GuitarCleanRiff
Give It Away Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1990s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1962 Fender Stratocaster
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (original 1962 spec)
Amp
Marshall JTM45
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 1991 (Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions). Frusciante is widely documented to have used his '62 Strat and a Marshall JTM45 for the clean and main riff sections of 'Give It Away'. No evidence of pedals or effects for the clean riff; overdrive comes from amp at low gain. No chorus, delay, or reverb on the clean riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6
Gain0
Reverb0
Treble7.5
Presence6
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Tone Character
- tight and percussive
- bright and glassy
- articulate highs
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- snappy attack
- midrange clarity
- dry, unprocessed
- funky, rhythmic
- minimal sustain
- no audible effects