Editing Dave Grohl (section)

== Musicianship and equipment ==
[[File:Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring 2018-5601.jpg|thumb|right|Grohl with his signature Gibson DG-335 guitar]]
[[File:Dave Grohl 2008.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75 | Dave Grohl with his Gibson Dove acoustic guitar in 2008]]
Grohl is a [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]] musician and cannot read [[musical notation]], and instead plays only by ear.<ref name="theoffcamerashow"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/nme-video/dave-grohl-talks-us-through-his-career---part-one/761332796001|title=Dave Grohl Talks Us Through His Career – Part One|work=[[NME]]|access-date=June 17, 2015}}</ref>  His drum kit, designed by [[Drum Workshop]], features five different sized [[tom-tom drum]]s ranging from 5x8 inches to 16x18 inches, a 19-inch crash [[cymbal]], two 20-inch crash cymbals, an 18-inch China cymbal, a 24-inch ride cymbal, and a standard [[bass drum|kick drum]], [[snare drum]], and [[hi-hat]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Grohl's primary recording guitar is an original cherry red [[Gibson ES-335#Trini Lopez|Gibson Trini Lopez Standard]] that he bought in the early 1990s, while still with Nirvana, because he liked the different style of headstock and the diamond-shaped sound holes on what was otherwise an [[ES-335]].<ref name="Beckner">{{cite web |last1=Beckner |first1=Justin |title=What guitars does Dave Grohl use? These are the instruments that power the Foo Fighters |url=https://guitar.com/features/what-guitars-does-dave-grohl-use-foo-fighters/ |website=guitar.com |publisher=Guitar Magazine |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref>  Onstage during early Foo Fighters tours, Grohl played two Gibson [[Gibson Les Paul|Les Paul]]s, then relied primarily on a pair of black Gibson [[Gibson Explorer|Explorers]] while touring for ''The Colour and the Shape'', ''There is Nothing Left to Lose'', and ''One by One''.<ref name="Beckner"/>

Since 2017, Grohl's primary stage guitar has been his signature model Pelham Blue [[Gibson DG-335]], which was designed by Gibson based on the Trini Lopez Standard specs, but in different colors, with a stop tailpiece instead of the Trini Lopez's trapeze tailpiece and [[PAF (pickup)|PAF]]-style "Burstbucker" pickups.<ref name="Beckner"/>  For the Foo Fighters' return in 2023, Grohl also began playing a DG-335 in a white finish, matching the aesthetics of [[But Here We Are]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Dave Grohl plays a white Gibson DG-335 custom signature guitar as Foo Fighters debut new song Nothing At All | url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/dave-grohl-plays-a-white-gibson-dg-335-custom-signature-guitar-as-foo-fighters-debut-new-song-nothing-at-all | first=Rob | last=Laing | work=[[MusicRadar]] |date=May 22, 2023}}</ref>  His primary acoustic guitar is a black Elvis Presley model [[Gibson Dove]].<ref name="Beckner"/>