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.