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  1. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:The Tobacco Tele seems quite the favored guitar during the sessions.

    ...

    So will the Explorer was the guitar of the early 80's and the black Strat the guitar being more prominent in the mid-late 80s.

    The 1990s seemed to be dominated by the Les Pauls and Rickenbacker 12 strings.

    The 2000's see the era, or at least the rise in use, of the Tele. The 1996 white Tele being used for SBS. The 1966 Lake Placid Blue Telecaster (used for promo shows for Vertigo and later in the tour for "Instant Karma". Tele Custom ("Vertigo" video). The 1966 blonde Telecaster for most Vertigo tour airings of "Vertigo" - and "Get On You Boots" at the Grammy's) and a lot of video documentation of use of the tobacco Tele for this album.

    Viva La Tele? =O) I like Tele's myself. I have a lovely 2004 reissue of a 1972 Telecaster Custom. It's pretty much become my main guitar lately. Humbucker in the neck has a nice warm sound and the bridge pickup has that Tele twang that cuts through a mix nicely. (Edge should use HIS 1972 Tele Custom more often!)


    Yeah my Tele is also funnily enough a 2004 model with humbucker in neck position (but alas not a 72 RI, a Mexican model in splendid Agave Blue finish).

    I think the Tele's genius lies in its simplicity: its basically just a 7 lb. slab of wood with some pickups and a neck attached. Such a sturdy, serious, solid piece of equipment, heavy yet perfectly weighted. I can really saw away at it and know exactly what it's gonna sound like.

    I can understand why Keith Richards has used a Tele almost exclusively for the last 40 years (I say exclusively because of the occasional Strat, 335, LP Junior).

    Let's recall the inaugural post on this thread:

    Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Here's a new topic to cover U2 and other guitar related questions. Sound good?

    First post... NOTHING LIKE A NICE PIECE OF ASH. (Wood, that is)
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    This piccy is of Edge playing his Ash Telecaster not the normally seen `66 Cream Tele.

    It looks similar, and may be, the Tele used for "The Unforgettable Fire" (UF tour through JT tour) but I'm not certain. Looks darn close to the early era Tele used for "The Unforgettable Fire" when compared to the two JT era pics below.

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    One of my favorite shots:




  5. As far as I know... it depends on what kind of sound you desire and how good the wood has been pre- selected. Alder is said to be more consistent in quality than ash. Ash varies in quality much more. Ash has more pronounced highs and lows while alder has a more "rounded" sound.

    I'd like to add to the discussion the fact that there are a lot of nice guitars made of mahogany and korina - i.e. Edge's Explorer and his LPs. Mahogany is the most liked wood for LP and SG style guitars. Agathis is said to be a cheaper kind of mahogany.

    For rock and metal music a basswood guitar can be useful because of it's pronounced mids. I tend to believe there has to be a quality difference between the basswood used in a 99USD Squier and the basswood used in a 1000USD Ibanez. It's most likely also a matter of selection.

    Alex
  6. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Speaking of good wood and Fender guitars... and one as a tribute to an Edge influence... Rory Gallagher...

    Here is a Fender Custom Shop "Rory Gallagher" Strat. $4000.00 USD ! Yikes. But pretty cool none the less.

    Yikes!

    Especially if you consider that Rory originally bought his beloved strat cheap and used somewhere in a pawn shop or on a street market. The sixth tuner was changed to Schaller because the original part was broken, and he replaced it with what he had at hand.

    Alex
  7. Well, that Guardian vid. that Jeff posted has led me to the current conclusions;

    - Edge uses one of his beloved LPs on Breathe
    - I'll Go Crazy... is delayed up in true Edge-y fashion but we didn't get any suggestive shots regarding what he was using
    - Adam's unleashing some new basses on us?

    I don't necessarily agree on the idea that this is the Edge era of the Tele., I just think he's seen to use them more lol. ZooTV and PopMart were definitely the Les Paul era (plus occasional appearances of Ricks.) whilst JT was the Black Strat. era, but post-2000 I don't think he's really been turning to one sort of guitar before any other - I'm more of the opinion that he's just becoming a bit of a guitar-whore lol and just experimenting like hell

    EDIT - in the first Guardian vid., I'm wondering if the big jam they have with Edge on the tobacco Tele. might be the predecessor to Fez/Being Born...

