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  4. Not Edge but U2 gear related... Adam MUST have won lotto!! He's had TONS of new gear this tour... after looking at the Brandenburg Gate footage... I can see he's gotten yet MORE.

    Warwick bass guitars are manufactured in Germany. Looks like Adam took delivery of some new toys!

    Check the bass that Adam is playing during Sunday Bloody Sunday. It is gold sparkle, like the Fender Precision and the Fender Jazz bass that he's been using (the Jazz first appearing at the We Are One show in DC before the album came out)... but I digress.

    If you look closely you will see that the bass in the Brandenburg version of Sunday Bloody Sunday, while gold sparkle, is neither the Precision or Jazz. Looks to be similar to the Warwick Streamer - Adam used a dark brown Streamer for live performances of "Electrical Storm" on the Euro leg of the tour.

    Possible it is a different model. Judging from the body style and headstock... that there ain't no Fender Precision or Jazz bass - and looks to be a Warwick of some model... (More information as I find it)



    SBS from Brandenburg Gates-

    YouTube - U2 & Jay-Z Sunday Bloody Sunday Berlin, Brandenburg Gate 2009-11-05

    Also, the Stryker bass used at Brandenburg is different.
    The one used most of the tour has 2 split pickups. Looks like 4 little black rectangles to the non-musician folks.





    The one used at Brandenburg? 1 split pickups.Looks like 2 little black rectangles to the non-musician folks.





  5. No i know man, i'm not trying to tell you what do do or anything I'm just saying, you made it seem like you'll never take a crack at writing, but that's where music becomes really fun and rewarding! Sorry if I seemed like I was telling you off for playing U2 (or others) or something like that, it wasn't what I was trying to do at all.
  6. That was the first U2 song which I learned on its entirety. I still play it very often, lovely to play on guitar. Both the chords and the solo are funny and great to play... Go on
  7. Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]That was the first U2 song which I learned on its entirety. I still play it very often, lovely to play on guitar. Both the chords and the solo are funny and great to play... Go on


    Oh yes, I spent the last hour learning the solo (:$ ). It's a great fun indeed.
  8. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    No i know man, i'm not trying to tell you what do do or anything I'm just saying, you made it seem like you'll never take a crack at writing, but that's where music becomes really fun and rewarding!


    ur right, 1st 2 years of playing i would just copying watever the internet tabs or chord diagrams would say, but for the last 12 months ive been mucking round making my own riffs and changing songs etc, like u say its heaps of fun, especially when u get sumthing golden and u can just imagine hearing it on the radio
  9. i just received the me-70 today and its seems to be pretty user friendly. anybody know how to replicate some of u2"s sounds on it yet?
  10. Originally posted by bpdred:i just received the me-70 today and its seems to be pretty user friendly. anybody know how to replicate some of u2"s sounds on it yet?


    Just fiddle around with it and see what you can come up with.
  11. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    No i know man, i'm not trying to tell you what do do or anything I'm just saying, you made it seem like you'll never take a crack at writing, but that's where music becomes really fun and rewarding! Sorry if I seemed like I was telling you off for playing U2 (or others) or something like that, it wasn't what I was trying to do at all.


    No worries, I was just a bit bewildered by all the "write your own stuff" advice as I'm only a beginner guitarist.

    Another question for you guys:
    I was reading some tabs and they say I should tune down half a step, instead of doing that can I just play notes a semitone down? So if the tab says to play an E I play an Eb instead?
  12. Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

    No worries, I was just a bit bewildered by all the "write your own stuff" advice as I'm only a beginner guitarist.

    Another question for you guys:
    I was reading some tabs and they say I should tune down half a step, instead of doing that can I just play notes a semitone down? So if the tab says to play an E I play an Eb instead?



    Suppose ya could if its all the strings tuned down but its usually a lot trickier with chords without tuning down
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