Dave Grohl Rig

Dave Grohl first became famous as Nirvana's ferocious drummer, pounding a Tama Granstar kit (later Artstar II) with oversized toms, a 24-inch kick and Zildjian A cymbals while holding sticks backwards. After Kurt Cobain's death he recorded the 1995 Foo Fighters debut almost entirely himself on an 1980s tobacco Gibson Les Paul Standard and Marshall JCM800, adding a ProCo RAT for grit; live he smashed a pair of black Gibson Explorers. A 1967 Gibson Trini Lopez he bought while still in Nirvana quickly became the studio cornerstone that gave the band its thick, punchy semi-hollow sound.

By the late 1990s–2000s he added Vox AC30s for natural breakup and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifiers then Road Kings for reliable live high-gain. Gibson released the DG-335 signature (Trini Lopez body with diamond f-holes, Firebird headstock and Tune-o-matic) in 2007 and it has been his main stage guitar ever since. Today he still tours with DG-335s (including the Epiphone version) through the same Fender Custom Shop Tone Master heads he has used since The Colour and the Shape, keeping a tiny board of MXR Phase 90 and Boss DD-3.