Green Day
Dookie · 1994
Amp settings (as recorded)
The recording
Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, by producer Rob Cavallo for the 'Dookie' album. Billie Joe Armstrong tracked his guitar parts in a control room/booth setup, often monitoring the sound through the modified Marshall heads run into a 4x12 cabinet. The iconic 'Dookie' sound was created by blending two distinct modified Marshall Plexi signals, a technique that avoided the use of distortion pedals for the primary rhythm sound.
Tuning
Eb StandardRecording Signal Chain · 4 items
Fernandes Stratocaster ('Blue')
Fernandes
Main rhythm guitar
Equipped with a Bill Lawrence humbucking bridge pickup; neck and middle pickups were disconnected.
1959SLP Super Lead (Modified)
Marshall
High-gain ('Meat' amp)
Features the 'Dookie Mod' (cascading gain/crunch mod) by Martin Golub.
1959SLP Super Lead (Modified)
Marshall
Mid-focused ('Pete' amp)
Features the 'Dookie Mod' and was blended with the 'Meat' amp in the mix.
1960AV 4x12 Cabinet
Marshall
Speaker output
Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421, plus a Neumann U87 for room ambiance.
Tone Characteristics
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