Does Billie Joe Armstrong still use blue?

They came stock with alnico single-coil pickups and that is most likely what is still in “Blue” although Billie never uses anything but the humbucker in the bridge – the selector is locked in the bridge position and the other two pickups have been disconnected. The bridge humbucker is currently a Seymour Duncan SH-4.

What is Billie Joe Armstrong Blue?

Fernandes Stratocaster “Blue” The guitar originally had the Bill Lawrence Humbucking Pickup in the bridge position, but it was replaced with a white Seymour Duncan JB model after it was damaged at Woodstock ’94. What happened after is that Billie most likely switched the pickup to a black Duncan JB SH-4.

How long has Billie Joe Armstrong had blue?

He received his first electric guitar, a Fernandes The Revival RST-50 Stratocaster that he named “Blue”, when he was ten years old in 1982, the same year his dad died. His mother got “Blue” from George Cole, who taught Armstrong electric guitar for 10 years.

What strings does Billie Joe Armstrong use on Blue?

Armstrong uses Blue on primarily Green Day’s earlier stuff like “Basket Case,” “Longview,” “Brain Stew,” and “Hitching’ a Ride,” so the guitar is tuned to Eb and is strung with Ernie Ball Slinky . 010–. 046 strings (the rest of Armstrong’s guitars are tuned to E standard with . 010s, too).

What guitar did Billie Joe Armstrong play on Dookie?

Gibson Billie Joe Armstrong Signature Les Paul Junior The single humbucker threatened a return to Dookie-style beefier tones, while keeping the look and playability Armstrong has favoured since 2004.

How did Billie Joe Armstrong meet his wife?

Billie Joe met his future wife, Adrienne Nesser, at a Green Day show at 815 6 th Street in her hometown of Minneapolis on July 4, 1990. The subject of the song 2000 Light Years Away, from 1991’s Kerplunk album, the pair would marry on July 2, 1994.

What kind of amp does Billie Joe Armstrong use?

– 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 noticeably at the Woodstock concert, it has ‘pete’ written across it.