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Snow (Hey Oh) amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Snow (Hey Oh)”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Fender Player Stratocaster. Studio version, Stadium Arcadium (2006) — main riff

Original rig

1962 Fender Stratocaster (neck/middle) into Marshall Major 200W / Marshall Silver Jubilee clean channel + Boss CE-1 preamp

Articulate, chimey, dynamic edge-of-breakup clean with tight low-end and vocal midrange

Amp settings — Boss GT-1

CHANNELPREAMP: MS1959 I+II (Plexi model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	4
Mid	7
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Signal chain

01FX1: Compressor (Limiter)

Even out the rapid 16th-note alternate picking dynamics

Sustain 4 · Attack 6 · Level 5

02OD/DS: Natural OD

Simulates the Boss CE-1 preamp slight mid-boost and subtle edge-of-breakup

Drive 2 · Tone 5 · Level 7

03FX2: Chorus (CE-1 style)

Subtle vintage analog chorus for the chorus section

Rate 4 · Depth 3 · Level 5

Why these settings

The MS1959 Plexi block in the GT-1 delivers the high-headroom Marshall Major character, kept clean with gain at 3. The Natural OD block replicates Frusciante's Boss CE-1 preamp coloration, pushing the upper-mids without fuzz. Bass is trimmed to 4 to prevent the rapid 16th-note double stops from getting boomy on single coils. Clean interlude/chorus: bring the FX2 chorus block into the chain.

PRO TIPFrusciante relies heavily on aggressive, percussive wrist action while muting non-played strings with his thumb over the neck; roll guitar volume back slightly to 9 to tame transient peaks and keep the high-frequency snap sweet.

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