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What guitar does Green Day play?

Billie Joe Armstrong has said he plays his Marshall 1959BJA signature head, with a Gibson Les Paul Junior and an MXR Dookie Drive. Mike Dirnt was seen with Fender Mike Dirnt Signature Precisions, a Dookie-era Gibson G3, and Jason White with Gibson Les Pauls and Marshalls.

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What bass does Mike Dirnt play?

Fender Mike Dirnt Signature Precisions with ash bodies, HiMass bridges and Ernie Ball .045 to .105 strings, a genuine Dookie-era Gibson G3 for the '94 part of the show, and since 2025 an Epiphone Mike Dirnt Grabber G-3 signature.

What amp does Mike Dirnt use?

A custom Fender Super Bassman he developed with Fender, running into a 4x10 in an onstage isolation cabinet.

What guitar does Billie Joe Armstrong play?

A Gibson Les Paul Junior Double Cut and a Rickenbacker 330, through his Marshall 1959BJA signature head and Marshall 1960B 4x12, with an MXR Dookie Drive, Boss BD-2 and MXR Carbon Copy.

What gear does Jason White use with Green Day?

Gibson Les Pauls and ES-335s through two Marshall heads, a '90s JMP 1959SLP MKII and a late-'70s 100-watt JMP Super Lead, with a Dunlop Cry Baby and Strymon TimeLine and Mobius.

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Green Day are the Bay Area punk band of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, behind Dookie and American Idiot. This guide covers the band's gear as a whole: Billie Joe's Les Paul Junior and Marshall signature head, Dirnt's Fender signature Precisions, Dookie-era Gibson G3 and Super Bassman, and touring guitarist Jason White's rig.

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