Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong's Gear
Billie Joe Armstrong uses the MXR M101 Phase 90 phaser pedal, as seen in an Instagram post by hansblooey, which features the hashtag #mxrpedals alongside other gear-related tags.
In this photo, Billie Joe Armstrong's signed Squier Stratocaster guitar can be seen as part of an auction where he sold a car, his ’72 BMW 2002tii. An article from Dec 2013 details the auction here.
Billie Joe was using Ibanez FGM 100 during California Music Awards 2001 and this guitar borrowed from member of Brickhead.
At 7:37 you can see the cabs and he says at 8:03 that they're Vintage 30s
In a live performance by The Coverups, Billie Joe Armstrong can be seen using the MXR M234 Analog Chorus on his pedalboard at the 2:50 mark of the video.
The Gibson L6-S is a solid body electric guitar. It was the working musician's descendant of the L5S jazz solid body electric guitar. It was the same shape, very much like a wide Gibson Les Paul, but with a 24 fret two-octave neck, the first Gibson guitar to have this. Serial: 81760511. The Gibson L6-S was one of the first guitars that had experimented with the now popular Silver Burst finish. At the time of production of this model the finish had not quite been perfected and many of the original Silver Burst L6's had begun turning a green / goldish color. The Silver Burst L6 was only produced for about 12-14 months and was then discontinued. These models are incredibly rare. This particular L6 has changed to more of a gold color. Play wear on the neck. Deep gouge on the lower bout. Original tuners. One pickup has been swapped out. This replaced pickup is in the case. New straplocks. Neck could stand to be looked at. Guitar labeled "GEEZER" for it's appearance in the indie film GEEZER staring BJA.
This Kluson tuners has been used on his signature Gibson model.
In this Bad Religion Rig Rundown Brian shows off His Marshall Plexi heads. He states that one of the heads originally belonged to Billie Joe Armstrong. The amp has Billies famed Dookie Mod in it. Billie lent Brian the amp to try out. Brian states that Billie Gave him the amp almost 8 years prior, but never returned it.
In this video, he is playing a Fernandes fst-65t. You can tell because of the black pickgaurd and the stone logo, although it has been modified a bit. The details give it away.
In this photo, you can see Billie Joe Armstrong with his Fender 72 Telecaster Custom modded with Seymour Duncan Little 59 pickup on bridge.
In this photo, you can see Billie Joe Armstrong with Bohemian Oil Can Electric Guitar (Castrol version)
In this video, you can see Billie Joe Armstrong with custom lightning bolt guitar strap from Couch on his Gibson Les Paul Junior.
This head was borrowed from Jamie Owen, Jaicell Recipes guitarist. Used during the show at The Den in Wigan and The Joiner's Arms - December 21st and December 17th in 1991 respectively. He also used this amp on American Idiot. 48:26
At the 00:01 in this video, we can see Billie playing his Gibson Les Paul Junior own signature.
At 2:55 into this video Green Day Rig Rundown Gear Tour with Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Jason White, his guitar tech picks up a Gibson Les Paul Junior in a silver sparkle finish and says:
This is one of the signature guitars. We had a guy in the Bay paint the body. And that has I believe a Seymour Duncan Antiquity in it
In this photo, we can see Armstrong's equipment for 2016. He has two Park 75 heads, with one of them being a 50-watt.
In the very first frame of this video you can see Billie's seafoam green Fender Vaporizer.
Billie Joe can be seen using a Gibson Robby Krieger 1954 Les Paul Custom through out this KROQ show.
In this video, we can see Billie playing Jackson Rhoads Bass.
In this video. You can see Billie Joe Armstrong playing with a Standard Telecaster modded with custom pickguard, Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB, hardtail bridge and one volume control. There is 2 tone and 1 volume control hole on pickguard are not installed and also a white tape on neck pickguard.
Used in 21st Century Breakdown tour only, in this photo, you can see Billie with 72 Tele Custom.
In this photo, Billie Joe Armstrong is playing a Fender 1975 Telecaster Custom.
In an Instagram post by greendayfan_, Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar collection is highlighted, featuring the Epiphone Les Paul Special II.
Billie Joe Armstrong uses the TC Electronic PolyTune, as seen in a photo by hansblooey on Instagram, showcasing his pedal setup alongside other gear like Dunlop picks and Marshall amps.
In this video Billie Joe Armstrong is playing this guitar. The only noticeable differences seem to be the guitar repainting (probably satin black or gunmetal grey) and the colored tape.
Billie Joe give away this guitar during Pop Disaster Tour.
Foot Switches & AB boxes.... #revrad #dunloppicks #gibson #marshallamps #pedals #bosspedals #mxrpedals #voodoolabs In the top right corner you can see a Boss BF-3 Flanger pedal (BF-3 because of the TWO inputs on the side)
In a photo shared by cazb1969 on Instagram, Billie Joe Armstrong is seen playing a Rock N Roll Relics Thunders II guitar.
we can see it on his pedalboard in this photo from instagram.
Billie has been known to use this amp during his time in The Longshot and a couple of Coverups shows.
In a screenshot from a segment of "The Tonight Show: At Home Edition," Billie Joe Armstrong is shown using Avid Pro Tools.
This guitar was put for sale on Reverb in 2017 from Armstrong’s private guitar collection. As specified in the listing’s description, it was used on ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!.
This Gretsch Duo Jet is part of the private collection of Billie Joe Armstrong.
The classic Gretsch® Duo Jet™ dates to the earliest days of rock music. Modeled closely on its late-’50s ancestor, today’s Duo Jet features dual High Sensitive Filter’Tron humbucking pickups, “tone switch” circuitry, ebony fingerboard with Neo-Classic "thumbnail" inlays, Space Control™ bridge and Gretsch by Bigsby B3C vibrato tailpiece.
This 2005 Gretsch Duo Jet is a lightly used, killer guitar.
Billie is releasing a decent collection of Gretsch guitars used heavily on Uno, Dos, Tre and here is one of the picks of the litter in his shop.
Made in Japan. Very light marks along the back of the guitar, but overall not much in the way of finish issues. Neck is straight and true. It should be noted that the neck of this guitar feels awesome. Clean and clear tone. Such a cool guitar. There are no further issues, aside from the aforementioned, to be seen or heard. We have done our best to capture any imperfections of this instrument through our photography here on the site. Please enjoy.
A killer piece. Ships in an OHSC.
All items in Billie's Reverb Shop ship fully insured with a signed and embossed Certificate Of Authenticity by Billie Joe Armstrong.
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