Billie Joe Armstrong: Billie now has many guitars that he favours in his selection. One of his most famous is 'Blue' which is a Fernandes copy of a Fender strat, Billie has since had Fender make him a replica of 'Blue'. Among others he has a home made guitar called Frankenstien, that guitar was made from different Fender parts that where lying around the house. Some of the songs on the recording of Insomniac, Billie used a Fender Jagstang. For accoustic songs Billie prefers to use Guild acoustics. And on Warning he had 2 custon made Fender telecasters fitted with Seymor Duncan JB pickups fitted. When it comes to picks, Billie like to use custom Jim Dunlop pics and he also uses Ernie Ball strings. Mike Dirnt: Mike mostly uses a Gibson G-3, but on accassions you can see him sporting a Fender Percission bass. Mike uses Jim Dunlop picks to. Tre' Cool: When it comes to the drums, Tr uses his very own custom built kits from Slingerland. Although he prefers the sound of a Radio King snare drum. He uses Ziljian cymbols and sticks as well. The cymbals he uses are 14" "K/Z" hi-hats, 19" "K" dark crash medium thin, 19" "A" crash ride, and 22" "K" heavy ride.
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