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  1. Well thanks for that. And as for the examples, such as the elevation SG, it's the same kind of deal. Nitpicking aside, an SG, an Explorer, and a Les Paul, all sound very very similar. Most humbucker guitars do.
    Didn't know he used two different retrorockets, thought it was just the one...

    I do understand that he likes to experiment and change. The Gretsch double anniversary for MOS to Strat is a pretty significant change, and that I can understand. There I can actually understand, okay he's going for a totally different sound. But to have as many guitars as he does to me seems a bit unnecessary at times. Why has he had the black falcon since 2009 anyway? What the hell is the point if he hasn't used it at ALL until now? Was he really thinking "Maybe I'll need it incase we play One Tree Hill or something!?" If that's the case can he really not comprimise and use a DIFFERENT guitar for a performance or two? Would 90% of the audience notice a difference? There's a really really good chance that they wouldn't. The only people that notice that kind of difference are guitar players/musicians. Think about it. Edge switched between about 3 or 4 strats during the Joshua Tree tour, and if you listen to bootlegs and watch videos, even though I'm a guitar player, they all sound the damn same to me. They all sound like Edge's strat sound, not different at all from one to the next.

    I brought up the soundcheck with the explorer because I found it interesting to note that most of his tones sounded great and very close to the normal tones with their respective guitars. It's hard to say "his LP1 and LP2 sounded the same on past tours" without actually comparing them, or "his explorer could be used for every song the LP is used for and it wouldn't make a difference" when we haven't heard that. The soundcheck video for me proved that he probably could do a gig with 4 or 5 guitars and the majority of the audience wouldn't make a difference. Why make it such a pain in the ass for himself and dallas to do what they do? Again, I can definitely agree with the whole "feel" of the song, and you need the right guitar to get the feeling down. But I've never heard them (edge or dallas) say that is the reason for the number of guitars. It's always been about the difference in sound. I'm just arguing that there probably isn't that much of a difference, not enough (this is entirely my opinion) to justify taking THAT many guitars on the road. I just don't see the point sometimes. Hence the black falcon being in his repotoire since 2009. Hence having 2 different retrorockets. Hence having 2 of the same les paul (aside from humbuckers maybe) for the longest time. Hence having 4 or 5 different strats at a time that sounded the same. They were all probably stock 70's strats as far as we know, and even if they weren't, they still sounded the same to me.

    If I was to have a conversation with Edge, this would definitely be one of the things I'd really love to understand! Again, this is all his choice of course, and I don't disrespect it! I don't want anyone here to think that I'm starting to doubt Edge's tone or anything like that, I'm just pointing out that I find it interesting that he needs all of the guitars. It also pains to me to see people that aspire to sound like Edge dumping out money to have the same tone as him, and buying guitars left right and centre. I've heard of tribute guys doing an amazing job with just 3 or 4 guitars, sometimes even 1 or 2.

    Alex.

    Kudos if you read that.
  2. I would REALLY like to "challenge" Edge and everyone that supports his idea of 'One guitar for Each song because they All sound Different'... I would like to play the exact same riff/chords/xxx with 8 or 9 of those guitars (obv. with the same amp and gear) and see if they can make out which is which. I'd eat my hat if they found out...
  3. Originally posted by LikeASong:I would REALLY like to "challenge" Edge and everyone that supports his idea of 'One guitar for Each song because they All sound Different'... I would like to play the exact same riff/chords/xxx with 8 or 9 of those guitars (obv. with the same amp and gear) and see if they can make out which is which. I'd eat my hat if they found out...


    +1 !!!!
  4. I agree with RattleandHum1988. Being complicated just to show off your huge guitar collection or just because you can is kind of lame. For me, music is about the noise, not about the looks or status. I really like better people who are simple. One guitar into one old valve amp and that's about it.
    Edge can play whatever he wants, 100 guitars per show, I don't mind, but I think it is silly.
    Come on, we all know that he could to very well with just 4 or 5 guitars.
  5. Originally posted by thechicken:I agree with RattleandHum1988. Being complicated just to show off your huge guitar collection or just because you can is kind of lame. For me, music is about the noise, not about the looks or status. I really like better people who are simple. One guitar into one old valve amp and that's about it.
    Edge can play whatever he wants, 100 guitars per show, I don't mind, but I think it is silly.
    Come on, we all know that he could to very well with just 4 or 5 guitars.


    I'm not sure if he's doing it to show off or show that he's a tone freak or whatever, I really do think he thinks that each tone is different. I think he's VERY specific, and it IS his preference. However, I think that most if not the whole audience wouldn't notice a difference if he only used 5-6 guitars per show. At least sound-wise. So yeah, I'm glad you agree on me about that!!! To be honest I think it might even be cooler if he only used an explorer or whatever for a show, so it really became HIS guitar. But that might be pushing it
  6. In this musicradar interview with Dallas he mentions a gig where Edge's Vox just loses audio. Anybody know when it was? Sometime during the Vertigo Tour
  7. I've read that interview too, but he didn't mention the proper date. It'll remain unknown I think.

    And I think that 99'95% of the audience didn't notice either
  8. Originally posted by LikeASong:I've read that interview too, but he didn't mention the proper date. It'll remain unknown I think.

    And I think that 99'95% of the audience didn't notice either


    Well there was absolutely no sound coming out so I'd say a good few people noticed It's a good interview isn't it
  9. No sound at all? Don't think so. It isn't the only amp he's got, is it?
  10. Maybe it was the amp at the end of the chain? Know nothing about Guitars or amps though
  11. Hell no. He has two vox's and a couple of fenders and probably something else that i'm missing on stage at all times. Uses them for different sounds (this whole discussion again?!?!) but i'm sure he uses them as backups for times like that. I do remember hearing that Edge was very anxious and upset for the remainder of the show because his main and amp he's had for the longest time was damaged. Can't blame him, but it's all fixed up now!


  12. Well Dallas had to run on and change it so I'd say there was nothing coming at all.

    The worst time was during the Vertigo tour. The audio just stopped - the power stayed on, but there was no output. Nothing."

    Interviewer: That sounds like trouble.

    "Oh, you know it. Not only is Edge completely comfortable with that sound, but 95 percent of the presets are going through that amp.

    "I quickly got a replacement Vox amp on stage, but even so, it was one of the worst shows ever - I just mean for Edge on a personal level.


    He does go on to say that the majority of the crowd didn't seem to notice, I missed that earlier
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