MusicRadar places John on the list of 35 Fender Stratocaster stars
In their feature with photos and descriptions of each player’s style and story of how they came to be that great; MusicRadar have, of course, listed John. The article begins here and what they said about him is here.
Before reuniting with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998, John Frusciante lost his teeth to drug addiction. The following decade would see him crawl back to a creative peak and release an astonishing body of work of which his ‘day job’ as a funkateer alongside Anthony Kiedis and co is only one facet.
Despite the huge variety of sounds and instruments he uses, it’s those Bold As Love-style embellished rhythm parts played on a Strat neck pickup that have become his signature.
Here he’s pictured rocking his original ’57 sunburst Strat. He also owns 1962 sunburst and fiesta red models.
