I have been Frusciante obsessed for around 20 years now, Thank you for not only doing this video, but for taking time out and answering everyone's questions.
Hey dave. I just wanted to thank you for all the questions answered to the guys at jf effects, you guys have been doing my coolest days. Thank you for being so kind and friendly to us and for sharing your experiences with our favorite band. God bless you, the guy of john. A hug from a guy from Brazil
also, i forgot to mention, i have an old advertisement for Korg Tuners that was in a guitar magazine. It shows JF on stage shredding and a quote from you about "if your boss is a guitar hero, you're already using Korg Tuners". Such a great photo, i have it framed. :)
Hey dave, my names matt and i just want to say i really appreciate everything you did to keep john in check and keeping the guitars and tech stuff goin, chillis wouldnt have peppers without you! Cheers
@@MrDaveo98 Dave, let me ask you one thing hoping you don't mind.. I build modern improved versions of the pedals that John used back in the day (even WH10s), would you be able to let him try some? I have a feeling they would be useful and a smart solution to him for the coming live shows in recreating his old songs
@@MrDaveo98 I can vouch that the pedals Will makes are absolutely incredible. There's a mini CE-1 (completely true to the original), WH10 which again is totally true to the original sound (way better than the V2 in the metal case) and made from incredibly strong ABS so won't break, the Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter with 8 in-built LFOs! I think John would have a lot of fun and appreciation for these pedals (he was the inspiration for them after all). Do you think you could provide Will a way to get these pedals to John to try? I've made some videos of them on my channel, we'd love to know what you think. I'm not on commission btw, Will is just a very good friend of mine & I strongly believe his pedals deserve to fall into the right hands. Thanks Dave :)
I've been reading your interview and fan-mails. There's a lot of cool information and surprises in your letters about John (Fender standard mics in his vintage strats, lol) Thank you very much for all the answers after almost ten years without the Chili Peppers, it means a lot man!
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ivan10cz The guys who bought ssl2 pickups should feel cheated
I mean pickups. "He(John) said in a interview that he replaced his '62 Strat pickups for Seymour Duncans SSL-1 (like in his '55 Strat). Is there anything else besides that? When did that occured?" Dave: "I remember reading that and realizing John was wrong in that interview (I never told him). We were experimenting with a number of different pickups at the time. And he must've gotten confused. The actual pickups we settled on (and John never knew this) were stock, brand new, Fender Strat pickups. The same ones Fender was putting in their brand new American Fender Strats at the time (I'll bet you weren't expecting that)." All the interview and fanmails are in www.jfeffects.com.br if you are interested.
That video of you with Dave Navarro is hilarious. I never really liked how they treated that era of the band. Navarro is amazing, and I still think One Hot Minute is very very underrated.
Billy Ps There's a video where Dave N is doing an interview and towards the end Dave Lee comes out and gets teased by Navarro. Not in a mean way. Dave Lee also had some long Fabio hair too. Ha! 😁
If anyone came here wondering if this works. Well shit, yes, it fucking works !! Mr. Dave Lee, thank you. You're a genius. It's the first time I try this technique but I've been playing for 3 days bending like there's no fucking tomorrow, with trembar abuse, dive bombing and "Jeff Becking" the shit outta my strat and stays in tune so nice. :') I use 10-46 Earnie ball Regular slinky, Eb tunning, 5 tremolo strings and I float my bridge like 2.5 mm btw Thank you, Dave.
Thank you, Dave. I have a Fender Strat with vintage tuners. I would always stretch the g,b,e strings with my thumb while resting it on my pointer finger (after putting all strings on). I can't wait to switch to this technique! Definitely a much better technique you have.
Paul Davids' "Why didn't Frusciante tune his guitar?!" brought me here. Dave, I saw your comment on the video. While Paul is correct with his explanation of all that, it's hilarious that you're basically like, naaa, trust me not that much thought went in to it. As DLR so eloquently put it, that's rock n roll baby. LMAO
I just talked to John about this a few weeks ago. He actually forgot that I wasn't there. But confirmed that he didn't sweat the tuning. Just picked up the guitar and played it
@@MrDaveo98 Awesome. Love stories like these. How is John by the way? Did he ask you to do up all his guitars just recently? Are they in the studio working on the album yet? Can't fuckin wait!
Hey Dave, I’ve got a 1956 Martin 0-15 and I’m curious did you install the strap pin on his guitar? Is there a block behind there? And does that placement work? Best in your opinion for that style of guitar? The reason I ask is cause it’s in a unorthodox position. I assume there was Roman reason for it… thanks
I wonder who was the guitarist Dave Lee met that he was blown away from during his musical' career. I've always wondered this when seeing the techs doing their jobs.
Thank you so much for sharing. I will try next time I change my strings. I'm curious to know where this technique comes from and what is the technique for a guitar with Gibson's tuning pegs.
