Green Day's Mike Dirnt Is Selling Three Decades of Bass History on Reverb

Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt is putting decades of stage and studio history up for sale. On September 9, 2026, Reverb launches The Official Mike Dirnt of Green Day Reverb Shop, a collection reaching back to Dookie in 1994 and running through several of the band's later touring eras. No Treble's Bass Nerds series got an early look at some of the gear on August 24, filming a preview collaboration with Reverb ahead of launch day.

Dirnt framed the sale as part of how he thinks about gear generally, not a one-off cash grab. "I've found some amazing guitars and basses over the years," he said. "When you're on tour for a long time, you're always looking for cool gear. You're always thinking about what could be on the next record or what do I need to play tonight or what can I find that sparks inspiration. Every guitar, every bass, every amp has something different. You pick up a guitar and strum it and you think, there's songs in this thing and I'm going to extract those songs. Then once you feel like you've gotten the songs or the recording out of it, it's time to let it go and give it to the next person."

The highlighted lineup covers real Green Day history, not generic tour surplus. Two Fender Mike Dirnt Signature Precision Basses used on tour during the American Idiot era headline the bass collection, alongside a signed Fender that was one of Dirnt's primary instruments while recording Nimrod in 1997. A 1962 Fender Precision Bass in Fiesta Red, part of Dirnt's studio collection, rounds out the higher-end pieces. "It's a special bass," he said. "This thing really plays incredibly."

One piece has a rougher story. An original Gibson Grabber bass in the sale was accidentally smashed beyond playability by Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool. Several other basses in the lineup were burned onstage during the Nimrod and Warning tour finales in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Cool would set his own drum kit on fire as the band closed the night.

Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day's frontman, kept singing and playing through the flames, by Dirnt's own account above.

The amp side of the sale has its own paycheck-to-paycheck history. One of the first Ampeg SVT-810 cabinets Dirnt bought with his first Green Day paycheck, later used on the Dookie tour, is included. "It has no speakers in it right now, but the cabinet is fully intact with all of its roadworn awesomeness," he said. Also up for sale: one of two Yamaha G100-II heads from the band's earliest records and tours, plus several Mesa/Boogie amps and cabinets that racked up years on the road. Of the Mesa cabinets, Dirnt joked, "they're just bulletproof, incredible cabinets. I should probably keep one and use it as a coffee table because they're really cool, but I could also plug stuff into it at the same time."

None of the coverage of the shop's opening lineup mentions Dirnt's two most-documented basses. CYS's own sourced Mike Dirnt profile names Stella, a 1969 Fender Precision Bass, as his primary touring instrument for decades, and the Weapon, a 1971 Fender Precision Bass, as his backup. Neither shows up in what's been revealed so far. That deserves a caveat: No Treble reported the shop's full range "will only be revealed when it launches," so the complete inventory isn't public yet and this could change on September 9.

The strings are the clearest example of what doesn't change. Dirnt's documented set is the Fender Super 7250 Bass roundwound, nickel-plated steel, .045 to .105, the same gauge across Stella, the Weapon, and his current signature Fender Mike Dirnt Road Worn Precision Bass. It's also Fender's factory-spec set on most production P-Basses, so nothing about this sale changes what's actually on his strings from night to night.

Worth being plain about: Reverb is a resale marketplace, not Amazon, so nothing in Dirnt's shop itself carries a CYS affiliate link, and no price has been announced for any of the highlighted pieces. The most actionable takeaway here is what's still on Dirnt's actual working bass, which is fully documented and linked above.

Beyond the instruments and amps, the shop includes stage and video wardrobe collected across Dirnt's career: the leather bomber jacket worn in the "Wake Me Up When September Ends" video, plus pieces from the American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown, Revolution Radio, and ¡UNO! album eras, and items connected to Foxboro Hot Tubs, Green Day's side project with the same three members. Proceeds from the clothing sales go to charity. Neither Reverb nor No Treble's coverage names a specific organization as of this writing, so CYS isn't guessing at one.