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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 February 2013 17:30
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Published on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:10
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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.
Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend
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
- Gibson Trini Lopez (Gibson also made a Grohl inspired DG-335 model)
- 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 Dove acoustic guitar (he has the Elvis model)
- 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)
- Gretsch White Falcon guitar
- Duesenberg Starplayer TV
- Custom Hugh Manson Guitar
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.)
- 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
Drum Sticks
- Zildjian Dave Grohl Signature Drumsticks
Go to the next page for awesome pictures of Dave Grohl's guitar rig!
Comments
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"I'm not the guitar tech anymore. I'm production manager now and
unfortunately don't have time to fulfill your request. But I'll tell you
what I do know. Dave uses 2 amps to make 4 tones. He uses a Custom Audio
Amplifier (Bradshaw custom) to do the clean and blown out distort tone. He
uses a fender tone master to do low gain classic rock tone and High gain
classic rock tone. Each amp is a two channel amp. They both go through a
bradshaw custom switcher into a Fender 4-12. The switcher keeps a load on
the unused amp."
Id say that there was a little bit of delay running thru a super clean amp, like a voc AC30 and for the rock sound probably Dual rectifier for the rest of the song. Id say the intro guitar was a telecaster or a strat and not a humbucker guitar.
1. he may have at one point but doesn't now, as far as i believe.
2. You can buy the DG-335 second hand, here in the UK you usually find them for around the £6000-£6500 mark. dunno about the states.
www.just-guitars.co.uk/.../
Rik.
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
In the actual music video, Dave uses his 1990 Les Paul Custom (ebony with rosewood fretboard.) Pat used some hagstrom swede and he has a custom shop model also.
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
kurt only ever used boss ds2 and ehx small clone and polychorus....dave doesnt use any of those
"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.
i think i know what it is, but i can't find it on the internet anywhere.
fantastic list by the way.
thanks