Hello! Quick questions if You may, which was ur favorite of Johns guitars? Do Still talk To John? Where did his old RHCP picks go? Thanks for answers! Paul
He talked a couple months ago. John talked and asked him to have his gear ready in 11/19. Dave has said that he's got other stuff going on (Adam Levine, Maroon 5) But He wasn't surprised about the John news.
Hey Dave, would be so kind as to let us know which brand/model of tubes John used in his amps? I guess you've been pretty much asked everything about his gear at this point but this is an answer I've never seen anywhere... it would be a real treat to learn about it as it's such a central element tone. Thanks for all you've done and shared, such an impactful life... you're the man. Cheers.
Hello David, a while ago I had a question and I would like if you can solve it, I know it was some time ago but do you remember how many millimeters or inches to adjust the height of the strings and the height of the pickups John used during the time you worked with him?
Hi Dave, Do you remember which output on the CE-1 went to the Major and which one to the Silver Jubilee? One of the two amps should have chorus and the other one would remain clean, right?
i've analysed the left/right audio of some live shows and the chorus output went to the jubilee (along with the holy grail reverb) and the dry output went to the major :)
Hi Dave, I remembered about watching this video and I am really curious...will you work again with John, now that he is back in the band? All the best!
He asked me to. But I'm committed to my job with Maroon 5 for the last ten years. It wouldn't be cool to just say "Hey my old job is back". I hung out with John a couple months back. He's doing great. I suspect he's gonna knock it out of the park. Again.
Thank you "Dave guy of john" XD, excellent tip and it has helped me a lot. Can you show any other stratocaster trick? is it true that if I take off the springs cover it'll loose noise? Cheers from Chile
set it to "digital delay" turn the mix up to 3 o'clock (75%) delay time is around 3 oclock, repeat around 4o'clock . Play with that, you'll get it. Tweek and Tweez are off but you can put them on to get a little more reverb. This is what I did.
Did John still used the floyd rose or blocked the floyd bridge. Notice, that had a floyd locking nut I did a similar thing with old rg450 with heavy string gauge 10-52 or 10-56 stock ibanez couldn't stay in-tune at all unless I changed the saddles so I just blocked the bridge removed locking nut.
Thanks for this video Dave really helpful. Just wondering if you know what pickups were in johns strat as there seems to be speculation whether theyre stock, ssl1 or something else
Hi Dave, thank you for your videos and sharing your vast knowledge. Can I please ask (apologies if you have been asked this alot) where did the "f" fender decal come from on John's 63 tele? is there a story behind it? hope you have a great day!
Thank you for sharing this great info Dave. Could you tell me if Johns Fuzzrite was germanium or silicon? Can't figure out how he put the ds-2 in front of the Fuzzrite without overloading it.
As far as I know, he had the fuzz first, and then his ds2. At least that's how his setup was many years ago. Saw it in a video. (that's when he had the boss fuzz)
it was definitely Germanium, as per pics the Fuzzrite was after the ds2. In this configuration, a silicon Fuzzrite would be definitely overloaded and would lower the output!
Hey dave, dont know if you're still active on here but i was just wondering if you knew what the f on the pickguard johns 1960 tele was, i know they didnt come like that from the factory and i know you got it like that so i was just curious as to whether you knew if it was printed or a decal of some kind, many thanks
Hey Dave, I don't suppose you remember what the Boss PSM-5 master loop was used for around 2003? It's on his board at Slane Castle, I'm guessing it was used to turn multiple pedals on and off with one click?
Olly Vert Yes. It was used to turn on distortion boxes at once. I believe 3 different ones. Also it was ised as a power supply for a few pedals. At least that's how I remember it.
That's cool, was there a reason it was only used for such a short period of time? Since I started using a true bypass looper, I don't think I could ever go back (although it does sometimes cause some strange oscillations with multiple fuzz pedals!) I'm also interested if the amount of crunch John had onstage was usually related to the input setting on the CE-1?
Olly Vert He was always experimenting. He might try something, be totally happy with it, then a week later, completely change his mind. That's just who he is. A few years ago he told me he "doesn't play guitar anymore." Then a year or so later he says "I'm playing guitar again, but I only play Yamaha SG's" ya never know what to expect. Lol.
Hey Dave, thank you so much for replying us! We have a big doubt about the CE-1. Do you still remember if John used to switch between High and Low mode on the pedal according to the location during the Stadium Arcadium tour? From what I know he started to use Low mode since the Mosrite Fuzzrite does not interact well with Ce-1's High mode, kinda looses volume. Can you confirm this? Thanks in advance!!
