15 Best Billie Joe Armstrong Guitars
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Want to know what iconic guitars Billie Joe Armstrong used throughout his career? Here are the best of them so far!
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Fender Classic Series 72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar
In this photo, Billie joe playing Telecaster Deluxe.
Fender Player Jazzmaster Electric Guitar
This guitar was used to record "Still Breathing". Armstrong also mentions the Divided by 13 amp the guitar was processed through.
Fender Buddy Guy Standard Stratocaster
It's a Fender Buddy Guy Signature Stratocaster modded with a new neck, white pickguard, dark blue paint around the forearm, some stickers in the pickguard and back, Oakland written around one dot with Adeline skull sticker and the angled SH-4 Jeff Beck humbucker in the bridge. Billie will probably start using this as an "Blue" backup. Now this guitar owned by Jimmy. which Billie give away this guitar at 2016 Not So Silent Night.
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Fender Standard Stratocaster Electric Guitar - HSS
This guitar have Bill Lawrence pickup in Bridge, just like Blue. Black pickguard and black pickup in middle and neck.
Gibson SG Junior '60s Gloss Finish Electric Guitar
In this photo, we can see Billie with a Gibson SG Junior. Also, in the rock documentary Cuatro!
Epiphone Hummingbird PRO Acoustic/Electric Guitar
In this picture, take it from Green Day's "Cuatro!", we can see Billie Joe playing his Gibson Hummingbird
Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop 1957 VOS with 60 V2 Neck Profile Brazilian Rosewood
Armstrong shared this image himself, so that could indicate he maybe played this guitar on side projects, like Foxboro Hot Tubs...
Harmony H-59/1 Semi-Hollow Body '68 Reissue Electric Guitar
In this Porto Alegre concert, Billy Joe Armstrong can be seen playing "Minority" with a Harmony H59.
Squier by Fender Affinity Telecaster
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Epiphone LP Junior Solid-Body Electric Guitar
Billie Joe can be seen playing this custom Epiphone Les Paul Junior throughout this video. 5:24 is best shot of "Special" marking on guitar and around 2:11 is clear shot of guitar.
Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar
Green Day's guitarist and singer, Billie Joe Armstrong, often used a red Gibson SG Standard Electric Guitar during shows. Red Gibson SG Standard was mostly used on TV appearances for "Warning" era, as well as live shows. He played "Waiting" with this guitar on Jay Leno show. Second Gibson SG Standard he was seen using, was on the appearance on Hotel Babylon, which was in 1996, to be precise, on 27th of April, 1996. This guitar is rumoured, as well as the whole equipment in this show, to be borrowed from the Living End members. But actually this guitar was owned by Billie.
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Gibson ES-335 Electric Guitar
Listed on Gibson's official website as a user of this Gibson model. This guitar was also used during the "American Idiot" tour, mostly for song "Wake me up when September ends". As example, they performed "Wake me up when September ends" on German show "Wetten Dass" on November 5, 2005.
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Fender Custom Shop 1962 Heavy Relic Stratocaster Electric Guitar
In Nimrod era, Billie Joe start using Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster for playing all song from Nimrod in E Standard. In 1997, Billie Joe order 3 "Blue" replica and other it's customized Stratocaster called "Frankenstein" (which can see on 1998 MTV New Year Eve's), There all guitar was smashed/gave away, built by Alex Perez. He built three "Blue" copies for Billie Joe, and neck of "Blue" it's abandoned on tour bus closet, Billie Joe never use that neck and listed on eBay, since that, Billie Joe changed the "Blue" neck. this guitar no longer used since 2000.
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Billie Joe Armstrong J-180 Acoustic Electric Guitar
The J-180 is a fantastic live guitar. You know people say that the extra pick guard kind of dampens the tone and so forth, but I think for live it's great. And also I think the Everly Brother's dad designed the bridge with the strings, which barely break over that bridge. That means you never have to worry about strings breaking. It's a very nice guitar
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Gibson Les Paul Junior Special with Humbuckers Electric Guitar
The Gibson Les Paul Junior 1956 Sunburst Electric Guitar is used by guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong of the world-renowned rock band Green Day. Billie Joe named this guitar "Floyd," which served as the inspiration for his signature Gibson model and remains his favorite guitar. In an interview for Guitar Player he also notes that this guitar was used for recording "21st Century Breakdown". "I mainly played a ’56 Gibson Les Paul Junior, but I also had a Slash model Les Paul, a Jimmy Page model Les Paul, and my ’59 ’burst."
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