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Wet Sand Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender American Vintage '62 Stratocaster
Pickups
Fender single-coil (stock '62 reissue)
Amp
Marshall Major (200W, late 60s/early 70s model, as used by Frusciante on Stadium Arcadium)
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 2006 (Stadium Arcadium sessions). Guitar and amp confirmed by multiple sources for this album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section of 'Wet Sand'.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5
Gain4
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble (Vibrato mode) · chorus
- MXR M133 Micro Amp · boost
Fender Stratocaster → MXR Micro Amp → Marshall Major → (amp spring reverb)
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Tone Character
- slightly crunched clean
- bright and glassy highs
- warm midrange
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- open and airy
- percussive attack
- clear single-coil articulation
- mild breakup on harder strums
- not heavily compressed
- responsive to picking dynamics