Dave Grohl's Gear

Hide incorrect submissions

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.

Find it on:

Dave owns and uses a DW custom set for many of his current drumming gigs. DW posted this on their official site.

Find it on:

You can see two Boss TU-3 Chromatic Pedal Tuners during this live performance of "Everlong" at :22s on Live on Letterman.

Find it on:

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

Find it on:

Dave Grohl used Aquarian Power-Sleeve 2B sticks while in Nirvana. His drum tech said he "held them upside down." In the photo, the nylon material contained in the sticks is highly visible.

Find it on:

In this acoustic performance of Everlong on Howard Stern, Dave Grohl is using two RE20 microphones; One for vocals and another one for his Gibson Hummingbird.

Find it on:

In a video from Laundry Room Studio titled "Exhausted" Sonic Highways Outtakes, Dave Grohl is shown using a Petrol Can CBG amplifier during the recording of the album version of "Exhausted" for Foo Fighters' debut album. This amp may have also been used for other tracks on the album and some demos from 1992 to 1994.

Find it on:

In this performance of "Hangin' Tree", Grohl can be seen playing an Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Model Bass around 1:40.

Find it on:

In this user-uploaded photo from a 2011 show, Dave Grohl is seen using the Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler.

Find it on:

"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.

Find it on:

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

Find it on:

Dave is spotted singing through this microphone in the "Best of You" music video right at the beginning and throughout all the shots of the band playing in the video.

Find it on:

Can be seen with him at 1:48

Find it on:

Dave can be seen using this mic at this presentation, at the time of 0:46 is very easy to see the blue strip of the Shure Beta 58a.

Find it on:

“Dave sits really low - he gets more velocity, power and volume that way, especially with his bass drum technique - and he’s using DW’s lowest seat, all the way down. On the percussive front we’ve got a tambourine and a Ching Ring; an old Bonham thing.”

Find it on:

According to Rio Grande website, he uses a BBQ Humbucker Set

Find it on:

This Tama Artstar II kit in piano black was Dave Grohl's primary setup for the In Utero tour.

Find it on:

Clearly seen at 1:27. One of Dave's favorite acoustics to record with

Find it on:

Dave is using this guitar during the Foo Fighters song Cold Day In The Sun, a song drummer Taylor Hawkins wrote and sings live at Pinkpop 2011. You can see the guitar from 00:03.

Find it on:

Dave Grohl is shown with his custom Manson guitar on this page of Manson's website.

Find it on:

Grohl can be seen playing a Fender Precision Bass Olympic White in this photo.

Find it on:

Dave Grohl uses this kit when having a 'drum-off' with Animal from The Muppets, but he is using a larger deeper floor tom than the standard DW one. Both Dave and Animal smash up the kits they are playing on leading to them both saying 'you win' simultaneously

Find it on:

Shown in image from article and his drum tech talks about designing them and having them built by DW.

Find it on:

In a user-uploaded photo from Justmanaging, Dave Grohl is pictured using a Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe during the Sound City sessions.

Find it on:

In this video, Grohl can be seen live in 1997 preforming on the Jay Leno Show with a Triple-Pickup Gibson SG Custom in a White Finish.

Find it on:

Dave Grohl's Drum Tech 'Gersh' shows Dave's Them Crooked Vultures set up as having a 14x6.5 aluminum snare drum.

"Dave’s live snare is a DW 14x6.5 aluminium, and it basically sits in between the Acrolite and Bell Brass models we used in the studio. It has die-cast hoops, a 'Bonham-y' character and a whole lot of crack."

Find it on:

Used on There Is Nothing Left to Lose, as stated by Grohl in this 1999 Guitar One interview.

Can you talk a bit about some of the gear you used on this new record?

Most of the record was done with a Vox AC-30, with effects pedals like a Uni-Vibe or a Memory Man, or old BOSS delay pedals, Rat distortion pedals, Electro-Harmonix pedals, or Octave Fuzzes. I used a Talk Box on "Generator." Guitar-wise, I used my Gibson Trini Lopez, a Fender Telecaster, a Gretsch Duo-Jet, some Les Pauls, Explorers, and RD Artists. We used a Fender twin and a Marshall JCM 900 for some stuff. We also used a MESA/Boogie Maverick--it's a little head. But we tried to stay away from the MESA/Boogie Dual or Triple Rectifier sound because we did that on the last record a lot.

Find it on:

This photo of Dave Grohl's Them Crooked Vultures cymbal setup comes from a musicradar.com article, which lists that he uses the Zildjian 20" A Custom Crash (original source: http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/dave-grohls-drum-setup-revealed-them-crooked-vultures-239299/4)

Find it on:

Dave is using the talkbox during the song Generator by the Foo Fighters. Here you can see him doing it during a show in 'De Melkweg' in Amsterdam from 02:25.

Find it on:

Dave Grohl is listed as using Mesa Boogie Road King II guitar heads on Mesa's website.

Find it on:

This is a community-built gear list for Dave Grohl.

  • Find relevant music gear like Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects Pedals, Drum Sets, Cymbals, Snare Drums, Drumsticks, and other instruments and add it to Dave Grohl.
  • The best places to look for gear usage are typically on the artist's social media, YouTube, live performance images, and interviews.
  • To receive email updates when Dave Grohl is seen with new gear, follow the artist.

Album Credits

Similar Artists

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Chris Cornell

Chris Cornell

Guitarist, Singer · Soundgarden

Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Cantrell

Singer, Guitarist · Alice in Chains

Mother Love Bone

Mother Love Bone

Candlebox

Candlebox

Temple of the Dog

Temple of the Dog

Soundgarden

Soundgarden

Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains

Mad Season

Mad Season

Stone Gossard

Stone Gossard

Guitarist, Singer · Pearl Jam

Screaming Trees

Screaming Trees

Nirvana

Nirvana