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scar tissue amp settings — EVH 5150III 50W

The Red hot chili peppers guitar tone for “scar tissue”, dialed in for a EVH 5150III 50W with a Fender Lonestar Stratocaster. Studio version, Californication (1999) — main intro/verse clean riff

Original rig

Marshall Major 200W & Silver Jubilee 2555, 1962 Fender Stratocaster (neck/middle), subtle pre-amp compression and grit

Warm, mellow single-coil sparkle with subtle edge-of-breakup grit

Amp settings — EVH 5150III 50W

CHANNELGreen (Clean)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	5
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01EHX Soul Food

Clean boost / edge-of-breakup into the Green channel

Drive 2 · Treble 5 · Volume 7

Why these settings

The EVH 5150III Green channel stays pristine and clean, lacking the natural Marshall power-tube compression heard on the recording. Running the Soul Food with low drive and pushed output adds the necessary mid push and subtle harmonic grit before hitting the preamp. Set the 5150 Resonance to 5 on the rear panel to keep the Stratocaster's low-end punch intact without flubbing. Solo slide section: kick on the Big Muff (Sustain 6, Tone 4, Volume 7) with a slide.

PRO TIPFrusciante anchors his thumb over the top of the neck to mute the low E string and plays with a gentle, dragging pick attack rather than sharp alternate picking to get the signature relaxed bounce.

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