Hillel Slovak
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Hillel Slovak's Gear
"A gnarly box I have is the Super-Fuzz, that I got from a friend." (Mistakenly listed as a "Morley Super-Fuzz" in the video)
In this photo you can see Hillel playing a sunburst 1968 Strat.
"As a tribute to Hillel Slovak, which was one of Frusciantes' idols, John continued playing on Hillel's guitar. It was a Fender Stratocaster." - Wikipedia (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frusciante)
"I [John Frusciante] played mostly Strats and Les Pauls on the record [Mother's Milk]. For a while, my main guitar was a ’68 Strat, but it was stolen. Since then, I’ve gotten a couple of others that I’ve fallen in love with. But our basic philosophy is that our tones are in our fingers, and the particular instrument you play, or what kind of pick you use, doesn’t matter much." - Groundguitar (https://www.groundguitar.com/john-frusciante-gear/john-frusciantes-1968-fender-stratocaster/)
In this Premier Guitar article, it is mentioned that Hillel Slovak uses an MXR Distortion +.
In this picture you can see Slovaks main guitar, a late 60s Strat with a rosewood freatboard, in a sunburst finish.
An OD-1 can be seen in Hillel's pedalboard from 17 seconds onward in the video.
He's playing a Marshall Silver Jubilee
In this article, it says, "Slovak’s amp was a Marshall Super Bass head. He ran that through a handpainted, straight-front 4x12 cabinet."
A CE-2 can be seen in Hillel's pedalboard from 17 seconds onward in the video.
According to the article it was gifted to him by a friend and was his second guitar (first being a Telecaster knock-off), before he got his Fender Stratocaster.
On page 2 of the article they state that Hillel ''used gray 1.00 mm Dunlop picks.''
Hillel Slovak is seen using a Gibson Les Paul Standard, not a custom model as previously thought. In the user-uploaded photo, lighting makes the guitar appear red, but it is actually black.
In this picture you can see Hillel using Dunlop Tortex .60mm orange guitar picks.
In a Reddit discussion, a photograph shows Hillel Slovak playing a Fender Jazzmaster during the era of the "Freaky Styley" or "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan" sessions.
Hillel Slovak uses the Dunlop Straplok Dual Design Strap Retainer System on his Stratocaster, identifiable by its gold color, as seen in the provided image on Equipboard.
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