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Suck My Kiss amp settings — Vox VT40X

The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar tone for “Suck My Kiss”, dialed in for a Vox VT40X with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) — iconic main riff and verses

Original rig

1958 Fender Stratocaster + Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion into Marshall Major / Marshall Bass head + Fender H.O.T. amp

Aggressive, mid-focused, biting funk-rock distortion with tight low-end snap

Amp settings — Vox VT40X

CHANNELBRIT 800 amp modelBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Level 7 · Tone 6 · Dist 8 · Turbo 1

Why these settings

The Vox VT40X's BRIT 800 model provides the punchy Marshall crunch Frusciante used. Because you are playing a bright Telecaster without an external DS-2, amp gain is set to 7 with mid boosted to 7 to deliver the necessary saturated bite and body. With a Boss DS-2 pedal added later, you would switch the amp to the CLEAN voice at gain 2 and let the pedal supply the distortion.

PRO TIPUse an aggressive, percussive downstroke attack right over the neck pickup while keeping unused strings clamped tight with your fretting hand thumb and fingers.

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