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Can't Stop amp settings — Mooer GE150

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Can't Stop”, dialed in for a Mooer GE150 with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version, By the Way (2002) — iconic main funk-rock riff

Original rig

1962 Fender Stratocaster (bridge) into Boss CE-1 Preamp, Marshall Major 200W, Marshall Silver Jubilee, Fender Deluxe Reverb

Bright, punchy edge-of-breakup funk attack with snappy treble and tight low-end

Amp settings — Mooer GE150

CHANNELJCM800 (or Silver Jubilee model) + 4x12 Greenback Cab SimBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor Block (Mooer GE150)

Essential for percussive funk snap and leveling aggressive pick attack

Sustain 4 · Attack 5 · Level 7

02Preamp / Clean Boost Block (Mooer GE150)

Emulates the Boss CE-1 preamp coloration pushing the front of the amp model

Gain 3 · Tone 6 · Level 7

Why these settings

The Squier Strat's vintage-voiced bridge pickup naturally delivers the requisite bite, so the Marshall-style amp model is dialed just to the edge of breakup rather than into full crunch. Bass is rolled off slightly to 4 to prevent the percussive thumb-slapped muted strings from getting boomy in the multi-FX cab block. Treble and upper mids are pushed to replicate the high-headroom snap of Frusciante's cranked 200W Major rig.

PRO TIPFret only the target notes with your index finger while letting your other fretting fingers rest lightly across all unplayed strings; strike across all six strings aggressively with the pick to generate the signature percussive 'thwack' around the clean note.

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