Green Day guitar and bass tones and amp settings
Settings for 7 Green Day song pages: American Idiot, Basket Case, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Holiday, Longview and Wake Me Up When September Ends. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.
The amps on the records
- American Idiot (guitar): Billie Joe Armstrong, Marshall
- Basket Case (guitar): Billie Joe Armstrong, Marshall Plexi
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (guitar): Billie Joe Armstrong, Marshall
- Holiday (guitar): Billie Joe Armstrong, Marshall
- Wake Me Up When September Ends (guitar): Billie Joe Armstrong, Marshall
- Longview (bass): Mike Dirnt, Ampeg
Each song page cites the source for its gear.
Song pages
Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.
- American Idiot (Green Day) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Basket Case (Green Day) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Green Day) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Holiday (Green Day) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
- Holiday (Green Day) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Longview (Green Day) bass toneOn a Fender Rumble 40 V3
- Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day) guitar toneOn a BOSS Katana 50 Gen 3
Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
