John Frusciante
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He doesn't have a 57 strat, he's got a 55.
55 2TS
62 3TS
61 Oly white
63 Fiesta red
Are those he uses on tour, but the 55 is less commonly used nowadays.
He uses a new big muff pi, and Marshall major for cleans and silver jubilee for crunch. He uses fender showmans with the gretsch WF.
bouncy
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Oh my mistake. His favourite guitar is the 62' 3TS, which Anthony Keidis gave him when he just got back from drug rehab (having sold all his axes for drug money).
If I'm not wrong the 55 strat is maple fingerboard.
leecs
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Fender Strats has maple fretboard from 54 - 58.
From TGP, it wrote 1957 strat. Info may be wrong though
John Frusciante's Strats - The Gear Page
From TGP, it wrote 1957 strat. Info may be wrong though
John Frusciante's Strats - The Gear Page
That's true. He also has a fender jaguar in red, which he bought for himself just before anthony kiedis invited him to join rhcp again... he used that as a guitar for warming up.
As for the 62' 3ts, the tech or was it himself, confirmed that the pickups weren't original. He used to think it was all original vintage pickups, but after a tech opened up the guitar they discovered that the guitar was fitted with sd antiquities.
bouncy
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The Red Jaguar was bought because he lost his guitars in a house fire. It was actively used in the pre Californication period especially on the song Around The World.
hifi_killer
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he uses vintage noiseless pickups for his 62 strat at the moment.
and he has the mxr micro amp, which is always on.
and he has the mxr micro amp, which is always on.
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Why no one mention the missing ingredient? Drugs! Heh.
Ok, here's something that might be of interest (his rig+guitars):
Untitled Document
Ok, here's something that might be of interest (his rig+guitars):
Untitled Document
valentinik_15
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No matter what pickups u use, its really difficult to get his tone. His amps go at max power when on stage which makes all the difference. But as far as pickups go, i recommend Fender Texas specials. I find that of all the single coils, these produce the best tone.
sorry guys, but all wrong. check this out:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159888
http://www.seymourduncan.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159888
in case the link does not work, here's the post:
In the April 2009 edition of Vintage Guitar (page. 122) John (Red Hot Chile Peppers) is asked:
Have you kept the original pickups in your Strats?
Here's his reply:
I would like to, but they do eventually need to be changed. On my '55, I bought it with an expert who insisted we open it up to see if the pickups were original. He and the people at the store all thought that they were original. Then years later, we found out that they were Seymour Duncan Vintage Strat pickups. They are so similar to the original that it's hard to tell the difference in sound. I had my '62, which has the original pickups, and then I had the '55 with the Duncans, and the sound was very similar. The differences had more to do with the guitars than the pickups. Eventually, I had to get Duncans in the '62 as well.
In the April 2009 edition of Vintage Guitar (page. 122) John (Red Hot Chile Peppers) is asked:
Have you kept the original pickups in your Strats?
Here's his reply:
I would like to, but they do eventually need to be changed. On my '55, I bought it with an expert who insisted we open it up to see if the pickups were original. He and the people at the store all thought that they were original. Then years later, we found out that they were Seymour Duncan Vintage Strat pickups. They are so similar to the original that it's hard to tell the difference in sound. I had my '62, which has the original pickups, and then I had the '55 with the Duncans, and the sound was very similar. The differences had more to do with the guitars than the pickups. Eventually, I had to get Duncans in the '62 as well.
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