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Dark Necessities Bass Tone Settings — Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2010s · Alternative rock, funk rock

Original Recording

Bass
Fender Jazz Bass (Custom Shop active Jazz Bass with Lane Poor pickup and Aguilar OBP‑1 preamp)
Pickups
Lane Poor active pickup
Amp
Gallien‑Krueger 2001RB (recording era)
Pickup Position
bridge (active pickup used for punch and clarity)

Flea used Fender Custom Shop Jazz Basses during The Getaway era; his long‑time amp during recording was Gallien‑Krueger 2001RB rigs

Amp Settings

Mids
5.5
Bass
6.5
Gain
0
Treble
6
Presence
5
compression
4.5

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Tone Character

  • funky
  • punchy
  • slap‑inflected
  • clean with bite

Playing Technique

  • 🎸fingerstyle

Notes & Caveats

  • ⚠️Bass tone settings derived from AI knowledge of the artist and genre conventions.

Sources

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