John FrusciantePedalboard, 2022
John Frusciante's 2022 Unlimited Love rehearsal board keeps the signatures — a WH10 wah, a Boss DS-2 and a CE-1 Chorus Ensemble — and adds a Dyna Comp, an SD-1, two MXR gain colours and an M300 reverb set both short and long.
Unlimited Love rehearsal board
Order evidence: No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed
Inside the rig · 9 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits John Frusciante's 2022 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Reconstructed orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Dynamics
Dyna Comp
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds clean sustain and a more elastic response when a part needs it.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
SD-1 Super OverDrive
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Gives Frusciante a powerful but less extreme drive voice than the DS-2.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
DS-2 Turbo Distortion
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Supplies the more aggressive distortion voice that remains one of his two essential stompboxes.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Super Badass Variac Fuzz
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Creates hairy solos and heavier chorus or overdub textures.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Gain
Custom Badass '78 Distortion
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds a second MXR distortion color alongside the fuzz and compact overdrives.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Filter & EQ
WH10 Wah
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides the expressive vocal filter retained from his earlier Chili Peppers rigs.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Modulation
CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Shapes the core preamp response and splits the guitar in stereo to the Marshall Major and Silver Jubilee.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reverb & Ambience
M300 Reverb · Short Room
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Adds subtle rehearsal-room space and was kept on almost continuously.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Reverb & Ambience
M300 Reverb · Long
Front of amp
Role in this rig
Provides the broader ambience that the short-room unit cannot supply.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Reconstructed
Documented equipment · Reconstructed order · Split output path
Frusciante personally identifies the key pedals shown on the rehearsal board and explains their uses; guitar tech Dave Lee independently confirms the CE-1 and DS-2 as cornerstone effects and the CE-1 as the stereo amplifier split. The interview does not trace every patch cable, so the display groups dynamics, gain, wah, stereo chorus and ambience in a readable reconstructed order. The two identical reverbs are kept separate because the artist explicitly describes one short, nearly always-on room and one longer reverb.
No source publishes this sequence. The units are ordered by conventional signal-chain practice, and any documented routing zone is kept as recorded.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about John Frusciante's 2022 pedalboard
- What pedals did John Frusciante use in 2022?
- This dated entry lists 9 units: Dyna Comp, SD-1 Super OverDrive, DS-2 Turbo Distortion, Super Badass Variac Fuzz, Custom Badass '78 Distortion, WH10 Wah, CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, M300 Reverb · Short Room, M300 Reverb · Long. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.
- What order were John Frusciante's pedals in?
- The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections.
- Is this John Frusciante's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 9 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear John Frusciante owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.
- When and where was this pedalboard used?
- Early 2022. Red Hot Chili Peppers rehearsals. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Guitar World, BOSS Articles. Among them an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.