Green Day – 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1991 album 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours.
Music from 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
Artists on 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
Gear Used On 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Green Day – 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours (1991). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Amplifiers used by Billie Joe Armstrong on 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
In this Instagram post, in the second photo you can see Billie Joe using this amp. He also supposedly used this amp on the 1,000 Hours EP. https://www.instagram.com/p/CvVACUrtcdr/?img_index=1&igsh=MWUyd3ZsbG1saXIw
Guitars used by Billie Joe Armstrong on 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours
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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:
“The guitar everyone likes to hear about most is Blue, Billie’s guitar he got many years ago for his birthday. And it’s the same guitar, he’s still playing it. There’s a pic of him there on the back.”
The interviewer asks if there are any modifications Billie Joe Armstrong has done to it, to which his tech replies:
“I replaced - it’s a Seymour Duncan SH-4, which just sounds great, and… not really much. This is the biggest mod, having the pickup angled like that. It’s a completely different sound than having it just straight, like in a Les Paul. I’m still trying to figure it out in my mind, why it sounds that way, but it just does. Eddie Van Halen - same thing, his guitar has the pickup angled. ”
The tech then confirms that Billie Joe Armstrong uses this guitar to perform Green Day’s older material live, which is all Eb. He also confirms that guitar is strung with Ernie Ball .010 - .046 strings.
Blue's official model is a Fernandes The Revival RST-50 '57 - dating from early 1980. The official color is "Sonic Blue" - which is the same one Fender Japan used on their guitars as the guitar was manufactured by Fuji Gen Gakki (whom made Ibanez and the Fender Japan instruments).
