Help creating Frusciante Tone POD HD500X

[PodUserG]

I'll be performing next week , so I need to create a patch close to a Frusciante tone.

 

So far I have:

FasselWah-BoostComp-ClassicDistortion-FuzzPi-Plexi Lead 100 br(Gain:20 | Bass:40 | Mid:75 | Treb:75 | Pres:70 | Volum:70) - Brit 4x12 (57 on axis)-Analog Chorus-Panned Phaser- Room Reverb

I have everything in stock, so I need your advice to tweek every effect and ESPECIALLY the Amp because it sounds muddy.

I tried a Soldano Amp and I think it sounded better, however everyone says I should use the "Marshal" model since Frusciante used one.

 

This is the setlist, so you guys can tell me if I'm picking the right stuff:

-Tell me baby (Clean,PannedPhaser,FuzzPi)

-Snow (Clean,ClassicDistortion)

-Otherside (Clean,ClassicDistortion)

-Dani California (Clean w reverb,FasselWah,FuzzPi,PannedPhaser)

-By the way (Clean, I dont know what to use for the verse ..  : / )

-Scar tissue (slane castle solos) ( Clean, ClassicDistortion?)

-Around the world (ClassicDistortion, maybe Wah, Clean) - bridge pickup?

-Under the bridge (Clean, Analog Chorus)

-Californication (Clean, amp doesn't sound "clean enough" during the chorus)

-Zephyr Song (Clean w reverb, BoostComp for the solo)

-Can't Stop ( No matter what I do, this one sounds awful, I'm curently using the BoostComp for the rythm, but doesn't sound right) - Mid pickup?

-Give it away (ClassicDistortion, bridge pickup)

 

I have an MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS.

[cruisinon2]

I tried a Soldano Amp and I think it sounded better, however everyone says I should use the "Marshal" model since Frusciante used one.

 

Well don't count me among the "everyone"... and unfortunately, nobody can really tell you if you're choosing the right options. We're not hearing what you are. Modeling is a little weird and somewhat unpredictable from one player to the next...strike that...it's very unpredictable. There are a thousand ways to set up your patches, and numerous variables are involved. Quite often what works for one guy, won't for the next. For proof I invite you to download ANYTHING at random from Customtone, and tell me if it sounds even close to it's description. I'll bet you a hundred bucks that it won't.

 

The biggest mistake to make is to assume that one amp model or another "makes sense" for a particular goal. Chances are that you'll get results just as good (if not better) from something else, once you're comfortable with the unit... which is both a blessing and a curse. There are so many options with these devices that it's super easy to go down the rabbit hole of endless tweaking, and forget to play anymore, lol. Also, the cab and mic choices are a bigger part of your sound than the amp model, imho. I've been working with the POD long enough now that I can dial in a consistent tone from pretty much any amp model, just by choosing the right mic and cab. But if any one amp isn't getting you what you want, try a dual amp patch... mix and match. The possible combinations are so numerous, you'll never try them all.

 

Plus, the audience neither knows nor cares anything about tone. Unless you fall off the stage, or drop your guitar, they'll never know the difference anyway. ;)