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  1. AN EXPLORER DUBH !!!

    http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/enogels.swf

    Check the above video link. You will see a black Gibson Explorer about 4 seconds in. Perhaps this is what Edge got to replace the auctioned Explorer? Interested in what he's using it for and if he will play it on the tour.

  2. Good spot Jeff, thanks for the link! Looks interesting, but who knows - maybe he's going a bit gothic as he approaches the big Five Oh

    On another note, I was interested to note that, whilst watching the Eze version of Beautiful Day (video), Edge was playing one of his '83 Goldtops as opposed to the Explorer, and Bonowas playing a Gretsch - just made me wonder whether those were what they actually used to record the song? Wonders...
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Good spot Jeff, thanks for the link! Looks interesting, but who knows - maybe he's going a bit gothic as he approaches the big Five Oh

    On another note, I was interested to note that, whilst watching the Eze version of Beautiful Day (video), Edge was playing one of his '83 Goldtops as opposed to the Explorer, and Bonowas playing a Gretsch - just made me wonder whether those were what they actually used to record the song? Wonders...


    Yep, Edge has the 30th Anniv. Goldtop in that video and Bono with his 1959 Gretsch Country Club.

    Seems Bono's retired the Gretsch Country Club since taking delivery of the Irish Falcon's. Legend has it, that the 1959 cadillac green Country Club was bought from one Bruce Springsteen. (I've not been able to confirm that but it is on my ever-growing list.)
  4. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Good spot Jeff, thanks for the link! Looks interesting, but who knows - maybe he's going a bit gothic as he approaches the big Five Oh

    On another note, I was interested to note that, whilst watching the Eze version of Beautiful Day (video), Edge was playing one of his '83 Goldtops as opposed to the Explorer, and Bonowas playing a Gretsch - just made me wonder whether those were what they actually used to record the song? Wonders...


    Keep in mind, that a song can have one - many guitar tracks and as many different guitars as tracks.

    So other than when Edge states "I used 'this' guitar on 'that' song... it's hard to say what guitar or guitar(s) are on the studio version of any given tune. Good thing is that he does tell some of these anecdotes in some of the guitar magazine interviews.

    Another one that has confused some is "Rattle And Hum". In the movie, Edge is playing his 1960's White Falcon for "Desire". Dallas has said that the version on the album was a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

    Walk on was the LP Custom and the Explorer for the solo. (if memory serves - I'll verify that when I get home. It's in the Jan 2001 Guitar Player)
  5. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Keep in mind, that a song can have one - many guitar tracks and as many different guitars as tracks.

    So other than when Edge states "I used 'this' guitar on 'that' song... it's hard to say what guitar or guitar(s) are on the studio version of any given tune. Good thing is that he does tell some of these anecdotes in some of the guitar magazine interviews.

    Another one that has confused some is "Rattle And Hum". In the movie, Edge is playing his 1960's White Falcon for "Desire". Dallas has said that the version on the album was a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

    Walk on was the LP Custom and the Explorer for the solo. (if memory serves - I'll verify that when I get home. It's in the Jan 2001 Guitar Player)

    Ah fear not, I know that they can use more than one guitar, and you've mentioned Desire and Walk On before. With R&H, they are different takes (the album and the film version - obviously Bono's vocals are different, but you can hear a slight difference in the guitars) so that doesn't surprise me. I just still find it interesting that he doesn't necessarily use the same primary guitars for live versions that he has on album versions of songs, e.g. Beautiful Day.
  6. Maybe it's NOT black. At 1:40-ish in on the video, you see the Explorer from another angle and it looks like it's natural wood.

    Damn ENO and his lighting gels!


  7. Now that you mention it, it does look like natural wood.

    Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Damn ENO and his lighting gels!


    Gotta love Adam's response: "Can you use it as a contraceptive as well?"
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Ah fear not, I know that they can use more than one guitar, and you've mentioned Desire and Walk On before. With R&H, they are different takes (the album and the film version - obviously Bono's vocals are different, but you can hear a slight difference in the guitars) so that doesn't surprise me. I just still find it interesting that he doesn't necessarily use the same primary guitars for live versions that he has on album versions of songs, e.g. Beautiful Day.


    What was Beautiful Day played on?


  9. Per what I've heard Edge say, Beautiful Day is on the Explorer - I think for the whole tune. But it on my list of questions for Dallas and Edge.
  10. I heard the album version of Beautiful day was on an LP.


  11. Your right, played live Edge uses his Explorer but it was recorded with a LP.




  12. That's what I was inferring when I watched the Eze video, with Edge playing an '83 Goldtop BUT Jeff's mentioned that Edge has been quoted as saying that he recorded most of it (or all) on an Explorer.
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