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Can't Stop amp settings — Cherub technology GGA10

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Can't Stop”, dialed in for a Cherub technology GGA10 with a Squier Bullet Stratocaster. Studio version, By The Way (2002)

Original rig

1962 Fender Stratocaster → Ibanez Tube Screamer → Marshall Silver Jubilee / Fender Deluxe Reverb. Big Muff for solo. Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail reverb.

Snappy, percussive funk crunch with bright single-coil bite and tight low end

Amp settings — Cherub technology GGA10

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	3
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The GGA10 is a basic solid-state practice amp with limited EQ shaping and no channel switching. Frusciante's tone came from a cranked Marshall with natural tube crunch and a Tube Screamer adding mids and compression. Without pedals, you must rely entirely on the amp's gain stage—set gain at 4 for a light breakup rather than full distortion, keep bass low at 3 to maintain the tight funk attack, and push mids to 6 to approximate the Tube Screamer's mid-hump. The solo's Big Muff fuzz tone is unobtainable on this rig.

PRO TIPFrusciante's percussive attack on this riff comes from aggressive muting with the palm heel and snapping the strings with downstrokes near the bridge—nail this technique and you'll get 70% of the tone regardless of gear.

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