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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