Hey Dave, this is completely off topic, but I was wondering if you could give me some advice. So I bought a limited colour edition Gibson les Paul from 2000 like two years back. I've been playing it like every day since then. Anyway I noticed the intonation was real bad and tried to adjust it. Few months later it was sounding so out of tune in the higher notes, so I thought maybe it was because the strings were pressing down on the bridge. To my surprise I couldn't adjust the height. I took all the strings off, and found that the bridge (tune o matic) was not wide enough for the poles it rested on. So basically it pretty much forced on. Now I'm really confused about what's going on. I looked up and found out there were two types of tune o matic bridged-the abr 1 and the Nashville-and so I thought maybe the precious owner might have put the wrong bridge on? Went to a guitar repair guy and asked about it, he said that the Nashville and abr are interchangeable (which seems contrary to what I saw online). So, what are your thoughts on what I could do? Is the guitar guy right, and the problem is actually with the guitar? In which case does that mean my only option is to drill new holes or shave the shit out of the bridge holes? I just don't know what to do. Like the poles are not even that far off from being the correct distance. They are like 3mm off...
this will stop strings from slipping in pegs but this has little to do with trem use. I am sure there is a lot more to his trem use than this, cut nut slots etc. also a locking nut fixes all this anyway.
Yes. locking tremolo will fix that. But John wanted to keep his guitars as stock as reasonably possible. And yes we changed many a nut due to string wear.
Sorry. I was referring to the locking nut in the video which makes the tuning pegs part irrelevant. I'm sure you know you can break the headstock off with a locking nut and the guitar will still play in tune. maybe show how he sets up the actual tradtional trem system on an old strat . stock. how many springs. how much float on the bridge. etc. tricks for tuning on the trem without locking components.
Hey Dave, thanks for posting this video!!! Can you tell me/us, if John Decks/Float his Tremolo? And what does you do with the 6 Mounting Screws? All Flush? Greetings from Germany
I always set his tremolo with just a slight gap on the back end. About 3/32 of an inch. So he could pull up slightly if needed. So yes. Barely floating.
Hi Dave!!! There are tons of different opinions on how high the guitar's action has to be on the internet. As a beginner and John's fan, what action would You recommend? And what was John's action on most of his strats?
I think I recall seeing a pic where he uses three springs with them arranged parallel in slots 1,3,5. I do that with mine and the bridge decked and it's really stable and still easy to push down
Hey Dave! When splitting John's signal into stereo with the Boss CE, you guys never had phasing problems with the 2 Marshalls? If you did experience out of phase amps, how did you fix it? All the best, you rock :)
wow dave... always thought they were locking tuners on this guitar... HOW DOES THIS KEEP IN TUNE WITH ALL THE TREMOLO ACTION??? Is it original fender vintage ones? Or Kluson?
Jimi Prada Most of what you said are the clues I put together as well. There is an interview with flea from about three weeks ago he said, “ they ran into a, “snafu” (Which I imagine is John Frusciante,) “But that A new record Will be out in 2020” He is Signing his books and his assistant Is reading him questions...
Haha. It was a joke. The Chili's had always just hired old friends to work in their crew. I was one of the few people that had actual touring experience working with other bands. When John rejoined the band (97-98ish) Louie said to John "You should hire this guy, he worked for Dave Navarro, he's a professional!" It made us all laugh. And kind stuck.
There was some period from 2006 he stopped using Gretsch, i saw videos from fuji rock, pink pop, rock in rio, chorzów and also there were some rumours that something happened with Gretsch
Will you put another video on that string locking method? Also what order did JF run his pedals? was it WH10 --> turbo distortion or the other way around?
Hey Dave, How was John able to use multiple distortion and fuzz pedals at the same time without there being an enormous amount of feedback? Also, do you happen to recall the settings he used on the BOSS DS-2 and Big Muff for his solos ?
Grant McMichen When John was stacking distortion pedals, he would usually just not stop playing in between notes. So there was no space for the rig to feed back. As far as the settings go, I don't remember exactly how the they were set.
I did not know. In fact I had spent an afternoon with John, just a week before the announcement. He didn't say a word about it. I'm glad he didn't tell me. It would've been nearly impossible to keep that secret. I would've literally bet money he was not going back. Lol.
Dave, Does it work the same thing to a Les Paul guitar and other types of guitar peg heads (3x3) I accidentally broke 2 strings for my guitar practice. What's that thing that tunes pegs? I forgot the name but pls? Hard to fix a string for me alone. BTW I'm practicing that guitar track of a song "Get away" but the guitar is inaudible on studio by RHCP. does John doing guitar tutorials playing his own songs with RHCP?
Actually, there is a very common method for stringing a les Paul, that was the inspiration for the strat variation that I came up with. I’ll try to find it and link it. The Getaway is a song/album that came along after my tenure with them. I’m not very familiar with it.
Marcus Munn One thing John was fairly particular about was keeping his guitars as stock as reasonably possible. So, if we ever did a refret, we would use the same size frets as whatever was stock on that particular guitar.
I’m not going to be. I met with John last November. We hung out. I helped him get his strats together. But I was committed to doing my current job with Maroon 5. And then Covid hit. So who knows what’s happening.
