This 1967 Fender Tele Custom was a gift from former Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante and is used on “Parallel Universe.” The gaff tape on the guitar’s body was put there by John because he often cut or scraped his arm while playing because of the Tele’s slab body getting in the way of his ferocious downstrokes.

























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Zach loves his Sovtek Mig 60 head, which he plays through a cab he built himself at a pipe-organ shop in Denver. Every glue joint is lined with thin leather for maximum air tightness, and it’s stocked with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers.







