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Rig Rundown: Red Hot Chili Peppers [2017]

See how the extensive live setups used by Flea and Josh Klinghoffer have morphed since their 2012 I'm with You tour.

Chris Kies
By Chris KiesFeb 01, 2017
Chris Kies
Chris Kies has degrees in Journalism and History from the University of Iowa and has been with PG dating back to his days as an intern in 2007. He's now the multimedia manager maintaining the website and social media accounts, coordinating Rig Rundown shoots (also hosting and/or filming them) and occasionally writing an artist feature. Other than that, he enjoys non-guitar-related hobbies.
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Housed in the upper slot are two rare gems that his guitars hit first—a Tone Bender MK 1.5 Fuzz and a Klon Centaur. The drawer below is stocked with a Voodoo Lab brick driving a Robot Pedal Factory Brain Freeze filter, an Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, ’80s Ibanez AF201 auto filter and BS10 Bass Stack stomps, an Xotic Effects SP Compressor, a Wampler Tumnus, a JHS Firefly Fuzz, and a Boss SP-1 Spectrum parametric EQ.

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