U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by flowerchild[..]

apparently missed those pictures then, but thanks for showing them to me nontheless awesome stuff. especially impressed by the rickenbacker and (!!!!) explorer
hope you'll get the chance to photograph your music rising guitar soon, would love to see that one as well.

impressive collection, man!

Originally posted by flowerchildreally impressive, mate (just like all your knowledge about edge's guitars!).
what are you planning on buying next, if you're planning anything that is..?


and to give you something else to 'work' on .. any idea whether edge used this guitar again? I think I only saw him use it on the truck when they promoted their new album..

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just being curious here, hope that's ok.

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

I am pretty sure that The Edge has more than one 30th Anniversary Gold Top. There were two at Guitar Center's vintage room. I'd played both and both sounded great. The guys there know that I'm a U2 fan and I'd talked with Dallas when he was there once. So when I went back and the (2) 30th Anniv. Gold Tops were gone... I asked who bought them... The guy said "I think you know". So while I'm not certain, sounds like Edge has more than the one.

As for Zoo Station... Edge had been playing that on the 1973 Les Paul Custom, mostly. The `73 has black knobs and the `75 has gold. (`75 being the auctioned LP)

Music Rising Les Pauls - Gibson and Epiphone. Both were limited editions and last I heard, both have sold out. If you buy second hand, the money will go to the seller and not Music Rising, unless it's one auctioned at the next Icons of Music Auction. (Start saving!)

Originally posted by flowerchildwow thanks a lot lots of info for someone like me, I'll at least try to keep the names of the guitars in my mind and some of the important details. not that it's actually of any use to me, except that I just want to -know- haha.

too bad we haven't seen sheraton again, it looks quite unique to me.
wonder where he keeps all those guitars we haven't seen again..

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Argh, '73 vs. '75, s'all the same

Would you be able to give some pointers as to which songs should be recognised as songs that are/were performed on the '73 vs. songs performed on the '75 (or at least, which ones are more predominantly so)?

Secondly, I saw those pics first time around but I'll say it again, great collection! Great kit you have there m'man

An Explorer is one of the next things on my list, must say - last time I checked, Epi. Explorers (in a natural finish) were going for £250 which isn't bad in my books! I was also thinking about a Casino, although something tells me that's gonna fetch more than £250 lol...

...another couple of things to add to my shopping list, along with a decent amp. (I'm thinking a Vox AC-30) and something like a Boss GT6, although the more I think, the more I need to save cash for basically everything! Sounds like a need a better job, eh?[..]
Pssch, dunno why you're asking that, y'should know! In his spaceship of course

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

"Do I know which songs are the `73 and which are the `75... from memory? Not so much. But I will do a bit of investigating and make a list later.

Epiphone Explorers are pretty decent and the are a fair price.

Epiphone Casino's are about $500 - $600 USD, which I think is near the same amount as an Epi Explorer. Unless you are looking into a John Lennon Casino or "Elitist" series Casino's are much more.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Well, I didn't mean "tell me everything now!" because I know you're not a computer, but you have discovered more knowledge regarding guitar-related knowledge than the rest of us put together

Re. Casinos, I definitely am not looking for a special model, a standard Casino would make my day I like basics that you can bung around with

I'm gonna end up being an Epi. fanatic at this rate lol; I'd love a Gibson *anything* but they're not in anything like my price range. Epis are great because they are lol, and now I've got used to my LP Custom, I'm loving it. Especially as I'm getting better at pissing around with my effects pedal too

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

Casino's are great fun. I want one myself. I am hoping to get one by years end. They are light (a plus when you've a bad back like mine) and they should great with the hollow body and the P-90 pickups.

Epi's are not horrible at all. Epi Explorers are probably one of their best guitars. The `56 Les Paul reissue with P-90's is a great guitar. Both might need to have the tuning heads swapped out.

The Slash model Les Paul is basically around $1000USD but comes with some great Seymour Duncan pickups. I got mine for $650.00 on E-Bay.

Any other Epi Les Paul would be fine, as a start... you'd probably want to swap out the tuners for some Shaller's at some point... and swap out the pickups too. But even with the upgrades, it's still cheaper than most Gibson Les Paul's.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Yeah, I may need to (one day) change the pickups, but that's not on the agenda right now; just get guitars for now, then piss around with them once I've got a few (and the cash to spend on such adjustments).

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

Exactly, no one said you must upgrade in 2 weeks or they'll explode.

But yeah, get a few... get some effects together... they may all work great for you and sound great to your ears. If not, you can make adjustments along the way.