credit: 2012 Stephen Booth)
Alex Turner
![Elvis Costello](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8e1055f23fe16fc464be4ab196cbb29e-320-80.jpg)
No one has ever wielded a surf guitar with as much furious energy as Elvis.
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Elvis Costello
![Johnny Marr](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3f351d2aadc89686a5e36beb8776a83b-320-80.jpg)
The ex-Smiths guitar fiend used a Jazzmaster during his time with Modest Mouse.
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Johnny Marr
![Jeff Tweedy](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b86c453b1e11e7e392150afa3a2acbcc-320-80.jpg)
The Wilco frontman's taste in guitars is pretty exemplary - no surprise he's on this list, then.
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Jeff Tweedy
![Adrian Utley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2b3ce83a999509c9d36048cf6d97f9da-320-80.jpg)
Portishead's guitarist has been getting his Jazz on for years.
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Adrian Utley
![J Mascis](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c442ca8ed750eaab7aff9c1cb3da0e27-320-80.jpg)
Dinosaur Jr's chief is so committed to the Jazzmaster cause he's got his own signature version.
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J Mascis
![Kevin Shields](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6ba47bbe819e913ad1db79d16b6e4d9c-320-80.jpg)
Another member of the alt-rock A-list who's drawn to the Jazzmaster like a moth to a flame.
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Kevin Shields
![Lee Ranaldo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/826db90060b87507aa616447e8b8d72a-320-80.jpg)
Both Sonic Youth guitarists are loyal to the mighty Jazz.
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Lee Ranaldo
![Mike Einziger](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/06f72aa7d0cb25ad873cff1ebca7d4e0-320-80.jpg)
The Incubus man can often be found pulling off-set shapes.
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Mike Einziger
![Robert Smith](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bfc8cf69acb90856d7f9693b866b231b-320-80.jpg)
Red lipstick, massive hair and a Jazzmaster: the Robert Smith look.
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Robert Smith
![Sharin Foo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/50d03f336d069db8c402bc696a169f3e-320-80.jpg)
Both members of Danish indie superstars The Raveonettes love a Jazzmaster.
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Sharin Foo
![Steven Drozd](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fa4f4902874953f942beebaf446eb27b-320-80.jpg)
Marvel at The Flaming Lips guitarist's thoroughly battered Jazz.
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Steven Drozd
![Steven Malkmus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5dc0252b25b706c5d7c762e56b4131b2-320-80.jpg)
There's nothing like the sound of a mangled Jazzmaster in the morning, something Pavement know only too well.
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Steven Malkmus
![Thom Yorke](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/abb5b1b78ef151614294604e360d54b8-320-80.jpg)
Thom's fond of his Fenders, and they've become Radiohead regulars.
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Thom Yorke
![Tom Verlaine](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c0ddf1aca2cac8183a548a9ec7d9299f-320-80.jpg)
Television were among the earliest serious young men to explore the possibilities of the Jazzmaster.
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