John Frusciante

In this picture of John Frusciante his pedalboard you can see the Moog Moogerfooger MF-102 Ring Modulator being numbered as 20.

In the attached photo, John Frusciante's Boss PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch is labeled as #3.

The Dunlop Crybaby 535Q is marked as #6 on the attached picture.

The Moogerfooger Control Processor is marked as #10 on the attached picture.

Marked pedal in the attached picture. Used during a jam at the Troubadour in 2008.

Marked pedal in the attached picture. Used on John's studio pedalboard. Currently unknown if he used it to record guitar parts on Unlimited Love.

Marked pedal in the attached picture. On John's mini pedalboard for various TV shows.

The Boss FV-50L is marked as #9 on the attached pedal. Was used from 2002 to 2007.

You can see the mentioned Big Muff by John during the recording session of BSSM in the right corner of the recording room. It is a vintage Big Muff Deluxe.

John used a Boss RV-2 Reverb for certain solo in 1989 and 1990. The pedal is marked in the attached picture.

In this article it says that he uses Pyramid light gauge strings

A picture of Speed Dealer Moms gear before their canceled performance on the 26th April 2009. This is John's setup. Speed Dealer Moms is the side project of John Frusciante and Aaron Funk. The 808 is to the right on this picture.

Seen at 1:01:11 John was living at the Château Marmont at the time.

In this video of the Peppers' cover of "I Get Around" , a Diezel Herbert 180W Tube Guitar Head can be seen next to one of John's Marshalls, at 0;33 into the video. The reason I am adding this to John's page is that the Diezel amp seems to be turned on and recorded, which would make no sense if John wasn't playing through it. Clearly,it's not a part of his rig but it may be a responsible for a big part of John's guitar tone during this performance

Used for recording on several records

This photo of John’s live guitar rig clearly shows a Fender Offset Telecaster(blue body and headstock, aphex twin sticker).

According to Guitar Lobby, John used MF-103.

In the VPRO documentary "A Dutch Connection", at 42:39 you can see a scene where John Frusciante is playing guitar in his bedroom through a Squier 15 practice amp.

John Frusciante clearly seen playing through a mesa/boogie triple rectifier head.

The Boss FZ-1W Fuzz Waza Craft was spotted on John Frusciante's pedalboard at a show in Tokyo on May 18, 2024. It replaces the Wilson Effects Not The Notrite on his board.

In an interview featured in Guitar One magazine from April 2001, John Frusciante mentions the Gibson L-5 in the top middle paragraph, indicating that it could have been used on a record during that period. He says:

...In addition to the SG, the main electric guitar that I used was a red 1966 Fender Mustang that I bought for practicing. There's also a Gibson L-5 at my house that I might have used for something, but I can't remember.

The image provided shows an orange DOD pedal on John Frusciante's pedalboard, identified as the DOD FX80-B Compressor Sustainer. This visual confirmation aligns with the need for a compressor to achieve the sounds present on the "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" album, where compression played a significant role.

John is seen here playing the K-230, it doesn't have a name on the headstock but it was identified here: https://www.groundguitar.com/john-frusciante-gear/john-frusciantes-unknown-acoustic-vpro-1994/ It was most likely present on Niandra Lades and Smile From the Street You Hold

John Frusciante can be seen with a Bartell St. George XK12 in this image. It is unknown if this ended up on any recordings but might have been used on The Emperyan

John Frusciante can be seen using an Ibanez RG750 live, as evidenced by the image provided.

In the image provided, John Frusciante's guitar technician, Dave Lee, confirms that John uses D'Addario EJ11 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings on his acoustic guitars.

According to the article "John Frusciante: War and Peace" by Tessa Jeffers on Premier Guitar, John Frusciante used the Ibanez Artist AR-100 guitar during the production of his album "Enclosure."

John Frusciante is clearly seen using a Hiwatt Custom 100 Amplifier Head in the provided image.

John Frusciante's gear can be seen hear before a show supporting The Will to Death album. This amp was also featured at live Ataxia shows and was most likely used on some of his 2004 efforts.

John Frusciante is confirmed to have used the Fender 70's Era Twin Reverb amplifier during his 1997 Nuttstalk tour, as evidenced by an image showing him performing with the amplifier among others.