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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

Original rig

Modulus Flea Bass (Lane Poor/Aguilar OBP-1) tuned to Drop D into Gallien-Krueger 2001RB with MXR Micro Amp

Punchy, aggressive slap-and-pop tone with tight low end, metallic high-mid snap, and subtle preamp drive
Amp settings — Marshall DSL40CR
CHANNELClassic Gain (Clean)BOOSToff
GAIN 4 BASS 6 MID 7 TREBLE 5 PRESENCE 6 REVERB 0 MASTER 4
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain4
Bass6
Mid7
Treble5
Presence6
Reverb0
Master4
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Guitar
PICKUPbridge+middle TONE9 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01MXR M133 Micro Amp

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Gain 6
Why these settings

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.

PRO TIPDrop-tune to D and slap right over the end of the fretboard with your thumb parallel to the strings; snap the G-string pops with aggressive upward force.

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