Chili's fans - Specifically Blood Sugar album

thisisguitar

Found this a couple of days back… Isolated guitar from the original

Bod

Awesome, thanks! Gonna have to rip the audio to listen to in the car now

thisisguitar

No worries man :-)

Just been using it to relearn some parts from years ago, nice to see where the tab is wrong (not to mention my memory!)

Deadman

Sir psycho sexy outro with all the little fills. How many hours I've wasted on that masterpiece.

dafuzz

Superb find Classic album

bluechargeboy

Some damn fine guitar tones in there, yes.

mudslide73

Listened to this then Stadium Arcadium today.. Thanks for the heads up @thisisguitar

thisisguitar

The Stadium Arcadium ones are good, I have both discs with just guitar and bass isolated on them… very handy in my line of work!

You're all welcome guys, couldn't not share.

ICBM

Interesting! Even though I don't really need to know the parts for any reason.

BSSM is actually my least favourite of the Frusciante Chilis albums though. Not sure why.

fretmeister

thisisguitar said:

The Stadium Arcadium ones are good, I have both discs with just guitar and bass isolated on them… very handy in my line of work!

You're all welcome guys, couldn't not share.

I'd love to listen to the bass one if you have it?

thisisguitar

@fretmeister - It's guitar and bass, not bass in isolation

Like this one - 

MazzaG

It's absolutely without a doubt my favourite album of all time. I've dedicated hours of practice learning it note for note and there's some truly incredible parts, not just the guitar either.

I REALLY recommended you watch the Funky Monks documentary, its wonderfully filmed and documents the recording of the album.



Some random fun facts:

-The guitar on the song Funky Monks was recorded unplugged with a mic close to the strings.
-Drummer Chad Smith was the only member who wouldn't sleep at the mansion because of its reputation for being haunted.
-'My Lovely Man' is about Hillel Slovak (deceased original guitarist).

Sorry, I'm a tad obsessed....

Deadman

Did JF use a fretless strat on some of the songs? Another tale I heard along the years.

matt1973

Loved that album as a young man )) it was the only release at the time that turn my head away from my beloved 60s & 70s vinyl.

MazzaG

Deadman;325930" said:

Did JF use a fretless strat on some of the songs? Another tale I heard along the years.

Yeah the fretless was used on the Mellowship Slinky bridge section and the solo for Suck My Kiss. Footage of him using it in that doc!

bluechargeboy

I remember that Funky Monks film being on the telly (or maybe I borrowed it from somebody). Loved the bit with the ad hoc percussion in Breaking the Girl, that and the mutton chop contest are what my brain decided to retain throughout the years!

Saw them live when they toured that album, with Rollins Band supporting, not too shabby.

Bod

My favourite bit in Funky Monks is where Flea is working on the bassline for Give It Away and Rubin steers it into what ended up on the track. It really demonstrates the value of a good producer.

bluechargeboy

Gonna have to watch it again, will have to schedule an hour off from my endless GAS questing...

PolarityMan

Really interesting to hear in isolation, some if the parts sound really abstract without the bass

Deadman

MazzaG said:

Deadman;325930" said:

Did JF use a fretless strat on some of the songs? Another tale I heard along the years.

Yeah the fretless was used on the Mellowship Slinky bridge section and the solo for Suck My Kiss. Footage of him using it in that doc!

So it was true.
I still have Funky Monks on VHS. It was my most watched vid back in the day. I so wanted to be a Chili Pepper.

Octahedron

RHCP without JF is just... not the same. Y'know when a personality departs a band, even though their replacement may sound the same you still have that "but it's not John Frusciante" in the back of the mind. JF is the man I always associate to the guitarring of RHCP even when Navarro was in the band...