Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong's “Blue” Fernandes guitar has a fascinating history with lots of changes over the years. To support please visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secretso...

Interviews with Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) and Andrew ‘Hans’ Buscher (guitar tech) reveal this guitar's history and we learn about why "Blue" became Billie Joe’s favorite guitar.

We do a deep dive and look into the history of the famous Fernandes guitar, previously thought to be a Fender Stratocaster and go through the mods, sticker changes and similarities to Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein guitar.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - Billie Joe’s mom
1:14 - Billie Joe’s guitar
1:24 - Blue origin
2:06 - Fernandes history
3:05 - Back to Blue
4:18 - Humbucker vs Single Coil
5:01 - Blue’s pickups pt. 1
5:34 - Eddie Van Halen Frankentstrat pickup angle
5:42 - George Cole
6:06 - Blue’s pickups pt. 2
8:31 - Green Day’s guitar tech interview pt. 1
8:53 - Fender Custom Shop replicas
9:48 - Blue’s other specs pt. 1
11:33 - Green Day’s guitar tech interview pt. 2
11:54 - Blue’s other specs pt. 2
12:35 - Blue in Music Videos
12:51 - BJ/SRV
13:00 - Blue’s stickers, by year
13:59 - To all the moms
14:21 - Thanks!


Music in this video:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams written by Green Day, Performed by Vitamin String Quartet
Good Riddance Time Of Your Life written by Green Day, Performed by Wedding String Quartet
American Idiot written by Green Day, Performed by Vitamin String Quartet
Give Me Novocaine written by Green Day, Performed by The String Quartet

Stickers on Blue:
http://bjstickers.the-area51.com/2013...

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