Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2006 album Stadium Arcadium.
Music from Stadium Arcadium
Artists on Stadium Arcadium
Gear Used On Stadium Arcadium
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium (2006). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
John Frusciante
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Effects Pedals used by John Frusciante on Stadium Arcadium
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John Frusciante began using the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb around the time of the "By the Way" release in 2002. It was a regular feature on his pedalboard during the album tour, indicating its likely use in the studio sessions. This pedal also played a prominent role throughout the "Stadium Arcadium" era, as evidenced by the image available on Equipboard.
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In this photo of John Frusciante's pedalboard from the Stadium Arcadium Era, it can be seen that the he uses two Moog Expression pedals in the bottom row, all the way to the right. This photo appears to be a scan from a magazine article, and the caption reads: "Two Moog Expression Pedals -- used for realtime parameter control -- are located just below them on the right."
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A mainstay on John Frusciante's pedalboard, his MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal can be seen in the bottom row of this pedalboard from circa 2006 (Stadium Arcadium era). It is to the right of his Big Muff Pi. The photo is from Guitar Player magazine, November 2006 issue. Photo credit David Lee.
DigiTech PDS-1002 Two Second Digital Delay
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According to the research of John Frusciante Tablatures, Frusciante used a PDS-1002 from the By The Way tour to the Stadium Arcadium World Tour. This 2006 photo shows two adjacent units.
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According to the research of John Frusciante Tablatures, Frusciante used replaced his DigiTech PDS-1002 with a DM-2 in 2007 during the Stadium Arcadium World Tour.
Guitars used by John Frusciante on Stadium Arcadium
Eric Clapton's Custom-Painted Gibson SG “The Fool”
at 0:36 seconds on the Dani California music video you can see john frusciante play a Gibson "fool" sg replica
Microphones used by John Frusciante on Stadium Arcadium
Used for the acoustic guitars on Stadium Arcadium, as stated by Frusciante in this Guitar Player article.
What microphones did you use to record your guitars?
I use a Shure SM57 positioned on axis a couple of inches from the cone. On some tracks the engineer, Ryan Hewitt, added a Royer R-121 ribbon mic, positioned about 15 feet away, in order to capture some of the room sound. We used a Telefunken Ela M 250 tube condenser mic on the acoustic guitars
Studio Equipment used by John Frusciante on Stadium Arcadium
Deltalab Effectron II ADM 1024
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Used on Stadium Arcadium, particularly on the tracks "Dani California" and "She's Only 18", as stated by Frusciante in this Guitar Player interview.
"Dani California" I played the original solo when we recorded the basic tracks, and then doubled it later, except for the super-fast wah part at the end, which was too difficult to double perfectly, so I put that section through a Delta Labs Effectron II digital delay set to a quick delay with just a touch of slow modulation.
(...) “She's Only 18” The delay effect on the verses and solo were inspired by Hendrix’s “If 6 Were 9.” They were processed with the Effectron II, set to a quick delay with a little bit of modulation to provide movement. The engineer also created a really good backwards reverb for the vocals on the choruses.
Bass Guitars used by Flea on Stadium Arcadium
One of Fleas Modulus basses. This is a 2 tone sunburst 4 string model with removed pickguard. Flea used this bass on most of the Stadium Arcadium tour(he previously used his 1961 shell pink jazz bass) and on Im with you tour. This bass can be seen on Snow music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ARZGwfhC_U
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This is flea's most valuable bass. It is a fender 1961 shell Pink jazz bass. It is very rare because of its colour and age. He got this bass from a fan while on californication tour. Flea used this bass to record stadium arcadium. This bass can be seen in californication music video. Other apearences are in dani california and hump de bump. He used this bass on stadium arcadium tour, but later switched to his modulus bass. Fender later made a signature artist copy of this bass.
Fender Jazz Jaco Pastorius Signature
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In this Red Hot Chili Peppers music video, Flea is seen playing a Fender Jazz Bass Fretless Jaco Pastorius Tribute Bass
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Flea can be seen playing a Black Epiphone Flying V Bass in the video of "Dani California" from "2:18-2:48", while impersonating an air metal bassist.
Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite Bass
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In the music video for "Dani California", at 0:56 while dressed up as Parliament Funkadelic, Flea can be seen playing an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite bass.
As well, guitarist John Frusciante can be seen playing an Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi guitar at 1:23, while dressed up as David Bowie.
Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Josh Klinghoffer on Stadium Arcadium
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Josh played a Moog Minimoog Voyager while playing as backup guitarist/ instrumentalist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in their Stadium Arcadium tour.
The synth can also be seen here at 3:54 and 20:22 and 20:45