John Frusciante || Pedalboard Demo & Settings

[@BrettKnows]

The amount of skill and effort that went into this video is insane. Good job man. Keep it up!!!

[@vagabondaudio]

brett bettag I appreciate that brother! Thank you so much!

[@JamesMcGill-hl5lw]

In the name of all the Frusciante´s and RHCP´s fans: THANK YOU

[@vagabondaudio]

Rodríguez Moreno Antonio hahaha you’re welcome!

[@marshalljoe338]

Vids like this deserve more attention. Keep it up man

[@Zec3]

If that strat is intonated correctly i'm amazed.

[@arbazann]

Wdym ?

[@jamiekeeling4617]

@@arbazann Saddles are all perfectly alligned

[@alienvolt7741]

you can hear its a bit off higher up the neck after the 12th fret.

[@jonchester1692]

All the gear no idea

[@mikeygoda]

@@jonchester1692 dude can play though. He should definitely get his guitar setup by a pro.

[@Luca_505]

14:27 woowww, never really paid much attention to this guitar part, so beautiful

[@AlanReta]

loved how you showed the settings for the pedals, ive never see this before!! Ii wish some one did this 15 years ago when i was watching vidoes to learn new songs... Hell, im interested even nowdays that i do have the pedals, to match the settings and see if i can get a similar tone!

[@BRZguy]

Sounds great! I use a Tone City Golden Plexi to get my compressed broken up tone and it sounds great! Great for if you're on a budget but want that great Frusciante tone.

[@frankthatank456]

Same here, such a great pedal that does the trick for johns sound on a budget

[@darklinkforever506]

How you do it bro?

[@BRZguy]

Put it as the last pedal right before your amplifier, and set the gain very low. Mine is set with the dial facing the O in output.

[@eleven9286]

Taylor Lex I dont run mine last, just make sure your DS2 and wah are running into it. Only way they behave if not running into a broken up amp. But yeah, definitely have your modulation effects and stuff after the plexi pedal or else your delays for example will be slightly boosted and distorted in the repeats - no likey.

[@BRZguy]

@Eleven I mean, Having it last is the closest to how John's setup was. His CE-1 was the last pedal in the chain and was also responsible for some of the gain in his tone too.

[@RHCPtv1]

Perfect!!!! Thank You very much!!!

[@vagabondaudio]

RHCPtv1 I hope it helps!

[@RHCPtv1]

@@vagabondaudio Helped me a lot!! I would love to promote your videos on my channel, to make some partnership with you!!!

[@RHCPtv1]

@@vagabondaudio Let's make a partnership?

[@vagabondaudio]

RHCPtv1 Message me. I’m interested to hear more.

[@RHCPtv1]

@@vagabondaudio How do you think we can do this partnership? My Channel is only about Chili Peppers, I have 4,737 Subscribers and almost 5 million views! It would be an honor to have a partnership with you! How do you think?

[@Vigi]

Wow! Great quality work with this video. :)

[@TwistedCantQuickscope]

4:34 The EHX Big Muff pedal was used In the song strip my mind. There are some famous Guitarists that used the Big Muff fuzzbox. Like Billie Corgan used it in The Smashing Pumpkins album Siamese Dream. Kurt Cobain used the Big Muff Pedal for the song Lithium on the nevermind album. For that dark and thumpier sound

[@veryhappy2681]

Hell of a job congratulations

[@Elformatofisico]

The new record is an amazing work. Lots of incredibles effects.

[@aaronunroe5267]

Great demos

[@deanusmurphy]

Get some more Frusciante videos done once the new album drops!!

[@u2acrobata]

GREAT!!!!! playing ... and such marvelous tips ... thanks so so so much for sharing ... greetings from Portugal Rock On!

[@sedoyotec]

Nicely done, great tones!

[@scottk9654]

Great video man! Now i finally know what the tremolo is for! You got my sub!

[@vagabondaudio]

Scott K thanks man!

[@canadiansoul9401]

GREAT JOB, THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR SETTINGS, YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB. Hello from Brazil ;)

[@mattdavis800]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude yeeeeeeeeess!!!!! Perfect. Dont stop.

