The BIGGEST Myth About John Frusciante’s Tone

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In today's video, I wanted to really take a look at how John Frusciante defined his sound in the Red Hot Chili Peppers and debunk the biggest myth when it comes to achieving John Frusciante's famous tone, hope you enjoy!

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- Fender 1959 Reissue Stratocaster

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- Universal Audio UAFX Max Preamp and Compressor

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- Cornell 45/50 Plexi

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- Lewitt MTP440 DM

- Universal Audio Apollo Twin Duo MKII

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- Hosa Cables

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[HarryAndAGuitar]

What is your favourite tone John Frusciante has ever got? What do you think is the most important thing to replicate his sound? Let me know below!

[nickcds]

Hands down, my favorite guitarist OF ALL TIME. Let’s not even start about his incredible harmonies, which imo is the chilis secret weapon.

[netyn]

I’d say the compression on californication(the album) is really everywhere and it’s one of the examples of the „loudness war mixes” where there’s no instrument that’s not heavily compressed. Also on Californication, Otherside(and some parts on This Velvet Glove) John has used Gretsch White Falcon through a Fender Showman Blackface so that has made the tones pretty different to the silver jubilee&major + strat combo

[jaycole]

I think johns classic tone was developed from the blood sugar era and he got it put together when he did Californication. Stadium Arcadium is the point where ge just mastered all of it and became a full on jedi with his tone and playing and overall sounds

[IdoBerg]

John was the reason i started to learn guitar, Flea was the reason for Bass and Chad for drums. legends!

[J.Shambles]

I think another thing that is important to note is that even though John has used the dynacomp in the studio since BSSM, it didn’t appear on his live board until 2022.

[kevind]

Loved this video! Validates my use of compression when playing their songs at home at low volume since I don’t want to go deaf!😂. Wet Sand has such a killer sound clean and dirty. That solo. But BSSM has some wicked squashed clean goodness!

[clove-splintered-shards]

Very nicely done my friend!, compression is definitely a major part of his tone, and this is often very much overlooked in approximating that tone. You certainly nailed that great, compressed Marshall semi-driven clean tone! Great video and great stuff as always. By the way, that Strat you’re playing is really awesome! Wow! Great tone as always! Take care!

[BorgesFam-thwb]

Nice video! Much of the compressed and slightly crunchy sound comes from the CE-1's preamp. Another determining factor is that the album BTW is known to have a very high compression load in the mix and master.

[pere]

i love so much your content, still getting better! ☘☘

[jakubborczuch]

He made me pick up the instrument. Californication was the first album of theirs and it got me into listening to music overall after my first listen, and I never looked back after that moment.

[brows.]

An all time favoutite band for me, with my favourite guitarrist and artist ever. The more I hear and learn from them the more I'm sure of this :)

[biggcustomz]

Awesome. You are the only other musician that i've seen play and sound like John F.
Nice video. Thanks for the tunes and knowledge 👍

[SharlsRS]

Compressor after OD and preamp, or in the effects loop? How does he use the compressor live? I tried it in the loop and I think its a little more controllable on a live situation. Great channel, your playing was on spot here!

[regandunn]

Hevpkays old school guitar and always starts with a clean sound

[justinclark]

Love it, chili peppers are my favourite band but I've always scratched my head a bit around replicating some of the compression use, so this is very helpful. I do also need to take this opportunity to request a cover of emotion sickness by qotsa. The songs amazing!

[Pnco]

Migh sound kinda cliche but i think the tone comes from the playing technique and style. Having a silver jubilee / plexi and the effects will round up the tone. But if you have all the hardware and not the technique it wont feel like frusciante's style. Amazing video, i've never payed attention to the compression and you are absolutly right on how it influences the tone

[jakubborczuch]

White Stripes tone would be a cool idea for a vid...

[BRZguy]

I think another one of the biggest myths is how overdriven his tone actually is. It really isn't overdriven. It's pretty much clean, but the CE-1 clips when he's hitting the strings hard which makes it sound overdriven. So you just have to really play hard and it will sound right.

[iandope]

he was using a semi hollow 1955 gretsch white falcon for californication. i thought you would know.