How To Sound Like John Frusciante Using Guitar Pedals | Reverb Potent Pairings

[@zachm3264]

and he’s back, hell yeah

[@seancushnie974]

Good Job on the 'Look On' solo, definitely one of his best in my opinion

[@inda_kota]

Thank you so much for going over his solo stuff and Ataxia. GENIUS

[@amirsommer1522]

Big respect for including one Ataxia song

[@TheRocknrolla12]

John Fruciante is one of the greatest guitar player....he playing is embued with emotions and context. If all of humanity existance needs to be justified, we can do with the the last 28 sec of Scar Tissue...the solo is how a man transcended mortal realm and reached the metaphysical. It is sublime...never heard a more in context solo

[@Josh-it6uy]

lmao shut up

[@janfarkas8953]

@@Josh-it6uy no, you shut up

[@lukeware5241]

Facts

[@HiGlowie]

Lol

[@g.freire8286]

Stop w drugs

[@absolutevalue23]

I can't tell you how happy it makes me that you threw in the nod to that ST intro. I've been madly in love with that piece of music for so long. thank you!

[@platinumshower]

I wish this video was 2 hours long.

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do." Nice job!

[@Guitarisforgrins]

The Sides is such an amazing tone!

[@angelivan88]

IM SO GLAD THAT YOU NOT ONLY PLAYED RHCP SONGS

[@m_r__r_o_b_o_t]

Single coil pickups + Marshall voiced amp + playing technique. The pedals are just icing on the cake.

[@DiegoGarciaCadenillas]

Seymour duncan ssl1

[@andrewcruz7595]

A reverse pickup switch

[@croman5931]

depends on which era, bssm era tone i find is super hard to replicate

[@BadMofoMusicCritic]

@@DiegoGarciaCadenillas apparently he never used the Duncan's after all, according to his tech. Stock Strat pups all the way through. I put 69 customs in my burst Strat and it's a jf machine!

[@運命の人Bryan]

@@andrewcruz7595 a reverse pickup switch does nothing to affect the tonality of a guitars pickup sound and or output, just means they wired it backwards. john didn't have a reversed pickup switch, the stratocaster used in the video did.

[@BroodingPeeps]

95% of the sound is playing a strat, and playing it well.

[@suqies]

into a marshall

[@mrlevinielsen]

David T I’d say about 60%

[@XtbInfernos]

I know this is a late reply but he has a very unique soulful not entirely clean playing style, that paired with a strat, a DS-2, Ibanez wah, and a Marshall tube make his sound.

[@grungyasscinema]

more like 70% lol

[@niconois]

Most people think the guitar you use is sooo important. I'll tell you, the sound is at least 95% made of your amp and the pickups your put on your guitar. Buy a 200 euros Harley Benton, put some P90 pickups on it... and spend the rest of your budget on a nice tube amp and some pedals depending on your style. In term of sound quality you won't feel the difference. And it will sound much better than a 800 euros Fender on a shitty amp.

[@evangatscher1077]

Thank you for including his solo stuff and ataxia

[@goldendreamer2122]

I totally agree with the throw away your television remark. I did that 6 years ago. I didn't realize what living was all about. Little bits of KZbin here and there,for a treat...

[@mrlevinielsen]

So you guys managed to get a WH10 but not a DS-2?

[@kaicottrell1560]

They do Ibanez wh10 v3 on Gear4music

[@DinoHade]

@@kaicottrell1560 the V3 works fine bc it has true bypass but th V2 doesn't bc it has no true bypass

[@mrlevinielsen]

Guitar Tricks yeah I bought one

[@Shortened2Max]

Dhonid John’s WH10 definitively didn’t have true bypass. If you ask me, that’s the way to go.

[@UnremarkableMarx]

@YUNGMOOD! John did use a DS1 in the californication era, but obviously mode 1 on a ds-2 is the tinnier ds-1 sound if it's wanted. so the DS-1 isn't very versatile for the bulk of John's music of course 😂

[@gregscholes3158]

love the intro of scsr tissue at slane castle as the intro aha

[@paulyC]

Finally, someone else who knows that jam.

[@gregscholes3158]

+Banana Split I know them all 😉

[@niberius4289]

Greg Scholes one of the dopest ties between songs

[@prod.waviee7234]

I listened to the whole of slane whilst on LSD i cried so many times to his playing hahaha

[@alexkuzmichev9623]

That "the sides" tone.. 10/10

[@chubbypapaya]

do they have a John Frusciante Talent Simulation pedal that I can buy?

