Green day tone

nikhilsanju · Dec 23, 2018

Hi all.

I hope you're all doing great. Just had a little doubt that I wanted to ask.

Recently, a couple friends and I were playing songs. We were planning on doing some Green Day stuff. I just wanted some help with the tone.

I have an Epiphone LP STD Plus top Pro. And a boss ds2 distortion pedal. If anyone has any experience using the ds2 or maybe even the ds1, can you please help me dial in the right settings please. I did see many YouTube videos of guitar covers and seems like many use the ds1 in their gear. But I couldn't get that tone. I'd love to use some help.

Ohh and thanks a lot in advance!

J.D. · Dec 23, 2018

I think a lot of BJA's tone comes from a LP Jr P90 :jim

fakejake · Dec 23, 2018

J.D. said:
I think a lot of BJA's tone comes from a LP Jr P90 :jim

Or a Fernandes Strat with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge, for all the classic early GD stuff :headbange

J.D. · Dec 23, 2018

For sure :salude

nikhilsanju · Dec 24, 2018

Yes that's true. I had option to choose between a used lpj for $699. But I decided on the epi because it sounded great and has two humbucking pickups. It's useful for a variety of styles of music.

The lpj might have restricted the variety of music. But I thought that any Gibson guitar can get me that green day tone. Infact Billie and Jason use a lotta Gibson's. And I can tell you that the epi lp STD pro sounds great with those pro buckers. You can get real close to a Gibson.

I might upgrade the pickups some time later though.

corpse · Dec 24, 2018

Put the PU selector in the middle, put the tone on both at about 7. Set the bridge volume at 9-10 and the neck at 6-7.
Season to taste.

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