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  1. Originally posted by AAV711:Nice! I got a Line6 ToneCore Compressor pedal. Not a VOX pedalboard or an RP70, but can't complain. Nothing like a little squeeze.

    Do we know what songs/sounds Edge uses a compressor for? I know WOWY pre-Fernandes (JT, LT, ZOOTV) he used for the sustain, but anybody know anything else?


    In the old days (before zoo) a lot of people are certain he used a bit of compression on every single song. At a very low setting of course. It is 100% true that he uses compressor everytime he uses a slide. I'm talking about Real Thing, Kite, things like that.
  2. The Tonelab must be quite amazing considering everything I heard about it. I don't know the RP70, but I heard that the amp sims suck - as on most cheap digital units. Well, even if that turns out to be true, I guess it doesn't matter if you want to use it for its effects. There's a lot of fun stuff contained in there. Place it in the effects loop of your amp for best results.

    I've got an XV- amp that I bought a few years ago in a moment of weakness. Sometimes I dig it out and play around with it. It can be quite inspiring but I wouldn't want to gig with it. The amp sims are mostly weak, too shrill and very digital sounding. I already thought about giving the unit to my father in law, but he quit playing guitar a short time ago. Well, considering the price - for 60 Euro I had my fun with it.

    I have to admit that I prefer single stomp boxes after all. Stomping them on / off is easier than jumping around between patches in a multi. Tweaking a handful of knobs is faster and easier than editing digital patches, too. But the live setup needs more time and floor space. And the price for single stomp boxes is a lot higher than for a multi. Even if I buy Danelectro and Behringer.

    I haven't thought about adding a compressor to my live rig. But of course I use a few different kinds of compression when I'm recording.

    Alex
  3. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:I got something a little more sophisticated in the area of multi-fx. (not to brag) My parents got me a VOX Tonelab LE. I asked for it, and they got it for me. It's actually pretty damn cool. I've only had a few hours with it, but I've already managed to get great sounds out of it. I'll also be posting some clips up in the next few weeks.


    hahah i totally remember you talking about knowing that you got it cuz of that whole thing with your mom almost telling you lol


  4. Haha yea man. I forgot I posted that story here. Funny stuff. Anyway guys I posted an audio clip on youtube. The playing is rough, and the mixing is a little rough also, because it was my first time recording this certain way. I recorded the guitar while listening to the backing track in my headphones, then I mixed them later on the computer, which I'm a noob at lol. Anyway, check it out.

    Bullet The Blue Sky
  5. Any tips for an accoustic version of Two Hearts Beat As One? I simply can NOT figure ANY chord out of that song...

    Thanks in advance, mates

  6. Yeah, don't bother

    Only joking mate, it's not a song I've spent much time looking into so I can't be of much help at the moment.
  7. Just looking at a picture I've got of Edge playing his Explorer at a ZooTV/Zooropa concert, not sure which in particular, it's been used on a couple of bootleg covers I think BUT anyway, that's not actually of any particular note. Basically, it shows him playing an F# bar chord or an F (if it was tuned down half a step obviously), and the only song I know that he played the Explorer on during that period was Ultra Violet, which as far as I am aware doesn't use F# (or, again, F if tuned down half a step). Does anyone know if Edge played the Explorer on more than just Ultra Violet during ZooTV, or have I just got Ultra Violet worked out wrongly and am thus being thick lol? The main song that comes to mind off the top of my head as using F#/F bar chord is Mysterious Ways during the middle 8-ish part, and I had always figured that it was a signature Rick. song...
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:Just looking at a picture I've got of Edge playing his Explorer at a ZooTV/Zooropa concert, not sure which in particular, it's been used on a couple of bootleg covers I think BUT anyway, that's not actually of any particular note. Basically, it shows him playing an F# bar chord or an F (if it was tuned down half a step obviously), and the only song I know that he played the Explorer on during that period was Ultra Violet, which as far as I am aware doesn't use F# (or, again, F if tuned down half a step). Does anyone know if Edge played the Explorer on more than just Ultra Violet during ZooTV, or have I just got Ultra Violet worked out wrongly and am thus being thick lol? The main song that comes to mind off the top of my head as using F#/F bar chord is Mysterious Ways during the middle 8-ish part, and I had always figured that it was a signature Rick. song...


    From all of the video I've seen and the shows I attended during the Zoo tours, The Edge only used the Explorer for "UltraViolet (Light My Way)" during the Zoo tours (1992-1993).

    What picture are you refering to?
  10. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:From all of the video I've seen and the shows I attended during the Zoo tours, The Edge only used the Explorer for "UltraViolet (Light My Way)" during the Zoo tours (1992-1993).

    What picture are you refering to?
    Indeed, UltraViolet was one of the few songs in which Edge used the Explorer during the Zoo TV era... I agree, may you upload the picture?
  11. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:From all of the video I've seen and the shows I attended during the Zoo tours, The Edge only used the Explorer for "UltraViolet (Light My Way)" during the Zoo tours (1992-1993).

    Hmmm, tis what I was thinking...
    Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Indeed, UltraViolet was one of the few songs in which Edge used the Explorer during the Zoo TV era... I agree, may you upload the picture?

    Indeed, like I said I thought it was the only song lol!





    Any ideas lol?
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