Dave Lee imagine helping John Frusciante to get his guitars together and hanging out with him. If you see him again please tell him he inspired me to get clean. Been clean 3 years now and it healed my relationship with my dad who built me a sunburst like John’s for Christmas because he knows how much I admired John.
I have been Frusciante obsessed for around 20 years now, Thank you for not only doing this video, but for taking time out and answering everyone's questions.
Hey dave. I just wanted to thank you for all the questions answered to the guys at jf effects, you guys have been doing my coolest days. Thank you for being so kind and friendly to us and for sharing your experiences with our favorite band. God bless you, the guy of john. A hug from a guy from Brazil
same, thanks #davelee Your were the star of #daverat 's Slane Castle BTScenes vids!
Same! So glad we can have someone of them so close to us like Dave is. Also from Brazil.
Thanks, Dave Lee!
As soon as I saw Dave had a channel, I IMMEDIATELY subscribed.
Thanks Dave 🙏
wow thanks
Please keep the Frusciante videos coming :-)
also, i forgot to mention, i have an old advertisement for Korg Tuners that was in a guitar magazine. It shows JF on stage shredding and a quote from you about "if your boss is a guitar hero, you're already using Korg Tuners". Such a great photo, i have it framed. :)
I remember that. They gave me a free tuner. That I hardly ever used. Lol.
you can spot this guy in a few of the 99' shows tuning john's guitars, he knows his shit.
You can spot him in all of them.
This man is the legend behind the legend
Thinks it's really cool you share this info, you're a goldmine for John and RHCP fans and gear heads
This was the video I didn't know I needed in my life. Thanks Dave, what a great lesson!
Hey dave, my names matt and i just want to say i really appreciate everything you did to keep john in check and keeping the guitars and tech stuff goin, chillis wouldnt have peppers without you! Cheers
Thank you Dave, you are a genius! :)
I don't know about all that.
@@MrDaveo98 Dave, let me ask you one thing hoping you don't mind.. I build modern improved versions of the pedals that John used back in the day (even WH10s), would you be able to let him try some? I have a feeling they would be useful and a smart solution to him for the coming live shows in recreating his old songs
@@WillGalluccio
I'll check with him.
@@MrDaveo98 I can vouch that the pedals Will makes are absolutely incredible. There's a mini CE-1 (completely true to the original), WH10 which again is totally true to the original sound (way better than the V2 in the metal case) and made from incredibly strong ABS so won't break, the Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter with 8 in-built LFOs! I think John would have a lot of fun and appreciation for these pedals (he was the inspiration for them after all). Do you think you could provide Will a way to get these pedals to John to try?
I've made some videos of them on my channel, we'd love to know what you think.
I'm not on commission btw, Will is just a very good friend of mine & I strongly believe his pedals deserve to fall into the right hands.
Thanks Dave :)
I've been reading your interview and fan-mails. There's a lot of cool information and surprises in your letters about John (Fender standard mics in his vintage strats, lol) Thank you very much for all the answers after almost ten years without the Chili Peppers, it means a lot man!
ivan10cz The guys who bought ssl2 pickups should feel cheated
ivan10cz what did you mean by frnser standard mics? thanks
fender*
I mean pickups.
"He(John) said in a interview that he replaced his '62 Strat pickups for Seymour Duncans SSL-1 (like in his '55 Strat). Is there anything else besides that? When did that occured?"
Dave: "I remember reading that and realizing John was wrong in that interview (I never told him). We were experimenting with a number of different pickups at the time. And he must've gotten confused. The actual pickups we settled on (and John never knew this) were stock, brand new, Fender Strat pickups. The same ones Fender was putting in their brand new American Fender Strats at the time (I'll bet you weren't expecting that)."
All the interview and fanmails are in www.jfeffects.com.br if you are interested.
ivan10cz amazing, thanks for clearing this up. that's really interesting to know :)
I queue up this video every single time I change my strings. Thank you so much for posting it and please never take it down!
That video of you with Dave Navarro is hilarious. I never really liked how they treated that era of the band. Navarro is amazing, and I still think One Hot Minute is very very underrated.
I agree. I still listen to that album.
Dave Lee Cheers. I'm a fan of your work, sir. All the best.
Billy Ps There's a video where Dave N is doing an interview and towards the end Dave Lee comes out and gets teased by Navarro. Not in a mean way. Dave Lee also had some long Fabio hair too. Ha! 😁
Billy Ps I looked it up. It's "Dave N's starlicks master session."
Oh I've seen this video ,but not the whole thing..
Thanks great Dave. Please, more videos.
If anyone came here wondering if this works. Well shit, yes, it fucking works !! Mr. Dave Lee, thank you. You're a genius.