    EDIT (2) - I swear Edge was about to break out into Sweet Child'O Mine at the end of the "Edge Back" vid. lol!
  8. I just come back from a birthday party. I was asked yesterday if I'd like to bring my guitar and join in a version of "Born to be Wild". The party was held in one of our network churches, and they have a fully equipped stage with PA, monitors, lights, drumkit and keyboard there. I brought my Squier Deluxe Strat, my Behringer AC112 and my Ibanez Fat Cat pedal. We decided I should do vocals, too. The pastor played keys, another friend played drums, but the bass player didn't come... well, however, it was great fun. During the second chorus another friend drove his motorcycle into the hall, and the woman whose birthday it was jumped on the backseat and had herself driven twice through the room while we kept rocking. I love our church network.



    Alex
  9. Originally posted by Alex:I just come back from a birthday party. I was asked yesterday if I'd like to bring my guitar and join in a version of "Born to be Wild". The party was held in one of our network churches, and they have a fully equipped stage with PA, monitors, lights, drumkit and keyboard there. I brought my Squier Deluxe Strat, my Behringer AC112 and my Ibanez Fat Cat pedal. We decided I should do vocals, too. The pastor played keys, another friend played drums, but the bass player didn't come... well, however, it was great fun. During the second chorus another friend drove his motorcycle into the hall, and the woman whose birthday it was jumped on the backseat and had herself driven twice through the room while we kept rocking. I love our church network.



    Alex


    Lol. Sounds like an awesome time man. Especially the bit about the motorcycle haha.
  10. Originally posted by Alex:I just come back from a birthday party. I was asked yesterday if I'd like to bring my guitar and join in a version of "Born to be Wild". The party was held in one of our network churches, and they have a fully equipped stage with PA, monitors, lights, drumkit and keyboard there. I brought my Squier Deluxe Strat, my Behringer AC112 and my Ibanez Fat Cat pedal. We decided I should do vocals, too. The pastor played keys, another friend played drums, but the bass player didn't come... well, however, it was great fun. During the second chorus another friend drove his motorcycle into the hall, and the woman whose birthday it was jumped on the backseat and had herself driven twice through the room while we kept rocking. I love our church network.



    Alex


    Wait, was this all actually inside the church?

    Awesome, nonetheless.
  11. A biker church? Does Dennis Hopper go there?
  12. Originally posted by WojBhoy:Well, that Guardian vid. that Jeff posted has led me to the current conclusions;

    - Edge uses one of his beloved LPs on Breathe
    - I'll Go Crazy... is delayed up in true Edge-y fashion but we didn't get any suggestive shots regarding what he was using
    - Adam's unleashing some new basses on us?

    I don't necessarily agree on the idea that this is the Edge era of the Tele., I just think he's seen to use them more lol. ZooTV and PopMart were definitely the Les Paul era (plus occasional appearances of Ricks.) whilst JT was the Black Strat. era, but post-2000 I don't think he's really been turning to one sort of guitar before any other - I'm more of the opinion that he's just becoming a bit of a guitar-whore lol and just experimenting like hell

    EDIT - in the first Guardian vid., I'm wondering if the big jam they have with Edge on the tobacco Tele. might be the predecessor to Fez/Being Born...

    EDIT (2) - I swear Edge was about to break out into Sweet Child'O Mine at the end of the "Edge Back" vid. lol!


    I am not saying the Tele is the only guitar but it is showing up more and more in shows and recordings...

    ... more proof?

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/feb/15/u2-no-line-horizon

    Near the end of the video, you see Edge playing the 1996 white Fender 40th Anniversary Telecaster and then hand it off to Dallas. (that take possibly on the album) - about 2:26 into the video.

    And remember that the same guitar, while not used for "Walk On" on stage, did appear in the video for that song.

    So I stick with my initial 'theory' that the Telecaster has become a guitar of favor for the 2000's

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