U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:Small setup for the time being. Apologize for the roughness of the playing and some of the distortion in the "One" verses are a bit too heavy, I know. My Boss Distortion is out of commission so I had to go through the amp...little harder to change on the fly.

[YouTube Video]

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

Epiphone looks cool. The stark black look of it is nice.

Are there delay effects in your multi-effects unit? Both one could use some delay.

Is there a 'rotary speaker' effect setting in your multi-effects unit? It would make "One" sound more authentic.

Thanks for posting the video.

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

No problem. Yeah, there's plenty I can do with messing around with delay (except for dual programming, so "Streets" is tricky to get perfect)...I just didn't think it was entirely necessary for either song. I've got some form of rotary settings I can personally toy with as well...let me experiment over the weekend and I'll get back to you.

What I should do is make a video including the presets I've programmed for various U2 songs..."Crazy Tonight", "No Line (Live)", "Vertigo", "Elevation", "Even Better Than the Real Thing", etc. The unit isn't exactly top of the line, but if you program your own custom settings the right way, it can duplicate some pretty authentic sounding stuff.

Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

What unit is it?

Originally posted by vanquish:Something that i've been wondering about the Edge's delays.
Does he always use two simulatenous delays these days, or was it mainly the Joshua Tree that featured two delays of different length and repeats.

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

Check this website out http://www.amnesta.net/edge_delay/

I use it all the time- there's a chart on there somewhere mapping out all of the delay settings- down to the ms- he uses for (most) of U2's songs using delay. It also distinguishes between songs with 1 delay setting vs. 2 delay settings.

Originally posted by vanquish:[..]

Yea thanks, I know that site, it's great but needs a bit of an update. Much of their newer stuff is missing.
I am learning Magnificent atm, anyone know what delays/ other fx he uses there?

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:[..]

Check this website out http://www.amnesta.net/edge_delay/

I use it all the time- there's a chart on there somewhere mapping out all of the delay settings- down to the ms- he uses for (most) of U2's songs using delay. It also distinguishes between songs with 1 delay setting vs. 2 delay settings.