[@samuel.langhorne.clemens]

I too would totally buy that pedal.

[@kevinvandenberg5548]

Many people have videos on how to sound like him... but you guys nailed it! I haven't heard anyone come this close.

[@juliusmillermusic]

I have heard many people come close, closer than this.

[@TinyMaxfer]

I mean his gear is basicly out there so you can copy it easily

[@NicolasCageisGod]

Have you never seen Dave simpson's videos?!?!???????

[@ananasie1211]

Watch one of soucoz's vid and think about it again...

[@rhcpmd]

really? I don't think they nailed it at all

[@dale8809]

Not a big RHCP fan but this is brilliant...I love buying pedals from reverb!

[@dale8809]

@@Jiminy-trx haha...I don't think they suck as I enjoy watching Flea. Blood Sugar Sex Magic was pretty brilliant so I'm not a hater.

[@thebreakfastmenu]

Compressor, a Strat and a tube amp is pretty effective for John's cleans usually. A big muff and wah for dirt.

[@dckstrat90]

You need that DS2, son

[@users-bs8ww]

for the "clean" or "dist" tone???

[@cesarmonroy5124]

Dist tone

[@users-bs8ww]

+Cesar Monroy and for what is the big muff?

[@troblerone4190]

Solos

[@users-bs8ww]

+Eetu D and the bigg muff??

[@joemiskimmins]

Can't believe how accurate that last one was - even in the ring out!

[@ManuscriptRe591]

Thanks for throwing Wet Sand's Solo in there. I've always wondered how he got that sound there.

[@KickflipGnasty]

The wet sand solo is actually the Boss DS-2 with a light overdrive for your boost. Not I don’t know what’s with the random configuration they showed.

[@timeye7684]

Wet Sand solo never gets old!

[@christianw2923]

nice... thanks for adding his solo songs and ataxia !!!!

[@gcv356]

MAKE PART TWO! Thanks!

[@あらや-u7w]

I want to listen to whole version of your Wet Sand cover !!

[@samuelbanya]

Dope that you did an Ataxia cover. His best work was on Ataxia and the solo records.

[@hirotoinoue4]

How to solo like John Frusciante: Make a face while you’re soloing

[@projektxmuzik]

the same face you make when youre trying to shit😂 i love frusciante

[@claytonhughes2749]

I'm glad you did some of his solo stuff

[@DrAwesome2570]

awesome, that wet sand solo was flawless

[@thatmanonapedal]

"Paper and a pencil...are the best friends I've got..."

[@togakurerotten4801]

It cold be nice a Placebo guitar pairings video, good job 👏🏼 👏🏼👍🏼

[@alexkuzmichev9623]

watching that video every month for at least two years, and still no one made sound like fru better than reverb

[@arbazann]

Dave Simpson

[@matejmateljak9226]

There is also. A ton of great sounds...he created live during late 80s and early 90s. His playin was a bit more agresive and closer to Slovak...my fav js gig at Kawasaki Club in Japan

[@Mr.D34]

Even if you get all that is in his pedalboard, true vintage guitars and the best amps in the world, you still can't sound like him. Of all the guitar players from the different style of music that i admire and adore i find Fruciante to be the only one that cannot be imitated.

[@effectsjunkie8530]

The Sides. So good.

[@mikegleeson8733]

Add all the pedals you want, but John’s “signature sound” is just his technique paired with a Stratocaster on the verge of break-up. That’s his best stuff.

[@lonlonm1lk]

His technique and guitars are obviously a massive part of the equation but the man’s pedals are a big part of his musical identity. Have you seen his boards? Not to mention the wacky EQ settings he uses on his Marshalls.

[@jamesenter2095]

Ds-2, ce2w, ibanez wah. Played with a strat into a jubilee. That's a good chunk of the early stuff.

[@marshalljoe338]

Love the slane castle intro

[@thenewyorkpauls]

John never uses a DS-1, he used it with his White Falcon and Fender Showman for the breakdown/bridge of Otherside live (but not in the studio). Around the World didn’t even have a dirt pedal and wah on it, he bi-amped a Silver Jubilee and a Super Bass cranked with a Fender Jaguar and just changed the switches on the guitar for the chorus.

[@rainerwinkler1026]

1. HE IS BACK 2.HE WH10 IS BACK

[@AleEsc_Covers]

That intro, slane castle between by the way and scar tissue

[@jackarcher_]

Pretty damn close for most of these. A damn good job man.

[@STEVENABROWNE]

Look On and Ataxia! Proper JF fans whoever made this video. Respect. Usually it would just be Dani California and Californication.

