Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong's Gear
Billie Joe Armstrong owned a Fender Squier Partscaster Telecaster, which was listed for sale on Reverb.com.
the bridge pickup is replace with a dog ear p90 along with other mods on guitar. these guitars were used on Uno, Dos, Tre sessions and recording.
Sold at reverb.com from Billie Joe Armstrong private guitar collection.
Billie Joe Armstrong owned a Magnatone 1960s Zephyr Electric Guitar, as listed on Reverb.com.
“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."
The RJM RG-16 is shown at 9:20 in Rig Rundown - Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Jason White.
He played this guitar for only one ocassion - the MTV Live show, done somewhere in early 00's or late 90's. This guitar was used for "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)", and "Redundant", which was the same show.
In this photo, you can see a Tascam 424 MKIII 8-track recorder laying atop the mixing console.
In this photo, you can see Billie using The Schaffer Replica.
At 22:54 in this live video, we can see Billie playing a Gibson Les Paul Junior but with a Humbucker
Billie Joe Armstrong is pictured playing a Gibson Les Paul Senior in a post on his Instagram, captioned "Merci Quebec!!!"
At 0:29, Billie can be seen using a black Levy's Leathers Cotton Guitar Strap.
"#59lespaul #wildone #vintageguitar #minenotyours"
In an Instagram post by hansblooey, Billie Joe Armstrong is associated with the Chandler Limited Little Devil Colored Boost Pedal, as indicated by the hashtag #chandlerlimited.
In a photo shared by Instagram user hansblooey, Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar setup includes the Fishman Aura Sixteen Programmable Imaging EQ among other gear, such as Dunlop picks and Marshall amps.
Here we can see Billie Joe playing this guitar
In an Instagram post, Billie Joe Armstrong reflects on the start of 2017, mentioning various personal activities and projects. The post includes a photo where he is seen with a Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro Split Coil P-90s guitar, suggesting its use in his music endeavors.
1960's Silvertone 1484 and 1485 were used for recording the albums Uno, Dos and Tre.
Seen in a 1993 promo photo. Also used on “F.O.D.” from Dookie and was recently sold in 2019.
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.
In the official video for Green Day's "Stay The Night," Billie Joe Armstrong is seen using a Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner, positioned next to his switcher at the beginning of the 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.
https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/all-access-green-day-368305
At 12:44 he can be seen playing a Custom SJ-200 with a double pickguard and a red finish (probably "Cherry Red" or something)
Billie used this amp on practice sessions for Warning and on 21st Century Breakdown.
In this video you van see Billie playing on a Gibson Customshop Les Paul Special Double Cut Figured.
He played this show at 12-19-2018 at The Ivy Room, Albany.
"I mainly played a ’56 Gibson Les Paul Junior, but I also had a Slash model Les Paul, a Jimmy Page model Les Paul, and my ’59 ’burst."
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.
Billie Joe Armstrong was featured on BBE's website as user of this power supply.
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