It's the first time I try this technique but I've been playing for 3 days bending like there's no fucking tomorrow, with trembar abuse, dive bombing and "Jeff Becking" the shit outta my strat and stays in tune so nice. :')
I use 10-46 Earnie ball Regular slinky, Eb tunning, 5 tremolo strings and I float my bridge like 2.5 mm btw
Thank you, Dave.
I like how you get a better break angle over the nut the way the g string is done. Thanks alot Dave my tuning problems have been solved!
Thank you Dave! The real musical alchemist! You are THE man, and this video helped me a lot!
Peace from Italy
thank you and we miss you being behind johns rig/guitars
Thank you, Dave. I have a Fender Strat with vintage tuners. I would always stretch the g,b,e strings with my thumb while resting it on my pointer finger (after putting all strings on). I can't wait to switch to this technique! Definitely a much better technique you have.
Hey man.
You still need to stretch the strings.
Dave Lee Thank you. That actually makes sense since, they still need to be broken in.
I ask myself why I haven't found your channel until now. Immediate subscribe
Paul Davids' "Why didn't Frusciante tune his guitar?!" brought me here. Dave, I saw your comment on the video. While Paul is correct with his explanation of all that, it's hilarious that you're basically like, naaa, trust me not that much thought went in to it. As DLR so eloquently put it, that's rock n roll baby. LMAO
same
Dido
@@psiklops71 didn't see that cool for #pauldavids he makes great vids. And overanalyzed frusciante but that's why he is successful!
I just talked to John about this a few weeks ago. He actually forgot that I wasn't there. But confirmed that he didn't sweat the tuning. Just picked up the guitar and played it
@@MrDaveo98 Awesome. Love stories like these. How is John by the way? Did he ask you to do up all his guitars just recently? Are they in the studio working on the album yet? Can't fuckin wait!
Please more videos about your time working with John! I feel like we could learn so much more.
You can just tell this guy is really smart, no joke!
I would have never guessed Frusciante had that locking nut on a vintage strat. Thanks for the video Dave!
He didn’t. That’s Adam Levine’s guitar.
Hey Dave, Great video! 🤘 Are there any new videos planned? Wish you all the best.. best greetings from germany 🤘
Back again to restring my Strat! You’re right, it doesn’t look pretty, but it sure does work. Thanks Dave!
I would actually do the high e trick of winding on the top half of the split shaft on both the b and e, but I’ll consider looping up now. Great!
This video is gold!! Thank you so much Dave!
Twice a year I go to this video. 😊
Thank you Mr.Lee
Hi Dave, thanks so much for sharing this info man! Do you recall if you decked John's tremolo or left it floating? Thanks again dude and all the best
Jacob Nation
Ir was barely floating. Maybe 1/8 inch
this is the work of a wizard
Thanks Ramirez lee
Hey Dave, I’ve got a 1956 Martin 0-15 and I’m curious did you install the strap pin on his guitar? Is there a block behind there? And does that placement work? Best in your opinion for that style of guitar? The reason I ask is cause it’s in a unorthodox position. I assume there was Roman reason for it… thanks
Can you please be John’s guitar tech again? Any idea why there’s been so many issues this tour?
I wonder who was the guitarist Dave Lee met that he was blown away from during his musical' career. I've always wondered this when seeing the techs doing their jobs.
Year thanks man u got the dream job man do the springs on the other side whammy thingy need to be changed and what is the best number 3 or 5
It depends how stiff you want it. Most guys I know go with 3
More videos of anything please 🙏
Amazing!
Thank you very much!
Thank you so much for sharing.
I will try next time I change my strings.
I'm curious to know where this technique comes from and what is the technique for a guitar with Gibson's tuning pegs.
Hello!
Quick questions if You may, which was ur favorite of Johns guitars? Do Still talk To John? Where did his old RHCP picks go? Thanks for answers!
Paul
He talked a couple months ago. John talked and asked him to have his gear ready in 11/19. Dave has said that he's got other stuff going on (Adam Levine, Maroon 5) But He wasn't surprised about the John news.
@@matguerra333
I was VERY surprised. I should've known. But I didn't have clue.
@@matguerra333 Bro...Are you you Dave Lee's publicist?....
Hey Dave, would be so kind as to let us know which brand/model of tubes John used in his amps? I guess you've been pretty much asked everything about his gear at this point but this is an answer I've never seen anywhere... it would be a real treat to learn about it as it's such a central element tone. Thanks for all you've done and shared, such an impactful life... you're the man. Cheers.
Hi Dave! How are you? Did you see that John used Shorts in one of their last show 😁
Great video. Thanks!
Hello David, a while ago I had a question and I would like if you can solve it, I know it was some time ago but do you remember how many millimeters or inches to adjust the height of the strings and the height of the pickups John used during the time you worked with him?
You're amazing! =)
Fantastic? What a string action height john ftuaciante and adam l.?
great video !
