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  1. yeh and they were the strings on the guitar while it was on display ,and god knows how long it was on display for, with all fukers playing it. OMG with new strings i might actually rival the Edge in guitarsman-ship.


  2. Yes.....assuming they are magical, ability enhancing strings of course

    BTW does anyone know what kind of bottleneck slide I should get?
    What does Edge use for his slide parts (eg. Magnificent, Even Better Than The Real Thing etc.)
    Am going to a music store on Sat to buy leads and a strap and this is their selection of slides:
    http://www.billyhydemusic.com.au/shop/search-result/?search=slide&submit=
  3. I've found that doing these two things are helpful in extending string life:

    --washing hands beforehand
    --wiping down fretboard after playing with a hand towel

    Helps a bit to reduce oils, grease, bacteria, etc. from lingering on strings and corroding them

    I've been very good about keeping in this practice with my new Taylor, which sounds **almost** as good as the day I took delivery of it back in June.
  4. Originally posted by AAV711:I've found that doing these two things are helpful in extending string life:

    --washing hands beforehand
    --wiping down fretboard after playing with a hand towel

    Helps a bit to reduce oils, grease, bacteria, etc. from lingering on strings and corroding them

    I've been very good about keeping in this practice with my new Taylor, which sounds **almost** as good as the day I took delivery of it back in June.


    I always do this, an dmy current bass strings have been there for well over a year now...but they definitely don't sound as bright as when I put them.
  5. Originally posted by AAV711:I've found that doing these two things are helpful in extending string life:

    --washing hands beforehand
    --wiping down fretboard after playing with a hand towel

    Helps a bit to reduce oils, grease, bacteria, etc. from lingering on strings and corroding them

    I've been very good about keeping in this practice with my new Taylor, which sounds **almost** as good as the day I took delivery of it back in June.


    I wipe my strings down with a tissue, is that ok?
    Or do I need a lint free cloth


  6. I imagine a tissue would work, my guitar teacher told me that just a plain old towel/washcloth would work best. Nothing fancy.

  7. Edge used a metal bottleneck slide for stuff like BTBS, EBTTRT and Mysterious Ways back in the day, but for later stuff like COBL and MoS he uses a single-string slide - I dunno what the correct term is, but I always liken it to a thimble sort of contraption lol!
  8. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Edge used a metal bottleneck slide for stuff like BTBS, EBTTRT and Mysterious Ways back in the day, but for later stuff like COBL and MoS he uses a single-string slide - I dunno what the correct term is, but I always liken it to a thimble sort of contraption lol!


    From http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/edge/id11.html:

    SLIDES:
    Dunlop slides. I've seen Edge use both chrome and brass over the years. I've not read or heard of any particular preference.

    Dallas Schoo has developed the 'ring slide' that The Edge has been seen using for "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" and "Miracle Drug" during the Vertigo tour. Desecribed before the tour as his 'secret weapon', said one fan, it is merely as the name suggests - a slide the size of a ring. This allowing for one to play chords and single note figures and slide without putting on/taking off a full size slide. Naturally, this works great for a standard tuned guitar when the desire notes are not that of an open tuned guitar but that of one or two strings only.

  9. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:Here's some of Mr. Clayton's 360 Bass guitar goodness:

    Epiphone Rivoli - natural finish
    Epiphone Rivoli - tobacco finish: Used for ‘…Boots’ for one of the awards shows… might have been the Grammy’s

    Fender Jazz - (vintage uncertain/Fender says it was a refinish of an older bass of Adam's) - gold sparkle
    Fender Jazz - (196x) – red
    Fender Precision – gold (gold finish not sparkle). Used for ‘…Boots’ at Echo Awards in Germany.
    Fender Precision – purple or dark blue – Used for ‘No Line…’ on The Culture Show.
    Fender Precision - gold sparkle
    Fender Precision - purple sparkle
    Fender Precision - white w/ tortoise pkgrd

    Me thinks that the gold and purple sparkle finish Precisions might have been the gold finish (not sparkle) Precision and the dark blue/purple Precision – post refinishing.

    Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass - gold finish: ‘Mysterious Ways’
    Gibson Triumph Recording Bass - white finish: Used for earlier 360 shows for ‘One’
    Gibson RD Artist - natural finish: ‘Magnificent’

    Lakland Darryl Jones model – 2005 – metallic green: Used at Fordham Univ. promo show but not during 360 tour.

    Warwick Streamer Stage One - Electrical Storm
    Warwick Styker - natural finish



    [..]



    The Stryker he played on the MTV awards i'm certain is different to the 360 tour one.The pickups look different to me.

  10. Originally posted by AAV711:[..]

    From http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/edge/id11.html:

    SLIDES:
    Dunlop slides. I've seen Edge use both chrome and brass over the years. I've not read or heard of any particular preference.

    Dallas Schoo has developed the 'ring slide' that The Edge has been seen using for "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own" and "Miracle Drug" during the Vertigo tour. Desecribed before the tour as his 'secret weapon', said one fan, it is merely as the name suggests - a slide the size of a ring. This allowing for one to play chords and single note figures and slide without putting on/taking off a full size slide. Naturally, this works great for a standard tuned guitar when the desire notes are not that of an open tuned guitar but that of one or two strings only.    [/b]




    Thanks, i'll get a chrome bottleneck then

    BTW anyone know the delay/effects settings for Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World (live)? I've been learning the riff and the different variations (riffs are so much easier to play than chords, i was expecting the opposite )

    The good thing about the M13 is that I can record an approximation of that synth bit repearting throughout the song and play the riff over the loop

    Like on this fantastic attempt at Promenade by playing over loops using the M13

  11. Originally posted by vanquish:BTW anyone know the delay/effects settings for Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World (live)? I've been learning the riff and the different variations (riffs are so much easier to play than chords, i was expecting the opposite )
    The riffs are easier to start with, but with the time, you will slowly and slightly forget individual riffs (I hope not, but... it will happen ). On the other hand, a chord, with its single sound and structure, can barely be forgotten, it remains many longer.

    You must think that, in all U2's discography, there are about (or more than) 100 different and recognisable riffs (not talking about small licks, solos, etc), but... how many chords there are? Not more than 20 or 25. And moreover, the individual U2 riffs will be useless if you want to play other artist's music (how many songs do you know to feature WTSHNN's or Gone's riff?)... On the other hand, a chord is universal; the same Am chord is present on Staring At The Sun by U2, or Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin, or She Loves You by The Beatles, or Time Is Running Out by Muse......

    This all is my opinion, because I also started playing riffs (first ones were Miracle Drug and Still Haven't Found), but now I only look for chord structures, riffs come easier when you know the chords of a song
  12. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]The riffs are easier to start with, but with the time, you will slowly and slightly forget individual riffs (I hope not, but... it will happen ). On the other hand, a chord, with its single sound and structure, can barely be forgotten, it remains many longer.

    You must think that, in all U2's discography, there are about (or more than) 100 different and recognisable riffs (not talking about small licks, solos, etc), but... how many chords there are? Not more than 20 or 25. And moreover, the individual U2 riffs will be useless if you want to play other artist's music (how many songs do you know to feature WTSHNN's or Gone's riff?)... On the other hand, a chord is universal; the same Am chord is present on Staring At The Sun by U2, or Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin, or She Loves You by The Beatles, or Time Is Running Out by Muse......

    This all is my opinion, because I also started playing riffs (first ones were Miracle Drug and Still Haven't Found), but now I only look for chord structures, riffs come easier when you know the chords of a song


    I second this. Once you learn chords, everything becomes easier including riffs, scales, licks, solo's, and even just jamming with friends. Once you learn scales, if your friends are playing a song you don't know, once you become familiar enough with key signatures, scales, and chords, you can just say "tell me the first chord", and you can just solo and use licks based off that one chord, and it will ALWAYS sound good with whatever other chords they use. Learn chords first. I'm not saying, learn like Dsus7 and all of those obscure chords, or jazz chords and scales, but learn the basic ones, u2 pretty much only uses basic ones, E, A, D(most of their songs are in the key of D), B, F, C, G, and all that jazz.
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