[@Stratosteen]

Simply awesome!

[@bcancun123]

That big muff 🔥🔥🔥🙌👍

[@matheusmerlim1080]

very good, keep making videos like this

[@DC_CatDaddy]

Awesome video…great tone

[@randomgamer2669]

Smooth video man ,you have skills !

[@jurajgiorgiovalachovic8466]

Great video!!!

[@Mr_A_Mia]

Excellent!✊🏾

[@matthewswanson8987]

Seriously you just cost me a fortune. Lol. One of the better more informative videos for my aim. Thank you.

[@vagabondaudio]

Hahaha you’re welcome 😁

[@matthewswanson8987]

Can I ask do you have your pickups set low? They look almost flush? I've seen people suggest them set lower for that john tone.

[@vagabondaudio]

@@matthewswanson8987 Yes I do! I lowered them so they’re flush with the pickguard. That allows you to turn up the CE-1 preamp and MXR Micro Amp a bit more to get some breakup, since the pickups are further away from the strings.

[@matthewswanson8987]

Man. I've got this guitar tech at guitar center telling me I don't want to lower them down it will sound bad. I have a new fender strat mim player series. What ya think.

[@vagabondaudio]

@@matthewswanson8987 I lowered mine down a year and a half ago and it sounds just fine. I haven’t had any issues and it doesn’t sound bad. I wouldn’t listen to Guitar Center employees 😅

[@bruhde3905]

Ok wow , ur talented‼️😱

[@morbido13]

Very good! Thanks for sharing

[@farioxx]

The Moog effect you use for that section of Throw Away Your Television can also be accomplished by using the Sweep Echo effect in the Line 6 DL 4 if you set it up correctly. Just wanted to throw that there for the ppl who can’t afford a Moog ;)

[@vagabondaudio]

JamesKiedis I haven’t tried that! Honestly, any analog phaser will do. Just gotta dial it in right. Phase 90 doesn’t get quite as close, but could suffice.

[@farioxx]

@@vagabondaudio Well I was surprised when I tried it and realize how similar they sound because the DL4 is a delay pedal and not a phaser. You should try it and tell me what you think 😊

[@badstepfx]

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[@lukabanovic2937]

Awesome video! I'm looking to replicate the sound from La Cigale's intro, will the Fuzzrite do the trick?

[@vagabondaudio]

Yes it will! The Fuzzrite with the DS-2 should work!

[@lukabanovic2937]

@@vagabondaudio awesome thanks!

[@Harrisabd]

With all my pedal settings including my silver jubilee settings. The volume of my big muff into quiet since everything is so compressed. Turning down the input gain raises the volume by a lot since there’s more headroom but then the clean tone is too clean.

[@JOETAL99]

What a sound!!!! You've really nailed those tones! What Amp are you using?

[@mcdude0192]

Looks like a marshall DSL

[@spaceman61]

I dig it

[@namtsur]

Are you on the OD1 or OD2 channel? I’m assuming that the second channel is higher gain?

[@mynmyself]

Hi, this is amazing! Really appreciate it! Could please explain why your dist and fuzz pedals are set in that order? Ds2 - Fuzzmite - Boost - Big Muff ? Thanks!!

[@vagabondaudio]

mynmyself That’s the way JF orders his gain pedals. The DS-2 is the main rhythm distortion, so that comes first. The Fuzzmite/Fuzzrite is a low gain fuzz, and the DS-2 doesn’t work as well with a fuzz if it comes before the DS-2. So both fuzz pedals comes after the DS-2. The boost is mainly a clean boost for those funk riffs, and can be used to push the DS-2 or Fuzzmite a little bit. I don’t know why the boost is between the fuzz pedals though. The Big Muff is mainly used in conjunction with the DS-2 to really push the gain for solos.

[@felipeoliveiradacunha8027]

Awesome! Great job man! Abou the “ funky monks” - the outro and the Chorus of “lovely man”. Do you know what the Amp he used? Tks!!

