U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by U2Nick:[..]

Exactly. And who are these people comparing him to? Take away the effects, and he is still the most creative guitar player in the world. However, for me, the Edge is not a guitar player, he is a musician, a damn fine one. He sings, writes, plays the piano, and guitar. He's the most talented musician out there. Either that, or I've been living under a rock my entire life.

Sorry if I offend anybody (if it is their taste), but I think that guitar without effects ultimately sounds boring.

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

I agree with everything you said except the ending. There's so much acoustic and electric stuff out there that is damn fine music as well. Listen to the Stairway to Heaven riff, check out Stanley Jordan's spider tapping, or some of Niel Young's acoustic stuff. I've only named a few other guitarists I admire, but there are plenty of songs out there without effects that are wicked. Even a lot of U2 songs don't use effects. (In A Little While, Party Girl, Stay (live), Angel of Harlem, and so on). Actually Angel might have something on it

Originally posted by U2Nick:[..]

Stairway to Heaven actually doesn't excite me as much as it should (since I play guitar) lol. However, I can guarantee you, that if Edge had wrote it, I would probably love it. Don't ask me why, because I don't know why lol. I checked out the tapping, and it just sounds like somebody saying "Hey! Check out what I can do!" lol. I agree that there are songs without effects that sound amazing, such as the ones you mentioned. But for Stay, that is a song that just has to be sung. If it were instrumental, it would not be anywhere near as magical as it is. Party Girl is just a fun song, that the band probably put together in five minutes while Larry was in the restroom lol, and is meant to be performed that way. I don't have the mindset of a "guitar player", that might be my problem lol.

I probably shouldn't have used "boring", but for me, it sounds kinda bland compared to a lot of U2 stuff.

I don't mean to offend you at all, we just differ a bit in taste as far as guitar goes.

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

No no you didn't offend me. I find that weird about Stairway though haha. As for the tapping, I think it's freakin awesome. But I don't see it like that. That's Jordan's style, it's not something he uses in a couple songs like Van Halen did with his tapping. Stanley Jordan pretty much only does Spider Tapping. Kinda like the Edge uses mostly effects. Each guitarist has a certain style or way of going about writing music. I do respect and admire Edge's the most, but that's not to say his guitar work is the only stuff out there. There's plenty of stuff out there that isn't bland my friend. You should check it out

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:The Megaupload link that I posted works fine.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1WXI4133

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Looks like Adam has yet ANOTHER new bass! A natural finish Epiphone... appears to be a Rivoli model.

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Did Adam win Lotto? Or a bass guitar buying spree? (The Warwicks, the tobacco Rivoli, the burgundy mist Fender Jazz bass, the sherwood green Fender Precision...)

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Indeed, No Line On The Horizon has the following chord pattern:
Verses (as far as we have been allowed to hear): E, E, C#m (brief chord), G#m, E...
Chorus: C, C, D, D, E, E (this three chords sound fantastic if played barred at 3rd, 5th and 7th frets, respectively )

Regarding Magnificient (together with Breath, my favorite clip by far ), it's in F#m indeed, and it seems to have some kind of F#m, B(minor?), A, E??, F#m pattern.

Moment of Surrender offerrs the chords Am, F, C, E. But I can't say much more...

Unknown Caller mantains a G chord troughout all the clip and the small G-based riff:
e------10-----------
B--8--------10-----
Some slight variations can be threwn, like a 7h8 on the B string at the start of the riff, or something like that. Just for having some fun

I'll Go Crazy..., which is in C, presents a nice C, Am, Em, Dm, Am, Em (hold before the chorus) and then C, Am, F, (and I guess G, but is not on the clip), progression.

Get On Your Boots is already known, that breaking G chord on the chorus and all that stuff.

Stand Up Comedy is also on F#m, and it has some A, B and E thrown there, but I can't say much.

Being Born (assuming that's the actual track, and Fez is the electronic bit) starts with a Gm, turns into an F and later I guess there will be an Em.

White As Snow is probably in Em, ant it has a nice progression of Am, Bm, F#m, Em... There could be a D over there? Dunno...

Breathe seems to be some kind of A, B, D, Am, D...

And Cedars Of Lebanon has no chord progression I think. I can't hear no synthtiser nor bass, only a small keyboard and some strings which are insufficient to know anything about the chords or the key of the song.


Not great, but just my 2 cents from the little material we've heard