GuitarCleanRiff
Wet Sand Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (1962 reissue, likely with rosewood fretboard)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (stock or vintage-style, passive)
Amp
Marshall Major (studio recording, Stadium Arcadium era)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording, 2006 (Stadium Arcadium sessions). John Frusciante is known to use a 1962 Fender Stratocaster with vintage-style single-coil pickups into a Marshall Major for clean tones on this album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the clean riff section. Settings are estimated based on forum consensus and typical Frusciante clean setup for this era.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5
Gain3
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- clear and articulate
- slightly compressed
- touch-sensitive
- open and airy
- classic Strat shimmer
- mild amp breakup at high picking dynamics
- dynamic response
- subtle reverb ambience
- not harsh or brittle