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Can't stop amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Red hot chilli peppers guitar tone for “Can't stop”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a ESP LTD M-1000. Main riff and verse, Studio version, By the Way (2002)

Original rig

Marshall Major 200W / Fender Deluxe Reverb, 1960 Fender Telecaster (bridge pickup), Boss CE-1 preamp

Bright, punchy funk-rock crunch with single-coil snap and controlled grit

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELCrunchBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	4
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	8
Reverb	2
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME8

Signal chain

01Boss DS-2 / Ibanez WH10 (for solo)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (engage for the solo section)

Tone 6 · Level 7 · Dist 8

Why these settings

The MG30CFX Crunch channel captures the edge-of-breakup grit of Frusciante's cranked Marshalls. Because your ESP LTD M-1000 features high-output humbuckers instead of a vintage Telecaster bridge single-coil, roll the guitar volume back to 8 to avoid oversaturating the preamp and bump amp treble to 8 for that snappy attack. The MG30CFX lacks a physical presence control, so the bite is shaped entirely via the treble and upper-mid EQ. Solo: kick on the recommended distortion pedal or switch to the OD-1 channel.

PRO TIPFrusciante plays the signature riff using aggressive all-six-string funk strums while muting the inactive strings entirely with his fretting-hand thumb and index finger—the muted string clatter is essential to the percussive attack.

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