[@vagabondaudio]

Felipe OLIVEIRA DA CUNHA JF said he used a Marshall guitar amp and a Marshall bass amp for that album, running in stereo. I’m not sure of the exact model - my guess would be the Major.

[@StricklandPropane3]

Felipe OLIVEIRA DA CUNHA for BSSM, most of his tone came from overdriving the DI signal into the soundboard. no amp at all.

[@robinleck8376]

Jared Strickland watch Funky Monks - it’s a bts doc about the making of BSSM and it clearly shows John recording live through Marshall amps

[@jamesglenleft6845]

Vince DiGioia He said in an interview that he did a few tracks DI but it was mostly done through a Marshall JCM800 and Super Bass, either in stereo or just one at a time

[@pheonix320]

@@StricklandPropane3 I believe that the only DI tracks are the rhythm on If you have to ask and Castles in the sand. Otherwise he definitely is using amps

[@mylifeasacat20]

Nine tone!

[@Bellabaddi]

Damn, Making that all look easy!?

[@JustinJeske]

Great video brother! Miring your rig

[@mcdude0192]

Hey man great sound! Random question, do you prefer classic chill peppers (like mother milk or blood sugar) or more modern fruciante stuff like stadium arcadium? You seem to play a lot more modern rhcp so that got me wondering.

[@vagabondaudio]

Definitely more modern, Californication and later. I’m not really a fan of their early stuff. Blood Sugar was great, and his funk riffs were on point, but it’s not my favorite album either. I enjoy their more melodic stuff.

[@AlllardH]

Nice video!

[@estebanserrano6784]

What pickups are those? Cool vid btw sick playing

[@fuzzface-983]

What's the signal chain? I'm really wondering. Please let me know.

[@flyguyty33]

Hey Vince what about effects loop? Or everything in front of amp?

[@vagabondaudio]

Everything in front of the amp!

[@FilipeReishandmade]

THANK YOU !

[@allanmiguel8319]

Bloody good mate! 👍 can you please share the amp settings and pedal signal chain!

[@Zeal808]

Respect

[@lesfrithdidier2745]

Sounds more dirty with mxr dynacomp🔥🔥.

[@JoeMama-sy9ox]

Yeah man it's an amazing pedal,can be used as a full overdrive or a clean boost

[@JDmerkem]

gotta get yourself a marshall tube amp dawg

[@victorfideliss]

Awesome playing and setting! I just have one question: How would you (and john) use the volume pedal? Since that in the "animal bar" that violin king of riff you've used the volume knob of your guitar instead of the volume pedal you know... Thanks! And congratulations for your work again! Definitely amazing!

[@vagabondaudio]

Victor Fidelis For JF, I think he mainly just used it as a mute for his rig. He had his toward the end of the rig, so it served as a master volume. I have mine after the gain section and before the time based effects, so I can use it for volume swells. I prefer using the pedal vs. the volume knob. It’s just easier for me, personally. Plus it frees up your hand to play instead of having to focus on playing and turning the volume knob up and down.

[@maxwellvanbommel9303]

Can you use a Dunlop crybaby for his wah sound too?

[@AlexBen1996]

hi. whats guitar do you have here? and whats AMP. THNAKS

[@vagabondaudio]

I’m using a Custom ‘62 spec Stratocaster and Marshall Dual Super Lead

[@samuelrycroft]

Did you use the silver jubilee??

[@Aceandbob23]

Do you remember what the amp settings was by any chance??? Thanks :)

[@vagabondaudio]

Dave The amp settings that work best for me on a Silver Jubilee are the following: Presence-4 Bass-10 Middle-6 Treble-3 Output Master-5 Lead Master-10 Input Gain-8 For my amp, I have the same settings and set the Gain and Volume to 2.

[@DiosDragon1111]

3:48 😎🔥❤️

[@thesteelstrummer2307]

Hey man! Big fan of your playing! I'm curious if there is any way to get that Dani California Distortion out of a Boss DS-1?

