Dave Grohl

Inspired by one of his favorite guitars, the Gibson Trini Lopez, Dave Grohl also uses the Gibson DG-335 Electric Guitar which comes in a Pelham Blue color. Dave bought his first Trini Lopez from me ~ just mentioning that for fun.

"This guitar, I've made every single Foo Fighters record with it. This one. This is a fucking beautiful guitar. I saw this in a guitar shop in Bethesda, Maryland. I think it was 1992 or '93 or something like that, I was still in Nirvana when I bought it. I thought it was unusual because it looks like a Gibson ES 335 except that it has diamond-shaped F-holes and has this different headstock on it. And I didn't really know anything about Trini Lopez the artist when I bought it. But this fucking thing, this is the sound of the Foo Fighters - this guitar. On every record I might use other guitars every now and then, but for the most part it's just this," says guitarist Dave Grohl about his Gibson Trini Lopez Standard Reissue Electric Guitar.

"I'm looking at this beautiful Epiphone," says Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters while playing on a Epiphone Texan 1958 Acoustic Guitar.

In the music video for the Foo Fighters song "Monkey Wrench," Dave Grohl can be seen playing a Gretsch White Falcon electric guitar. Shots of the guitar can be seen sporadically throughout the video.

"In 'Headwires' the high, picking part in the middle eight is an SG through the Memory Man," says Dave Grohl in reference to the Gibson SG Electric Guitar. Dave Grohl uses Drop-A tuning in this case.

One of the most popular videos of Dave on YouTube is one in which he sings Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”. The guitar he used was a Martin D-28.

"The main riff used in 'Headwires' is on an Explorer playing through the Memory Man and the Vox, and the harmonics were done with the same setup," mentions Foo Fighters's lead guitarist, Dave Grohl, in reference to the Gibson Explorer electric guitar.

In this photo, Dave Grohl is seen playing a Fender Telecaster Custom. The pickup configuration can be clearly seen, which identifies it as a Tele Custom. The black and white photo makes it hard to say what the finish is with certainty, but it appears to be black with a black pickguard.

"I didn't use it much on the record, but I pull it out live. RDs are awesome. It's like holding a kitchen table over your chest and having it scream like a jet airplane. I like that they're really heavy and can sound fat or bright. They're kind of nasty guitars - played through a Boogie Rectifier, they sound completely insane," mentions Foo Fighters lead guitarist Dave Grohl in reference to the Gibson RD Standard Electric Guitar.

Dave Grohl used the Gibson Les Paul Dale Earnhardt Jr. guitar on stage when his band Foo Fighters played Rock in Rio Lisboa in 2004.

In Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny Dave Grohl plays a Dimebag Darrel signature Washburn Dime 333 Dimebolt guitar. This guitar was played at the 2000 Big Day Out festival in Melbourne. You can see this guitar at 11:07

Dave Grohl can be seen playing the Dan Armstrong guitar in this photo.

During the "In Your Honor" era, Dave Grohl played a Gibson Firebird Studio 70's Tribute, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

Dave Grohl is using this acoustic guitar for the acoustic songs he performs with the Foo Fighters.

In this video, Dave Grohl is performing an acoustic version of Everlong for the first time ever, live on the Howard Stern Show in 1997. He is using a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar in a natural finish, as evidenced by the pickguard shape and designs, fretboard pearl parallelogram inlays, and headstock (seen somewhat clearly at 1:24 into the video).

Dave Grohl uses this guitar on the video of breakout. From 3.19, he is playing on stage with this guitar.

In the video for ''The Pretender'' you can see Dave Grohl playing a black Gibson Firebird studio model. The director Sam asks him to smash it at the end of the video and he says ''That's like an 800 dollar guitar''

Dave Grohl using D'Angelico EX-DC when he comes on stage to play "Kick out the jam" with Prophets of rage

He used this guitar during big day out 2000 on songs like big me and aurora.

In the music video for "My Hero", Dave Grohl can be seen playing the Les Paul Custom at :38s.

In this Instagram reel he can be seen playing a white Les Paul Custom during their 1st TV Appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman - This is a Call - 1995.

In this photo, Grohl can be seen with a Triple-Pickup Gibson SG Custom in a Red Finish.

This item is not to be confused with the White Triple-Pickup SG Custom used on to preform on the Jay Leno Show in 1997.

Dave Grohl played the Duesenberg Starplayer TV Creamy-Perloid on 5.8.2012 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech republic.

In this video, Grohl played Taylor 900 series. He used this guitar only in this ocassion.

used for this acoustic performance

Dave Grohl can be seen playing Rick Nielsen's Hamer Standard in this photo.

In an August 2006 interview, a photo shows Dave Grohl with a Silvertone Kentucky Blue semi-hollowbody electric guitar, suggesting he used it around that time.

Dave Grohl played a gibson trini lopez pelham blue in music video for "Walk" and "Something From Nothing".

"In the song 'Headwires', the choruses are the Duo Jet running through a Rat and the Vox," points out Dave Grohl about using the Gretsch Duo Jet Electric Guitar.

Dave played a Dimebag Darrell signature slime guitar at Dimebash 2019. You can see the front of the guitar at 4:19

Can be seen with him at 1:48