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Originally posted by WojBhoy:I've been thinking about it, and yeah I'd say something like a Les Paul for the solo, if not necessarily the whole song - I get a lot of hollow body feeling from the main part, probably the Casino or the Country Gent he's been using for Magnificent and Unknown Caller.

One I was thinking of though, I'd be willing to put money (if I had any!) on Edge having used a Strat. for Moment Of Surrender, especially the slide solo (really sounds like he flicked it to the neck pickup)

I knw I could't be that wrong

Thanks for the feedback, I gues we'll know it someday...

Agreed 100% on the MOS thing. I hear a Strat all over the place

anstratdubh1979

16 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
I've been thinking about it, and yeah I'd say something like a Les Paul for the solo, if not necessarily the whole song - I get a lot of hollow body feeling from the main part, probably the Casino or the Country Gent he's been using for Magnificent and Unknown Caller.

One I was thinking of though, I'd be willing to put money (if I had any!) on Edge having used a Strat. for Moment Of Surrender, especially the slide solo (really sounds like he flicked it to the neck pickup)

Moment solo sounds more LP or Country Gent with some distortion than it does a Strat, to my ears.

anstratdubh1979

16 years

DEATH BY AUDIO and THE EDGE: In Print

MARCH 2009 ROLLING STONE

...Edge has a particular affinity for the fuzzed-out experimentation of Benjamin Curtis, the young former guitarist from the indie-psychedelic act Secret Machines, now with Scholl of Seven Bells. "I love what those two bands are doing," says The Edge, who cites their sounds as an influence on No Line's droning, tribal side. "It brought me back to some of the music that I would have been listening to when U2 first formed, bands like Magazine, Joy Division, Neu! and Can."

Curtis, in turn, was heavily influenced by The Edge, and the two struck up a friendship -- Curtis turned Edge on to an over-the-top new fuzz pedal by a company called Death by Audio, which ended up difining the grinding rhythm-guitar sound of both "No Line On The Horizon" and "FEZ-Being Born." (Editor’s note: It seems that The Edge is using it for "Get On Your Boots"). "'No Line' blew my mind -- he is using that pedal in a textural way that it wasn't intended to be used at all," says Curtis. "The Edge makes the guitar seem like such a beautiful simple instrument."

NOVEMBER 2008 - MOJO

MOJO: You always manage to find -- in every record -- a piece of technology that you engage with immediately, and that throws up a song. "Where the Streets Have No Name" came out of your dabblings with the Infinite Guitar box, and this time you mentioned your Death By Audio pedal...

EDGE: It's this particular kind of 21st Century distortion. Guitar is such a versatile instrument, but it's very easy to get in a cul-de-sac in terms of how it sounds.

I love anything that just gives it a different personality and this particular set of distortion pedals I think, are a different colour. It's like a different personality and that, for me, is a great jumping-off point.

I used Death By Audio's Supersonic Fuzz Gun on the song "No Line on the Horizon," and a couple of others I think.

It was Ben Curtis who turned me onto them. He's one of the Curtis Brothers from Secret Machines -- he's got a new band now called School of Seven Bells, who are pretty interesting.

OCTOBER 2008 - Q MAGAZINE

Other notable tracks include the eight-minute-long "Moment of Surrender" and "No Line on the Horizon," inspired by a distortion box called Death By Audio recommended by ex-Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis.

wtshnnfb01

16 years

I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
Edge: Bring it bitch!!!

LikeASong

16 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
Edge: Bring it bitch!!!

Hhahahahaahhahaa epic one, just laughing my ass off right now

anstratdubh1979

16 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:I had nothing better to do the other night, so I made up a list of comical conversations that may, or may no have happened between Edge, and Dallas. Here's the best one.

Dallas: Hey Edge. I bet you 50 bucks, and a keg of Johnny Walker, that you cant go a whole album without using a strat.
Edge: Bring it bitch!!!

Then Dallas pauses and says: ... OR A DELAY of any sort!

Edge: (reaches for his wallet)

thecopperkid

16 years

Im learning angel of harlem and in all the places i look it say's C,F and a G but in the film rattel and hum the edge plays something different , can anybody tell me what they are as they seem a little easy'er ,,not that C,F is hard for me i just want to play it like him .

LikeASong

16 years

Edge just play that same chords, although not at their open positions (C open and F at the first fret), but at the 8th and 5th frets.
C = 8 8 9 10 10 8 , like an E on the 8th fret.
F = 5 6 5 7 8 5 , like a C on the 5th fret.

I hope this helps you

thecopperkid

16 years

Thanx for that

wtshnnfb01

16 years

Non U2 related, but does anyone know what kind of bass amps Kim Deal used on The Pixies reunion tour?

U2Nick

16 years