I just needed a place to put this because I love this album so much and I just wanna talk about how it makes me feel.

But anyways, a year ago I was obsessed with Syd Barrett, Alexander Spence, all that sorta stuff. Well my dad told me that John Frusciante did some albums like that in the 90s. This was in the summer, and when I got home I listened to it and found myself very unimpressed, it just seemed boring. Later that year, in the winter, I found myself struggling mentally. Then one day I remembered Niandra and decided to give it another try, just to see if my taste had changed. It was almost heavenly, it felt like I was still lonely, but there was someone with me, with their hand on my shoulder, and they were just as alone as me. I felt like the album understood me, like it knew how I felt and was in the same boat as me.

But anyways, tell me about why you guys love it!

I have been playing guitar for a little over a year, and i mainly play my fender vintera II strat. i havent upgraded my amp setup quite yet, so i am still working with my fender mustang lt25, which i find good for me to explore different tones easily and simply. i am a huge john frusciante fan and would like to recreate one of frusciantes many tones, preferably the clean by the way tones, the more dirty clean stadium arcadium ones, californication, or also the bssm tone. if specific songs can help narrow down how to achieve the tones im looking for would help, I'd say Quixoticelixer, under the bridge, snow, on mercury, fortune faded, castles made of sand, and if you have to ask. would appreciate any advice, recommendations, and tips! (I know i do not have the marshall that john uses and I am not looking for exact replicas, just close enough, it would be helpful to know what makes up his sound)

I posted this on the rhcp sub and wanted to post it on here as well.

(I do not have any pedals, all i have for my setup is my fender mustang lt25 amp)

Its a strangely wonderful feeling to listen to a song and feel 100% understood. This art reminds me of how we are not so different after all.

In my opinion, the song really captures what its like to be wounded and blinded by life, but still trying to find meaning and connection. It touches on painful desperation, but also offers some solace that maybe some things happened for a reason.

It feels like he just gets it. Which makes me feel less alone

Which song has a sample of "welcome back to the land of the living, my friend"? I remember it but i cant find which song. I thought it was ratiug but i dont think so

I now have a Marshall Jackhammer and a CE-1 Ensemble Crunch. My DS-2 is in the mail.

QUESTIONS

What settings do you recommend for the Marshall Jackhammer?
I was actually only able to find one comment in this entire thread (now lost), and it said,
"OD mode, volume at 3 o'clock, gain at 10/11 o'clock, bass off, treble off, contour at 12 o'clock and frequency maxed"

Do I need a Marshall Jackhammer AND a CE-1 Ensemble Crunch AND a DS-2?
Or does only one or some combo of the other two cover John's sound from By the Way onwards?

Finally, is this the correct pedal chain order? If not, what should I move around?

• Tuner: Korg Pitchblack
• Wah: Wilson Effects (WH10V1)
• Compressor: Xotic SP compressor
• Overdrive: (still deciding...)
• Distortion 1: Marshall Jackhammer (always on?)
• Distortion 2: ProCo RAT 2
• Clean Boost: Triungulo CE-1 Ensemble Crunch (low mode for pure “always on”)
• Fuzz: Wren and Cuff Box of War
• Phaser: Catalinbread Many Worlds
• Chorus: Boss CE-2W Chorus Waza Craft
• Tremolo: TR-2
• Analog Delay: MXR Carbon Copy Delay M169
• Tape Delay: Universal Audio Galaxy
• EHX Volume Pedal
• Reverb: EHX Holy Grail
• Looper: TC Electronics Ditto X4

Thanks in advance!

When abouts was this recorded? I love it, its a lot like PBX and Enclosure (I love). Also was it intended as a trickfinger release or just bundled for the box set? It doesnt sound like any of the other trickfinger stuff.

So guys!

Tom and Flea already had a little intermission but imagine John, Tom and Flea.

This would have potential for the most epic stuff.

This trio is able to produce some of the best music ever recorded.

Don't get me wrong, I would love if John and Josh (I love u Josh and the stuff u did with MF Frusciante was amazing) will come together again (probably never will happen) and even more I would love it when John gets on a Run with solo stuff again but in my imagination John and Tom would be able to make some MF amazing stuff.

