RHCP PACK OUT NOW!
- May 13
- 4 min read

I'm pleased to announce that the RHCP preset pack is now available for AXE-FX3, FM9 and FM3!
Full video demo coming soon, but in the meantime you can watch a short teaser on my instagram page @edosounds demo'ing the lead sound of Dani California.
Like I said in the previous post when I announced the making of the pack, I made the RHCP pack for a tribute gig I have in a couple weeks, and I decided to mix and match some sounds from the studio versions and some from the live versions, keeping the same basic principle I normally follow for my U2 presets, which is consistency between amps and fx as if it was a real live rig.
Some presets do include an extra lead scene based on the sound Frusciante would normally use when the Chili Peppers venture into instrumental jams in the solo sections.. Also, it's worth to mention that the preset titles are what the scenes are made after, but you can easily use many presets to play other songs!
Here's a full description of the presets and scenes:
Preset setlist:
1. CAN’T STOP
2. SCAR TISSUE
3. UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING
4. SNOW
5. AROUND THE WORLD
6. DON’T FORGET ME
7. BY THE WAY
8. DANI CALIFORNIA
9. TELL ME BABY
10. PARALLEL UNIVERSE
11. EASILY
12. READYMADE
13. SUCK MY KISS
14. CALIFORNICATION
15. AEROPLANE
16. OTHERSIDE
17. THROW AWAY YOUR TELEVISION
18. DARK NECESSITIES
19. UNDER THE BRIDGE
20.GIVE IT AWAY
CAN’T STOP (4 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (INTRO, MAIN RIFF, CHORUS)
S2 - BRIDGE1 (FIRST PART OF THE BRIDGE CHORDS)
S3 - BRIDGE (SECOND PART OF BRIDGE ARPEGGIO)
S4 - LEAD (SOLO)
SCAR TISSUE (4 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL CLEAN PARTS)
S2 - SLIDE 1&2 (CLEAN SLIDE PARTS)
S3 - SLIDE 3 (DISTORTED SLIDE SOLO)
S4 - LEAD LIVE (THIS SCENE IS IN A FEW PRESETS, AND IT’S BASED ON
FRUSCIANTE LIVE LEAD TONE AS OPPOSED TO STUDIO VERSIONS)
UNIVERSALLY SPEAKING (4 SCENES / 3 SCENES ON FM3)
S1 - CLEAN (MAIN VERSE AND CHORUS)
S2 - CRUNCH (PRE CHORUS)
S3 - LEAD (SOLO)
S4 - ARP (THIS IS A BONUS PRESET MIMIC’ING THE ARPEGGIATOR AFTER
THE CHORUS. DUE TO CPU LIMITATIONS, THIS SCENE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN
THE FM3)
SNOW (4 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (VERSES)
S2 - CHORUS (CHORUSES)
S3 - FUZZ (LAST CHORUS AND OUTRO)
S4 - OUTRO ARP (ARPEGGIO ON THE FINAL CHORUS BEFORE FUZZ OUTRO)
AROUND THE WORLD (2 SCENES)
S1 - INTRO/VERSE (INTRO AND VERSES, LEAVE WAH IN TOE DOWN
POSITION)
S2 - CHORUS/OUTRO (CHORUSES neck pickup AND OUTRO bridge pickup)
DON’T FORGET ME (3 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL VERSES AND CHORUSES)
S2 - *LEAD 1 (FIRST SOLO)
S3 - *LEAD 2 (SECOND SOLO)
*Exp pedal controls WAH
BY THE WAY (2 SCENES)
S1 - CLEAN (INTRO, BREAK, OUTRO)
S2 - MAIN (VERSES, CHORUSES - LEAVE WAH IN TOE DOWN POSITION)
DANI CALIFORNIA (7 SCENES)
S1 - CLEAN (VERSES 1st half)
S2 - FILTER (VERSES 2nd half)
S3 - CHORUS (CHORUSES)
S4 - *LEAD 1 (FIRST SOLO AFTER 1st CHORUS)
S5 - BRIDGE (BRIDGE)
S6 - CHORUS HARM (LAST CHORUS MELODY)
S7 - *LEAD2 (OUTRO SOLO)
*Exp pedal auto engages WAH
TELL ME BABY (6 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (INTRO, CLEAN VERSE, CHORUSES)
S2 - V1 FILTER (VERSE 1 AUTO FILTER)
S3 - LEAD1 (FIRST SOLO)
S4 - V2 FILTER (VERSE2 AUTO FILTER)
S5 - V2 DELAY (VERSE 2 DELAY)
S6 - LEAD 2 (OUTRO SOLO)
PARALLEL UNIVERSE (3 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL CLEAN PARTS)
S2 - CHORUS (ALL DISTORTED PARTS)
S3 - LEAD (OUTRO)
EASILY (3 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL VERSES & CHORUSES)
S2 - LEAD (SOLO AND OUTRO)
S3 - LEAD LIVE (BASED ON THE LIVE LEAD TONE)
READYMADE (2 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL SONGS EXCEPT FOR..)
S2 - LEAD (…SOLO)
SUCK MY KISS (4 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (MAIN RIFF, VERSES, CHORUSES)
S2 - MAIN +CE2 (PRE CHORUSES)
S3 - LEAD (SOLO BASED ON ALBUM VERSION)
S4 - LEAD ALT (SOLO BASED ON LIVE VERSION)
CALIFORNICATION (2 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL SONG EXCEPT FOR…)
S2 - LEAD (…SOLO)
AEROPLANE (5 SCENES)
S1 - INTRO (INTRO)
S2 - CHORUS (CHORUSES)
S3 - *LEAD (SOLO 1, 2 & 3)
S4 - *VERSE (VERSES)
S5 - BRIDGE (MIDDLE EIGHT)
*Exp pedal auto engages WAH
OTHERSIDE (2 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL SONG EXCEPT FOR…)
S2 - LEAD (…BRIDGE, SOLO AND OUTRO)
THROW AWAY YOUR TELEVISION (4 SCENES)
S1 - DELAY (VERSES)
S2 - PHASED (CHORUSES)
S3 - FILTER (AUTO FILTER SECTION)
S4 - OUTRO LEAD (OUTRO SECTION)
DARK NECESSITIES (5 SCENES)
S1 - INTRO (INTRO ARPEGGIO)S2 - *WAH + STUTTER (VERSES)
S3 - CHORUS (CHORUSES AND OUTRO)
S4 - INTERLUDE (MELODY LINE IN THE MIDDLE EIGHT)
S5 - LEAD (SOLO)
*Exp pedal controls both WAH and a stutter effect from the DELAY block.
Pressing the wah all the way down triggers the stutter effect.
UNDER THE BRIDGE (3 SCENES)
S1 - INTRO (TECHNICALLY THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN SOUND FOR THE
STUDIO VERSION, WITH COMPRESSION)
S2 - MAIN (AND THIS WOULD BE THE MAIN SOUND FOR LIVE VERSION, WITH
NO COMPRESSION)
S3 - OUTRO (THIS IS THE OUTRO PART)
GIVE IT AWAY (4 SCENES)
S1 - MAIN (ALL CLEAN PARTS)
S2 - LEAD (SOLO 1 AND 2 BASED ON THE ALBUM, WITH REVERSE EFFECT)
S3 - OUTRO (DISTORTED OUTRO RIFF)
S4 - LEAD LIVE (BASED ON THE LIVE LEAD SOUND - e.g. NO REVERSE
EFFECT)