The new Epiphone Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior has been developed with the musician and offers a bright red version of the stripped-back guitar model that has helped define his sound for more than two decades.
Available for a limited time, the guitar features a single-cutaway mahogany body, a set mahogany neck with a substantial ’50s Vintage profile and a rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets.
In keeping with Armstrong’s no-frills approach, it has just one Epiphone P-90 PRO pickup and two controls – master volume and tone – along with a nickel-plated Lightning Bar wraparound bridge.
A reproduction of Armstrong’s signature appears on the back of the headstock, while the guitar comes with a custom black hardshell case featuring a leopard-print interior.
Billie Joe Armstrong Radiant Red Les Paul Junior Epiphone guitar. CREDIT: Epiphone
Epiphone have described the model as being built around the straightforward punk-rock formula of “one pickup, two knobs, and absolutely no distractions”.
The guitar is available worldwide through authorised Epiphone retailers, Gibson Garage locations in London and Nashville, and the Epiphone website. It is currently listed by UK retailers for £489. Find out more here.
Armstrong has also partnered with Marshall on the 1959BJA Artist Signature, the amplifier company’s first artist signature model in 14 years.
The baby-blue amplifier head was first spotted behind Armstrong when Green Day performed at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Super Bowl in their native Bay Area.