[@ivanm9186]

Frusciante’s secret is Boss CE-1 that has an amp inside. Turn all the knobs on your DS-2 and MUFF and control the volume with CE-1.

[@mikesherrard8871]

That first intro piece is from the chills slane castle performance between by the way and scar tissue very cool performance by them

[@woodenmind5307]

Sounds pretty close ! Can you make a "How To Sound Like Josh Homme On Guitar" with Queens of the Stone Age and Them Crooked Vultures songs please ? Or Matt Bellamy?

[@MultiNico125]

I need part 2 of this video!

[@germicidalcheese]

Love this series. Nice as always!

[@marcospintor1333]

Man John really loved his micro amp

[@porcelain2363]

John has he's pure sound tone coming out of a Marshall not just the pedals but all in all you're pretty accurate

[@TheRubberMatch]

How to sound like John Frusicante: *You can't*

[@PedroAugusto-ye7qw]

He's greater than all of us

[@jedsutcliffe4126]

Gennaro bahahaha

[@flavy1000]

Best commente eveer!!

[@kaicottrell1560]

True He used a jubilee and a plexi and you can even hear the with one amp and 2

[@robin_luthi5134]

being him

[@Zeal808]

great track selection!

[@RhythmGrizz]

probably my favorite sound like. wet sand and look on are amazing.

[@presinald]

Could you guys or someone do a comparison of what that clean tone would sound like with and without the Silver Jubilee pedal? I've considered buying one to try and color my Laney Cub 12R into more Jube territory, but this video is literally the only one I've seen using this pedal for a Frusciante-style clean tone and not playing hella distorted GNR riffs with Les Pauls and other humbuckers.

[@melesgala]

Finally found what i was looking for! Thanks!

[@matthewmadrid1192]

GUESS WHOS BACK BACK AGAIN

[@BurtSaun]

Outstanding work.

[@GetBackinBlack03]

My wife is drunk and shouting things at the screen. She doesn't Frusciante as I Frusciante. I am also drunk. :)

[@Reverb]

+GetBackinBlack03 - Thanks for sharing!

[@deangroves8198]

Reverb.com what is the song 40 seconds in?

[@Reverb]

That's the verse of "Can't Stop."

[@deangroves8198]

Reverb.com nah but after can't stop :) thanks for the reply

[@deangroves8198]

about 45 seconds in

[@SC_eternal]

cam you guys please do a sounds like Ler Lalonde from Primus

[@danielmayfield4391]

YES

[@andrewpappas9311]

Hell yeah, Ler is such an awesome guitarist but he's so underrated

[@bernardocueva5838]

Fantastic video!

[@samuelcappadonia]

Super nice ! Thanks for sharing it :)

[@flothemo]

this video is gold. thank very much

[@masont6187]

really great video !!!

[@MyTube7770]

John Frusciante is just fcking great.... what a legend!

[@TheGabrielsimon]

Great job guys

[@sakimiyu4169]

Around The World would've sounded closer if you fretted the the 12th fret on the e with the B and then did the unison bend with it and maybe if you included a musicman stingray bass to play backing with a fuzz pedal

[@dotMPEGmusic]

Woah, thank you for doing this!!

[@Reverb]

Thank you for watching, +Dohlendo

[@francescovalisi2550]

00:45? Title?

[@alejandraluey6955]

Francesco Valisi Can't stop

[@jimmymolthoff]

Can’t stop

[@nicholashoule3378]

damn, I was looking for the reverb pedal on the solo bit in "cant stop"

[@musicchairreviews2498]

John used a black les paul custom on the recording of wet sand if remember reading

[@bartholowmeobooce6176]

He did? I always thought he used a strat for everything but readymade and make you feel better, tho

[@goofus1589]

he used a Les Paul for the intro to Give it Away too

[@noob-wr6do]

I dont think so

[@pattymac1986]

nailed "Look On" !!!

[@koutanakano1443]

Big muff, super chorus, wow pedal, phase shifter, and blues driver

[@rayhoodoo847]

By the way, just get a strat, SSL-1 california 50's pickups, high presence amp, and a bit of overdrive to sound like Froosh.

[@MS-hj3ox]

What's a good affordable high presence amp?

[@BigGypsy909]

Ray Hoodoo froosh dont use ssl 1

[@BigGypsy909]

IzPaKs he used standard fender pickups his guitar tech came out earlier THIS year and said that john must have been confused when he said he used ssl 1s

[@rayhoodoo847]

BigGypsy909 no he does use SSL-1, I don't know where you heard that he doesn't. Strat's used to have their stock pickups to be SSL-1, and his iconic sunburst Strat is from 60's.