Hi Dave, Do you remember which output on the CE-1 went to the Major and which one to the Silver Jubilee? One of the two amps should have chorus and the other one would remain clean, right?
i've analysed the left/right audio of some live shows and the chorus output went to the jubilee (along with the holy grail reverb) and the dry output went to the major :)
Been doing this with my strings for years. Its a trick from Dan Erlewine I read in one of his repair books
This is so cool!
Hi Dave,
I remembered about watching this video and I am really curious...will you work again with John, now that he is back in the band?
All the best!
He asked me to. But I'm committed to my job with Maroon 5 for the last ten years. It wouldn't be cool to just say "Hey my old job is back".
I hung out with John a couple months back. He's doing great. I suspect he's gonna knock it out of the park. Again.
Thank you "Dave guy of john" XD, excellent tip and it has helped me a lot. Can you show any other stratocaster trick? is it true that if I take off the springs cover it'll loose noise? Cheers from Chile
Maybe a stupid question, but why does it matter if we have a locking tremolo? Isn't it its job to hold the strings tight on the neck?
dave how he used the pedal line six john frusciante to play dont forget me please
set it to "digital delay" turn the mix up to 3 o'clock (75%) delay time is around 3 oclock, repeat around 4o'clock . Play with that, you'll get it. Tweek and Tweez are off but you can put them on to get a little more reverb. This is what I did.
Did John still used the floyd rose or blocked the floyd bridge.
Notice, that had a floyd locking nut I did a similar thing with old rg450 with heavy string gauge 10-52 or 10-56 stock ibanez couldn't stay in-tune at all unless I changed the saddles so I just blocked the bridge removed locking nut.
no. this is not johns guitar. it just has the same tuning pegs.
Dale Weber
The guitar I used in the video id not John's. This guitar belongs to Adam Levine actually.
Awesome! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks Dave. What was your favourite RHCP tour to work on?
Jacob Jones
hard to say
No worries, I appreciate the response.
Does this work? Another common practice is to limit string wraps on the posts to avoid trem use issues, but here we're using extra.
It is so amazing that you came up with such a great method!! btw, do you remember how John had his string action?
Thanks for this video Dave really helpful. Just wondering if you know what pickups were in johns strat as there seems to be speculation whether theyre stock, ssl1 or something else
Hi Dave, thank you for your videos and sharing your vast knowledge. Can I please ask (apologies if you have been asked this alot) where did the "f" fender decal come from on John's 63 tele? is there a story behind it? hope you have a great day!
Thank you for sharing this great info Dave. Could you tell me if Johns Fuzzrite was germanium or silicon? Can't figure out how he put the ds-2 in front of the Fuzzrite without overloading it.
As far as I know, he had the fuzz first, and then his ds2. At least that's how his setup was many years ago. Saw it in a video. (that's when he had the boss fuzz)
Actually it was always the ds-2 into a fuzz into his wah and into his chorus to split the signal. But thank you for sharing.
Yeah, you are right, I checked again now. My bad
it was definitely Germanium, as per pics the Fuzzrite was after the ds2. In this configuration, a silicon Fuzzrite would be definitely overloaded and would lower the output!
Do you think it will also help tune o matic bridge guitar to stay in tune after bending?
Hey dave, dont know if you're still active on here but i was just wondering if you knew what the f on the pickguard johns 1960 tele was, i know they didnt come like that from the factory and i know you got it like that so i was just curious as to whether you knew if it was printed or a decal of some kind,
many thanks
Hey Dave, I don't suppose you remember what the Boss PSM-5 master loop was used for around 2003? It's on his board at Slane Castle, I'm guessing it was used to turn multiple pedals on and off with one click?
Olly Vert
Yes. It was used to turn on distortion boxes at once. I believe 3 different ones. Also it was ised as a power supply for a few pedals. At least that's how I remember it.
That's cool, was there a reason it was only used for such a short period of time? Since I started using a true bypass looper, I don't think I could ever go back (although it does sometimes cause some strange oscillations with multiple fuzz pedals!)
I'm also interested if the amount of crunch John had onstage was usually related to the input setting on the CE-1?
Olly Vert
He was always experimenting. He might try something, be totally happy with it, then a week later, completely change his mind. That's just who he is. A few years ago he told me he "doesn't play guitar anymore."
Then a year or so later he says "I'm playing guitar again, but I only play Yamaha SG's" ya never know what to expect. Lol.
Hey Dave, thank you so much for replying us!
We have a big doubt about the CE-1. Do you still remember if John used to switch between High and Low mode on the pedal according to the location during the Stadium Arcadium tour? From what I know he started to use Low mode since the Mosrite Fuzzrite does not interact well with Ce-1's High mode, kinda looses volume. Can you confirm this? Thanks in advance!!
Will Galluccio
I seem to remember out was always on high. We didn't use the fuzzrite for very long as I remember.
