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At 6:21 you can see Dave use the tambourine with a LP jam block. The Tambourine is on a stand, and was used for his song “Play”.

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Dave Grohl is seen playing Ludwig Timpani at the 10:25 mark, as part of his project "Play."

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At 10:47 Grohl is see grabbing the shaker from a top some congas and playing them from his song “Play”

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Thought out this video you can see the congas in the background

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At 0:00 you can see the bongos on the back table

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At 0:00 you can see the shakers on the back table

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At 0:00 you can see the maracas on the back table

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At 0:00 you can see it on the back table

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At 0:00 you can see it on the back table

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At 0:29 you can see the K hi hats on Grohls first

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At 0:33 you can see the ride cymbal on his first kit

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at 0:33 Grohl is seen using the DW Metallic Black Collectors Series kit, identifiable by the distinct setup with all cymbals changed and the presence of rack toms.

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At 0:33 growl has the Tom’s on this first drum kit

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At 4:37 you can see the cymbals on Grohls first drum kit for “Play”

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At 4:32 you you can see grohl using two of the crashes

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At 11:00 Grohl is seen playing the kit for the song Play

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At 11:00 you can see the ring on grohls hi hat

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At 10:50 Grohl is seen playing a Nik Huber Rietbergen Bass, on his song “Play”

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It is seen behind Grohl in this video of Play

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At 0:20 you can see the amp plugged into Grohls keyboard rig

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At 0:33 you can see the pedal just behind his back

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At 22:39 of the foo fighters movie “Studio 666” Grohl is seen using a Mellotron in a seen where he’s playing Lionel Richie’s “Hello”.

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Grohl is seen with the tascam at 34:09 of the foo fighters movie “Studio 666”

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Gibson Les Paul

Gibson Les Paul

Solid Body Electric Guitars
Color/Finish: White Year: 1990s

In this video Grohl is seen playing a white 90’s Les Paul witch he used on the first foo fighters album and tour.

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In the live video from 1997 titled "Foo Fighters (1997, Rockpalast, Bizarre Festival)," Dave Grohl is seen playing a Gretsch Anniversary guitar at the 18:33 mark. This guitar was used in standard tuning for the set, while he used a Les Paul in DADGBE tuning. The video, uploaded by the user KurtRusselCrowe on YouTube, provides visual confirmation of Grohl's use of the Gretsch Anniversary.

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Gibson SG

Gibson SG

Solid Body Electric Guitars
Color/Finish: White Year: 1990s

At 31:05 in the video titled "Foo Fighters (1997, Rockpalast, Bizarre Festival)" on YouTube, Dave Grohl is seen playing a white Gibson SG during the song "This Is a Call," serving as a backup guitar. This observation is documented by the YouTube user KurtRusselCrowe.

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Dave Grohl is seen (and is credited) as using an EBow on the sonic highways track “subterranean”. He also uses an EBow on numerous foo fighters songs, like “My Hero”, and “Gimme Stitches”

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