Green Day – Nimrod

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 Eve's), There all guitar was smashed/turned out into other guitar (confirmed by Bill Schneider), "Blue" replica and shell pink "Frankenstein" guitar no longer used since 2000.

"Blue" replica has left handed bridge with GraphTech Saddles. Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB humbucker with 9 holes pickguard and neck has sanded off Fender logo on headstock (later he replace with another Stratocaster neck with Fender logo). The guitar is bulit by Alex Perez from Fender Custom Shop.

Used in Nimrod era, in this video. You can see Billie Joe playing a Telecaster with Humbucker.

"The J-180 is a fantastic live guitar. You know people say that the extra pick guard kind of dampens the tone and so forth, but I think for live it's great. And also I think the Everly Brother's dad designed the bridge with the strings, which barely break over that bridge. That means you never have to worry about strings breaking. It's a very nice guitar," says Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar tech, Hans, about the Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong J-180 Acoustic Guitar, used during live Green Day performances.

J-180 is heavily used for live performances, especially 21st Century Breakdown tour. Billie Joe used this guitar to play "Macy's Day Parade", "Redundant", "Words I Might Have Ate, Good Riddance and Give Me Novacaine", and other stuff.

This amp can be seen on Heart Like A Hand Grenade at 18:01. This amp is also used on Nimrod and Warning.

Back in the second half of the 1990s, he had a Fender Bassman head in his collection. The amp was used for the recording of “Nimrod,” Green Day’s fourth album. He also had it for the next album, “Warning,” released in 2000. Although this amp head had a few versions over the years, one thing’s always the same – a very powerful and bottom-end-heavy tone. They were introduced in the early 1950s and were intended as bass amps. However, their specific tone made them really popular among guitarists. It’s not certain, however, which exact model was in Billie’s possession.

From Guitar World: "On this record (Nimrod), I used Precision basses because my old Gibson G-3 didn't sound good with the new songs. I used a '66 and '69; they have a real warmth on the low end. For this record I knew we weren't going for the huge guitar sound; this gave me more room to get in there. I needed to play a real punchy bass on the old records because the guitar frequencies where everywhere and I needed to get right in the middle. I recorded Dookie with a Percision bass too. I use Mesa/Boogie amps, MB 2000's. They're half-tube and half-solid state. I wanted to custom-make my own sound , and Mesa/Boogie was really willing to work with me. They made me 6x10 cabinets, and we put those on top of a 1x18. I think i'm nailing it. I have an MB 2000 running each one of my 6x10 cabinets and then a MB 2000 running both of my 18's"

During the Nimrod/Warning era, Mike Dirnt used 1990s Mesa Boogie Road Ready Diesel Cabinets, specifically featuring two 6x10 cabinets and two 1x18 cabinets. This is supported by footage from the "Green Day Live @ Goat Island" video by Plankfan on YouTube, which visually confirms his use of these cabinets.

Tré Cool used the DW Collector Series Custom Drum Set during the recording and performances of Green Day's albums "Dookie," "Insomniac," "Nimrod," and "Warning." This is evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Tripod.