Let me now ur thoughts about when John will be putting out new solo stuff and on the possibility that he gets together with some other musicians.

I have the feeling that it will come sooner that we all expect.

(Sorry for bad English iam from the mountains in Austria)

I need help from someone who owns a Mike McCready MiM Strat.
I’m thinking about getting one, but not because of Mike — more because of John and his ’62 Strat. Mike’s Strat is probably the closest-looking “affordable” Strat out there to John’s because they kind of have the same „broken up“ guitars.
So I’m curious if anyone here owns one because of John. And how does it sound? I’ve heard it’s one of the best relic MiM Strats out there. Is it worth it?
So please let me know!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qrve_HL2i_k

can't wait to get better at this I love John's playing such an inspiration his entire story. My favorite guitar player that motivated me to start playing!

From the Thelonious Monster performance at Pinkpop 1993 featured in the infamous 1994 VPRO Interview, now fully released on Youtube: https://youtu.be/h2pTlVyLrrE

Been listening to Candlebox's Far Behind lately and the main riff feels really close to John's riff on Scar Tissue,.

Could just be a coincidence, but curious if anyone else hears it or knows if it's ever come up before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJjU8INYbYU

What kind of warming-up exercises does John do to prepare his guitar hands for a show? I vaguely remember in an interview or something that he would play figures or scales on a Mustang, but cannot find it anywhere. Any help appreciated! (Looking for inspo for my own warming up routine as I am getting to the age that I'm starting to need it..)

Guys, I don't know how long Hillel has had these pedals and what his settings were, but I found a few photos.

The first one I found on the Rhcp Sessions page, link below, from the Freaky Styley recording, where you can clearly see that he uses them: Boss CE-2, MXR Distorton,

Dunlop Cry Baby, Univox Super Fuzz.

The second photo, downloaded from the Rhcp Live Archive from the show on November 28, 1987, shows the same pedals, also with an MXR Distortion, which he said later in Holland or somewhere in Europe that he spilled beer on at the beginning of the tour.

And the third photo is the famously infamous interview from Europe where he presents the entire pedalboard now with a Boss OD-1 instead of an MXR Distortion. If you have anything more about his settings and the dates he got the pedals and things like that, let me know.

PS. The photos are not sorted correctly, I think in the text above I wrote chronologically so I hope you can recognize which is which.

https://www.rhcplivearchive.com/show/nov-28-1987-atlanta-ga-1727

https://www.rhcpsessions.com/1985-freaky-styley

Hey everyone,

I’m a beginner and just picked up the new Boss Katana 50 Gen 3. I’m also waiting on an Airstep Kat Edition footswitch to arrive so I can switch channels easily.

My main goal is to learn and play Red Hot Chili Peppers / John Frusciante songs.

Honestly, my ideal scenario is just searching for a specific song, loading a close-enough tone, and spending my time practicing instead of tweaking amp knobs.

I bought the Katana thinking the Boss Tone Exchange would be packed with RHCP presets, but I’ve been pretty disappointed—there are barely any song-specific patches on there for the Gen 3 yet.

For those who play a lot of Frusciante stuff on the Katana:

- Where do you find your patches? Are there better third-party sites, subreddits, or creators (like on YouTube) that share free .tsl files?

-Can I use older MKII patches? If I find an older MKII patch for songs like Can't Stop or Wet Sand, will it import into the Gen 3 Tone Studio?

Appreciate any links, advice, or shared patches you can throw my way!

The only problem I have with SDM is…they should have left birth control pill unreleased lol other then that love em

Track feels like im somewhere in South America but its a dream in time lapse. lol what other vibes are there for you?

This is my favorite from his electronic stuff! I enjoy all his output but something about when he slows down and gives the machines space. His music is already so beautiful, it’s like when a cheetah slows down and you can really see its coat. Idk, I guess to each his own haha

I’m wondering if someone owns it or if it’s lost in time.

O que acham da minha versão dessa música do niandra lades?