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Soul to Squeeze amp settings — Fender SP-10

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Soul to Squeeze”, dialed in for a Fender SP-10 with a Squier Contemporary Stratocaster. Studio version, Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions / Coneheads soundtrack (1993)

Original rig

1958/1962 Fender Stratocaster -> Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble (or DOD FX65) -> Marshall Major / Marshall Super Bass / DI console

Warm, chiming edge-of-breakup clean with lush analog chorus and subtle compression

Amp settings — Fender SP-10

CHANNELCleanBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Keeley Compressor Plus

Set mode switch to Single Coil (up)

Sustain 5 · Level 6 · Blend 6 · Tone 5

02TC Electronic Corona Chorus

Chorus mode (center toggle switch up)

Speed 3 · Depth 6 · FX Level 5 · Tone 5

Why these settings

The Fender SP-10 is a basic solid-state practice amp with only Volume, Gain, Bass, and Treble knobs, so mid, presence, and reverb are set to null. We run the SP-10 clean with slight gain to mimic the subtle warmth of Frusciante's Marshall preamps, relying on the Keeley Compressor to add vintage squish and the Corona Chorus to emulate his signature Boss CE-1.

PRO TIPUse a light-to-medium pick and play with dynamic thumb-and-finger hybrid picking on the intro embellishments to match Frusciante's expressive, percussive touch.

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