BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG - LEAD GUITAR

Guitars:
~Fernandes Stratocaster (Blue)
~Fender Stratocaster
~Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop
~Gibson ES 135
~Gibson Les Paul Junior
~Gibson Les Paul Special 59'
~Gibson Standard SG
~Gibson Les Paul Junior TV 59'
~Fender Telecaster 68'
~Fender Jazz Master
~Fender Telecaster Custom Shop
Acoustic Guitars:
~Guild D-55
~Taylor 514C
Amplification:
~Marshall Super Lead 100 WATTS
~Fender Bassman
~Hiwatt Custom 100
Additional:
~Duplex Tortex .76 - .88mm Custom Plecks
~Ernie Ball Super Slinky Strings
Notes:
 Billie's guitar is a Fernandes Stratocaster copy he calls "Blue". On Nimrod he also used some Gibson's, some old Les Pauls, an ES-355, and ES-135 and a Fender Jaguar. He also made a guitar he call's "Frankenstein" because it is a combination of several different parts purchased at a Fender shop. Has a Seymour Duncan humbucker added to Blue.
 Billie mainly plays through a modified Marshall amp. On Nimrod he used a Fender Bassman, a Hiwatt, and a Leslie. The amp he uses on Dookie is most commenly reffered to as the 'pete' amp and can be seen most noticably at the Woodstock concert, it has 'pete' written across it.
 When asked about what brand his accoustic guitar is, Billie says: "I don't know, one with strings and a whole in the middle!" Billie says a lot of his sound comes from strumming. "I use my thumb. It's that half-pick and half-thumb that gives it that thwack. Also, I don't play with my wrist, I play with my shoulder and hit it really hard."

MIKE DIRNT - BASS

Bass:
~Gibson G-3
~Fender Precission '66
~Fender Precission '69
~Mike Dirnt Signature Fender Precission
Amplification:
~Mesa Boogie MB2000
Additional:
~Duplex Tortex .76 - .88mm Custom Plecks
~Ernie Ball Super Slinky 0.09 Strings
Notes:
 From Guitar World: "On this record [Nimrod], I used Precision basses because my old Gibson G-3 didn't sound good with the new songs. I used a '66 and '69; they have a real warmth on the low end. For this record I knew we weren't going for the huge guitar sound; this gave me more room to get in there. I needed to play a real punchy bass on the old records because the guitar frequencies where everywhere and I needed to get right in the middle. I recorded Dookie with a Percision bass too. I use Mesa/Boogie amps, MB 2000's. They're half-tube and half-solid state. I wanted to custom-make my own sound , and Mesa/Boogie was really willing to work with me. They made me 6x10 cabinets, and we put those on top of a 1x18. I think i'm nailing it. I have an MB 2000 running each one of my 6x10 cabinets and then a MB 2000 running both of my 18's."

TRE COOL - DRUMS

Drums: Ludwig Custom Silver Sparkle Lacquer Finish
~14" x 6 1/2" Black Beauty Snare
~22" x 18" Bass Drum
~14" x 10" Tom
~16" x 16" Floor Tom
~18" x 16" Floor Tom
Cymbals: Zildjian
~14" K/Z Dyno Beat Combination Hi-Hats
~19" K Medium Thin Dark Crash
~19" A Medium Thin Crash
~22" Deep Ride
~20" K Constantinople Orchestral (Crash-Ride)
~19" K China
Timpani: Ludwig
~23" Timpani
~26" Timpani
~Remo Weatherking Emperor X batter heads
Pedals: DW
Sticks: Zildjian Tre Cool Artist Series

Click here to see a diagram of Tre's drums.