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Around the world amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

The Red hot chili peppers guitar tone for “Around the world”, dialed in for a Fender Rumble 40 with a Rogue Lxmb series 3. Studio version, Californication (1999) - Main intro / chorus fuzz bass riff

Original rig

Modulus Flea Bass (Lane Poor pickup, Aguilar OBP-1 preamp) + Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive + Gallien-Krueger 2001RB amp into 4x10/1x15 cabs

Aggressive, grinding high-gain bass distortion with tight low-end and prominent upper-mid bite

Amp settings — Fender Rumble 40

CHANNELOverdrive switch ENGAGEDBRIGHToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	6
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Level 6 · High EQ 6 · Low EQ 7 · Balance 7 · Gain 8

Why these settings

The Fender Rumble 40 lacks an external fuzz/overdrive pedal, so you must engage the onboard Overdrive circuit with Drive pushed to 8 and Level around 7 on the front panel to emulate the Boss ODB-3 fuzz. Fender Rumble EQ has a natural mid-scoop, so Low-Mid and High-Mid should both be boosted to roughly 7 to match the punchy Gallien-Krueger mid bite. Verse section: disengage the amp's Overdrive switch to return to clean fingerstyle punch.

PRO TIPDig in hard with your index and middle fingers directly over the bridge pickup rather than over the neck, and let the strings bounce off the frets to generate Flea's signature percussive clack.

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