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  1. Start with Explorers. You I assume know what they look like, and dont really look like anything else.
  2. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    I shall have to compile a guide to telling apart different guitars based on the tips I pick up from you guys!


    There are some good books out there that are helpful. Tony Bacon writes and co-writes lots of good books that are brand specific.

    Simply look him up on Amazon.
    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Tony+Bacon

    Also, there are other books that are pretty great and helpful. Just pop in the brand name at Amazon and there are some helpful resources.

    Here's a good one on Les Paul's:
    http://www.amazon.com/50-Years-Gibson-Paul-Greatest/dp/0879307110/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212005739&sr=8-14

    Rickenbacker: This book is out of print but you can get good used copies on Amazon and Ebay
    http://www.amazon.com/Rickenbacker-Book-Complete-History-Electric/dp/0879303298/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212005818&sr=8-2

    Here for BOATLOADS of Stratocaster information...
    http://www.amazon.com/Story-Fender-Stratocaster-Celebration-Greatest/dp/0879306653/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212005882&sr=1-19

    Gretsch guitars anyone? Even has a piccy of Bono and his Gretsch Country Club (predecessor to his using the Irish Falcon)
    http://www.amazon.com/Story-Fender-Stratocaster-Celebration-Greatest/dp/0879306653/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212005882&sr=1-19
  3. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01Start with Explorers. You I assume know what they look like, and dont really look like anything else.


    Gibson Explorer is pretty much a giveaway, shape-wise. Edge tends to use the 1976 reissues. He's had at least 3 but probably more. The # 3 is being auctioned in 3 days.

    Gibson SG's have a very distintive shape too; as to Rickenbackers. Although neither are as extreme as the Explorer.
  4. I thnk everone knows how a Start looks, although I have confussed them with Jaguars, Mustangs, and some types of Teles.
  5. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01I thnk everone knows how a Start looks, although I have confussed them with Jaguars, Mustangs, and some types of Teles.


    The problem with Strats is that Edge has had SO MANY of them. And many were black or black with white pickguards!

    New RULE, Edge has to register ALL guitars with me!

    Hahahahahha
  6. Why doens't he play a Flying V?
  7. Not really a U2 guitar. Those are mostely used for metal, and hard rock. Personally I say he should get in touch with his inner Richie Sambora, and whip out a talkbox, and a double-neck acoustic.
  8. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01Not really a U2 guitar. Those are mostely used for metal, and hard rock. Personally I say he should get in touch with his inner Richie Sambora, and whip out a talkbox, and a double-neck acoustic.


    The original Gibson Explorers came out in 1958 and Flying V's in 1959. At the time, they were considered too extreme a design and didn't sell so well.

    In that, the Explorer and Flying V's are similar in tone. Both are sort of between a Strat and Les Paul in tone.

    So it's not too far to stretch and think of The Edge using one, as he bought the Explorer for a number of reasons, one being it was different than what most were playing at the time, (per U2 by U2) then ofcourse he also liked the sound and playability of it.

    The other interesting thing about the Explorer is the way the guitar sits when on a strap. It makes the upper frets much closer and near where one's hands naturally fall than that of a Strat.

    This might be why there a number of early era songs based around the 10th-12th frets. "I Will Follow" and "Gloria" being two prime examples.


    Maybe Edge needs one of these! http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Drick%2Bnielsen%2Bguitars%26ni%3D21%26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501-s%26xargs%3D0%26pstart%3D1%26b%3D43&w=250&h=416&imgurl=www.hamerguitars.com%2Fpics%2Fartists%2Fricknielsen.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hamerguitars.com%2F%3Ffa%3Dartistdetail%26amp%3Bid%3D36&size=40kB&name=ricknielsen.jpg&p=rick%20nielsen%20guitars&type=JPG&oid=3e65eec5944821d4&no=58&tt=108

    The 5 neck or the Hamer Explorer equivalent (this one in the link being a Rick Nielsen model.
  9. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]


    PS - glad you've got an avatar up now, mate


    Haha. Thanks dude.
  10. Originally posted by wtshnnfb01Start with Explorers. You I assume know what they look like, and dont really look like anything else.

    lol, I'm not THAT bad - I just play the bloody things. I know Fenders (well, Strats. and Teles.), most Gibsons (LPs, SGs, Explorers, but as we proved earlier, not the 330 jobs etc.), Ricks. (pretty distinctive), Schechters, PRSs, basic Gretschs etc.

    It's the fine details between different ones, e.g. I wouldn't know the difference between different models of Strats. and LPs, I just recognise the shapes etc.
  11. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]
    The other interesting thing about the Explorer is the way the guitar sits when on a strap. It makes the upper frets much closer and near where one's hands naturally fall than that of a Strat.

    This might be why there a number of early era songs based around the 10th-12th frets. "I Will Follow" and "Gloria" being two prime examples.

    I'm thinking Edge's tendency to use higher frets/notes was also born out of his early experiences with guitars, I remember in U2 by U2 he mentioned that on a one (or more) of his early guitars, the low ends of the pickups were really bad and so he stuck to higher notes because the pickups weren't too bad.


    Erm, wrong link I'm thinking, Jeff...

    PS - re. Flying V's, I'm glad Edge doesn't play them, I think they look horrible. Same with SGs, although I know he's got a few of them - part of the reason why I'm not too keen on Elevation lol...

    I hate guitars with pointy "devil horny" looks, like Schecters and PRSs...

  12. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    I'm thinking Edge's tendency to use higher frets/notes was also born out of his early experiences with guitars, I remember in U2 by U2 he mentioned that on a one (or more) of his early guitars, the low ends of the pickups were really bad and so he stuck to higher notes because the pickups weren't too bad.




    That tobacco Strat that he was talking about was a 'dog' as many 1970's Strats can be. In that, he owns and plays MANY 1970's era Strats.

    I think it's more than just the pickups issues. Not that the pickup issues weren't a reason enough. But the layout of the Explorer does lend itself to hand positions that naturally fall in the 10th - 12 frets. Many friends who've played mine have said similar things when playing mine; without my mentioning it beforehand.
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