This photo of John Frusciante's pedalboard from circa 2003 reveals he uses two Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion Pedals. Both of them appear to be the distinctively orange color, and have four knobs. They can be seen on the right side of the photo.

In this photo of John Frusciante singing into the mic, his Dunlop Tortex 0.60mm guitar pick can be seen in the microphone stand pick holder. This is a shot from the recorded Red Hot Chili Peppers performance Live at Slane Castle (recorded August 23, 2003 at Slane Castle grounds).

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In this interview with Vintage Guitar, Frusciante says that around the era of the Red Hot Chili Peppers album By The Way (released in 2002), he favored Telecasters over his more usual choice of Stratocaste...

A mainstay on John Frusciante's pedalboard, his MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal can be seen in the bottom row of this pedalboard from circa 2006 (Stadium Arcadium era). It is to the right of his Big Muff Pi. The photo is from Guitar Player magazine, November 2006 issue. Photo credit David Lee.

In this photo, John Frusciante can be seen playing live with a white Fender Stratocaster. In an interview with Vintage Guitar, in answer to the question "What are some of your favorite instruments in your collection" he mentions owning a "white early-’60s Strat". He says:

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John Frusciante can be seen playing his Gretsch White Falcon Electric Guitar throughout this live performance of Californication with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, live at Slane Castle. A great close-up shot of the guitar can be seen at ...

An Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi can be seen in this picture of John Frusciante's pedalboard. Electro-Harmonix also confirms the use of the Big Muff Pi.

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Used on Blood Sugar Sex Magik, John used the Dyna Comp on the solo of "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" and for the intro of "Under The Bridge" and if you go on YouTube and look up "John Frusciante recording Mellowship slinky in B Major solo" you can see it by his right knee next to the time.

This is a scan of a magazine interview where Frusciante talks about using a Fender H.O.T. practice amp during the recording of Blood Sugar Sex Magik:

"I like to keep things simple. Those MESA/Boogie amps were too hard for me to understand. For most of the basics, I used two M...

John is clearly seen here using a Vox AC30 during a gig with Ataxia in 2004.

In this photo, John Frusciante's red Fender Mustang can be seen next to him. In an interview with Vintage Guitar, he says:

I also have a red Mustang, and it’s fun. I feel like a different person on it, too, but it feels really comfortable, like an extension of me… but also th...

The Boss SD-1 can be seen beside his turbo distortion from this photos of their performance of "these are the ways" on the Jimmy Kimmel show April 1st

Akkording to John Frusciante Effects he used a TS9 at a show on April 14th 1989 at Shafer Court (Virginia Commonwealth University). The pictures are a little blurry but as the TS9 has a pretty unique look it seems to be pretty certain.

John Frusciante can be seen holding a white Fender Jaguar in this photo (the photo is originally from the November 2006 issue of Guitar Player magazine).

According to this rig diagram, John Frusciante uses a Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal.

In an article from Vintage Guitar magazine, John Frusciante's 1962 Fender Jaguar in Fiesta Red finish (with matching headstock) is mentioned. When talking about his favorite instruments from his collection, he says:

"I’ve had most of these guitars for a really long time. When...

John Frusciante's Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/55 100W Amp Head can be seen during his Fuse Studios performance of “How deep is your love”.

In this photo John is clearly using Marshall JCM800.

I play a MESA/Boogie amp, I forget which one. It broke before we started touring. All the knobs on it are frozen so I can’t move them, but they’re frozen in a good spot, so it’s okay. For the album, I played through a Soldano head, which goes to “11.” I use a Boss Distortion pedal, an Ibanez wah-...

In an April 2004 issue of Guitarist magazine, John Frusciante talks about using the ZVex Fuzz Factory pedal on his studio album Shadows Collide with People. He says, "Well, there's the Fuzz Factory. That guy (Zachary Vex) makes really interesting effects and he handpaints them himself. T...

John Frusciante plays his Martin 0-15 in the official music video for Road Trippin'.

In this rig diagram of John Frusciante's rig circa 2001, one can see a Fender Dual Showman.

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"My main guitars are Yamaha SG2000s. My favorite is a purple one from 1980." says John Frusciante in this Premier Guitar interview.

He has used the CE1 for all he's career for main chorus sound. I think he used also the CE2 but can't find nothing. This photo is from the Californication's recording sessions, but this pedal can be seen in every live video and pedalboard pic.

From a Vintage Guitar Magazine article, "John Frusciante: Red Hot On The Empyrean" it is revealed that John Frusciante owns a 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom:

The Les Paul is a ’69, but I’m not sure what years the ES-175 and 335 are from. I don’t play those much; I bought them be...

In this scanned article from Guitarist magazine, June 2003 edition, Frusciante's pedalboard can be seen. In the top row of the pedalboard, the green Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeling Pedal can be seen.

John Frusciante says in the video that,"this is mine I bought it recently" (at 7:06) and he uses it in the dani california video.

John is clearly seen using a Boss FZ-3 on his 1998/1999 Californication recording session pedalboard and it remained on his tour pedalboard until 2000.

In the “show me your soul” music video you can see John playing a black stratocaster which is rarely talked about, the exact year isn’t clear however u can tell it’s anywhere between a 59’ and a 63’ due to the logo being harder to notice and also the rosewood board and smaller 50’s style head, at...