Hey Dave, this is completely off topic, but I was wondering if you could give me some advice. So I bought a limited colour edition Gibson les Paul from 2000 like two years back. I've been playing it like every day since then. Anyway I noticed the intonation was real bad and tried to adjust it. Few months later it was sounding so out of tune in the higher notes, so I thought maybe it was because the strings were pressing down on the bridge. To my surprise I couldn't adjust the height. I took all the strings off, and found that the bridge (tune o matic) was not wide enough for the poles it rested on. So basically it pretty much forced on. Now I'm really confused about what's going on. I looked up and found out there were two types of tune o matic bridged-the abr 1 and the Nashville-and so I thought maybe the precious owner might have put the wrong bridge on? Went to a guitar repair guy and asked about it, he said that the Nashville and abr are interchangeable (which seems contrary to what I saw online). So, what are your thoughts on what I could do? Is the guitar guy right, and the problem is actually with the guitar? In which case does that mean my only option is to drill new holes or shave the shit out of the bridge holes? I just don't know what to do. Like the poles are not even that far off from being the correct distance. They are like 3mm off...
Hi Dave great vid! Are John's strats copper shielded? :)
Jonas Jørgensen
No. As stock as possible.
Wow... all this makes the jam at Chorzow possible!!! Awesome
Were you there btw?????
I was there in 07
@@MrDaveo98 Blessed!
Hey Dave how often did John blow speakers?
this will stop strings from slipping in pegs but this has little to do with trem use.
I am sure there is a lot more to his trem use than this, cut nut slots etc.
also a locking nut fixes all this anyway.
Yes. locking tremolo will fix that. But John wanted to keep his guitars as stock as reasonably possible. And yes we changed many a nut due to string wear.
Sorry. I was referring to the locking nut in the video which makes the tuning pegs part irrelevant. I'm sure you know you can break the headstock off with a locking nut and the guitar will still play in tune.
maybe show how he sets up the actual tradtional trem system on an old strat . stock. how many springs. how much float on the bridge. etc. tricks for tuning on the trem without locking components.
Hey Dave. Have you fixed up John's guitars for the new era?? 😁😁😁
macdud we all wanna know!!
A month ago he worked on his 60s strat
he commented on a video
he said in a JF replica video that he worked on JF's guitar a couple of months ago, but sadly he will not be working with him.
I'd like to know how his pedals are wired. Especially that switch before the can't stop solo at Slane.
Lily Strong boss ds-2 With his MXR microamp pedal on
Hey Dave,
thanks for posting this video!!!
Can you tell me/us, if John Decks/Float his Tremolo?
And what does you do with the 6 Mounting Screws? All Flush?
Greetings from Germany
I always set his tremolo with just a slight gap on the back end. About 3/32 of an inch. So he could pull up slightly if needed. So yes. Barely floating.
@@MrDaveo98 thanks for your reply! What did you do with the 6 Tremolo Screws? All flush to the Tremplate?
Thx!
@@kevinh.1537
Yeah. I think so
thank you 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Hi Dave!!! There are tons of different opinions on how high the guitar's action has to be on the internet. As a beginner and John's fan, what action would You recommend? And what was John's action on most of his strats?
Bump
@MrDaveo98 How many trem springs did John use on his Strats?
I think I recall seeing a pic where he uses three springs with them arranged parallel in slots 1,3,5. I do that with mine and the bridge decked and it's really stable and still easy to push down
Hey Dave! When splitting John's signal into stereo with the Boss CE, you guys never had phasing problems with the 2 Marshalls? If you did experience out of phase amps, how did you fix it?
All the best, you rock :)
I made phase reversing speaker cables. A tip I learned from Dave Rat.
wow dave... always thought they were locking tuners on this guitar... HOW DOES THIS KEEP IN TUNE WITH ALL THE TREMOLO ACTION??? Is it original fender vintage ones? Or Kluson?
Hi Dave, can I apply that technique to my bass guitar's strings or are there any methods that I can apply to bass?
Only if your bass has a vibrato system, dude
Are you having tuning issues with your bass?
Dave the great!!!
Hi Dave, could you tell me the John's eq settings on his amps?
Regulus Leonis There is a picture of it online.
Will you be teching for John again?
Nah. I've got other work. But I am gonna help him get stuff together.
Very cool! Hope it goes well. Was looking forward to seeing you do his premier guitar rig rundown lol! Thanks for the reply!
@@MrDaveo98 thank you for all the info you are sharing with us Dave, I wish you a happy and healthy life.
Jimi Prada Most of what you said are the clues I put together as well.
There is an interview with flea from about three weeks ago he said, “ they ran into a, “snafu” (Which I imagine is John Frusciante,) “But that A new record Will be out in 2020”
He is Signing his books and his assistant Is reading him questions...
@@MrDaveo98 I guess someone better start hoarding a ton more Wh-10 pedals for him ;)
Hey can you tell us what action john uses?
