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Page 1 of 2 Dave Grohl became really well known as the drummer of the band Nirvana. After Nirvana he switched from drums to guitar and vocals in the awesome band The Foo Fighters. Let's take a look at some of the guitar gear and equipment that Dave has been seen using in his Foo Fighter's guitar rig.
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Dave Grohl has had a very large collection of guitars over the years. Below is a good listing of the types of gutars that have graced his collection.
Guitars
- For you real Dave Grohl fans, check out the new Dave Grohl inspired Gibson DG-335:
 
- Gibson Trini Lopez
- Gibson Firebird Studio electric guitar
 
- Gretsch Duo Jet electric guitar
 
- Ampeg Dan Armstrong model electric guitar
- Gibson SG custom electric guitar
- Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar
- Gibson SG electric guitar
- Fender Deluxe Telecaster electric guitar
- Gibson Explorer electric guitar
- Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar
- Gibson RD Artist electric guitar
- Gibson Marauder electric guitar
- Washburn Dimebag Guitar with lightning bolts
 
- Gibson ES-335
- Epiphone Riviera
- Gibson Elvis acoustic guitar
- Martin D28 acoustic guitar
- Robin Savoy Standard (according to Robin Guitars site)
- Taylor 814ce and 612ce flattops
- Dave Dearnaley custom V guitar, seen in Rope video (original built for Phil Campbell in the 80's)
Amp
- Fender Tone Master amplifier heads (x2)
- Hiwatt Custom 100 amplifier
- Custom Audio Amplifiers PT100 amp heads (x2)
- Mesa Boogie Road King (replaced the Vox/Dual rectifier setup in 2009)
- Vox AC30/6TB Top Boost Combo Reissue - 2x12
-Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Head
Cabinets
- Fender guitar cabs (blonde. 4x12. Probably tonemaster cabs.) (Supersonic cab pic below - they look very similar)
- Mesa/Boogie Straight Cabinets / 4x12
Effects Pedals
- Boss DM-2 Analog Delay
- Boss DD-3 pedal
- Boss Chromatic Tuner pedals (x2) / Power Supply
- MXR Phase 90 Phaser
- Whirlwind A/B Selector
- Rat distortion pedals
- Dunlop Univibe pedal
- Electro-Harmonix Memory Man
- Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron
- Dunlop Heil Talkbox
- Shure Guitar Wireless UHF-R with auto-assigning belt packs
- Keeley Katana pedal (pictured in 2007)
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus
- THD Hot Plates (purple)
- Ebtech Hum eliminator
- MXR Smart Gate pedals
Strings and Picks
- D'Addario EXL115 strings with .42 for the A-string and a .60 for the E-string
- Dunlop Gator Grip .70mm guitar pic
Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Dave Grohl's guitar rig!
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Comments
1 does Dave use the orange distortion pedal from Boss?
2 Do you know if it's possible to buy the DG-335?
They used a Neumann U67 on There's Nothing Left To Lose.
It lools like a vintage red 58 Gibson les Paul. Hope this helps a little
As reported in Electronic Musician mag, Dave uses a Bock 251 mic in the studio for vocals :)
It's either that elvis sign. or a gibson songwriter
I Think is a Hiwatt Custom 100!!
It's a Dave Dearnaley custom V guitar. We added it to the gear list.
It's actually not a Gibson, it's some other obscure brand, I don't know what it is but I know it's not a gibson
scroll down and it shows you close up pics of dave pat and chris pedalboards racks and guitars
"Dave uses Rat Distortion Pedals, Boss Digital Delay Pedals, a Dunlop Univibe Pedal, and a Retrospeck Squeeze Box Pedal."
He uses amp distortion or a Rat. Cobain use Rat only in a studio for few songs.
Foo Fighters aren't grunge? I think Nirvana weren't strict grunge also, ... maybe on a first album only. The rest is indie rock with a little of grunge.
kurt only ever used boss ds2 and ehx small clone and polychorus....dave doesnt use any of those
i think i know what it is, but i can't find it on the internet anywhere.
fantastic list by the way.
thanks