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Under the Bridge Guitar Tone Settings — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 1990s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1962 Fender Stratocaster (original, sunburst, rosewood board)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (vintage spec, 1962 Stratocaster)
Amp
Fender H.O.T. Guitar Combo Amplifier
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 1991 (Blood Sugar Sex Magik). Frusciante used his 1962 Stratocaster into a Fender H.O.T. practice amp for the riff/intro section. No evidence of Marshall or other amps for this part; Telecasters were used more in later eras. The Dyna Comp compressor was used for the intro/riff. Chorus effect is clearly audible and widely attributed to a Boss CE-1 or CE-2 (or similar).
Amp Settings
Mids6.5
Bass5.5
Gain2.5
Reverb2.5
Treble7
Presence5
Effects Chain
- MXR Dyna Comp · compression
- Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble (or similar chorus pedal) · chorus
Guitar → MXR Dyna Comp → Boss CE-1 Chorus (or similar) → Fender H.O.T. Combo Amp (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- clean and glassy
- bright and articulate
- slightly compressed
- chorus shimmer
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- warm but not muddy
- percussive and funky
- studio clarity
- low gain, edge-of-breakup on hard strums