bluesman,listen, i dont exactly know what you mean by"dont kill the name of fender by playing greenday",if your refering to them using gibsons, singer/guitar, and backup guitar, i understand your point. but first i would barely ever touch any other electric asides from a fender, look at my name...but you can't say greenday only uses gibson. the bassist uses a persicion bass, and before 2002?or 03 the lead guitarist used a white strat.