By the way amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR
The Red hot chili peppers guitar tone for “By the way”, dialed in for a Marshall DSL40CR with a MARCUS MILLER Jazz Bass. Studio album cut, By the Way (2002) — main energetic slap verse & punchy chorus
Modulus Flea Bass (Lane Poor/Aguilar OBP-1) tuned to Drop D into Gallien-Krueger 2001RB with MXR Micro Amp
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 4 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 6 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 4 |
01MXR M133 Micro Amp
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The DSL40CR is a guitar combo, so running a bass through it requires using the Classic Gain Clean mode to prevent loose speaker flub. Keep bass around 6 to protect the open-back 12-inch guitar speaker while pushing the mids and presence to capture Gallien-Krueger slap bite. If you add an MXR Micro Amp later, use it as a transparent boost in front of the clean channel for extra transient attack. Tune your low E string down to D for this song.
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