Friday, March 28, 2008

John Frusciante: Pedalboards & Chili Peppers

On the Red Hot Chili Peppers' tour in support of the Stadium Arcadium album, John Frusciante has been sporting a landing strip-sized pedalboard. Until recently, Frusciante was widely known for his rich trebly guitar tone, as heard on "Under the Bridge", "Californication", and "Scar Tissue". In the capable hands of Frusciante, however, the addition of twenty-four effects pedals can be magic. If you're interested in keeping up with Frusciante's ever-evolving guitar style and playing the recent hits "Dani California", "Snow (Hey Oh)", and "Tell Me Baby", here are the pedal effects you're going to need:
  • Pedalboard:
    • two MoogerFooger CP-251 Control Processor
    • a Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble pedal;
    • a MoogerFooger MF-103 12-Stage Phaser pedal;
    • a Dunlop DB-02 Dime Custom CryBaby
    • an Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail pedal;
    • an Ibanez WH10 Wah Wah pedal
    • a Mosrite FUZZrite pedal;
    • a Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion pedal;
    • an Electro-Harmonix English Muff'n fuzz pedal (occasionally uses a Big Muff pedal instead);
    • a MXR M-133 Micro Amp Boost pedal
    • a Digitech Whammy pedal;
    • two Line 6 EX-1 Expression pedal;
    • a MoogerFooger MF-102 Ring Modulator pedal;
    • a MoogerFooger MF-101 Low Pass Filter pedal;
    • two MoogerFooger MF-105 MuRF Filter pedal;
    • two more MoogerFooger MF-101 Low Pass Filter pedals;
    • a Line 6 FM-4 Filter Modeler pedal;
    • a Guyatone VT-X Vintage Tremolo Flip Series pedal;
    • two DigiTech PDS-1002 Two Second Digital Delay pedal;
    • an Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger pedal;
    • a Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler pedal;
    • a Boss FV-50L volume pedal
  • Amplifiers:
    • two Marshall Jubilee 25/50 heads;
    • a Marshall Major 200-watt head; and
    • four Marshall 4X12 speaker cabinets.
Comments and corrections welcome!

1 comment:

Rafa Martins said...

Jf the best