Josh Klinghoffer

According to this Facebook Account, which posts messages by Josh himself (through the Josh-Mail; more info here ) he used a Vox Meteor for the recording of "Feasting of the Flowers" from their new album "The Getaway".

"Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer made a return trip to Chicago Music Exchange, if you remember Josh did some Strat shopping with us back in May. On that trip Josh picked up a '59 Strat a '73 Fender Coronado and '65 Mosrite Bass. This time Josh found our 1960 Fender Stratocaster in three tone sunburst with rare factory sunburst neck. He played it, he loved it and he left with it" (http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/blogs/soundboard/14347977-josh-klinghoffer-of-rhcp-strat-shopping-again)

You can also see a video of this guitar on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpEo7WOCl5s

Josh's new guitar made by Fender Custom Shop. He does not like the bridge of his Gretsch White Penguinbecause it's string action was to high. That's why he bought this beauty. Using for Californication and Otherside.

In this pictured article they mentioned the guitar Josh is using. In the very left column about in the middle. "[...] then fall to quietly examining the curious selection of funky old guitars that Klinghoffer has brought down for the shoot: a yellow Harmony Stratotone Newport from 1952 [...]"

josh can be seen with a magnatone tornado guitar

"We've got a core of Strats at Red Hot Chili Peppers. This one here belongs to Chad. It's a 1963 Tobacco Sunburst - lovely piece! It has a fairly thick neck. It's a great guitar. This one mostly came down to the fact that people kind of expect to see tobacco sunburst Strat on the stage, so Chad was very kind in providing this. He occasionally leans over and asks me threateningly if I'm taking good care of it - of course I am though I can't say the same for Josh. But no, it's a great guitar. I mean you're going to spend a lot of time with it because it's the only whammy guitar he has. Josh tends to play kind of older, maybe if I say John-era songs. He'll play like 'Higher Ground' and anything with a whammy bar, he'll go in for some of that," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"This is his main black Strat, it's called Nero, which is a '66 with a '68 neck. Josh loves to go at it with this. I'm not entirely sure why it's got this different neck on it. If you look carefully, you're almost on the point of losing the E off the side. The neck is actually a little bit too narrow for the pocket. I don't know why that happened along the way but it was handed to me one day," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"This is Gus, after King Gustavus of Sweden, which is a 1974 Hardtailed Strat with a really thin neck. We found this in a store in Stockholm. It's kind of the backup main Strat really. I think it's eventually going to find its way into its affections even though its a hardtail. There's something great, something really solid about its tone," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"A new one at the beginning of this tour is the White Penguin. Josh just plays this on a few of the Californication era ones. In a way it's a bit of a tip-of-the-hat to John. And it's very shiny! A lot of people are very attracted to it. I get more comments about this than anything else. I'm not that keen on these bridges though because they just seem to fold a bit. I have a lot of spares to patch things together. I will say that Josh puts a lot of stress on things. So we spent a lot of time every day going around checking nuts and bolts and tidying things. it's just everyday maintenance," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"This is an early 70s 335 that we call 'Yogi' because it looks a bit like a bear. Josh plays this on this Neil Young tune they do called 'Everybody Knows This is Nowhere,' they play it on that. He plays it on "Universally Speaking'. There doesn't seem to be some particular reason for why he uses some guitars more than others. I'm very fond of this guitar though, it never gives me any trouble," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"This one was actually John's, he gave it to Josh. He had that one when he was playing with PJ Harvey when I first met him. Again, a great guitar. You can do anything to that and it won't go out of tune," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"A nice '64 custom color Jaguar. We found this in the same place in Stockholm. Josh will play this in some of the lighter Frusciante-era stuff, like 'Wet Sand' and stuff," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"I'm not quite sure where Josh found this. It just appeared a little while ago. Apparently it's very rare I believe. It's a 12-string Firebird. The pickguard doesn't look exactly original to me and also the switching arrangement. We actually went to the House of Guitars the other day and there was one with what appeared to be an original pickguard on it. And I think that's just a switch between the two. It's got 'on/off' on each. Also, it's got that strange off-center bit of inlay there, so I don't know if this was like a factory second or if it was a half-ass prototype before they decided to build a small number of them. Josh hasn't used it on anything at all so far. It's just in here. Sometimes if he's feeling particularly exciting he might tell me before the final song of the show that he wants to use this for the final segment of that song. So when there's a four-bar rest I actually jump up there and swap guitars with him in the middle of the song, and then he will come out and rock with this for a bit. He's used it for the encore jam a few times," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

"This one doesn't get used a great deal. It's a Coronado 12-string in this sort of burnt orange. This is the only one that isn't in standard; it's dropped a half step for 'Breaking the Girl'. It very much has a tone of its own. It’s a bit scratchy, there's a bit of a cluster to it, but it suits the version of the song they're doing now. It's not an acoustic song, it's more of a garaged out number so it works. He goes for the neck for the main part and then you go into the main percussive section with all of the tin cans and all when you go to the bridge, and then he really kind of digs in a gets a bit honky. But it suits, it suits very well. I think the color may have had to do something with its purchase," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

This guitar was used by John during the tour with the band Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2007. It's exactly John Frusciante's guitar (http://www.jftab.com/img/gear/guitar/frusciante-stratocaster-wite.jpg)

This appears to be Josh's backup guitar during the tour with the band called The Bicycle Thief (1999-2000).

This was Josh's main guitar during the tour with the band The Bicycle Thief (1999-2000).

This was Josh's guitar during the tour with Beck in 2003.

For some acoustic sessions with PJ Harvey in 2004, Josh used a Martin Acoustic (00-15).

This one appears to be one of Josh's guitars during the tour with PJ Harvey in 2004.

After Josh klinghoffer toured the Fender Custom Shop he is now using this pink stratocater on the Red Hot Chili Peppers 2013/2014 tour.

In this source picture you can see Josh Klinghoffer using a P90 Gibson SG Junior.

Josh can be seen holding a black Fender Musicmaster in his hands in this picture.

In this photo, Josh can be seen playing a mint Fender Telecaster. This photo comes from Red Hot Chilli Peppers's concert in Glendale, AZ, USA, which happened on September 25, 2012, and this could indicate that this guitar was used for "I'm With You" tour.

"You choose how heavily 'reliced' it is they both just fancy these so it's Seymour '56 Tele in the bridge...just a great sounding guitar." - Ian Sheppard, Josh's Guitar Tech at 29:04.

In this photo, Josh Klinghoffer can be seen with a Gibson Firebird VII.

At 0:30 in this video, Josh Klinghoffer can be seen playing a Gibson ES-295 with PAF humbuckers.