Billie Joe Armstrong

1994 in Woodstock, Billie Joe Armstrong uses an SM58 as a sort of percussive instrument, demonstrating that it takes about 21 licks to get to the center of (and kill) the SM58 - a testament to their rugged construction. In the 'Basket Case' video, a dented SM58 can be seen. These have been their microphones of choice whenever on stage.

The SM58 is undeniably the most ubiquitous mic on the market today; almost every musician/artist has used one in his/her life.

At the 22:22 minute mark, Armstrong is singing into a Shure SM7B vocal microphone.

Billie Joe Armstrong uses multiple AKG C414 XL II condenser microphones, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo of his setup.

A Telefunken M-80 can be seen in the 21 Guns video.

Both Billie Joe and Mike used sm57 mics in "Meet Me On The Roof" music video.

“For acoustic guitar parts, I mostly used the N22. ‘Ordinary World’ was done before I had that mic, though, so I think I used a [Neumann or Telefunken] U47 on that one."

In the 2009 live performance of Green Day at Kesselhaus, Billie Joe Armstrong uses a Shure BLX24/SM58 wireless microphone, as seen in the YouTube video.

The Shure KSM 313 can classified as slowly becoming the Industry Standard for Micing Instruments and can be seen here on Multiple Guitar Cabinets Miced up Timestamp 7:39 - 8:02

In their 2013 Rig Rundown, shown at 8:03, Billie Joe was seen micing his cabs with numerous Nuemann TLM 103 microphones, as well as Shure 313 and an RCA BK5.

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Royer R-121 Ribbon Mics are part of the Green Day rig used by Billie Joe Armstrong. From the MIX article:

Armstrong employed myriad different guitars and amps, with a couple of Les Paul Juniors and a Telecaster once purportedly owned by Keith Richards getting the lion’s share of the work for the layers upon layers of guitar tracks. Dugan typically miked two of Armstrong’s 4×12 cabinets with two mics each: The first might have a chain that included a 57 and a Royer 121 ribbon, through Chandler Germanium preamps and EQs summed to one track though an Altec 1567A tube mixer; the other would have a 57 and a 414 through 1073 preamps treated the same way.

In Telefunkens Gallery to this microphone you can see Billie using the capsule in combination with a wireless system

5 of the units are seen underneath the "RJM CAE 3+ SE" between the shots during 9:16 to 9:27.

“For acoustic guitar parts, I mostly used the N22. ‘Ordinary World’ was done before I had that mic, though, so I think I used a [Neumann or Telefunken] U47 on that one."

At the 45th second "DPA" is readable on the SL1 adapter. (0:11)

In this article, it states that Billie used a Beyer 201 on Dookie. Under the section "Do You Have The Time To Listen To Me Whine?" it says, “the 201 combines the best of a large diaphragm and the best of a dynamic, and it was perfect for his voice."

Billie Joe Armstrong used the Josephson e22S microphone while recording "Love Is For Losers," as seen in his Instagram post.

They are apparently using the 2028 DPA capsule (instead of the 4018 VL) based on Green Day's last performance at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, OK on 7/20/21.

1994 in Woodstock, Billie Joe Armstrong uses an SM58 as a sort of percussive instrument, demonstrating that it takes about 21 licks to get to the center of (and kill) the SM58 - a testament to their rugged construction. In the 'Basket Case' video, a dented SM58 can be seen. These have been their microphones of choice whenever on stage.

The SM58 is undeniably the most ubiquitous mic on the market today; almost every musician/artist has used one in his/her life.

“For acoustic guitar parts, I mostly used the N22. ‘Ordinary World’ was done before I had that mic, though, so I think I used a [Neumann or Telefunken] U47 on that one."

This is one of Billie's mics.

Dugan says he used an N22 with a 414 on lead guitars on Rev Rad

Billie Joe Armstrong can be seen using the Telefunken ELA M 251 in the studio while recording vocals around of 2009-2010 (21st Centruty Breakdown Album).

This microphone came out in 2002 and he was seen using it in the American idiot era. The antenna sticking out matches that in the photo.