[@BigGypsy909]

Ray Hoodoo www.jfeffects.com.br/2016/12/jf-effects-interviews-dave-lee-guitar.html?m=1 well here is old guitar tech says John messed up and he never corrected him he says he actually used standards from the time not from when the guitar was from

[@flutterama]

You played very well. It's funny how difficult is to play exactly equal.

[@UMANGPLAYS]

Using that thumb....👌👌 Frusciante.

[@therossauger]

Oh snap! Even Ataxia tones? Damn.

[@hipotonico9953]

exijo una segunda parte con mas de rhcp

[@patchandy]

no compressor???

[@Megallicafan18]

he never used one in his live rig

[@TheMasterMacc]

His amps were all turned up. They were already compressing, so there was no need.

[@joostin123]

Chris Fruscio would I need a conpressor to emulate the sound if I have my rig at a lower volume?

[@Nirvana4Lifeq]

Justin McDermott yes

[@jessejafrnd]

andy patch if he were to include "under the bridge" I bet he would include it. (Tibor)

[@thesteelstrummer2307]

What about Dani California or Give It Away or Under the Bridge Or Californiacation?

[@Heeeroking13th]

Thank you for the Japanese subtitles!!

[@Gabe872]

Now do Omar Rodriguez Lopez!

[@livinthesound5182]

yes please! :-)

[@Vishnu-xn4vx]

Yeah

[@samholik8127]

That would be awesome!

[@jamsforyams]

+Gabe872 that would be a long video

[@saidrsta3050]

yessss!!!! :o

[@raysebastian7728]

Great stuff!! Please do Slash :D

[@tekutekuy1571]

I love john and you.

[@Cesarfro7]

More than $2000 in just one song. Worth it!

[@ars4455]

great video...no bullshit...straight to the point.

[@dengdelatorre5739]

John frusciante is genius in music

[@lumbro5448]

Dude, it looks like Nick Jonas was playing around the world

[@ElvisPriceless]

Savage !

[@Tieumatt]

What's the problem ? , It's well played

[@lumbro5448]

Oyodoz the original is played without wah

[@Tieumatt]

+Iñigo Lumbreras Ederra we don't care seriously

[@TheLucas24300]

Mainly Slane Castle rigs and he plays it with wah live

[@hanten10]

This is good sound tips 🌹

[@Vishnu-xn4vx]

FINALLY I love Reverb.com

[@kaicottrell1560]

You can get a Vox V847 wah pedal That 'll do the trick because Ibanez wah pedals are hard to get not on reverb but people have put in the comments saying That it didn't work yea because to you have to Do a bit of tweeking with it and that rubber stuff

[@CJL-ib5ee]

They just re released the Ibanez wah so hopefully the price will go down

[@f2detaboada]

I had a friend that could get Frusciante's tone with a Squier with a SD JB in the bridge into a Crybaby running into a Boss Ds-2 into Marshall solid state amp. It was spot on I shit you not.

[@senorjiveturkee]

I feel like the tone at 0:39 is pretty biting (not in a bad way) for the strat being set to the neck position, does the MXR contribute that much to the tone/EQ?

[@Reverb]

That pickup selector is actually wired in reverse. So your ears were not deceiving you, that is actually the bridge pickup being played.

[@senorjiveturkee]

Ah okay got it, thanks! Great vid as always

[@橋本絵莉子]

And now Astralia - You Are Here - the screen fills up with 1000s of pedales.

[@romanp.4319]

Selling my Silver Jubilee Pedal!!

[@Frusciantelecaster]

Fantastic, great job guys!!! Which amp did you used?

[@matt.fromtheinternet]

Can you guys do one on Jack White?

[@musicchairreviews2498]

Matt Davis fuzz and whammy that's 85% there

[@anarmadillowithagun]

Matt Davis living room gear demos did one

[@PCMESS]

Matt Davis I can tell you all the pedals he uses. Big muff Dihitech whammy Mxr microamp Octave pedal sometimes Thats it. It's best to run them through some kind of fender amp with a bit of reverb. He barely uses the octave pedal, only on a fee songs I can think of.

[@antthomas7916]

PCMESS That was his set-up with the WS. He uses other pedals with the DW, the Raconteurs, and his solo stuff. He uses a completely different rig for every project.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

the octave pedal is for Blue Orchid

[@MrJayjay1300]

THANK YOU SO MUCH