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[beejaysus]

Ok, here's what info is on johnfrusciante.com. I cleaned it up a little just to keep it in line with the other threads. Things like string gauges we can add at the end.

Guitars:
'55 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Jaguar (fiesta red)
'65 Tele
1955 Gretsch White Falcon
1950s vintage Gibson ES175 (on Porcelain)
Australian Maton acoustic

Amps:
Marshall JTM 45
Marshall25/50 Silver Jubilee
Marshall Major 200 watt
Marshall SuperBass 100 watt
Blackface Fender Showman
(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
2nd Boss Chorus Ensemble
UniVibe stereo chorus
Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay
Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer

I guess all this info is taken from this interview:

http://www.invisible-movement.net/v/magazi...page03.jpg.html

That seems pretty detailed, but if anyone has any further info to add....

Also if you know of anything weird he played on tour. Wasn't that see-through guitar from this period?

[triplepant]

beejaysus, on Jan 17 2008, 10:36 PM, said:

Ok, here's what info is on johnfrusciante.com. I cleaned it up a little just to keep it in line with the other threads. Things like string gauges we can add at the end.

Guitars:
'55 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Strat,
'62 Fender Jaguar (fiesta red)
'65 Tele
1955 Gretsch White Falcon
1950s vintage Gibson ES175 (on Porcelain)
Australian Maton acoustic

Amps:
Marshall JTM 45
Marshall25/50 Silver Jubilee
Marshall Major 200 watt
Marshall SuperBass 100 watt
Blackface Fender Showman
(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
2nd Boss Chorus Ensemble
UniVibe stereo chorus
Electro-Harmonix 16 Second Digital Delay
Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer

I guess all this info is taken from this interview:

http://www.invisible-movement.net/v/magazi...page03.jpg.html

That seems pretty detailed, but if anyone has any further info to add....

Also if you know of anything weird he played on tour. Wasn't that see-through guitar from this period?

Yeah everythink right mick

Yeah he once played a see-through guitar lifo, but I'm not shure if it was in the californicaton period. I also do not know it which brand it is. But it think it is the one he also used in the dani california video.

And there is also a blue little Stompbox next to micro synth. It think it is the MXR blue box but I really cannot recognise it. I just think its the blue box because its the only little blue effect pedal i know.

[Mr. Maniac]

i think this should be the univibe stereo chorus
http://media.zzounds...ge/DNPUV1SC.jpg

[Bobster]

triplepant, here is the clear guitar:

young John Frusciante, on Nov 28 2007, 08:26 PM, said:

It is AMPEG Dan Armstrong guitar

[Mr. Maniac]

but that is DAVE GROHL's guitar and john used it only once during the tour with the foo fighters...

[beejaysus]

Mr. Maniac, on Jan 22 2008, 08:46 PM, said:

but that is DAVE GROHL's guitar and john used it only once during the tour with the foo fighters...

I thought it was Grohl's guitar also, but John plays it in the Dani California video too. That tour with the Foo's, does anyone know what year that was? Was it even Californication era? or By the Way?

Not that it's all THAT important. It's just a footnote anyway.... It's not like he used it on record or anything.

[Bobster]

OK, but, still, this is a cool lookin' guitar and should be on the list (at least on the bottom of the page, written with smallest font possible ) hahahaha

[beejaysus]

Oh, it will be. Definitely

[triplepant]

beejaysus, on Jan 22 2008, 09:54 PM, said:

Mr. Maniac, on Jan 22 2008, 08:46 PM, said:

but that is DAVE GROHL's guitar and john used it only once during the tour with the foo fighters...

I thought it was Grohl's guitar also, but John plays it in the Dani California video too. That tour with the Foo's, does anyone know what year that was? Was it even Californication era? or By the Way?

Not that it's all THAT important. It's just a footnote anyway.... It's not like he used it on record or anything.

They're on tour with the Chilis on the Off The Map Tour. But you can't see him playing that guitar on the dvd.

Here is a picture with him an the guitar. He has a mohawk so it could be from that time. But of course it wasn't the only time he had a mohawk.



And its not the same guitar young John Frusciante posted.

[Mr. Maniac]

but the only time he had a mohawk AND scars on his arms About 2000 during the foo fighters/rhcp tour. And on dani california he used a lot guitars he doesn't own / use. maybe he borrowed it from dave grohl for the video

[beejaysus]

triplepant, on Jan 23 2008, 08:47 AM, said:

And its not the same guitar young John Frusciante posted.

