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1962 Stratocaster“The main guitar that I played was my '62 Strat, which is the same guitar that I got when I rejoined the band back in 1998”
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John Frusciante has said his main guitar since 1998 is his '62 Stratocaster, played through Marshall Silver Jubilee and Major stacks on Unlimited Love. His 2022 Red Hot Chili Peppers pedalboard was seen with a Boss CE-1, Boss DS-2, MXR Super Badass Variac Fuzz and Ibanez WH10V3 wah, and he made Trickfinger music on a Roland TB-303, TR-606, TR-808, SH-101 and MC-202.
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Portaflex B-15“I also had an Ampeg B-15”
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Guitars
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Fender
1962 Stratocaster“The main guitar that I played was my '62 Strat, which is the same guitar that I got when I rejoined the band back in 1998”
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Martin
D-28Said in Guitar World (Total Guitar): John Frusciante on why he returned to Red Hot Chili Peppers, May 2022
Amps
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Ampeg
Portaflex B-15“I also had an Ampeg B-15”
Said in Guitar World (Total Guitar): John Frusciante on why he returned to Red Hot Chili Peppers, May 2022
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Electro-Harmonix
Big Muff PiSeen in Guitar World: We finally have a good look at John Frusciante's new Red Hot Chili Peppers pedalboard, January 2023
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PDS1002 Two Second Digital DelaySeen in Guitar World: We finally have a good look at John Frusciante's new Red Hot Chili Peppers pedalboard, January 2023
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Synths and studio
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Mellotron
Mellotron“I started with one Mellotron, and then I wound up overdubbing synths and Mellotrons feverishly for, like, three hours”
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Yamaha
DX7“I used a midi guitar to play a DX7 synthesizer”
Said in VICE (Thump): John Frusciante's electronic music studio is a gearhead's paradise, April 2016
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Roland
TB-303 Bass Line“The instruments I used were: one stock 303, a 606, an 808, a 101, a 202, an ARP 2500 and an EMT 250 reverb.”
Said in Groove: Making Of, John Frusciante aka Trickfinger on After Below, May 2015
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Roland
TR-606 Drumatix“The instruments I used were: one stock 303, a 606, an 808, a 101, a 202, an ARP 2500 and an EMT 250 reverb.”
Said in Groove: Making Of, John Frusciante aka Trickfinger on After Below, May 2015
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Roland
TR-808 Rhythm Composer“The instruments I used were: one stock 303, a 606, an 808, a 101, a 202, an ARP 2500 and an EMT 250 reverb.”
Said in Groove: Making Of, John Frusciante aka Trickfinger on After Below, May 2015
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Roland
SH-101“The instruments I used were: one stock 303, a 606, an 808, a 101, a 202, an ARP 2500 and an EMT 250 reverb.”
Said in Groove: Making Of, John Frusciante aka Trickfinger on After Below, May 2015
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Roland
MC-202“There's a hell of a lot of 202s in this track”
Said in VICE (Thump): John Frusciante's electronic music studio is a gearhead's paradise, April 2016
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Renoise
Renoise“This was the period when I started recording my machines and synths onto a computer, using the program Renoise.”
Said in VICE (Thump): John Frusciante's electronic music studio is a gearhead's paradise, April 2016
Records he plays along to
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Jeff Beck
Truth
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Jeff Beck
Blow by Blow
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Jeff Beck
Wired
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Sparks
Propaganda“I was just blown away by how seemingly simple but imaginative their chord progressions are.”
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What guitar does John Frusciante play?
His main guitar is the '62 Stratocaster he bought when he rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998. On Unlimited Love he also played a '55 and a '61 Strat, late-70s Yamaha SGs and Martin acoustics including a D-28, he told Total Guitar.
What amps does John Frusciante use?
Marshall Silver Jubilee and Major stacks gave most of the Unlimited Love tones, with a Roland Jazz Chorus on a few overdubs. He also bought an Ampeg B-15 during the sessions after reading Greg Sage of the Wipers praise it.
What's on John Frusciante's pedalboard?
His 2022 boards included a Boss CE-1, DS-2, SD-1 and DD-500, MXR Dyna Comp, Micro Amp, Phase 90, Flanger, Carbon Copy, Reverb and Super Badass Variac Fuzz, a Dunlop Echoplex, an EHX Big Muff, an Ibanez WH10V3 wah, a DigiTech PDS1002, a Line 6 FM4 and a Moog MF-101.
What gear did John Frusciante use for his electronic music?
He has said the Trickfinger track After Below used a stock Roland TB-303, TR-606, TR-808, SH-101 and MC-202 with an ARP 2500, and that he started recording his machines into Renoise around 2009. He played a DX7 from a MIDI guitar on Foregrow.
What records does John Frusciante listen to?
While recording Unlimited Love he warmed up by playing along to Jeff Beck's Truth, Blow by Blow and Wired, and he said Sparks' Propaganda blew him away with its chord progressions.
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John Frusciante is the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist behind Californication, By the Way, Stadium Arcadium and Unlimited Love, and also makes electronic music, including as Trickfinger. This guide covers his Strat and Marshall rig, his RHCP pedalboard, the drum machines and synths he records electronic music with, and records he has named.
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