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  1. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Glad he left the Explorers and the Les Pauls sticker-free lol...otherwise my opinion of him may have lowered I like the Rene Castro Strat....


    Yeah... thank God it isn't like James Hetfield's ESP Explorer with a sticker that said "More Beer". That'd be sad!
  2. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    Yeah... thank God it isn't like James Hetfield's ESP Explorer with a sticker that said "More Beer". That'd be sad!

    Yeah, well, it's kinda part of the package with a metal guitarist...not that I'm judgmental or anything!
  3. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Yeah, well, it's kinda part of the package with a metal guitarist...not that I'm judgmental or anything!


    Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal! (throws out the devil horn hand signs)

  4. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal! (throws out the devil horn hand signs)



    Distortion out of proportion, as I like to call it.
  5. I read of it before... a magazine (Musician magazine, probably) that said that Edge bought a Dobro (in Nashville) for cheap. Yet I've never seen him play it, heard of him playing it or seen any piccies...

    Until now...

    This from the 1988 Woody Guthrie tribute of U2 playing "Jesus Christ":




  6. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979I read of it before... a magazine (Musician magazine, probably) that said that Edge bought a Dobro (in Nashville) for cheap. Yet I've never seen him play it, heard of him playing it or seen any piccies...

    Until now...

    This from the 1988 Woody Guthrie tribute of U2 playing "Jesus Christ":


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    Tis the first time I've ever seen a pic of one lol. A couple of artists I like are credited as using them but I never knew what one actually was lol...nice pics!
  7. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Tis the first time I've ever seen a pic of one lol. A couple of artists I like are credited as using them but I never knew what one actually was lol...nice pics!


    I've seen and played them. They are fun. Sound cool. Especially great for blues / country and slide playing.

    Like I'd mentioned... I remember a brief comment in an article of Edge saying he'd bought one 'cheap' in Nashville. I'm not 100% certain that the one in the picture is the one that Edge mentioned but there is a good chance.

    Wouldn't mind owning one, one day.
  8. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    I've seen and played them. They are fun. Sound cool. Especially great for blues / country and slide playing.

    Like I'd mentioned... I remember a brief comment in an article of Edge saying he'd bought one 'cheap' in Nashville. I'm not 100% certain that the one in the picture is the one that Edge mentioned but there is a good chance.

    Wouldn't mind owning one, one day.

    There are many things I wouldn't mind owning lol, must be said. A dobro would be very cool to learn
  9. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    There are many things I wouldn't mind owning lol, must be said. A dobro would be very cool to learn


    Mandolin too! Especially as Edge was messing with one in the recent recordings. Be cool to hear if that ends up on the new album. And if it's more traditional mandolin playing or Edge-ified delay-laden plush atmospheric mandolin.
  10. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    Mandolin too! Especially as Edge was messing with one in the recent recordings. Be cool to hear if that ends up on the new album. And if it's more traditional mandolin playing or Edge-ified delay-laden plush atmospheric mandolin.


    Yea, the mandolin was a major instrument on the Who's Endless Wire...... didnt turn out too good.
  11. Here's "Reggie" with his Ovation mandolin (or maybe Danny Lanois') whilst they were in Fez, Morocco.

    Moght be a Ovation Celebrity MCS148 Acoustic-Electric Mandolin. Not 100% sure. It is definitely an Ovation (brand)


  12. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    Mandolin too! Especially as Edge was messing with one in the recent recordings. Be cool to hear if that ends up on the new album. And if it's more traditional mandolin playing or Edge-ified delay-laden plush atmospheric mandolin.

    We have a mandolin! I was playing Mothers Of The Disappeared on it yesterday, albeit in a slightly lower key lol (G, to be precise - MotD is in A on the album, but the mandolin's string setup meant it was easier to play it in G whilst still being able to use drone notes, as it were). I was watching the Buenos Aires '05 performance when Edge plays the charanga, and it inspired me lol. We have a lot of random instruments in our family...

    ...in addition to the 3 acoustics (my Ridgewood semi-acoustic, a 3/4 size acoustic, cheap shitty nylon strung Spanish style one) and 3 electrics (my Les Paul and Ridgewood Strat. plus my bro's Yamaha Strat. - similar to the one Edge has/had), we've got a Welmar piano; accordion; violin, brother's bagpipes and practice pipes; trumpet; my old trombone and flute that I haven't touched in a while, and finally the mandolin. I feel like I've forgotten something...
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