Oh yeah, you're right. Looks like the same make though. Same body shape, bridge, different pickup I think.

Maybe they're custom made. I'm too lazy to research it now. Tomorrow maybe

[Bobster]

I saw a picture of Dave Grohl holding exactly the same guitar that is in my post, so if JF took that guitar from Dave, it should be the same, but then again, maybe it is John's guitar and maybe it is custom...

[caro-nebraska]

Hi, I'm really interested in guitars , and I've myself too made a list of John Frusciante's gear, thanks to all the interviews that I've read, and to all the videos and pictures that I watched, I've been able to put almost one picture for each guitar, here is the list, but I'm not sure that all the elements are right, so if someone see that there is a mistake, please say it to me, Thanks !

Guitars:


-Electric guitars:

-Fender:

-1962's Stratocaster (3 colors "sunburst", offered by Anthony Kiedis for his return in the band)



-Stratocaster maple-necked '55 ("sunburst" 2 colors)



-Stratocaster 1961 (olympic white)



-Stratocaster 1961 (fiesta red)



-Jaguar Red Fiesta 1962



-Telecaster 1963 Custom ("sunburst" 3 colors)



-Mustang 1969 dakota Red



(It's the first at John's right on the picture, otherwise simply because I love guitars... he is holding a Fender Jaguar, the first at the left is his famous '62 Stratocaster, the 2nd at the left is his '55 Strat, the last at the left is his 0-18 acoustic Martin and the last at his right is a Rickenbaker)

-Jaguar White



-Precision Bass Olympic White (rosewood fretboard)

[img]http://www.invisible-movement.net/gallery/d/6297-2/LTpage01.jpgimg] (On this picture this is the third from the right, just next to his wonderful Gibosn ES 335 Dot) [b][size=4]-Gibson:[/size][/b][i][/i][u][/u] -Les Paul 1969 Custom Black Beauty 2 pickup [img]http://www.invisible-movement.net/gallery/d/34636-1/20070706_gizem_24.jpg[/img]

-ES-335 Dot 1961 Sunburst (one of my favorite with the '62 Strat & the '63 Tele )
This is also the one that he's got in the San Fransisco's Performance with Michael Rother and Josh Klinghoffer



- SG 1961 Custom Cherry Red (the one that he has in the Fortune Faded video, and also the same as Robby Krieger of the doors )



- SG 1961 sunburst (Used for the Joy Division's tribute show)

( Sorry, but I don't have a picture for the moment)

-ES-175 1950s vintage (its looks like his Gibson ES 335 Dot, but we can notice that this one is only cutaway, whereas his ES 335 Dot is double cutaway (yes, I 'am maybe a little bit crazy...)



-Gretsch:

-White Falcon 1955 (found by his friend Vincent Gallo), He very often uses it for Californication and Otherside in live, and we can also see it in the Californication's video.
I'd say this is one of the most wonderful guitar of the world, in fact it's normal: the most wonderful guitar of the world for the most talented and amazing guitarist of the world !!!!!!



-Rickenbaker, I don't exactly know the model, but with my knowledge of guitars, I'd say it's 12 strings 360/12 model.
(It's the one that he uses in the Dani California's video, as you can see in the picture below)



-Acoustic Guitars:


-Martin:

-0-15 Small bodied from the ‘40 (he's got two) He very often uses it in live and in his solo shows, as well as in "The Past Recedes" & "Road Trippin'" videos.




-Martin 12 strings:



This time, it's the first on the right, we can see it thanks to the 12 mecanics, which mean sthis is 12-strings

-E 12-36

(Sorry, I've no pictures for it !)

-0-18 small bodied blond

http://www.invisible...ssicrock_01.jpg

Amps:

-Marshall:

-Major 200W with KT88 Tubes

-Silver Jubilee 2550

-JTM 45

-Fender:

-Blackface Fender Showman

Mediators:

-Jim Dunlop:

-Tortex 0.6 mm (oh, c’est le même que le mien…)

Strings:


-D’Addario:

-XL .10s-.046

Effects/Pedalboards :



-BOSS:

-CE-1 Chorus Ensemble

-CE-5 Chorus Ensemble

-DS-2 Turbo Distortion

-FV-50 H volume pedal

-MT-2 Metal Zone

-Master Swich

-Digitech:

-PDS-8000 (deux)

-Electro-Harmonix:

