ALL 369
Guitars 178
Amplifiers 47
Effects Pedals 43
Strings 6
Microphones 21
Studio Equipment 15
Music Accessories 26
Bass Guitars 9
Headphones 6
Keyboards and Synthesizers 1
Studio Monitors 1
DAWs 1
Mixers 1
Other Gear 1
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
From Billie Joe's guitar tech speaking about his pedals, "Blues Driver, and that's it. I'll just kind of, depending upon the song, manipulate it to get feedback or gain or whatever."
"There was some stuff where to get a really big tone, we’d just plug a guitar through a Boss Blues Driver ...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Marshall Plexi 1959SLP
"These heads were at Woodstock. I repainted them for some other show back then. We call these the Dookie mod and also the Bradshaw Gain mod. This gauge is the front end and puts on the master volume. The SE lead mod adds a tube to it for even more gain. The way we run the heads is really all the ...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Jr. DC
Gibson's website describes this artist guitar, "In honor of Billie Joe’s achievement in taking the punk ethos, attitude and energy right to the top of the mainstream without once compromising his vision, Gibson USA presents the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior Double Cut, a great partner to t...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster
Billie Joe Armstrong starting using Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster for playing all song from Nimrod in E Standard.
In 1997, Billie Joe Armstrong ordered "Blue" replica and other Stratocaster called "Frankenstein" in Shell Pink (which can see on Howard Stern Show and 1998 MTV New Year Ev...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Gibson SG Standard
Green Day's guitarist and singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, often used a red Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar during shows.
Red Gibson SG Standard was mostly used on TV appearances for "Warning" era, as well as live shows. He played ...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Björn Ulvaeus Waterloo Malmberg Star Guitar
At this concert in Stockholm, Billie used Björn's Warterloo guitar, the actual one from the museum. He directly thanks Björn at 1:51 in this video
moreSubmitted about 7 years ago
Marshall JCM900 4100
Billie Joe Armstrong had used a Marshall JCM 900 when Green Day had recorded Kerplunk. He used it for live shows and was alson used live for some time during the Dookie era:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM58kG...
moreSubmitted over 7 years ago
Boss TR-2 Tremolo
The tr-2 is for a very specific part in warning they never really use it for boulevard of broken dreams live but it's on the record
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Marshall JCM800 2203
Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage 100W Tube Head Amps are used in Green Day guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong's live setup.
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Seymour Duncan SH-4/TB-4 JB Model
Billie Joe Armsrtong's guitar tech mentions that Billie uses an SH-4, Aka, the Seymour Duncan JB.
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer
Billie Joe Armstrong, the guitarist for Green Day, uses a Boss GE-7 Equalizer. This pedal can be seen at 10:10.
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
In this Instagram post by Billie Joe Armstrong, his Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer pedal can be seen in front of the amp head.
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body
Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitars
You can see he's holding a Gretsch Brian Setzer Hot Rod Model 125 Year Anniversary, not the Gretsch as stated above. Mods including a removed pickguard and a Dogear P90 (the low resolution of the source made it difficult to tell.)
Like all Gretschs he owns, it was used throughout the reco...
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior Single Cut Elec...
"For me, I think that, you know, Les Paul Juniors have more of a rock 'n roll sound just because it's the true sound of a guitar. The sound that I go for is that real punchy mid-range kind of sound."
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Epiphone Les Paul Special I P90 Electric Guitar
Billie Joe start using this guitar for this year, and mostly gave away to audience after playing Knowledge.
Also in this video, you can see Billie Joe playing this guitar from Epiphone in Cracow, Tauron Arena, Poland, on 2017-01-21. At the end of the video he gives it away to a fan named ...
moreSubmitted about 7 years ago
Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp
“I didn’t want to go for a modern Marshall amp sound,” Armstrong says. “I wanted to do something that sounded more like a classic rock tone. I used a Gretsch guitar, and we figured if we couldn’t find the exact vintage amp we were looking for we would just build it. But I did use a Vox AC 30 and ...
moreSubmitted almost 7 years ago
Gibson Les Paul Junior
The Gibson Les Paul Junior 1956 Sunburst Electric Guitar is used by guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong of the world-renowned rock band Green Day. Billie Joe named this guitar "Floyd," which served as the inspiration for his signature Gibson model and remains his favorite guitar.
In an ...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Gibson Les Paul Junior Silver Sparkle
He's using this instrument since they played in Echoplex 2012. It's a Billie Joe Armstrong signature Les Paul Junior made by Gibson (black) wich was 'repainted by an artist in the bay' as described by Billie Joe's tech in the premier guitar rig rundown. The single kluson tuners show that the guit...
moreSubmitted about 10 years ago
Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.73mm Guitar Picks
Can be spotted during Green Day's rig rundown. Also used by Jason White, as seen in the same video. Green Day's picks are custom-designed, in some cases with the face of the guitar player using it (e.g, Billie Joe's has his face on his pick).
"The Dunlop Tortex .73s... this is the first t...
moreSubmitted almost 10 years ago
Epiphone Les Paul Junior
Billie Joe can be seen playing this custom Epiphone Les Paul Junior throughout this video. 5:24 is best shot of "Special" marking on guitar and around 2:11 is clear shot of guitar.
moreSubmitted about 9 years ago
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Guitar Strings (10-46)
Here's Billie's technician showing Billies' rig during a 2013 tour, he talks about the string at 1:28, he talks about ''Ernie ball .10's''
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Boss DS-1 Distortion
This pedal was seen in the documentary Heart Like A Hand Grenade at 18:30
moreSubmitted over 3 years ago
Custom-Built Fender Telecaster Billie Joe Armstrong
This is the backup guitar for blue, its a blackout telecaster with a slanted Seymour Duncan SH4-JB. It matches the specs of blue, maple neck, solid body, slanted/same pickup, and has one volume knob. It has got a fender tele deluxe pickguard, made by WDMusic. When Hans (Billie's guitar tech) buys...
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Gibson Explorer Electric Guitar
In this photo, we can see Billie Joe with a Gibson Explorer.
Another one of these was sold in Green Day's Reverb Shop. Source
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Submitted about 9 years ago
Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar
He used this guitar at Reading 2013, but he smashed it almost immediately because the guitar went out of tune. He used this guitar solely for "Waiting". The similar model, although with the P-90's was used around 2007 - this can be seen during the ...
moreSubmitted over 10 years ago
Fernandes LE-1
Before Fender, Billie Joe Armstrong have Fernandes LE-1 for his blue replica in 1997, the guitar is modified by Bill Schneider.
moreSubmitted almost 7 years ago
Gibson J-45
During performance at Reading Festival 2013, Billie Joe Armstrong can be seen playing with this guitar during "Pulling Teeth"
moreSubmitted almost 9 years ago
Ernie Ball Polypro Guitar Strap
In this photo Billie can be seen using a Black Ernie Ball Polypro Guitar Strap
moreSubmitted over 7 years ago
Ernie Ball Power Slinky Guitar Strings (11-48)
Billie Joe use Ernie Ball Power Slinky Strings this year.
moreSubmitted almost 7 years ago
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Fernandes Stratocaster "Blue"
Solid Body Electric Guitars
In this Rig Rundown video of Billie Joe Armstrong’s guitars and gear, his tech Hans shows one of Billie Joe’s most famous guitars, the Fernandes Stratocaster copy named Blue. The guitar shows a lot of wear and is covered in stickers. Starting at the beginning of the video, 0:30 in:
... moreSubmitted over 10 years ago