[@vagabondaudio]

Hey thanks man. It’s been about 10 years since I tried to use a DS-1 for that sound. I’d say, probably not, because of the mid boost you get with the DS-2. However, Klinghoffer has a DS-1 on his board for a while, and I think he used that for Dani. So it’s likely, but I’d have to guess that you’d need to crank the Gain and lower the Tone, since that pedal gets really brittle sounding with the Tone knob set higher.

[@thesteelstrummer2307]

@@vagabondaudio Thanks man! Just found Klinghoffer's settings

[@cyrildia]

I'm surprised by the DS2 and Big Muff volumes cranked to the max. How doesn't it boost the signal so much it's way to loud compared to the dry level? If I do that, it's impossible to play live.

[@vagabondaudio]

Cyril Diabolo The Big Muff volume being high is ok. It’s a naturally low level pedal. The DS-2, however, I normally keep around 12:00. However, to get the desired sound, having it cranked and using an attenuator on your amp would probably work. But having everything maxed and set the volume to taste is the best way.

[@cyrildia]

@@vagabondaudio Thanks! Great series of videos, keep up the good work!

[@mfrhcp13]

Excelent!!!

[@R4M4ok]

Zarpado video 👍

[@Dylanfalconer2000]

Sounds great man, you might benefit a bit from turning the bass up (john had his up all the way almost) and treble slightly down on your amp if isn’t already like that. Then again it might just be the recording that is making it sound like that

[@vagabondaudio]

Dylan Falconer On the amp, I have the bass maxed out and the treb at about 3

[@TheShadowvaultAwaits]

Hello. Awesome work! Im curious on why you pick the dl4 and fm4 since you can get an m5/9/13 new with less money than these two and have all the effets in a box plus numerous other presets (you get only 3 with the 4 series).

[@vagabondaudio]

I didn’t think about it honestly. That’s how JF had it set up, so I went with it.

[@Tobbino]

I got one question: how do you set the general volume if you are using the big muff with the volume pot at max

[@vagabondaudio]

I usually just set the volume on the big muff to unity Gain..

[@sammason1]

Dude. This is amazing and so helpful. If you were re-creating only 'By the Way' era tones, is the Obi Wah effect the only use for the FM4? And how many delay settings are needed for BTW? Thanks!

[@vagabondaudio]

For By the way era, the Obi-Wah would be the only sound you’d need in the FM4. At Slane Castle, JF did use it at the end of ‘Give It Away’ on the “throbber” setting for that tremolo effect. But other than that, that’s it. For delay settings, you’d need ‘Don’t Forget Me” and “Throw Away Your Television.” All of which could be achieved with just a single DL4.

[@sammason1]

Vince DiGioia great, thanks !

[@kiddo6996]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@cozinhasimplesdoricardo722]

The clean tone ,is only guitar and amp? Or use some compressor?

[@vagabondaudio]

It’s the guitar into a CE-1 clone with an active preamp into the Marshall. The Marshall is set for the slightest bit of grit, to where it’s barely noticeable.

[@cozinhasimplesdoricardo722]

Thanks bro,God bless you🙏

[@PapiAsif]

nice vid

[@Jamie_Wilson]

What happened at 2:17 mate? Random wah sound came out of nowhere on the upstroke lol. Sounded funky though, but a bit out of context for that song

[@vagabondaudio]

I have no idea what you’re talking about 😅 I just checked and there’s no wah there.

[@jager9022]

It was the sound of the mouse cursor clicking the ‘follow’ button in the little graphic/animation in the bottom left hand corner, it didn’t come from this guy’s rig :)

[@GiGi-kl1tn]

wich amp do you use ?

[@okaxis]

How do you power your Digitech PDS? Do you need to use 10v or 9v is ok? Thank you very much.

[@vagabondaudio]

I use a 9V adapter with a 3.5 mm jack. The tip of the 9V plug looks like the cable input on headphones. Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 comes with the cable, and Truetone makes a 3.5 mm adapter that will connect to any standard 9V plug.

[@okaxis]

Thank you very much. This helps a lot.

[@tgchan]

Thank you~!!

