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[Libero Marconi]

I'm watching the LIVE @ SLANE video now, and one thing caught my eye...




what's up with the black tape on the front edge of both TELECASTERs...? what is it for? Protection for John's hand/arm?

[paulo_crunch]

Martin, on Dec 12 2007, 10:05 AM, said:

young John Frusciante, on Dec 11 2007, 01:52 PM, said:

Martin, on Dec 11 2007, 12:39 PM, said:

Was this one already mentioned?

Frusciante's fretless

...? I don't understand how this is linked to John Frusciante??? Where is JF in this??? If I'm wrong, please explain it to me...

Well, we're talking about his gear right! And supossedly this is one of his guitars specially modified into a fretless...

please, compare this guitars.
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzle_hgjakY&...feature=related

and

http://br.youtube.co...h?v=ji0B_XQsNMI

look on the scratchs on the guitars. Dosen't look the same guitar? hummm..............

[Jurjen]

young John Frusciante, on Dec 7 2007, 09:16 PM, said:

3.There are some things on his pedalboard that I don't know what they are and what they are for (just for the heck of it or for some reason...?):



(marked on this picture with obvious green "circles")

My guess: they're small lamps

edit: right... It was already said...

[Libero Marconi]

paulo_crunch, on Dec 12 2007, 03:04 PM, said:

please, compare this guitars.
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzle_hgjakY&...feature=related

and

http://br.youtube.co...h?v=ji0B_XQsNMI

look on the scratchs on the guitars. Dosen't look the same guitar? hummm..............

well, now it looks to me, it looks to me like the JF STRAT... but I still don't understand... when did John use fretless guitar??? And this would also mean that John changes the neck on his Fender...

please, explain it to me... I'm not so good at understanding stuff

[Rafael]

I wrote it in my first post i think.
John used a fretless Guitar for the solo on Mellowship Slinky in B Major.

That fretless guitar from the Youtube video is a custom made guitar for John.
He didn't use it in public or on any record yet.

[Libero Marconi]

but the one from the YouTube video looks like the Fender STRATOCASTER he uses... So, did he actually replace the neck of the STRAT for the recording of BSSM ???

And when was the video from YouTube recorded...?

[Rafael]

He didn't replace any neck.
He's got a 57 Strat with jumbo frets and didn't like them, so he decided to make this strat to a fretless and used it on Mellowship.

[Libero Marconi]

Rafael, on Dec 12 2007, 06:38 PM, said:

He didn't replace any neck.
He's got a 57 Strat with jumbo frets and didn't like them, so he decided to make this strat to a fretless and used it on Mellowship.

so... the guitar on the video is not 'the' Fender STRATOCASTER we all know and worship...? It's another Fender?

and what exacly are "jumbo frets"?

EDIT: I also watched the video of JF recording the solo of Mellowship Slinky in B Major, and what I saw was STRAT (maybe fretless) not with that glass plate for the frets, but regularly marked frets and wood-like fretboard...

[triplepant]

young John Frusciante, on Dec 12 2007, 01:51 PM, said:

I'm watching the LIVE @ SLANE video now, and one thing caught my eye...




what's up with the black tape on the front edge of both TELECASTERs...? what is it for? Protection for John's hand/arm?

Yeah because Tele's have a very sharp edge compared to a Strat. they usually put Tissues und the Tape to make it softer. Imagine playing with the Tele every Night like he did, e.g. on the Off the Map Tour.

[Rafael]

young John Frusciante, on Dec 12 2007, 07:11 PM, said:

Rafael, on Dec 12 2007, 06:38 PM, said:

He didn't replace any neck.
He's got a 57 Strat with jumbo frets and didn't like them, so he decided to make this strat to a fretless and used it on Mellowship.

so... the guitar on the video is not 'the' Fender STRATOCASTER we all know and worship...? It's another Fender?

and what exacly are "jumbo frets"?

