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  2. Why has Edge never used active pickups?
  3. Easy. Because these pickups don't fit his sound nor his playing style.
  4. They reduce excess hum, and basically act as their own refiner and compressor.
    So, why not?

    I fucking love them.
  5. I need effects pedal assistance. What is the best distortion pedal money can buy?
  6. You just can't go wrong with the £50 Boss DS-1 or Boss SD-1 - these are basic, straightforward distorsions that will keep you rocking for a good while. If you want something more sofisticate, maybe an Ibanez TS-808 or an Ethos Overdrive (there are cheaper new Epiphone Casinos than this pedal y'know) might serve you.
  7. Is there a forum that doesn't evolve edge guitar gears but ours?
  8. This is a good idea, DutchU2Fan.
  10. On the subject of gear:

    Axes:
    Epi Explorer (natural Korina finish - my true love) - never changed anything in/out but intending to buy some chunkier-sounding p/ups to give the tone some extra punch
    Epi Les Paul (Alpine white - the work-horse) - again, not changed anything in/out
    Ridgewood semi-acoustic
    (Also have a Ridgewood Superstrat, first guitar I ever bought, cheap and a bit knackered now, planning on turning into my first major revamp project when I get some money to burn)

    Gear:
    Bugera V22 valve amp - generally run through the clean channel but has a tidy crunch channel; if you don't have the big bucks for your JVCs, AC30s etc., you could do much worse than check one out
    Boss ME-20 multi-FX (mainly use for compression, delay, and tuning - Wah / volume too)
    Boss DS-1 distortion (distortion up to 11, tone down to 1, level at 12 o'clock)
    Boss SD-1 OD pedal (generally use as a bit of a line-boost and to add a bit of bite to the clean tone, or definition to the distortion)
    Some cunning buffer pedal I got for £30 on eBay which makes a huge difference if I borrow my mate's Wah pedal (to counter industrial-level tone-sucking)

    (the most recent stuff on here - https://soundcloud.com/hjwoj - has some decentish recordings of what the general chain sounds like in practise)

    Wish list:
    Morpheus Bomber:

    Toneworks Distillery: http://www.toneconcepts.com/the-distillery/


  11. Fooling around with some new gear.
  12. Nice vid, Cal qu'est-ce que c'est the new gear?

    Bought a Big Muff Pi (with the tone/wicker switches) last week - much fuzz being had.
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