Green Day's Equipment

Billie Joe Armstrong :

Electric 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 Gibsons, some old Les Pauls, an ES-355, an ES-135 and a Fender Jaguar. He also made a guitar he calls 'Frankenstein' because it is a combination of several different parts purchased at a Fender shop. He 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 used on Dookie is most commonly referred to as the 'Pete' amp and can be seen most noticeably at the Woodstock concert; it has 'Pete' written across it. Pete was recently spotted being used at some of the small 21st Century Breakdown preview shows in San Francisco and Oakland.

  · When asked about what brand his acoustic guitar is, Billie says: "I don't know, one with strings and a hole 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 Guitars:

  · Gibson G-3
  · Fender Precision '66
  · Fender Precision '69
  · Mike Dirnt Signature Fender Precision

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 Precision 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 6 x 10 cabinets, and we put those on top of a 1 x 18. I think I'm nailing it. I have an MB 2000 running each one of my 6x10 cabinets and then an MB 2000 running both of my 18's."

Tre Cool :

American Idiot

Drums

  · Ludwig Classic Maple Kit
  · 18" x 22" Bass Drum
  · 10" x 14" Rack Tom
  · 16" x 16" Floor Tom
  · 16" x 18" Floor Tom

Snare

  · Noble & Cooley - 7" x 14" Classic SS Series Maple Wood
  · Ludwig - 6 1/2" x 14" Black Beauty Snare

Drum Heads: Remo

  · Coated Powerstroke 3 (Snare Batter Head)
  · Coated Emperors (All Toms Batter Heads)
  · Clear Ambassadors (Resonant Head For All Toms And Snare)
  · Clear Powerstroke 3 (Bass Drum Batter Head)
  · Ebony Powerstroke 3 (Bass Drum Resonant Head) with the AI logo on it.

Cymbals (used live): Zildjian

  · Hi-hat: 14" K/Z Dyno Beat Combination OR 14" A Mastersound/K Dyno Beat Combination
  · Crash 1: 19" K Dark Medium Thin Crash
  · Crash 2: 19" A Medium Thin Crash
  · Ride: 22" A Ping Ride or 22" K Ride
  · Crash Ride: 20" K Crash Ride (We suspect an unknown Bosphorus was used before the K)
  · China: 20" Oriental Classic China or 20" Oriental China Trash

Cymbals (used to record the album): Zildjian

  · Hi-hat: 14" K/Z Dyno Beat Combination Hi-Hats
  · Crash 1: 19" K Dark Medium Crash
  · Crash 2: 18" A Medium Crash
  · Ride: 22" A Deep Ride and 22" A Ping Ride
  · Crash Ride: 21" A Sweet Ride and 20" Vintage Avedis Ride
  · China: 20" Oriental Classic Chin

Timpani: Ludwig

  · 23" Timpani
  · 26" Timpani

Pedal

  · DW 5000

Click here to see a diagram of Tre's American Idiot drum set.

21st Century Breakdown

Drums: Leedy Custom Set

  · 16" x 22" Bass Drum
  · 9" x 13" Rack Tom
  · 16" x 16" Floor Tom
  · 16" x 18" Floor Tom

Snare

  · 6.5" x 14" Broadway Standard Snare 

Drum Heads: Remo

  · Coated Emperor X (Snare Batter Head)
  · Coated Emperors (All Toms Batter Heads)
  · Clear Ambassadors (Resonant Head For All Toms And Snare)
  · Clear Powerstroke 3 (Bass Drum Batter Head)
  · Smooth White Powerstroke 3 (Bass Drum Resonant Head) with the Green Day logo in 21st Century Breakdown font.

Cymbals (used live): Zildjian

  · Hi-hat: 14" K/Z Dyno Beat Combination
  · Crash 1: 19" K Dark Medium Thin Crash
  · Crash 2: 19" A Medium Thin Crash
  · Ride: 22" A Ping Ride
  · Crash Ride: 20" K Crash Ride
  · China: 20" Oriental Classic China

Pedal

  · DW 5000