Fernandes Stratocaster "Blue"

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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:

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Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Overdrive Effects Pedals

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 ...

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Marshall Plexi 1959SLP

Guitar Amplifier Heads

"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 ...

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Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Jr. DC

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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...

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Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster

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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...

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Gibson SG Standard

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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 ...

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Björn Ulvaeus Waterloo Malmberg Star Guitar

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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

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Marshall JCM900 4100

Guitar Amplifier Heads

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...

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Boss TR-2 Tremolo

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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

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Marshall JCM800 2203

Guitar Amplifier Heads

Marshall JCM800 2203 Vintage 100W Tube Head Amps are used in Green Day guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong's live setup.

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Seymour Duncan SH-4/TB-4 JB Model

Parts

Billie Joe Armsrtong's guitar tech mentions that Billie uses an SH-4, Aka, the Seymour Duncan JB.

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Boss GE-7 Graphic Equalizer

Equalizer Effects Pedals

Billie Joe Armstrong, the guitarist for Green Day, uses a Boss GE-7 Equalizer. This pedal can be seen at 10:10.

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Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer

Overdrive Effects Pedals

In this Instagram post by Billie Joe Armstrong, his Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer pedal can be seen in front of the amp head.

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Gretsch G5420T Electromatic Hollow Body

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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...

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Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior Single Cut Elec...

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"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."

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Epiphone Les Paul Special I P90 Electric Guitar

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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 ...

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Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp

Combo Guitar Amplifiers

“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 ...

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Gibson Les Paul Junior

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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.

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Gibson Les Paul Junior Silver Sparkle

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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...

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Dunlop Tortex Standard 0.73mm Guitar Picks

Picks & Pick Holders

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...

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Epiphone Les Paul Junior

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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.

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Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Guitar Strings (10-46)

Strings

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''

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Boss DS-1 Distortion

Distortion Effects Pedals

This pedal was seen in the documentary Heart Like A Hand Grenade at 18:30

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Custom-Built Fender Telecaster Billie Joe Armstrong

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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...

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Gibson Explorer Electric Guitar

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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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Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar

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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 ...

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Fernandes LE-1

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Before Fender, Billie Joe Armstrong have Fernandes LE-1 for his blue replica in 1997, the guitar is modified by Bill Schneider.

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Gibson J-45

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During performance at Reading Festival 2013, Billie Joe Armstrong can be seen playing with this guitar during "Pulling Teeth"

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Ernie Ball Polypro Guitar Strap

Straps & Strap Locks

In this photo Billie can be seen using a Black Ernie Ball Polypro Guitar Strap

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Ernie Ball Power Slinky Guitar Strings (11-48)

Strings

Billie Joe use Ernie Ball Power Slinky Strings this year.

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