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Billie Joe Armstrong is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the punk rock band Green Day. Armstrong is often credited with the revival of punk in the early 1990s with Green Day. Let's see what Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong's Guitar Gear rig and Equipment looks like!  Billy playing with Greenday  Want to sound like Billie? Click the gear for info & to buy at Musician's Friend
Guitars - Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong signature Les Paul Junior:   - Fernandes Stratocaster (Blue)   - Fender Stratocaster  - Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop
- Gibson ES-135   - Gibson ES-335   - Gibson Les Paul Special 59'  - Gibson Standard SG  - Gibson Les Paul Junior TV 59'  - Fender Telecaster 68'  - Fender JazzMaster  - Fender Telecaster Custom Shop
Acoustic Guitars
- Guild D55  - Taylor 514C 
Amplifiers and Cabinets
- Marshall Super Lead 100 WATTS amp head
- Marshall JCM800 amps
- Fender Bassman
- Hiwatt Custom 100
 - Marshall 1960B 4x12 speaker cabinets 
Strings and Picks
- Duplex Tortex .76 - .88mm Custom Picks
 - Ernie Ball Super Slinky Strings  - GHS Boomers gauges 10-46 (submitted by user MJ) 
Live Microphones
- Vocal mic: Shure SM58  - Amp cabinet mics: Shure Beta 52 and Beta 56, beyerdynamic MC-740
Notes:
- Billie's guitar is a Fernandes Stratocaster copy he calls "Blue". On Nimrod he also used some Gibson's, some old Les Pauls, an ES-355, and ES-135 and a Fender Jaguar. He also made a guitar he call's "Frankenstein" because it is a combination of several different parts purchased at a Fender shop. 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 uses on Dookie is most commenly reffered to as the 'pete' amp and can be seen most noticably at the Woodstock concert, it has 'pete' written across it.
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