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Can't Stop amp settings — Orange Crush bass 25

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Can't Stop”, dialed in for a Orange Crush bass 25 with a Hondo Précision bass. Studio version, By The Way album (2002). This is a GUITAR tone — bass rig cannot replicate it, only approximate its rhythmic attack.

Original rig

1960 Fender Custom Telecaster (bridge pickup) → MXR Micro Amp → Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble → Marshall Major 200W

Bright, funky, percussive single-coil attack with clean-ish Marshall compression — unobtainable on bass gear

Amp settings — Orange Crush bass 25

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	3
Mid	8
Treble	9
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Bass amps voice EQ for sub frequencies; cutting bass to 3 and maxing treble/mids fights the amp's natural darkness to get the most articulate, cutting tone possible. Gain stays low because the original is a clean-platform tone with pedal boost — your amp has no pedals to provide that, so we're running it as clean as possible while still having presence. This will sound like a bright, punchy bass tone, not a Telecaster.

PRO TIPPlay closer to the bridge with your plucking hand and use a pick if you have one — this mimics the percussive, snappy attack Frusciante gets from his aggressive strumming technique and is the single biggest thing you can do to approximate the feel without the right gear.

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