EDIT: I also watched the video of JF recording the solo of Mellowship Slinky in B Major, and what I saw was STRAT (maybe fretless) not with that glass plate for the frets, but regularly marked frets and wood-like fretboard...

What are Jumbo-Frets?

You've surely watched the video from the Funky Monks DVD. There he is playing his '58 strat i think,
which is not fretless.
He used the fretless one for overdubbing.

[Libero Marconi]

damn... and I though I knew at least 50% of informations about John's equipment... Man, I don't know 20% of it...

I'm amazed by my own stupidity...

[Martin]

Rafael, on Dec 13 2007, 08:30 PM, said:

young John Frusciante, on Dec 12 2007, 07:11 PM, said:

Rafael, on Dec 12 2007, 06:38 PM, said:

He didn't replace any neck.
He's got a 57 Strat with jumbo frets and didn't like them, so he decided to make this strat to a fretless and used it on Mellowship.

so... the guitar on the video is not 'the' Fender STRATOCASTER we all know and worship...? It's another Fender?

and what exacly are "jumbo frets"?

EDIT: I also watched the video of JF recording the solo of Mellowship Slinky in B Major, and what I saw was STRAT (maybe fretless) not with that glass plate for the frets, but regularly marked frets and wood-like fretboard...

What are Jumbo-Frets?

You've surely watched the video from the Funky Monks DVD. There he is playing his '58 strat i think,
which is not fretless.
He used the fretless one for overdubbing.

And then again, by 1997 he didn't own any guitar at all anymore, so this fretless with glass plate is a different one from the one he used to overdub the solo with on the BSSM recordings...

[dingoman]

i didnt read through every comment to see if anyone posted it,but if they didnt....
guitargeek.net

[kylejcuthbert]

Looks like a Taylor acoustic John plays here, if that hasn't been mentioned yet.

[Martin]

Is that the same as this one?

[Iva]

My head is really spinning now. I don't know what this has turned into after the first page, I just need help on how to sort it and make it most user-friendly for everyone. Does anyone have organisation skills to suggest something?

[snork]

My suggestion would be to sort the gear by album and by major tour. If there's gear that somebody knows hes used, but isn't sure when, that could go into a sepearate catagory. Forget about trying to get as detailed as the signal chain path, at least for now. So to get the community in on it, I would probably start a thread each week or so asking for info about an album he's done. That way, it will be more organized than this initial thread (which has so much info it's a bit overwhelming to have all at once).

[beejaysus]

I agree with Snork- one thread per week for each album sounds like a good way to get through it. The posters here obviously have all the knowledge needed. It just needs to be brought together.

[Libero Marconi]

this list is for CALIFORNICATION GEAR!!!:

Guitars:
Australian Maton acoustic
'55 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Jaguar
'65 Tele
1955 Gretsch White Falcon strung w/ .012s
1950s vintage Gibson ES175 (Porcelain) strung w/ .013s Strats are strung w/ .010s

Amps:
Marshall JTM 45 on top of a 25/50 Silver Jubilee; 200 watt Marshall Major; blackface Fender Showman;100 watt Marshall SuperBass (all powering JCM 900 4x12 cabs)

Pedals:
Boss Chorus Ensemble
Ibanez WH10 wah
Boss FZ3 fuzz
MXR Phase 90 reissue
Boss DS2 Turbo Distortion
In addition:
Boss DS1 distortion
Boss Chorus Ensemble (another one)
Stacked behind all of the effects:
UniVibe stereo chorus;
ElectroHarmonix 16 Second Digital Delay
ElectroHarmonix Micro Synth

(this one is from johnfrusciante.com)

[Iva]

beejaysus, on Dec 19 2007, 01:28 AM, said:

I agree with Snork- one thread per week for each album sounds like a good way to get through it. The posters here obviously have all the knowledge needed. It just needs to be brought together.

Feel free to start those threads and copy/paste, as I'm completely lost with this.