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  1. This is all strange haha. My best guess is it was a soundcheck. I can't think of any song he would use that chord on. Is that the bar chord he used to use for Angel of Harlem when he used the bar chords instead of the open chords? Perhaps during the soundcheck he was using his explorer to see how it worked with Angel of Harlem. Maybe he thought it sounded nice, which would explain why he used it on the vertigo tour. I'm just thinking out loud here, but I don't think it was during a show.


  2. I recorded that today. No reverb / delay and no bass guitar until now. It starts with my GFS- equipped chinese jazz guitar (middle position) clean, next comes my blonde Squier strat (br/mid) crunch, then (neck/mid) lead, then solo (neck) - and in the end you'll hear my Gibson Les Paul.

    Enjoy. But please keep in mind that it's not finished yet.

    www.freak-alex-band.com/IntroDez2008.mp3

    Alex
  3. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Ah yes, you might be right... could be from the 1993 Spain show. Any more pix from that show?

    Here is the setlist from that show: The only song in that setlist that he used the Explorer for, normally, was UltraViolet. Perhaps the camera caught him hitting the wrong chord? =O)
    I'm not sure, but I have two more pictures listed as 93-5-19... They are this:



    and this:

  4. First one desire, second one Bad.
  5. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:This is all strange haha. My best guess is it was a soundcheck. I can't think of any song he would use that chord on. Is that the bar chord he used to use for Angel of Harlem when he used the bar chords instead of the open chords? Perhaps during the soundcheck he was using his explorer to see how it worked with Angel of Harlem. Maybe he thought it sounded nice, which would explain why he used it on the vertigo tour. I'm just thinking out loud here, but I don't think it was during a show.


    I not so sure that The Edge would be out there getting drenched during a soundcheck.


  6. The second picture probably isn't "Bad". The guitar in the black and white photo lookms to be the 1989 charcoal grey Fender Clapton Strat.

    I'd guess The Fly or Desire.
  7. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:This is all strange haha. My best guess is it was a soundcheck. I can't think of any song he would use that chord on. Is that the bar chord he used to use for Angel of Harlem when he used the bar chords instead of the open chords? Perhaps during the soundcheck he was using his explorer to see how it worked with Angel of Harlem. Maybe he thought it sounded nice, which would explain why he used it on the vertigo tour. I'm just thinking out loud here, but I don't think it was during a show.

    Possible, but considering they played AofH acoustically, I doubt it, but it's certainly a possibility as is any of our suggestions. Perhaps it was a dud chord like Jeff suggested, but in the end who knows.

    Alex, I'll check that soundclip out for sure, not RIGHT now though 'cause all hell has broken loose (relatively speaking) at home lol.
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Possible, but considering they played AofH acoustically, I doubt it, but it's certainly a possibility as is any of our suggestions. Perhaps it was a dud chord like Jeff suggested, but in the end who knows.

    Alex, I'll check that soundclip out for sure, not RIGHT now though 'cause all hell has broken loose (relatively speaking) at home lol.


    Speaking of bad chords and mistakes... New Years Day from 1992 Wash DC. Edge was having some issues that night!
  9. Changed the pickguard and pickup covers and knobs on my strat. A procedure that turned out to be harder and more time consuming than i thought. I took some pictures of my gear with the new tonelab and stuff.

    OLD strat look:

    NEW strat look:

    My guitar stuff (not all of it is showing, this is what it looked like when i took the pic

    Here's the tonelab in the dark It's almost like a little city and the lights are blinding (currently on the All I Want Is You patch as you can see on the LED screen.

  10. Ha, yeah, I think the whole band was though, never mind signore Edge alone

    Nice pics Alex
  11. These pics arent mine. But the strat looks definitely better now.

    Alex
  12. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Changed the pickguard and pickup covers and knobs on my strat. A procedure that turned out to be harder and more time consuming than i thought. I took some pictures of my gear with the new tonelab and stuff.

    OLD strat look:
    [image]
    NEW strat look:
    [image]
    My guitar stuff (not all of it is showing, this is what it looked like when i took the pic
    [image]
    Here's the tonelab in the dark It's almost like a little city and the lights are blinding (currently on the All I Want Is You patch as you can see on the LED screen.
    [image]



    Good job, the Strat looks way more cool and vintage with the tortoise shell vs. the white pickguard, good call.

    My Clapton Strat came with the `50's style all white pickguard. But that didn't look as cool. So it was swapped out for a white pearl pickguard. Far more appealing.

    Sometimes the simplest changes make a good guitar look great!
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