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  1. AN STRAT DUBH!

    THE EDGE (U2) TALKS ABOUT THE FENDER STRATOCASTER

    When we got our record deal, the first thing I did was go out and buy another Strat. It's the black one, that's the one I recorded a lot of our big, important songs with, "Pride (In the Name of Love)," "Where the Streets Have No Name," major U2 songs . . . There is something
    completely unique about the Strat. What's really special is that something so simple and so mass-produced should end up with such a kind of subtle and unique and amazing sound quality. All of the guitars that had gone before -- the great Gretsches, the big Gibson
    arch-top guitars -- were all complex designs that were much more like cellos or violins, construction- wise. But with the Strat, you get this plank of wood with a neck stuck into it. Yet it just sings. It's an incredibly inspiring instrument. . . . It's like the '57 Chevy of guitars. It's the pinnacle of something that was very special about that time in history.

    http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-fender7-2009feb07,0,6158248.story



  2. Looks like Adam has yet ANOTHER new bass! A natural finish Epiphone... appears to be a Rivoli model.



    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...)
  3. I will eat my hat if Edge didn't use a Les Paul for Unknown Caller.
  4. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Looks like Adam has yet ANOTHER new bass! A natural finish Epiphone... appears to be a Rivoli model.

    [image]

    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...)


    Another interesting thing is that Adam is now using Aguilar heads and cabs.
  5. I did notice the cabinets. I didn't notice the heads but that is probable that he's using them.

    Interesting, as he seemed very happy with the Ashdown amps. Wonder why the change or if he's just experimenting for this song while doing the awards shows? Maybe he used them in the studio so "why not" for the Awards shows but back to the Ashdowns for the tour? Combination of Ashdown and Aguilar for the tour?

    Time will tell.

    Great to see that Adam is getting more into his gear that it's 'seemed' in the past. He's got the Aguilar amps, the two Warwick basses, some new (to him) vintage Fender Jazz and Precision bass guitars...

    Looking forward to hearing what he's got to say about Aguilar and the other new gear once he is featured in Bass Player magazine, as usually happens each album/tour cycle. (Hopefully sooner than later.)
  6. I quote myself from this post, in which I tried to make out the chords of the 30 seconds clips we heard last weeks
    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
    Anyone has tried to play some of the tracks, now that we've got them complete?
  7. Magnificent:

    B----8--8--8-----8--8--8--10--8--8--------------------------------------
    G--7--7-----7--7--7--------------7------7---7--7--10--7--10--7--9--9
    D---------------------------------------10--10-----------------------------

    Gm, Dm, C, Cm

    (tuned to Eb)

    Not sure of Edge's slide yet, or anything else that I might have missed though...
  8. Originally posted by U2Nick:Magnificent:

    B----8--8--8-----8--8--8--10--8--8--------------------------------------
    G--7--7-----7--7--7--------------7------7---7--7--10--7--10--7--9--9
    D---------------------------------------10--10-----------------------------

    Gm, Dm, C, Cm

    (tuned to Eb)

    Not sure of Edge's slide yet, or anything else that I might have missed though...
    Fantastic...

    Small repeated-slide after Bono's "Magnificieeeent":

    E---7----------------
    B------10---9h7----

    Tomorrow I'm gonna tab the solo
  9. The Edge practicing up for a stint on Hee-Haw?



    Perhaps it was the Ovation MM68 Mandolin used for for "White As Snow", such as in the piccy above?

    Maybe Larry will step out front for a bit of a 'strummy, strum, strum'?
  10. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]Fantastic...

    Small repeated-slide after Bono's "Magnificieeeent":

    E---7----------------
    B------10---9h7----

    Tomorrow I'm gonna tab the solo


    Oh yeah, forgot that bit..... damn typing... lol.

    Cool!
  11. Magnificient


    Intro's Synthetiser (played with a little bit of wah-wah and overdrive can sound veeeeeery cool )
    e--------------------------------------14--------------
    B--14-14---16-16-------------17-------17--16-----
    G---------------------16-16---------------------------

    Main riff + Slide repeated throughout the song
    e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    B------7-----7-----7-----7---9-----------------------------------------------12--10-9h7---
    G---6-----6-----6-----6-------------6----6----6--9---6--9---6--9--8...--------------------
    D-----------------------------------9----9-----------------------------------------------------
    A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Solo (slide between all the notes when possible, I've tabbed it as Hold for conveniency)
    e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    B----/14....12h10---12h14---12h10---12h14---12h10---12h14--12--10--10h12h10----7
    G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


    Just my two cents. I'm not a pro so you can't expect much more from me
  12. Courtesy of yeah;

    Jeff! Any ideas? I'm thinking it's some kinda Fender jobby.
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