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Green Day guitar tone: gear & amp settings

The gear and amp settings behind 103 Green Day songs, researched from rig rundowns, interviews and gear forums. The rig that shows up most: Gibson Les Paul Junior into Marshall JCM900 4100 100-watt Tube Head.

Guitars Green Day used

  • Gibson Les Paul Junior4 songs
  • Fender Stratocaster 'Blue' (heavily modded, Seymour Duncan JB in bridge)2 songs
  • 1950s Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty2 songs
  • Fender American Telecaster (Billie Joe Armstrong's main studio guitar for ¡Uno! era)2 songs
  • Fender Stratocaster (Billie Joe Armstrong's Fernandes 'Blue' Strat copy, Seymour Duncan JB in bridge)2 songs
  • Gibson ES-335 Satin2 songs
  • Gibson Les Paul Junior Billie Joe Armstrong Signature2 songs
  • Gibson Les Paul Junior (Billie Joe Armstrong signature, likely 2010s reissue)2 songs

Amps Green Day used

  • Marshall JCM900 4100 100-watt Tube Head4 songs
  • Divided by 13 FTR 372 songs
  • Gallien-Krueger 250ML2 songs
  • Marshall JCM900 41002 songs
  • Marshall JCM800 2203 head with Marshall 1960A 4x12 cabinet2 songs
  • Marshall Plexi Super Lead 1959SLP 100W (modded, likely with Dookie mod or similar high-gain mod)1 song
  • Divided by 13 FTR 37 head into Marshall 1960B 4x12 cab with Celestion Vintage 30s1 song
  • Custom Audio Electronics 3+ SE tube preamp (for clean tone) into Marshall 100-watt 1959 SLP reissue heads (Dookie mod and SE Lead mod) into Marshall 1960B cabinets with Celestion Vintage 30s1 song

146 Green Day tones

SongGain
Basket Case · riff7.5
Holiday · riff7.5
American Idiot (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04) · riff7
When I Come Around · riff7
Brain Stew (Live in Prague) · riff7
Burnout · riff7
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05) · riff6.5
Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don't Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home (feat. John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, Stark Sands, Mary Faber & Company) · riff7.5
Whatsername · riff7.5
At the Library · riff6.5
Longview (Live) · riff7
Welcome to Paradise · riff7
2000 Light Years Away · riff6
Hitchin' a Ride · riff7
21 Guns · riff6.5
American Idiot · riff7.5
East Jesus Nowhere · riff7.5
Know Your Enemy · riff7
Armatage Shanks · riff7.5
Basket Case · solo7
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05) · solo5.5
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Live] · riff0
Haushinka · riff7
Letterbomb (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04) · riff7
Murder City · riff7
She · riff6
Wake Me Up When September Ends · riff5.5
¡Viva la Gloria! · riff6.5
¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl) · riff5
1981 · riff7.5
21 Guns · solo6.5
21 Guns · riff0
21st Century Breakdown · riff7.5
86 · riff7
99 Revolutions · riff6.5
All By Myself · riff5
american eulogy · riff6.5
american idiot · distorted6
Bang Bang · riff6.5
Basket Case · clean0
Basket Case · riff0
Basket Case (Live) · riff7
Bobby Sox · riff7
boulevard of broken dreams · riff0
boulevard of broken dreams · riff7
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05) · riff0
Brain Stew (Live in Prague) · riff0
Brain Stew (Live in Prague) · solo7.5
Brat · riff7.5
Castaway · riff6.5
Chump · riff6.5
Church On Sunday · riff7
Cigarettes and Valentines (Live) · riff7
cigarretes and valentines · riff7.5
Coming Clean · riff6.5
corvette summer · riff6.5
Dilemma · solo7
Dilemma · riff7
Disappearing Boy · riff7
Do Da Da · riff6.5
Emenius Sleepus · riff6.5
Father of All... · riff7
forever now · riff7
Geek Stink Breath · riff7
Give Me Novacaine · riff6.5
Going to Pasalacqua · riff7
Going to Pasalacqua · clean0
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, March 18, 2001] · riff0
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) [Live] · solo2
Ha Ha You're Dead · riff7
Happiness · riff7.5
Haushinka · riff4.5
Having a Blast · riff7.5
Hitchin' a Ride · riff0
Holiday · clean0
Holiday · riff0
Holiday · solo5.5
In the End · riff7
Jaded (Live in Prague) · riff6
Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don't Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home (feat. John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, Stark Sands, Mary Faber & Company) · solo5.5
Last Night On Earth · riff0
Last of the American Girls · riff5.5
Lazy Bones · riff6.5
Letterbomb · riff6
Letterbomb (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04) · solo6.5
Longview · clean0
Longview (Live) · clean0
maria · riff7
minority · riff7
Missing you · riff6.5
No One Knows · riff6
No One Knows · clean0
Nuclear Family · riff7
Oh Love · riff6.5
One eyed bastard · riff7
One of My Lies · riff7
Only of You · riff6
Paper Lanterns · riff7
Pulling Teeth · riff6
Redundant · riff7.5
Reject · riff6.5
Revolution Radio · solo7
Revolution Radio · riff7.5
Rusty James · riff7.5
Sassafras Roots · riff7
Scattered · riff7
Scumbag · riff7
see the light · riff6.5
She · clean0
She's a Rebel · riff7.5
Smash It Like Belushi · riff7
St. Jimmy (feat. John Gallagher Jr., Miguel Cervantes, Declan Bennett, Theo Stockman, Tony Vincent & Company) · riff7
Stay the Night · riff7.5
Still Breathing · riff0
Still Breathing · riff6
Stop When the Red Lights Flash · riff7
Strange Days Are Here to Stay · riff5.5
Stuck with Me (Live in Prague) · riff7
Stuck with Me (Live in Prague) · clean0
Sweet 16 · riff6
The Judge's Daughter · riff5
Tight Wad Hill · riff6
Waiting · riff0
Waiting · solo6
Waiting · riff6
Wake Me Up When September Ends · solo0
Wake Me Up When September Ends · solo6
Wake Me Up When September Ends · riff3.5
walk away · riff7
Walking Contradiction · riff7
Welcome to Paradise · clean0
Welcome to Paradise · distorted6.5
Welcome to Paradise · riff0
Welcome to Paradise · solo8
Welcome to Paradise (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, March 18, 2001) · riff6.5
Westbound Sign · solo6.5
Westbound Sign · riff0
Westbound Sign · riff7.5
Whatsername · riff0
When I Come Around · distorted6
When I Come Around · solo0
When I Come Around · clean0
When I Come Around · riff0
When I Come Around (BBC Live Session) · riff6
Wild One · riff7
X-Kid · riff6.5

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Frequently asked questions

What amp did Green Day use?

Across 103 researched songs, the amps that come up most are Marshall JCM900 4100 100-watt Tube Head (4 songs), Divided by 13 FTR 37 (2 songs), Gallien-Krueger 250ML (2 songs), Marshall JCM900 4100 (2 songs).

What guitar did Green Day use?

Most often: Gibson Les Paul Junior (4 songs), Fender Stratocaster 'Blue' (heavily modded, Seymour Duncan JB in bridge) (2 songs), 1950s Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty (2 songs), Fender American Telecaster (Billie Joe Armstrong's main studio guitar for ¡Uno! era) (2 songs).

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