Hey Dave, thats very kind to explain how you do this. Is it true that he has Seymour Duncans California Set SSL 1 on his Strats ? Thanks in advance
www.jfeffects.com.br/2016/12/jf-effects-interviews-dave-lee-guitar.html
malagueta1986 Nope. Regular American Fender pick ups.
What pickups are in his vintage strat
So you are ‘’Deve Lee, guy of John’’
P.S. Just a joke, you are a real professional. I just took 👆that phrase from custom Tortex pick.
Haha.
It was a joke. The Chili's had always just hired old friends to work in their crew. I was one of the few people that had actual touring experience working with other bands. When John rejoined the band (97-98ish) Louie said to John "You should hire this guy, he worked for Dave Navarro, he's a professional!" It made us all laugh. And kind stuck.
What strings does John use for acoustic guitar? Thanks! ❤️
j 77 12?? I thougjt he use 10’s or 11 max
he used d'addario bronze 10s according to dave
Hey Dave! One thing makes me confused, why John started to use strat on californication and otherside instead of white falcon?
I don't remember him "changing" to strats for those songs. he may have experimented with a strat there. But never changed.
There was some period from 2006 he stopped using Gretsch, i saw videos from fuji rock, pink pop, rock in rio, chorzów and also there were some rumours that something happened with Gretsch
Maciej Niewiadomski
He did occasionally use the strat. But I don't remember why. I'll try to remember.
If I recall correctly it was because transporting the giant Gretsch was a bit of a pain.
hey dave.. is there a way to achieve the same thing on the high e string if you have modern tuners with a hole instead of a notch? cheers bud
Yes.
there is a les paul type string locking method.
difficult to explain.
maybe I need to make another video.lol.
please do bro! thanks a million for posting!
Will you put another video on that string locking method? Also what order did JF run his pedals? was it WH10 --> turbo distortion or the other way around?
Andrew Tress put the WH10 after the DS2.
Hey Dave,
How was John able to use multiple distortion and fuzz pedals at the same time without there being an enormous amount of feedback? Also, do you happen to recall the settings he used on the BOSS DS-2 and Big Muff for his solos ?
Grant McMichen
When John was stacking distortion pedals, he would usually just not stop playing in between notes. So there was no space for the rig to feed back. As far as the settings go, I don't remember exactly how the they were set.
Grant McMichen on the DS2 it's on mode 2, and everything is maxed out
Hey Dave, did you hear the news about John? What you think? Did you already know that?
Dave can keep a secret im guessing LOL
I did not know. In fact I had spent an afternoon with John, just a week before the announcement. He didn't say a word about it. I'm glad he didn't tell me. It would've been nearly impossible to keep that secret. I would've literally bet money he was not going back. Lol.
Dave Lee so funny! Glad you didn’t venture down the bookies 😆
Dave, Does it work the same thing to a Les Paul guitar and other types of guitar peg heads (3x3)
I accidentally broke 2 strings for my guitar practice.
What's that thing that tunes pegs? I forgot the name but pls?
Hard to fix a string for me alone.
BTW I'm practicing that guitar track of a song "Get away" but the guitar is inaudible on studio by RHCP. does John doing guitar tutorials playing his own songs with RHCP?
Actually, there is a very common method for stringing a les Paul, that was the inspiration for the strat variation that I came up with. I’ll try to find it and link it. The Getaway is a song/album that came along after my tenure with them. I’m not very familiar with it.
th-cam.com/video/eo5i2wkXaoY/w-d-xo.html
Here is the method I use for a les paul
@@MrDaveo98 ok thanks!
What is the string gauge john's using?
Dave! Will you be John's guitar tech again? or will you continue with the Maroon 5?
Still with Maroon 5. I can't wait to see them with John though. This time as a fan ☝️
What fret size did he use on his 7.25 radius boards??? i been trying to find it online and i cant
Marcus Munn One thing John was fairly particular about was keeping his guitars as stock as reasonably possible. So, if we ever did a refret, we would use the same size frets as whatever was stock on that particular guitar.
Hey Dave! Do you recall what gauge string he prefers on his acoustics? Thanks
I want to say they were Daddario bronze 10’s
@@MrDaveo98 Oh wow thanks man! I thought they might be on the lighter side. 🤙🏿
Hey Dave! Will you continue to work with John, as he returned to the RHCP?
I’m not going to be. I met with John last November. We hung out. I helped him get his strats together. But I was committed to doing my current job with Maroon 5. And then Covid hit. So who knows what’s happening.
Dave Lee imagine helping John Frusciante to get his guitars together and hanging out with him. If you see him again please tell him he inspired me to get clean. Been clean 3 years now and it healed my relationship with my dad who built me a sunburst like John’s for Christmas because he knows how much I admired John.
Great work that you do, Dave! Have always wondered, was the bridge on John's strat a floating bridge or did he have it decked?
I wondered the same thing