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Billie Joe's Guitar
Billie Joe has:
A Fernandes Stratocastor Copy of a Fender Stratocaster which he calls "Blue" with Seymour Duncan Pickups which he only uses the third pickup and the first two are never used.
Also, he uses a Guild Accoustic Guitar on Good Riddance(Time of Your Life).
Billie Joe used to use Ernie Ball Strings but recently changed to GHS Boomers.
Billie Joe uses Dunlop Tortex Standard .88mm picks(green).
Billie's Stickers are:
a "Pansy Division" logo a eight ball two smiley faces
a sticker that says "SWEET CHILDREN" a sticker that says "geek girl"
a sticker that says "special sauce"
a sticker that has a U on it and two other U's to make eyes
a sticker that says "THIS END UP" a sticker that says "Fuck Metal"
a sticker that says "THE CIRCUS TENTS" a sticker that is The Queers Logo
a sticker that is The Criminals logo a sticker that is The Hi-Fives logo
a sticker that says "JAWBREKER" a sticker that says "Milkmen" or "Milkman"
a sticker that says "Level" with a 3 ball
a sticker that says "What Me Worry" that has a stick figure
a "Guess Who?" game card that has a man on it.
a sticker that says ""Bouncing Souls" a sticker that is The Muffs logo
a sticker that says "NIMROD Be 1 Or Die"
a sticker that is just a middle finger a sticker that is the "Vans" logo
a Hendrix sticker a sticker that says "East Bay Menace" that has
a snarling monster face in the middle
Billie's Amp
Billie Joe uses Marshall amps and stacks. The exact amp that Billie Joe uses is the "1959 SLP" with the name "Pete" spray painted on it.
In the recording of Nimrod he used an Orange Amp(thats the name of it not the color).
Billie also runs both of his amps through one channel combining the sound.
Billie's amp is originally 100 watts but he wire them in to 4 cabinets.
That amp model is a "Marshall 2100SLX". He doesn't use any effects or anything, just his amp.
Billie also uses his Pignose when not in concert or anything like that.
Mike Dirnt's Bass
Mike's main and mostly used Bass is a Gibson G-3.
He also has:
A Different Bass.
A Fender '66 and '69 American Standerd Precision Basses.
A Fender '62 Vintage Precision Bass.
Mike's Amp
Mike's main Amp is a Messa/Boogie "Bassis M-2000" going through 6x10 and 1x18 MessaBoogie Cabinets.
Mike's Picks & Strings
Mike uses a Dunlop .73mm pick(yellow).
Mikes Strings remain a mystery.
Tré Cool's Drum Kits
Tre Cool has:
A Slingerland Drum Kit.
Slingerland 18x22 Bass Drum.
5 1/2 x 14 Slingerland Radio King Snare and 6 1/2 x 12 Chrome Snare.
11 x 14 Slingerland Mountain Tom.
16 x 16 Slingerland Floor Tom.
Tre's Cymbals and Drumsticks
19" Zildijen K Dark Thin Crash on Left Side.
20" Zildijen A Medium Ride on Right Side.
22" Zildijen K Heavy Ride on Bottom Right.
14" Zildijen K Medium Top and 14" K Medium Heavy Bottom Hi-Hats.
Zildijen Super 5B Drumsticks.
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