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Tré Cool's new signature SJC drum kit, which was unveiled earlier this year, is now available for purchase from SJC's website.
The special edition drum kit features the famous Green Day pink bunny and the Tré Cool logo. A special ... read story
Earlier this year in January, Gibson showed off a new Billie Joe Armstrong signature guitar at NAMM 2014.
Gibson teamed up with Billie Joe to make a signature Memphis ES-137 guitar with a beautiful black cherry burst-colored top, semi- ... read story
[pic=Used American Idiot guitar pick]040814_rsz__57.jpg[/pic]The tour following American Idiot in 2004 and 2005 was massive. It consisted of 161 shows, to be exact. More shows means more equipment, and more equipment means more guitar picks ... read story
This week at NAMM 2014, Gibson showed off a modified version of their classic ES-137 model guitar. With the help of Billie Joe, Gibson retrofitted the guitar with Memphis P90 pick-ups, two volume nobs, and a rotary pick-up selector.
The ... read story
[pic=SJC Custom Drums]010714_trecool.jpg[/pic]Last week, Tre Cool announced on his Instagram that he has partnered up with SJC Custom Drums will be releasing some products this year.
While we do not know exactly what products the duo ... read story
[pic=New road-worn Mike Dirnt Fender P-Bass]082113_mike_bass_road.jpg[/pic]Just today, Fender and Squier Guitars (a company owned by Fender) announced the debut of two new versions of Mike Dirnt's P-Bass: the Fender Mike Dirnt Signature ... read story
[pic=Mike's Bass guitar on display]072213_mikefame.jpg[/pic]The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has put in some new guitars for exhibit in their Cleveland, Ohio museum - including this bass guitar used by Mike Dirnt during their performance at ... read story
Back in early May, we posted a video from Premier Guitar where they go on a gear tour of Green Day's live set up, and now they have posted a photo gallery. It's a great gallery (30+ photos) showing their instruments and equipment they use ... read story
Premier Guitar stopped by one of Green Day's rehearsal shows in DeKalb, Illinois before the band kicked off their North American 99 Revolutions Tour to talk with the tech crew about the live sound. The video features interviews with Billie ... read story
[pic=New ¡DOS! and ¡TRÉ! tab books]041613_rsz_tabbooks.jpg[/pic]Just recently, music printing company Hal Leonard listed guitar tab books for the last two albums of Green Day's recent trilogy. Back in February, an ¡UNO! tab book was ... read story
[pic=Jeff Matika's pick from the 2012 Irving Plaza show]030613_pick.jpg[/pic]Ever since I was little, I've loved to take souvenirs away from events I've attended. If I could snag a baseball from a game, I was happy. If I could get an ... read story
[pic=Tré Cool signing the Gretsch drums]020613_rsz_semsnvg.jpg[/pic]Back in September, before the now infamous iHeartRadio festival performance, Clear Channel and iHeartRadio held a Green Day-related contest. One winner would travel to Las ... read story
[pic=Close-up of Billie Joe's writing on the heel of the "Blue" neck]122812_rsz_blue_copy_heel-1.jpg[/pic][note]Editor's note: The post below was written by Lee Taylor (GetMyRocksOff on our forum, GDC). This is Lee's story of how he came to ... read story
[pic=Billie Joe with his signature Double Cut]121612_bja2cut.jpg[/pic]Have you ever looked into buying one of Billie Joe's signature model guitars, but thought that they were just too expensive? Well, it looks like you might be in luck, ... read story
Taylor Guitars' YouTube account posted a video of Rob Cavallo with a particularly special guitar. The video was posted in March (yeah, we missed it...), but it's still really interesting. This is the actual guitar that "Good Riddance (Time ... read story