Dave Navarro
American guitarist
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In the provided image, Dave Navarro is pictured playing a Fender Telecaster. Dave also used what appears to be a telecaster live with Jane´s Addiction on the 12/4/1988 in Detroit. It is unknown whether it is a Fender, but it is a telecaster shaped guitar with maple fretboard.https://youtu.be/ICjOdsgA4GQ?list=RDICjOdsgA4GQ
"It’s different for live and studio. My live setup is more purpose oriented. I use a wah, a BOSS Octave [OC-3], chorus [CH-1], distortion pedal [DS-1], and two [DD-3] delay pedals that are set for different speeds."
"Speaking of, did ever you experiment with Roland’s famous JC-120 Jazz Chorus amp?
Oh absolutely. In fact, in the early Jane’s Addiction days, Perry used to use a Jazz Chorus on “Three Days” — one of our songs. He’d play rhythm guitar on it through the JC-120, and it always had that classic tone. I’ll tell you, that thing was louder than any other instrument in the rest of the band combined [laughs]. It just cuts through anything."
Dave can be seen with a Squier Hello Kitty Stratocaster
Dave Navarro uses a Marshall JCM 900, as shown on this Guitar Geek's rig diagram.
Taken from a A detailed gear diagram of Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, you can see his stage setup that traces the signal flow of the equipment, including a Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Pedal.
Dave Navarro used this guitar while performing "My friends" live with the RHCP, stating that it mimics the sound of an acoustic. It´s a blue model with tremolo and two humbuckers.
Can be seen using a Danelectro 59DC in Black
This was used by Kurt Cobain and given to Dave by Courtney Love It was actually a black musicmaster not a 1959 musicmaster
Can be seen being used during this video. This guitar was used a lot by Dave during the early 1990's in Jane's Addicition.
Dave uses two of his signature PRS guitars, according to this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
In this article, you can see a picture of Dave's current pedalboard. He has switched from an Ibanez TS808 to a TS9.
At 1:07 in this video from Fender, Dave Navarro demos the Fender Bassbreaker 15.
Dave Navarro uses a 2012 Fender Twin Reverb, along with a Marshall JCM900, according to this Guitar Geek's rig diagram.
Dave Navarro's gear includes Dunlop Genuine Celluloid picks, according to Dunlop's website.
During his stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave used at least three fender stratocasters. The exact model and year is unknown, they could either be vintage ones, reissues, custom shops or standard models. So far ,there are three stratocasters confirmed to be used by Dave live. The first one is a three tone sunburst rosewood fretboard strat with a white-ish pickguard (similar to John Frusciante´s prefered strats)(can be seen at Reading festival ´94), another three tone sunburst rosewood fretboard, with a tortoise pickguard (famously seen used at Woodstock ´94), and the most iconic one- a black body, rosewood fretboard, white pickguard one, with "DAVE" written on the headstock (most famously used at Madison Square Garden ´96). All three strats were equipped with 3 single coils and a tremolo system. Evidence: Sunburst white pickguard one:https://www.rhcplivearchive.com/img/media/1994-08-10_1/02.jpg, https://youtu.be/lwUQ41pd9oE?t=566 Sunburst tortoise pickguard: https://youtu.be/QcboAhguVTA Black "DAVE":https://youtu.be/_GMr7CrQ6OE?list=RD_GMr7CrQ6OE&t=384
In the early 90s, I saw Dave Navarro playing an Ibanez RG560 White live with Jane's Addiction. In the Moshcam video "Jane's Addiction - Mountain Song | Live in Sydney," he plays a similar guitar, visible at timestamps 0:20, 1:20, 1:44, and 2:06. I believe it was equipped with Seymour Duncan Quarterpound pickups.
Dave Navarro shared a photo of his Gretsch White Falcon Semi-Hollow Guitar on his Twitter account. Additionally, he can be seen playing it at the 0:51 mark in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84QiG1v3lA.
Used during his time in Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dave uses his signature Epiphone Acoustic, according to this Guitar Geek's rig diagram.
According to this Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Dave uses a Boss OC-3.
You can see the signal flow of the equipment in Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction in this gear diagram from Guitar Geeks.
During later years of his RHCP career, Dave started to favor a Modulus Black Knife stratocaster. Since Flea was starting his partnership with the brand, it is possible he got this guitar as some sort of a deal, but don´t take my word for it. As for the specs, this stratocaster was similar to his fender "DAVE" one, but it is equpped with a graphite neck, the pickguard is a silver sparkle and the pickup covers and knobs are black. It also has a seymour duncan bridge pickup. Dave most famously used this stratocaster live at Tibetan freedom 1996 and Fuji Rock 1997 shows.https://youtu.be/ikKyYk6tMYI?list=RDikKyYk6tMYI https://youtu.be/wdNUmIeRjtY?list=RDwdNUmIeRjtY&t=260 According to this website: https://www.tuneyoursound.com/collection/modulus-black-knife-graphite-neck-1996-dave-navarro , Dave also used this stratocaster to record a song "Hard charger" for Howard Stern´s Private Parts movie soundtrack.
He showed himself playing one on his Instagram
In the Ernie Ball: String Theory video, Dave Navarro discusses his use of Ernie Ball Super Slinky Guitar Strings (9-42).
This photo of Dave Navarro's pedalboard from 2010 reveals he uses the Dunlop Dimebag Signature Cry Baby Wah Wah. It is the right-most pedal in the pedal setup.
According to this Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Dave uses a Boss TU-3.
Dave Navarro uses a Dunlop Jimi Hendrix JH1 Wah , according to this Guitar Geek rig diagram.
A detailed gear diagram of Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction, shows the stage setup that traces the signal flow of the equipment, showing a Boss CH-1 SUPER Chorus Pedal.
Dave can be seen using the guitar
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