My “Completed” John Frusciante Pedalboard

[@frankiegreaser7493]

Great sounds and pretty original. You only need Boss Turbo DS-2 and the Ibanez Wah. All other pedals can be replaced by other pedals, but these 2 are needed and can't be replicated! I also use the MXR Chorus and this is my favorite Chorus of all time. Have it since more than 10 yeas and still love it and never replaced it!

[@frusciantegeartone]

Completely agree! I would like to own the ocd microamp and maybe some of the moog fooger pedals but could live without.

[@frankiegreaser7493]

@@frusciantegeartone I got the MXR Micro Amp Plus with 2 Tone controls. You can suit the tone to your entire chain. Also darker cleans like Jack White are possible. You should try one. Cheers man and keep on the good Work.

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@frankiegreaser7493 that’s cool. Jack white and frusciante are my top 2 favorites so I definitely should check that out. Thanks for the encouragement! 🎸

[@leopaquer]

for real that’s a pedal called “Volwah” by Sonicake effects that have preety similar circuit and honestly sounds the same as the wh10

[@tiagomatias5878]

Great rig and awesome playing as well! Glad you tuned the G string when you played the Strip my mind solo for the second time. 😅 The effects on Throw away you TV were fantastic! Congrats, man. Keep rockin’!!

[@frusciantegeartone]

Thank you! Yea that g string likes to do that anytime I’m filming a video. It’s like, it knows I’m trying to do something important 😂! I appreciate the kind words! Thanks again 🎸

[@gabsguitarvlog]

awesome video!

[@ryansguitarshow6551]

Amazing tones here! Really shows you don't need to go spending thousands of dollars on things like a CE-1's or mogg's to get a very good Frusciante sound. Also sweet playing!

[@frusciantegeartone]

Thank you Ryan! I completely agree. Don’t get me wrong, I would like to have those expensive pedals or amps but I don’t have to. I kind of like the struggle 😂

[@paulyC]

@@frusciantegeartone Indeed. it always feels good to get the sound you want without spending big bucks. Great tones. I wish you would have demoed each pedal a little bit longer (maybe 1 min each).

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@paulyC I will do that! I agree that each pedal needs a little more attention.

[@paulyC]

@@frusciantegeartone For the FM4, it would have been nice to see what effect type you used. I know for TAYT John uses the Obi-Wah. For Dani California, what were the two modes you used?

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@paulyC for Dani California pre chorus, I use either “throbber” with speed maxed out or “tron up” (envelope filter). For the bridge, I use the “spin cycle” setting. I’m working on an in depth video that you asked for where it’ll show these settings. 😎 ✌️

[@Matesalva]

I have a chorus pedal, a distortion pedal (boss ds1 imitation) and a vox wah wah. I can buy two more pedals from here to the end of this year. Which pedals do you recomend me to buy? I was thinking a fuzz and overdrive or an overdrive and a boost pedal. I would like to buy an overdrive because i have a cheap 50w amplifier and it sounds VERY clean. I don't like to sound that clean. Do you believe an overdrive would help me to get that dirty clean sound frusciante has?

[@frusciantegeartone]

Nice, you’re almost there! For sure get a fuzz. Next, if it were me and my amp was only a clean amp, I would get a pedal that you can have as an “always on” pedal. You could get an overdrive pedal set the gain to edge of breakup and balance you tone knob. But it could be limited on tone adjustment if it’s just one tone knob. You could get a boost pedal and same rules apply. But what I would really do is try the $40 Joyo “amp in a box”(it’s orange & called “american”).That’s what they’re for (besides running directly into mixer). It can control lows mids highs drive voice and level. Thinking of getting one myself. I love the sound of my clean amp vs my driven amp so I thought about adding that pedal to my clean amp to get best of both worlds. But yeah, definitely fuzz, and if you didn’t go the amp in a box route, I’d choose an overdrive pedal since they are more versatile and can act as a clean boost or drive. Can’t wait to hear what you end up doing!

