Green Day's Mike Dirnt Is Selling Burned, Smashed and Stage-Worn Gear on Reverb
Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt is opening his storage to the public. From 9 September, he will sell a collection of bass guitars, amplifiers and stage-worn clothing through Reverb, the online marketplace for musical instruments, according to Rolling Stone.
The collection spans decades of the band's touring and recording life. It includes a signed Fender bass that was one of the main instruments used to record Green Day's 1997 album Nimrod, and two Fender Mike Dirnt Signature Precision basses — a model built to his specifications — that he played and customised during the American Idiot tour cycle. A 1962 Fender Precision bass in Fiesta Red is also listed; Dirnt told Rolling Stone it "plays incredibly."
Some of the instruments carry literal burn marks. During the Nimrod and Warning tours in the late 1990s and early 2000s, drummer Tré Cool made a habit of setting his drum kit alight onstage, and several of Dirnt's basses were scorched in the process. One Gibson Grabber guitar in the sale was unintentionally smashed by the pair and is no longer playable.
Beyond guitars, the shop lists amps, speaker cabinets and amp heads — close to a dozen amplifiers in total, Reverb's own preview noted, plus more than 20 pieces of studio gear. Among them is a Mesa/Boogie Basis M-2000 amplifier Dirnt used in the studio and on the road.
The clothing side reads like a tour wardrobe log. The leather bomber jacket Dirnt wore in the video for 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' is for sale, as is the security-guard outfit from the 'Oh Yeah' video. Tour jackets from the 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot and ¡UNO! outings are included, along with a pair of Dickies trousers that Dirnt hand-pinstriped himself. Proceeds from all clothing sales will go to charity, Rolling Stone reported.
Reverb first teased a Green Day shop in January 2019 with a preview titled 'Green Day Is Selling a Career-Spanning Collection'. The full listing now going live pulls together items that Dirnt has held across the band's most active decades — from the Nimrod sessions through the ¡UNO! cycle and beyond.
For fans and players, the appeal is straightforward. These are not replica or reissue instruments; they are the actual guitars, amps and jackets that left the stage and studio with the person who used them, now listed at market prices on a platform any buyer can access. The burned basses and the smashed Grabber come with their own built-in provenance — a damage report that doubles as a tour history.