[@pedrogarrao1]

Very good job, but the this is the place tone doesn't sound nothing like the album tone, but the others is cool

[@brookscarney7209]

Gotta say, you ponied up for the moog stuff. Why not a ce1?

[@vagabondaudio]

Brooks Carney Because I was able to get my hands on a cheaper, smaller and very comparable alternative (clone) for the CE-1. I still intend on getting one but for the sake of space, having the smaller pedal makes it better and less cramped on the board. For the Moog, the only comparable alternative on the market is the Chase Bliss Wombstone, but the price is the same. So, for the same price, I could get the original. Now, while smaller would be better, I couldn’t fit both an original CE-1 and the Moog on the board, so I went for the Moog over the CE-1.

[@gokmenerbas]

is that cs 68 fender or sth?

[@gasmanwertzu]

How do you get rid of the volume jump by the WH10V2?

[@vagabondaudio]

You need a buffer after it in the chain. So, John uses the built-in preamp of the CE-1, which tames the volume jump. That’s what I’m doing here too.

[@JR-es3mo]

So awesome What type of amp??? Thanks

[@vagabondaudio]

Justin Ross I used a Marshall 40W JCM2000 DSL401 for this video. I’ve got a Silver Jubilee now and the sound is even closer.

[@vvelvetchilin6608]

How did you make your crunch tone? And also how did you make your balanced sounds ? (Your ds-2,bigmuff pi’s volumes are fulled but not too noisy

[@vagabondaudio]

Frus J My crunch sound came from the TL Chorus Ensemble. I have my amp gain on 2, which is barely any breakup, and the preamp from the Ensemble pushes the signal a bit more, to the edge of breakup, which gives me the nice JF “clean” sound. The distortion volumes....I attenuated the volume with the volume pedal. The big muff isn’t actually that loud - the DS2 is. I keep that cranked because you lose some gain when you turn it down to unity level.

[@AssaultTekkzthegoat]

nice

[@しゅうへいチャンネル-y8k]

great！！

[@agungadi8647]

What amp do you use?

[@vagabondaudio]

Agung Adi I use a Silver Jubilee 100W Reissue

[@jmadkid01]

Vince, what are your jubilee settings? Your clean tone is a little more crunchier than mine

[@luisgoregonzalez7394]

Neck pickup in Dani california?

[@vagabondaudio]

Yes!

[@chrisberrymanalo]

Kinda sounds close sometimes dude. You play good tho, use your neck pickup

[@mmaccheg]

8:50 WTF JAJAJA

[@demolitionman5782]

jaja

[@mickkraviz]

sick, sounds quite like the effect in the song

[@mmaccheg]

@@mickkraviz wtf? R u ok?

[@mickkraviz]

@@mmaccheg I thought there is a something like that in throw away your television (starting at 0:48)

[@jager9022]

@@mickkraviz no you are correct, and that is how that effect is achieved (using the sound of the muted strings combined with a very fast slap-back delay), the way this guy did it is however slightly different from how John does it on the actual album

[@Thiago-Schembri]

Só cagou na execução de Don´t Forget Me, o resto mandou muitíssimo bem.

[@mackiii9186]

Track your performance

[@DouglasVenceslau]

LOL

[@ShovelGuitarist]

Maxed ds2 sounds like garbage Knock back the tone about 1:00 and dist 12 or 1 as well and it's much better on the ear...

[@brickboltfilms9210]

Yo broski, tune your guitar!

[@robracine895]

Yo why are this guys hands so white

[@vagabondaudio]

Da fuq...

[@UnremarkableMarx]

Bro your saddles are flatter than miley cyrus, borrow your dad's tape measure for heaven's sake

[@MagicMike87]

👌

[@Kirloo1]

Which amp are you using?

[@Mrsmacieks]

He's usinga a Silver Jubilee

[@skatelalala1]

That’s not a silver jubilee.

[@Mrsmacieks]

@@skatelalala1 oh yea i thought he asked about Frusciante's gear

[@Mrsmacieks]

I think its actually jcm 2000

[@thesteelstrummer2307]

Its a Marshall DSL-40 Hope this helps! :)