[@Matesalva]

@@frusciantegeartone thank you very much!!! This really helps me. I didn't know about that joyo pedal and its function. If I earn some money i would like to buy it. I'm from Argentina and i'm 18 years old, it's hard to me to earn money but not impossible. Sure about the end of the year i will have one of these pedals

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@Matesalva you’re welcome. Just remember to put the Joyo amp pedal at the end of your signal chain.

[@JacksonWright-2006]

Sounds awesome! what kind of amp are you using?

[@frusciantegeartone]

Peavey bandit 112

[@JacksonWright-2006]

@@frusciantegeartone thanks. Will I want to go into “clean” or “lead” for the most frusciante possible

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@JacksonWright-2006 lead. His clean tone isn’t that clean. If you have a presence knob, turn it all the way up for the treble. If no presence knob, turn treble up until it’s noticeable. Depending on your amp, set the gain a little less than halfway. Dave Simpson said the trick is to have almost enough gain to sound like AC/DC. That should land you into frusciante land. Bass and mids can also be set higher too. I used to turn mids down and treb up but now I turn treb down because it’s too harsh, especially if you have presence turned up. Also, if you have an overdrive pedal that you could set to “always on”, you could set it up on your clean channel of your amp and it usually sounds amazing. Only problem is it doesn’t take a ds2 well (if ds2 settings are all the way up)

[@JacksonWright-2006]

@@frusciantegeartone Thanks so much I’m gonna get the Wh10v3 and Ds2 now lol

[@SeekerOfWisdom07]

nice shoes

[@frusciantegeartone]

😂 thanks

[@MattD86]

No Dyna Comp?!? 😯

[@frusciantegeartone]

Not really needed if playing through dirty channel of amp, which I’m playing through in this video. Now if I was playing a BSSM set, I’d def use a compressor. But not really needed in my opinion. Have you watched any Dave Simpson videos? He goes in depth about fruaciante’s tone and compression. He also doesn’t use a comp either. I did have a yellow compressor by mooer on my board for a while as an “always on” pedal but didn’t seem worth the real estate so I sold it. I’m now playing through a helix. May do a video on compression A/B to see the difference on dirty amps vs clean amps with compression

[@timlaporta5528]

What song is that riff from at 3m13?

[@samidorian]

Veronica

[@frusciantegeartone]

Veronica 👍

[@jeandurand3095]

for sure you don't have John frusciante s shoes

[@frusciantegeartone]

That’s the missing piece of the puzzle! I’m on it!!! 😂

[@gijsjanssen]

What does the Purple Line 6 pedal do?

[@frusciantegeartone]

Throw away your television effect (obi wah filter) but many others

[@gijsjanssen]

@@frusciantegeartone ​ Thanks! Loving your videos. I do have one question. I saw you have the Pure Boost and the Triangle buff which are MXR Micro amp and EHX Big muff clone's. They cost around 60 dollars (at least were i live). But the MXR Micro Amp and the EHX Big Muff are the same price or even cheaper when used. So why dont you buy them?

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@gijsjanssen I’ve had bad luck buying used gear in the past. So I tend to buy new. Also, at the time of buying the boost, I wasn’t doing it to replicate a frusciante board, I was playing live and need a boost pedal and it was fairly cheap new so I went with it. As for the triangle buff, I bought it after ignorantly selling by big muff pedal 😢. I was more concerned with have no mini pedals so my gear was easier to move and play live with.

[@gijsjanssen]

@@frusciantegeartone Oh that sucks. Your tone is still awesome! You inspired me to build a Frusciante board myself (Using a lot of cheaper clones as well) I dont understand that you dont have more followers, you rock!

[@frusciantegeartone]

@@gijsjanssen thanks man! I appreciate that. I’m just getting started with this channel. I’ll be interested to see how your board comes together. Maybe you could post a video when finished. 😎 ✌️