Latest about John Frusciante
The incredible story of the Les Paul that Dave Navarro bought for his Guns N’ Roses audition – and ended up giving to John Frusciante
We ask Navarro about the Gibson that featured on the cover of GW's March ’96 issue, and it opens up a whole lot of memories for the former Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist
That time Dave Navarro lent John Frusciante a Les Paul – only for the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend to sell it
Frusciante would eventually make it up to the Jane’s Addiction guitarist with a gift of his own
A guide to every guitarist who's played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers
RHCP founder Hillel Slovak created the template, but the seven guitarists who later enjoyed stints in the band all created their own delicate balance of funk grooves and rock aggression
How Arve Isdal carved his own extreme metal path with Enslaved – and became Norway’s answer to Slash
The blues-schooled shredder shows off some unlikely examples in his guitar collection, explains why he quit an Iron Maiden icon’s band and shares the fate of his supergroup with Dani Filth, Rob Caggiano and John Tempesta
Richard Z Kruspe explains why guitars are like kisses, reverse kill-switches – and how he launched Rammstein with a riff
Fresh from launching his new RZK-III signature model, the German fire-raiser discusses the Custom Shop guitar that changed his thinking on collecting – and how he manages to live and let live with colleague Paul Landers
After a 3-year wait, Behringer’s affordable clone of John Frusciante’s favorite chorus pedal is finally here
The Boss CE-1 can be heard all over the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog, and now Behringer’s Chorus Symphony hopes to deliver its all-analog delights to the budget end of the market
Eddie Van Halen’s tech helped John Frusciante track down a rare wah pedal – but the guitar hero didn’t approve of his gear choice
Van Halen may not have been especially fond of the vintage wah, but he did take the opportunity to share some valuable guitar tech advice with Froosh’s camp during the handover
That time John Frusciante wrote in to Total Guitar magazine to share his thoughts on music theory
It was 2006, one hot summer, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar hero had some things he needed to get off his chest about theory, and why he had learned “immensely” from reading Total Guitar
