John Frusciante
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After a 3-year wait, Behringer’s affordable clone of John Frusciante’s favorite chorus pedal is finally here
By Phil Weller published
The Boss CE-1 can be heard all over the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog, and now Behringer’s Chorus Symphony hopes to deliver its all-analog delights to the budget end of the market

Eddie Van Halen’s tech helped John Frusciante track down a rare wah pedal – but the guitar hero didn’t approve of his gear choice
By Phil Weller published
Van Halen may not have been especially fond of the vintage wah, but he did take the opportunity to share some valuable guitar tech advice with Froosh’s camp during the handover

That time John Frusciante wrote in to Total Guitar magazine to share his thoughts on music theory
By Total Guitar editors published
It was 2006, one hot summer, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero had some things he needed to get off his chest about theory, and why he had learned “immensely” from reading Total Guitar

John Frusciante’s former guitar tech on the moment he realized the guitarist could be rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers
By Janelle Borg published
Top-tier guitar tech Dave Lee reveals how he got to know about Frusciante's plans to return to the Chili Peppers

John Frusciante’s first-ever Fender signature guitar is here
By Matt Owen published
Fender Master Builder Paul Waller has painstakingly recreated the Red Hot Chili Peppers icon’s legendary sunburst Strat, which features all the relic’d cosmetics and electronics upgrades of the original

Warm Audio debuts its take on the revered vintage chorus beloved by John Frusciante
By Matt Parker published
The vintage revivalist has offered an updated version of Boss’s legendary CE-1 unit, alongside a new pedal format 1176-style compressor

Dave Navarro on how he and John Frusciante finally played together for the first time after decades of friendship
By Matt Owen published
The former Red Hot Chili Peppers and current Jane’s Addiction guitarist has long had a close relationship with Frusciante, but they didn’t play together until 2020

"My apologies to you, our guitarist broke a finger": Red Hot Chili Peppers forced to cancel KROQ show following John Frusciante finger injury
By Phil Weller published
Vocalist Anthony Kiedis has now revealed the reason for the cancelation, with Frusciante sidelined for six weeks

“Flea said, ‘Dude, you have to sit down with my guitar player, John – he’s the best.’ I wasn’t a fan yet, but I said, ‘Cool. Let’s do it’”: How Zach Irons established a vital new voice in guitar playing – with a little help from John Frusciante
By Andrew Daly published
Guitarist for IRONTOM and AWOLNATION – and the son of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer Jack – Zach Irons takes a truly individual approach to the instrument. He reveals how he’s combating guitar self-indulgence, why he’s finally coming around to digital tones, and what makes the vintage Strat given to him by Frusciante his number one

“I don’t think there’s any guitar playing in history that stands above that”: John Frusciante, Johnny Marr, Radiohead and the Edge rank him among their favorite players – now underrated guitar hero John McGeoch gets the spotlight in new documentary
By Matt Parker published
The Light Pours Out of Me film examines the life and legacy of the influential guitarist behind Magazine, PiL and Siouxsie and the Banshees
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