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Can't Stop amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Can't Stop”, dialed in for a M-VAVE Cube Baby with a Thomson Strat. Studio album cut, By the Way (2002) - Bassline tone

Original rig

Modulus Flea Bass (Lane Poor pickup) + Gallien-Krueger 2001RB & 800RB + Mesa Boogie/GK 4x10 & 1x15 cabs

Punchy, aggressive high-mid slap attack with tight low-end snap and grit

Amp settings — M-VAVE Cube Baby

CHANNELPreamp Model 2 (US Clean / High-Headroom Clean) with 4x10 Cab IRBRIGHTonBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	6
Mid	8
Treble	7
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge+middle TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01M-VAVE Cube Baby Built-in Compressor

Built-in dynamics block to clamp slap transients and add sustain

Type/Sens 6 · Attack 4

02M-VAVE Cube Baby Drive Module (Boost/OD)

Mild grit to simulate GK 800RB solid-state preamp growl

Drive 2 · Tone 7 · Level 8

Why these settings

To emulate Flea's active Modulus bass punch on a passive Thomson Strat, use the bridge+middle position to get a percussive, scooped-quack attack. The Cube Baby's preamp is set with elevated mids and treble to replicate the GK solid-state clack, while keeping gain low to avoid guitar breakup. Mild compression tightens the percussive transients of the main riff.

PRO TIPSlap hard over the base of the fretboard with a loose thumb parallel to the strings, letting the string bounce off the frets to generate the signature metallic clack.

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