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Green Day - Mike Dirnt's Bass Gear Rig and Equipment
Who Plays What - Who Plays What
Friday, 31 August 2007 04:32

Mike Dirnt is best known as the bass player in the band Green Day. He's lived a tough life and it's good to see him doing well in one of the largest bands around. A less know fact is that Green Day's Mike Dirnt is also the bassist in another band called The Frustrators. Mike has some pretty cool bass gear.

Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Mike Dirnt's Bass Guitar Rig.

Mike Dirnt on bass with Green Day

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

Basses

- Fender Mike Dirnt Precision Bass (in several different colors including: black, white and a two-tone sunburst )

Fender Mike Dirnt Precision Bass 2-Tone Sunburst Rosewood Fretboard

- Fender Squire Mike Dirnt Bass (a budget version of his Fender bass)

Squier Mike Dirnt P Bass Black

- Fender 1969 Vintage Precision Bass (w/ a BadAss II Bridge, Seymour Duncan Antiquity Pride II Pickups) aka. "Stella"

Leo Quan BadAss Bass Bridge II Nickel

- Fender Standard Precision Bass
Fender Standard Precision Bass Brown Sunburst
- Fender American Jazz Bass (used with the S-1 Switch "down")

Fender American Jazz Bass Shoreline Gold Maple Fretboard

- Fender 1966 Vintage Precision Bass
- Gibson G-3 Bass (no longer used)
- Peavey Patriot bass
- Kramer bass

 

Amplifiers and Cabinets

Mesa/Boogie M-2000 Head (x3)
Mesa/Boogie 6x10 Custom Cab (x2+)
Mesa/Boogie 1x18 Cab (x2+)
Mesa/Boogie 2x10 Cab (x2+)
Fender Pro 1200 Head (x2)
Fender MB-1200 Bass Power Amplifier
Fender Pro 800 Head (x1)

Fender 800 PRO Bass Head

Fender Pro 810 Cab (x3+)
Fender Bassman 810 Pro Bass Cabinet


Strings, Picks, Effects and more


Fender Medium Nickel Plated Bass Strings

Fender 7150M Original Bass Medium Strings


Shure ULX Wireless

Shure ULXS14 Wireless Instrument System

Custom Audio Electronics Switcher
Custom Moody 2.5" Signature Leather Straps
Custom "Dirnt" Dunlop Tortex Picks .76mm and .88mm

Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks .88MM 1 Dozen

Zinky Master Blaster Boost Pedal
True Grit Overdrive Pedal

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2011 09:10
 

Comments 

 
0 #5 RE: Green Day - Mike Dirnt's Bass Gear Rig and Equipmentnick 2011-10-07 20:15
he used a peavy patriot up until the end of the recording of kerplunk, when he split it down the middle when the strap came off.
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0 #4 RE: Green Day - Mike Dirnt's Bass Gear Rig and Equipmentmatt_T 2011-10-02 16:16
mike used a peavey patriot round the smoothed out slappy hours era www.youtube.com/.../

and a kramer bass round 1994 ive seen him use it a few times shttp://greendaybootlegs2010.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=101452428
www.youtube.com/.../
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0 #3 RE: Green Day - Mike Dirnt's Bass Gear Rig and Equipmentmoses 2010-10-10 13:05
8) Not everyone will agree with me but when AMPEG 1st came out with 8-10 design they had to know it would eventually be copied AND SO IT WAS. I think almost every company makes one,and though there are some differences in sound but mostly I attribute that to the driver's who know's . I think that Mike Dirnt could play through an old blown up peavey combo,and not only sound cool but look cool doing it! (GREENDAY RULE'S)
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0 #2 db 2009-11-25 09:24
Mike used to run his bass through an Ampeg bass cabt. IT sounded much better back then and had a great deal more punch. Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod, ... 'til American Idiot were all products of the Ampeg setup.
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0 #1 incredibleDianna 2009-02-28 15:52
:D
I recently bought the Squier bass that he uses. It is absolutely incredible.
I NEVER set it down, and when I'm not playing it it's securely locked up in a Coffin Case.
I've seen them live before, and I looked through some of my pictures to see if there were any where I could see what amps and such he was using, and this looks very accurate.
Great job.
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