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 Of Your Life)" was recorded on.

Rob is shown with a Taylor guitar that had been dubbed "Excalibur" by Billie Joe. This wasn't necessarily because of anything that Billie Joe used it for, but due to the sheer number of hit songs the guitar had appeared on. Rob says that the guitar has appeared on something like ten number one-hit records, and passed through the hands of Shinedown, The Goo Goo Dolls, Alanis Morissette, and Eric Clapton.

The best part is when Rob tries to play the intro to "Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)" and asks if it sounds like the record does. When Rob struggles through the intro, you can actually hear the sonic qualities that are present in the real thing, from Nimrod. Great stuff, and what a great sounding guitar...

[pic=¡Tré! starts streaming tomorrow]062912_tre.jpg[/pic]Starting tomorrow, we'll be able to let our ear-holes suck up the sweet sounds of ¡Tré!, the final album in Green Day's trilogy. The album goes on sale December 11th, but it ... read story
We're going to go ahead and keep with today's vinyl theme. Just in time for the holidays, Adeline Records has put together a few special "Holiday Bundles." Currently in stock are Green Day, Emily's Army, and "Side Project" bundles. Each ... read story
[pic=Cover art for Dookie]120312_dookie-200x200.jpeg[/pic]Ah, yes...Dookie. Is there a Green Day fan out there who doesn't like Dookie? Sure, maybe another album is your favorite, but Dookie is a monumental piece of Green Day's catalogue ... read story
[pic=Jason performing with Green Day on the 21CB tour]113012_jason.jpg[/pic]The Idiot Club has posted an interview with Jason White who answered questions from fans. It's a good read, it's nice to learn a bit more about Jason since he ... read story
Continuing with the theme that ¡Cuatro! has set for us this past week, what better [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/tags/throwback-thursday/]#ThrowbackThursday[/turl] video other than Heart Like a Hand Grenade? Heart Like a ... read story
[pic=¡Cuatro!]012313_rsz_cuatro.jpg[/pic]Last night, VH1 showed an hour-long edited section of Green Day's documentary about the making of the trilogy, titled ¡Cuatro!. Over the course of the next month, both VH1, MTV2 and Palladia ... read story
[pic=Uno... Dos... Tré! compilation]112812_udt-comp.jpg[/pic]iTunes is now taking pre-orders for a new Green Day compilation, titled Uno... Dos... Tré!. The album is due out December 11th, the same day as ¡Tré, and is a compilation of ... read story
With the premiere of ¡Cuatro!'s highlights just a [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3754/]few hours away[/turl], MTV has released two new clips from the documentary. In the first clip the band talks about playing club shows and ... read story
Hello there, To introduce myself, my name's Joe, I'm a twenty-four year-old man from the UK and my fandom of Green Day extends as far as willingly, without financial or sexual remuneration, editing the little-read GDA Newsletter. It's ... read story
MTV has just uploaded another short clip from ¡Cuatro! that VH1 will be showing a part of this documentary [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3754/]later this week[/turl] on November 28th. In this clip the band talks about ... read story
MTV has posted this preview of Cuatro today, and man, I found it very powerful. It's short, but seemingly perfect considering we're in this holding pattern waiting till we get to see Green Day out there performing again. Billie Joe talks ... read story
[pic=Green Day shirt on sale today]112612_shirt2.jpg[/pic]Today is cyber monday, which means some great deals for stuff around the web. Here's a few notable sales on Green Day merchandise from around the web. Hot Topic has 25% off ... read story
This week, we're posting about eBay stuff a day early, since one of the items we want to feature ends on Monday. With purchase of a vinyl copy of ¡Dos!, some extra promo items were also given out. Things like sticker sets, lithographs, and ... read story
[pic=New trilogy themed t-shirt]112512_Clipboard01.jpg[/pic] Hot Topic is now selling a new girls Green Day t-shirt based on the design theme of the trilogy. The black shirt features a trippy arrow design in the background with a large ... read story
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