Mike Dimkich

In a Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article, Mike Dimkich discusses using a Mesa/Boogie Mark II combo amplifier, inspired by Clash guitarist Mick Jones. Dimkich modifies the setup by detaching the 12" speaker and connecting the amp to a Marshall 4x12 cabinet.

Guitarist Mike Dimkich's (formerly of the Cult, Suckerpunch, Channel 3, and Steve Jones) main ride for Bad Religion is this refin 1958 Gibson Les Paul Junior. Before becoming part of Dimkich's arsenal, this gem had several headstock repairs. You may ask, how does he know for sure? Well, before buying the guitar in Canada, fellow guitarist Brian Baker and the shop suggested he take the guitar next door to the porn store to use their black light to identify any cracks or breaks, and voilà, surgery was found! Besides sounding like a beast, he loves this one because it's the Johnny Thunders model with a Steve Jones refin color—two of his favorite guitarists of all time. He still owns the original P-90 but swapped it out for a J. M. Rolph dog-ear P-90. The band tunes down a half step and all of Mike’s guitars take .011–.052 strings.

Mike Dimkich's other main stage guitar is zeroed in as a late 1959 Les Paul Junior because of its rounded edges on the body and huge neck profile. Upgrades include a Seymour Duncan Antiquity P-90 and patent-pending Grover tuners.

Mike has a jm rolph p90 in his les paul jr. He replaced the original pickup with this pickup

Mike has upgraded all of his guitars with grover locking tuners

IN his red les paul jr, Mike upgraded the pickups. he put in a duncan antiquity in the bridge

Mike has a 1982 30th aniversary gold top les paul. he states that he got this ridiculously cheap for like $400. THe guitar is only used as a backup, and rarely sees any stage time

Mike is a big fan of the les paul jr. One of the main guitars he uses on stage is his 1958 les paul junior. tHis guitas's original pickups where swaped for a jm rolph dog ear. He states that he knows that the guitar had several repairs. He found this out when fellow Bad Religions guitarist Brian inspected the guitar for him before buying it

Both Brian and Mike use Lehle Ab boxes live. This allows them to run both amps at the same time

Here's part one of Mike Dimkich's two-amp setup—a 100-watt Marshall JMP. He bought the head for $350 and the 4x12 for $300. Both were a part of his sound in the Cult and his early days in Bad Religion.

as part of his simple live rig Mike has two marshall cabs. He runs his mesa mark II combo into one, and his JMP head into the other

The guitarists in Bad Religions do not use any effects live. The only pedal Mike has on stage is a boss tu-2. He keeps this by his amp to tune inbetween songs.

In this rig rundown mike talks about his live gear. His main guitar live is a 1958 les paul jr. Before buying the guitar, fellow bad religion guitarist brian baker suggested “taking the guitar next door to an adult shop to test it under a black light”. The original pickups were swapped out for a set of jm rolph dog ear p90s

In this post brian baker shows off an ibanez destroyer. He states that this belongs to mike. This particular guitar is a 1976 model

Mike Dimkich confirms owning a 2007 Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior Single Cut Electric Guitar in tobacco burst and a 2009 model in black, as discussed in videos shared by Yeahman's Vintage And Used Guitars on Facebook.