Head Bangers: Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

10/01/10

Dave Grohl

Biography :

Date of birth : 14 January 1969, Waren, Ohio, USA

Birth Name : David Eric Grohl

Musisi rock yang namanya terkenal sebagai drummer dari Nirvana.
Setelah Nirvana bubar karena vokalis Kurt Cobain meninggal,
dia membentuk Foo Fighters di mana ia memainkan gitar dan menjadi vokalis utama.
Selain itu Dave Grohl juga memiliki proyek sampingan PROBOT.
Grohl memulai karier musik pada 1980-an sebagai drummer untuk beberapa band Washington DC-area,
termasuk band punk hardcore Scream.
Pada tahun 1990 ia menjadi drummer grup grunge Nirvana.
Grohl membentuk Foo Fighters sebagai penyanyi dan penulis lagu.
Selain memimpin Foo Fighters, Grohl juga telah terlibat dalam proyek musik lainnya,
termasuk Queens of the Stone Age,
termasuk Killing Joke, Tenacious D, Nine Inch Nails, The Prodigy
Dan yang paling baru-baru ini, Them Crooked Vultures dengan Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) dan John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin).

Dave Grohl Used :

Guitars :

The new Dave Grohl inspired Gibson DG-335:
Gibson Inspired By Dave Grohl DG-335 Electric Guitar Pelham Blue

Gibson Firebird Studio electric guitar
Gibson Firebird Studio Guitar Ebony Chrome hardware

Gretsch Duo Jet electric guitar
Gretsch Guitars G6128T-DSV Duo Jet with Fixed Arm Bigsby Black

Ampeg Dan Armstrong model electric guitar
Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi Guitar See-Through

Gibson SG custom electric guitar
Gibson Custom Shop SG Custom VOS Electric Guitar Classic White

Gibson Les Paul Standard electric guitar
Gibson Les Paul Standard Faded '50s Neck Heritage Cherry Sunburst Nickel Hardware

Gibson SG electric guitar
Gibson Custom Shop SG Standard VOS Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

Fender Deluxe Telecaster electric guitar
Fender Classic Series '72 Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar Black

Gibson Explorer electric guitar
Gibson Explorer Pro Electric Guitar Ebony

Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar
Gibson Les Paul Classic Custom Electric Guitar Antique Ebony

Gibson RD Artist electric guitar

Gibson Marauder electric guitar

Washburn Dimebag Guitar with lightning bolts
Dean The Dean From Hell CFH Electric Guitar

Gibson ES-335
Gibson ES-335 Satin Finish Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

Epiphone Riviera
Epiphone Elitist Nick Valensi Signature Riviera Vintage Sunburst Nickel Hardware*

Gibson Elvis acoustic guitar
Martin Special Edition D-28 Elvis Presley Acoustic Guitar with Case Natural

Martin D28 acoustic guitar
Martin D-28 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Sunburst

Robin Savoy Standard (according to Robin Guitars site)

Taylor 814ce and 612ce flattops
Taylor 814ce Grand Auditorium Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural

Amplifier :

Mesa Boogie Road King (replaced the Vox/Dual rectifier setup in 2009)

Vox AC30/6TB Top Boost Combo Reissue - 2x12
Vox Custom Classic AC30CC2 30w 2x12 Tube Guitar Combo Amp

Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier Head

Cabinet :

Mesa/Boogie Straight Cabinets / 4x12

Effects Pedals :

Boss DM-2 Analog Delay

Boss DD-3
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal

Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner / Power Supply
Boss TU-2 Chromatic Stompbox Tuner

MXR Phase 90 Phaser
MXR M-101 Phase 90 Pedal

Whirlwind A/B Selector
Whirlwind Selector A/B Box

Rat distortion pedals
Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal

Dunlop Univibe pedal
Dunlop Uni-Vibe Effect Pedal

Electro-Harmonix Memory Man
Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Pedal

Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron
Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron+ Effects Pedal

Dunlop Heil Talkbox
Dunlop Heil Talk Box

Shure Guitar Wireless UHF-R with auto-assigning belt packs

Keeley Katana pedal (pictured in 2007)
Keeley Katana Pre Amp Guitar Effect Pedal

Picks

Dunlop Gator Grip .70mm guitar pic
Dunlop Gator Grip Standard Guitar Picks .71MM 6 Dozen

Dave Grohl Album with Nirvana :