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  1. That looks amazing!
    But I'm wondering what an on-stage surprise might be then...
    Will the LED-lights now make Bono shine during Ultraviolet
  2. Details! Even down to The Edge's guitar straps? Why not!

    I got one of these yesterday...

    On another list, someone was asking about the strap that Edge used for his Casino.

    The Edge's strap is a Levy's M17T02 (See photo below):



  3. That's a nice strap

    Learned Paradise City there, after years of adoring listens to it.
  4. Guys, noob question - a capo only changes the sound of the open strings correct? It doesn't change the sound of anything else.

    I don't have one and so was wondering if I can play a song that needs one by just playing fretted notes for the open strings. Eg. if the song had a capo at the first fret, instead of playing the open string specified in the tab (when using a capo) I would just play the same string on the first fret instead?
  5. Originally posted by vanquish:Guys, noob question - a capo only changes the sound of the open strings correct? It doesn't change the sound of anything else.

    I don't have one and so was wondering if I can play a song that needs one by just playing fretted notes for the open strings. Eg. if the song had a capo at the first fret, instead of playing the open string specified in the tab (when using a capo) I would just play the same string on the first fret instead?


    I would think so for the most part, unless you're playing certain chords where playing a fretted note would be too far of a stretch for your hand. I just started playing in January so I'm not 100% about this.
  6. Originally posted by vanquish:Guys, noob question - a capo only changes the sound of the open strings correct? It doesn't change the sound of anything else.

    I don't have one and so was wondering if I can play a song that needs one by just playing fretted notes for the open strings. Eg. if the song had a capo at the first fret, instead of playing the open string specified in the tab (when using a capo) I would just play the same string on the first fret instead?


    What I´d do is just play like there was no need of a capo... it would be in a different key but still is fun
  7. Originally posted by vanquish:Guys, noob question - a capo only changes the sound of the open strings correct? It doesn't change the sound of anything else.

    I don't have one and so was wondering if I can play a song that needs one by just playing fretted notes for the open strings. Eg. if the song had a capo at the first fret, instead of playing the open string specified in the tab (when using a capo) I would just play the same string on the first fret instead?

    Essentially, yeah - it's as if you're tightening the strings to make open strings higher. I can't say about tab stuff because I haven't used tabs in years (in fact, hardly ever)


  8. That wouldn't work, as the fretted notes and the open strings when played would be in two different keys.

    Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    Essentially, yeah - it's as if you're tightening the strings to make open strings higher. I can't say about tab stuff because I haven't used tabs in years (in fact, hardly ever)


    Yea, it's way to early for me to start playing by ear - I hardly have time to practise let alone try and decipher music into notes & chords to play.


  9. I think I wasn´t clear... what I do is just transpose the tab... if the note was played on the second fret from the capo, i just play it like it was on the second fret without a capo. i keep the same difference in between the notes but i change the key to play it without a capo!
  10. Originally posted by NLOTH_Victor:[..]

    I think I wasn´t clear... what I do is just transpose the tab... if the note was played on the second fret from the capo, i just play it like it was on the second fret without a capo. i keep the same difference in between the notes but i change the key to play it without a capo!


    Yes, that'd work. I thought you meant if you were reading a tab where it tells you to play the open string on B with a capo on 1st fret and then the 4th fret on the B string, obviously you'd have to transpose the fretted note down to keep the same key.
  11. Basically when you have no capo, you play an E chord on the first and second frets. If you had a capo on teh first fret, you'd play the e chord a fret higher to make up for the change in pitch, so it would be on the 2nd and 3rd frets. Just compare tabs for the album version of End Of The World to the live version. Album version = no capo, main riff is played with an E power chord in the regular E power chord position (9th fret), live Edge throws a capo on the 3rd fret (my guess is so its easier for Bono to sing - he hates singing in E) to raise the pitch, and the main riff is played on the 12th fret. E power chord but 3 frets higher.

    Hope that helps.
  12. That is some seriously awesome bass guitar, man. I have officially fallen in love
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