U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988[..]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the title of the first song on your myspace page taken by another band already???

Good work though!! Love it!

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Hello All.

While there's Edge topics galore we can look at, discuss and debate... just wondering if there were any singers, bass players or drummers in the house.

Originally posted by LikeASong[..]Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk
She says I began to sing long before I could talk

(From ABBA's Thank You For The Music)

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That fits perfectly with me. Even tho I don't like that much dancing, I was raised in a singing house. Both my father and my mother use to sing a lot (specially my mother; she and me sing very often in the car). TO get you a good example, I sung Lemon (U2!) in my 4th birthday party (there IS grapical documenta of it ...). Since a long ago I know tons and tons of lyrics, and I sing (loudly or quietly, or even for mylsef, or for my friends, or in the streets, or in the park, or through a microphone, or...) EVERY DAY And I'm proud of it. Even though I sing pretty well, a few years ago I sung much better than today (12 eyars old voice is much better than 18's one).

Of course I play guitar too often . I play my Spanish guitar (virtually) every day, and my Hofner about 2 or 3 days a week (since I have it in my grandpa's and I go there about 3 times a week). I wish I could play the electric more often, but... Hey, what's wrong with accoustic playing with a SpanisH?

I've played my granfa's Fender Mustang Bass a lot of times, but I just can jam along, or play some easy bass lines, nothing special. Although I have to recognise that me singing Walking On The Moon (The Police) and playing bass all along is VERY cool

I dont have any drumming experience, altho my granfa's has a great Yamaha kit and some day I'm sure I will try it

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..] The best version is still arguably the final album cut, but there are some special live performances - the version from R&H (so I'm guessing it was one of the Denver ones) is simply astonishing.

Originally posted by thechicken[..]What is the difference between an acoustic and a spanish guitar?

Originally posted by AAV711[..]I agree, sometimes its hard to discern what the best cut of the song is. R&H is incredible, with the whole crowd singing along and what not. But put the original version on a nice stereo and crank it, that'll convince you the album version stands out more than anything else.

And yeah, "typical Edge genius" found here--he was messing around with those chords at the soundcheck for the Hawaii show on the War Tour, and came up with this rock n roll anthem. And I must say, it truly is anthemic.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Briefly;

Spanish guitars (aka. classical guitars) have a wider neck and should use nylon strings for the higher strings and metal for the bass strings, whereas acoustic guitars have a thinner neck and generally use metal strings.

That's how I understand it anyway lol

Originally posted by thechicken[..]

Well, I have a spanish guitar and I didn't know it By the way, don't you mean that the bass strings are nylon covered with metal?

Originally posted by thechicken[..]

Well, I have a spanish guitar and I didn't know it By the way, don't you mean that the bass strings are nylon covered with metal?