Billie Joe Armstrong's Gear

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Billie Joe is using a Vox AC10. 0:34

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Copy of Billie Joe's famous "Blue" Stratocaster used during touring in 1997-1998.

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Pictured is a promo of Billie Joe Armstrong with his ES-137 which is also featured on the Gibson website.

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This guitar was used , live on Bizzare Festival 2001

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In this Instagram post, Armstrong shared the photo of his Park 75 Amplifier Head, which could announce Green Day's new studio recordings? Also this amp can be visible on the Heart Like a Hand Grenade Documentary, The Uno Dos Tre trailer, and some of the 21st century breakdown video recordings from 2008.

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"Ready, Steady, GO! Revolution Radio! It's Thunders Thursday! Here's a kick ass Black Flag SC Thunders model built for the mighty @billiejoearmstrong loaded with a @throbak_electronics dog ear P90 and @emersoncustom guts. Strung up with @scalar_designs strings under and over a @tonepros vintage style aluminum wrap bridge and wound up with @klusonofficial supreme tuners. Support the rock and pick up the new @greenday release 'Revolution Radio' its filled with great riffs n' catchy melodies! #rnrrelics #rocknrollrelics #trowbak #guitarsdaily #rockstarguitar #greenday #billiejoearmstrong #revolutionradio #thundersthursday #johnnythunders #lamf #geartalk #gearwire #guitars #guitarporn #rocknroll #idiotnation"

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Billie Joe Armstrong uses Schaller Security Locks for his Les Paul and Les Paul Junior guitars, as seen in a 2017 Instagram post by hansblooey during the European leg of Green Day's tour.

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"Fender custom shop esquire!! The body is made out of Hollywood bowl reclaimed bench seats!! And it has my lucky number 8!"

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This is the new Billie Joe Armstrong signature guitar from Epiphone.

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Billie is Seen Using These Monitors in the Jimmy Fallon No Fun Monday Series where he is streaming the performance from His House during the COVID19 Pandemic

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Aside he owned Blue, "Stonehead" and Fernandes Les Paul Custom. Billie Joe Armstrong also have Burny Les Paul Custom in his private collection and was put on sale at reverb.com

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Green Day's guitarist has been seen using a Gibson Flying V Electric Guitar during live shows.

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Billie can be seen here playing a Gibson J-45. The best shot of this guitar is at :56s. Billie also used this guitar on "Allison", when he performed this song with Elvis Costello.

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In this rockumentary, he can be seen playing "Missing You" with Fender Precision Bass Standard at 7:46 minute mark.

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Armstrong has been using this guitar, which seems a lot like his "Floyd" Les Paul Junior. He played this guitar for "Acoustic-4-A-Cure" concert, done in 2014.

This guitar was sold on Green Day's Reverb Shop in 2019. Source

The Gibson Melody Maker is an electric guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation. It has had many body shape variations since its conception in 1959. The Gibson Melody Maker was first launched in 1959 and discontinued in 1971. It had a thin slab-style mahogany body and a one-piece mahogany neck. All the electronics, from the small single-coil pickups to the cable jack, were assembled on the pickguard and installed in a rout in the front of the body. The strings ran from a straight-sided simplification of the traditional Gibson headstock at one end to a wraparound bridge/tailpiece unit at the other. Serial: 120161. Pretty clean vintage Melody Maker. Some wear on the bottom of the guitar and very light finish checking. Marks near the top horn. Otherwise the electronics are clean and the neck is straight and true. Strap is hardwired on. Not even any buckle rash on this one!

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In this photo, we can see Billie with a Gibson SG Junior. Also, in the rock documentary Cuatro!

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At 2:02 in this Green Day video, we can see Billie playing a Fender Telecaster '72 Telecaster

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It's a Fender Buddy Guy Signature Stratocaster modded with a new neck, white pickguard, dark blue paint around the forearm, some stickers in the pickguard and back, Oakland written around one dot with Adeline skull sticker and the angled SH-4 Jeff Beck humbucker in the bridge. Billie will probably start using this as an "Blue" backup. Now this guitar owned by Jimmy. which Billie give away this guitar at 2016 Not So Silent Night.

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In this photo is a replica of Billie's "Blue" Stratocaster named "Azul". It is covered in stickers. Billie use Fender Classic Player 50s Stratocaster for 21st Century Breakdown South American Tour, The guitar headstock was broken after being dropped during show in Brasil.

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In this photo, Billie Joe playing a Gibson Firebird non reversed.

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At 9:00 in this rig rundown of Green Day, you can see that on the back of the Marshall heads it says "Super Lead 100" and it is one of what is probably many amplifiers that Billie uses that has the "Dookie Mod" installed in it.

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He used this to record “Father of All...” and ended up blowing it up.

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In a photo from "Green Day Pictures: The Early Days, 1987-1993" on Greendayauthority, Billie Joe Armstrong is seen with an MXR M133 Micro Amp pedal.

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In this photo, you can see the guitar (signed by Billie) after he gave it to a fan.

On the Hella Mega Tour, Billie Joe Armstrong brought fans onstage to play "Knowledge" and gave them this guitar afterwards. The guitar that the fan gets is always brand new with signatures from the band members on it, just like the previous Epiphone Les Paul Junior guitar he gave away on the 99 Revolutions and Revolution Radio Tour, as well as the modified blackout Telecasters that served as both backups for Blue and guitars for Billie to give away.

The video can be seen here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRvWZL2Ln1a/?utm_medium=copy_link

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This was owned by Billie Joe Armstrong from his private guitar collection and sold at reverb.com

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In this video Billie Joe is seen using the Gibson J-185. A slight change from the J-180 and J-45 he used to use. As far as I know, Billie Joe started using this guitar to play "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" on the current Hella Mega Tour.

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

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Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day is associated with the Ibanez Tone-Lok CF7 Chorus Flanger Pedal, as referenced by Customaudioelectronics in their "CAE Legends" feature. This connection came through producer Rob Cavallo, with whom they have collaborated extensively.

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As seen on this source, Billie Joe Armstrong is using a 1958 Fender Twin 5F8-4 Combo Amp. Billie says that he used this amp on 21st Century Breakdown. It's not known what songs he used it on.

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At 0:25 in this live video, we can see Billie Joe using this guitar, he modiefied this one, in the video we can see the guitar without the pickguard, and with P90's pickups on it

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