Josh Klinghoffer's Gear

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In the Premier Guitar article "Dot Hacker: Psychic Friends Network," Josh Klinghoffer is noted for using the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal.

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In this video Josh Klinghoffer uses a Gibson SJ 200 acoustic guitar to play "If You Want Me To Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone at UCLA in 2015 with Anthony Kiedes.

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It's wah wah pedal based on old Ibanez WH10 but inludes also a preamp. This one allows you to reach RHCP tone without any other pedals. That pedal was made for Josh by Adam Kukielewski, guitar tech from Poland.

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Josh ca be seen playing the EHX Deluxe Memory Boy at 3:16

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In the official behind-the-scenes video "Red Hot Chili Peppers - View From The Road - Cologne," Josh Klinghoffer is seen using a ZT Lunchbox 200-watt Amplifier.

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According to this website he currently uses the Catalinbread Csidman on the Getaway tour.

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According to the Premier Guitars official Facebook Account Josh uses a Lastgasp Art Laboratories Misty Cave for the current The Getaway tour.

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Can be seen at 38:37

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Josh Klinghoffer uses the Klon KTR overdrive pedal, as shown in a user-uploaded photo from his 2014 Dot Hackers tour gear.

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Mentioned in the official product description.

In October 2017 the Ensemble Crunch landed on Josh Klinghoffer's pedalboard.

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In this video Josh is rehersing with his Fender Custom Silver Stratocaster with a matching headstock. He had it made with a neck replicating his black strat ' gus ' which has a super skinny neck. He had a least three made with that neck, a silver, gold and pink.

And at the end of this video Josh gives an overview of his silver strat

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"The WH-10 is a whole bag of fun unto itself," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech about the Ibanez WH10 Wah Guitar Effects Pedal.

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"This is set for a different range. It's got a much more synthy and 70s sexy kind of thing," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech about the Moog Moogerfooger Low-Pass Filter.

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"A bit more reverb chunked on top of that with the Holy Grail if he feels like it," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

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"It's just like a crazy synth buzz with massive oscillation. So when he hits that you'll know all about it," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

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In a Premier Guitar Rig Rundown video, Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech refers to the MXR M133 Micro Amp as "one of our dirty drives," highlighting its role in Klinghoffer's setup for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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"We've got a 200-watt Marshall Major. A 1970 I think this one is, through 1972. 8x10, originally a 120-watt cab but I had to swap out the drivers for 40-watt Celestions because obviously it was probably likely that a 200-watt Major was going to cause it catch fire otherwise. Josh did say it sounded great, haha, but things often sound great just before they catch fire. Destruction sounds amazing," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

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"Josh uses D'Addario .010-.046s all across the board except on the Penguin, which we call 'Pingo'. It comes from a British animated TV series for kids. It has an animated penguin in it, he just spends his time hanging out in the ice and playing with his friends. He's called Pingo so the guitar is called Pingo. That one is .011-.049, again D'Addarios. Everything else is just as is, and then D'Addario's Standard 12-String sets. He's played them forever, he's happy with them," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

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"On the Penguin, which we call 'Pingu'.. That one is .011-.049, again D'Addarios," says Josh Klinghoffer's guitar tech.

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The official Dot Hacker Twitter released these pictures. In the second picture, a Line 6 Echo Park Delay pedal can be seen on Josh Klinghoffer's pedalboard.

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In this photo, Josh Klinghoffer is playing a Hofner 500/1 Bass.

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In a Guitar World magazine scan from October 2011, Josh Klinghoffer is pictured with a Fender 'narrow panel tweed' Deluxe Amp 5E3, visible on the left side of the image.

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In the Premier Guitar article "Dot Hacker: Psychic Friends Network," Josh Klinghoffer is noted for using the Danelectro DS-100 power amplifier.

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In the Premier Guitar article "Dot Hacker: Psychic Friends Network," Josh Klinghoffer's ZVEX Fuzz Factory is listed in the gear section.

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In the YouTube video by Youdio, Josh Klinghoffer is seen using a Klon Centaur Overdrive pedal at the 3:17 mark while playing guitar.

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

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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

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He currently uses this pedal on the getaway tour functioning as a killswitch.

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According to this website he currently uses the Boss DC-3 Digital Dimension on the Getaway tour.

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According to this website he currently uses the JHS Pedals Firefly on the Getaway tour.

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