{"id":14988,"date":"2026-07-23T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14988"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:12:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:12:47","slug":"billie-joe-armstrong-and-epiphone-unveil-les-paul-junior-in-radiant-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=14988","title":{"rendered":"Billie Joe Armstrong and Epiphone Unveil Les Paul Junior in Radiant Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1613381\" data-title=\"Billie Joe Armstrong and Epiphone Unveil Les Paul Junior in Radiant Red\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/billie-joe-armstrong-epiphone-les-paul-junior-radiant-red\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/green-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green Day<\/a>\u00a0frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/billie-joe-armstrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billie Joe Armstrong<\/a> and Epiphone have teamed up to release the limited edition Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior in radiant red.<\/p>\n<p>The instrument retails for $649, making it a fairly reasonable entry point for beginners looking to get into guitar. It\u2019s currently available via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gibson.com\/products\/epiphone-billie-joe-armstrong-les-paul-junior-limited-radiant-red\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Epiphone<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=67144&amp;awinaffid=454749&amp;clickref2=https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/billie-joe-armstrong-epiphone-les-paul-junior-radiant-red&amp;clickref3=&amp;clickref4=Music%20Instruments%20and%20Gear,Heavy%20Consequence,Heavy%20Music%20News,Music,Music%20News,News%7CGuitar,Punk%20Rock%7Cbillie-joe-armstrong,green-day&amp;clickref=billie-joe&amp;clickref2=1613381&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Freverb.com%2Fitem%2F99650841-epiphone-billie-joe-armstrong-les-paul-junior-electric-guitar-radiant-red\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Reverb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=pinhead-gunpowder%2Abja-les-paul-jr-button&amp;subId2=&amp;subId3=&amp;sharedid=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fpinhead-gunpowder-tickets%2Fperformer%2F477225\" class=\"button button-ticket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Pinhead Gunpowder Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The guitar is deliberately simple, featuring one pickup and two knobs for tone and volume. The guitar has a mahogany body and neck with a rosewood fretboard, 22 jumbo frets, an Epiphone E-90 pickup, and a Lightning Bar wraparound bridge. It joins <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2025\/12\/mike-dirnt-green-day-epiphone-bass-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Dirnt\u2019s signature Grabber G-3<\/a> as another in the line of Green Day signature instruments through Epiphone.<\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>Green Day are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/07\/green-day-nimrods-soundtrack-new-song-im-never-gonna-r-i-p\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release the soundtrack<\/a> to the upcoming comedy film <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/06\/nimrods-trailer-green-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>NIMRODS<\/em><\/a>, inspired by the band\u2019s early days on the road. The soundtrack is due out July 31st, with the film set to hit theaters on August 14th.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Armstrong\u2019s side-project Pinhead Gunpowder are currently preparing for <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/05\/pinhead-gunpowder-2026-north-american-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a North American tour<\/a> set to take place this October. <a style=\"display: inline !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/vivid-seats.pxf.io\/c\/1882189\/952533\/12730?subId1=pinhead-gunpowder&amp;subId2=bja-les-paul-jr&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fpinhead-gunpowder-tickets%2Fperformer%2F477225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Get tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See images of the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior in Radiant Red below.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?quality=80&amp;w=1024&amp;fit=1031%2C580&amp;strip=\" alt=\"Billie Joe Armstrong Epiphone Red 3\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1613429\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Billie-Joe-Armstrong-Epiphone-Red-3.jpg?resize=356,356 356w, 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