-English Muff’n

-Holy Grail Reverb

-Electric Mistress Flanger & Filter Matrix

-Big Muff Pi

-Frequency analyzer

-Graphic Fuzz

-Tube Zipper

-Freedom amp

-16 Second Digital Delay

-Micro Synth

-Ibanez:

-WH10 Wah

-Line 6:

-FM4 Filter Modeler

-DL4 Delay Modeler

-Moog:

-MF-105 MuRF

-MF-105B Bass MuRF

-MF-101 Low-Pass Filter (x 3)

-MF-103 6/12-Stage Phaser

-MF-102 Ring Modulator

-Controll Processor (x 2)

-Expression Pedal (x3)

-Mostrite:

-FUZZrite

-Guyatone:

-VT-X Tube Tremolo

-MXR:

-Micro Amp

-Phase 90 reissue

-Zachary Vex:

-Fuzz Factory

-Dunlop:

-Uni-Vibe Stereo Chorus

And I thinks it's all....

[beejaysus]

Awesome contribution Caroline. Thanks, and welcome.

We're not actually doing the whole picture thing yet, just trying to get a really super-accurate list of everything John's used for each era of his career(very confusing!). But when we do need pictures and stuff we'll know where to look!

I like the pic of John on the couch with all the guitars

[Martin]

People please explain me why everybody thinks the Dan Armstrong guitar is Dave Grohl's?! I mean there were produced thousands of pieces of that guitar, just because Dave Grohl played one around that time doesn't mean John used it?! I mean Fu Manchu also playes those guitars, as does Keith Richards, so isn't it possible that it's just John's guitar?!! Or is there hard prove it's Dave's?

[caro-nebraska]

beejaysus, on Jan 24 2008, 08:16 PM, said:

Awesome contribution Caroline. Thanks, and welcome.

We're not actually doing the whole picture thing yet, just trying to get a really super-accurate list of everything John's used for each era of his career(very confusing!). But when we do need pictures and stuff we'll know where to look!

I like the pic of John on the couch with all the guitars

Thanks,
I didn't know that this was by era, I tought this was just a list of everything.
For this list, in fact this is all the equipment that he has right now, it's not including the guitars he has before he re-joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998. I haven't a lot informations about the gear he used before, except that he uses an Ibanez in 1988 when he first joined the peppers, he also had a Gibson Black Beauty around the same time (I don't know if it's the same he has right now), and I know some of his equipment at the BSSM period :
He had a green fender jaguar (the one that he uses on Under The Bridge's video) a Martin acoustic 6-strings Dreadnought (in 1998 too, but watching the pictures of this period, we can guess it's not the same, as the 1998's one is darker than the 1992's one), a Stratocaster of course (I think it's even the '55 Strat that he still has, but I'm not sure) and that's all I know for the moment.
Otherwise, I know some dates of the guitars he acquired and that he still has:
-He has had the '55 Gretsch White Flacon at the time of Californication (so around 2000 )
- He also had the 0-15 Martin around this time, in fact I've learned in an interview that Rick Rubin had gave Anthony Kiedis one, and Kiedis has lent this guitar to John (around the Californication's time), who has really appreciated this model, so he has decided to bought two martin 0-15
-He has had the '62 Strat in 1998, when he rejoined the band, as I've already said,
-He has the White Olympic Stratocaster and the red one since 2006.

Here is all I know ! Hope, that it had helped you !

[Bobster]

I've posted pictures of his guitars only, so you can put them here, or I'll do it when we finish the list... They are in the I-M.net GEAR SECTION topic...

and, great work... your post is amazing!!!

[Bobster]

and here are his amps (he uses these now, but I don't know if he used them on Californication... tell me if I'm wrong!)
I made this picture in PHOTOSHOP, it was complicated stuff, but I managed to make it look like the real thing...

[beejaysus]

Lol, ok then. I guess if folks are going to contribute pictures we should probably go back to the original thread and do it. There are some there already.

http://forums.invisible-movement.net/index...?showtopic=1931

What I was actually going to do in a few days time was put up a list in that thread combining what we've done so far. Milk, BSSM, Niandra/Smile and Californication. So that people could have a check over everything for mistakes. Iva thought that would be the best way to go about it and I agree.

I guess then would be a good time to start adding pics. Preferably from these earlier albums/tours too.

Then we'll move on and do the same thing with the albums he put out from 2000 onwards.

[Bobster]

I agree with that... that way everything will be organised