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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.

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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