John Frusciante

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John Frusciante

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So.. say I was looking for tone similar to Mother's Milk/BSSM era Chili Peppers, where would I start?
John plays through a Marshall, so I guess that would be a good place? What Marshall should I look at? A DSL? Pedals wise.... well he has a pretty spastic pedalboard.

What about tone like the I Could Have Lied solo? Is that just a loud Marshall and his muted, wrapped-thumb style?

Or the Strip My Mind solo.. that's another of my favorite of his solo tones.

I'm just rambling now.. I don't really know why I even made this topic. It's fuckin late and I can't sleep.

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Oh yeah

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Yep

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I've seen a few vids of them playing live and from what I remember he's a bit of a Plexi man. Fuck knows on the pedals though.
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Yeah... can't really afford that though. Well, a Ceriatone one might be possible..

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Khann wrote:What Marshall should I look at? A DSL?
I'd never buy a DSL... I got two words why: 'Good Kicking'.
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I miss him a lot, is he back under a different name?

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Khann wrote:Yeah... can't really afford that though. Well, a Ceriatone one might be possible..
The re-issues aren't too bad price-wise, especially 2nd-hand... if you can find one.
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i've been playing californication and by the way. bloody good albums, when i saw the chillies they had a french guy playing as John was off being mad somewhere. the french guy blew super fast all night, he was amazing! 2.5 red dragons didnt help.

anyway John has a super clean strat tone
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Bringing this topic back to say that I love the lead tone in this.

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John likes his effects, i've watched enough vids of him, seen em live.... he prob good mates with Tom Morello and they conspire to fuk up other fans who wana sound like them.

Why do you wana sound just like him? Wouldn't you rather be able to play his licks, but have your own flavor? :twisted:
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Oh definitely, it would just be nice to be able to get that tone when I'm playing his songs. I s'pose it doesn't really matter, but hey, there ya go.

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How long have you been playing for?

I could have lied from memory is just guitar into amp with enough gain for breakup played with a good amount of dynamics.

There are a few "Frusciante-isms" in there though.

He might be using a fuzz or something along those lines, but the rest is just his fingers.

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Cabb wrote:How long have you been playing for?

I could have lied from memory is just guitar into amp with enough gain for breakup played with a good amount of dynamics.

There are a few "Frusciante-isms" in there though.

He might be using a fuzz or something along those lines, but the rest is just his fingers.
Not long enough, or played enough gear, to completely understand how certain sounds are made.

The sound I'm talking about is the.... wooshy(?) sound.. no idea how to describe it. It doesn't really sound fuzzy. I assume it's just the strings muted.

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What songs use the effect? Some of the boffins here will be able to tell you what it is.

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