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Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar and bass tones and amp settings

Settings for 14 Red Hot Chili Peppers song pages: Aeroplane, Around The World, Californication, Can't Stop, Dani California, Dark Necessities, Otherside, Snow (Hey Oh), Soul To Squeeze and Under The Bridge. Each page has the knob values for the reference amps and, where a source documents it, the gear on the record.

Guitar strings over the frets, close up

The amps on the records

  • Californication (guitar): John Frusciante, Fender Showman
  • Can't Stop (guitar): John Frusciante, Marshall Major or Marshall Super Bass, paired with a blackface Fender Showman
  • Otherside (guitar): John Frusciante, Fender Showman
  • Snow (Hey Oh) (guitar): John Frusciante, Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/50
  • Under The Bridge (guitar): John Frusciante, two Marshalls
  • Soul To Squeeze (bass): Flea, Gallien-Kruger Heads
  • Under The Bridge (bass): Flea, Gallien-Kruger Heads with Mesa-Boogie cabinets

Each song page cites the source for its gear.

Song pages

Each page has every knob for the reference amps, the parts that change, and the gear on the record. The knobs here show its main amp settings.

Photographs: “Close-up view of guitar strings showcasing details”, Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.