U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by Mr_Trek:[..]
Edge plays without an effects loop I believe, using delays and stuff before the amp. But he doesn't run his amps with that much overdrive from the amp itself. He uses overdrive pedals instead. The thing is that a lot of effects, like maybe delay, chorus and reverb, will not sound very good if you run them into something overdriven. Overdrives are actually almost always the first effects in a chain of effects, with other effects placed afterwards, which is why an effects loop is useful... to be able to use overdrive from the amp and then put other effects after it. I however don't use an effects loop and instead get most of my overdrive from pedals.

I'm a bit cautious in general about amps that use digital modelling, like I believe the AC30VR does. Personally, I'd try to for an all analog tube amp. You could look at VOX AC15s and maybe also AC4s. AC4 would maybe be too weak to use live, but could be pretty good I think if you're just playing at home.

Originally posted by DutchU2Fan:WATCH MORE TV
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Originally posted by KieranU2:The guitar tone in The Fly pleases my ears massively, so I'm wondering how The Edge gets that tone in the album version. I reckon it might be a Korg A3 unit with wah pressed on full. I can't over how immense a tone it is, kinda want to experiment with it a little.

Originally posted by KieranU2:The guitar tone in The Fly pleases my ears massively, so I'm wondering how The Edge gets that tone in the album version. I reckon it might be a Korg A3 unit with wah pressed on full. I can't over how immense a tone it is, kinda want to experiment with it a little.

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]
Ha! I was gonna tell you in another thread the other day: everytime I open Spotify, the bar on the right side says you have just listened to The Fly

Originally posted by KieranU2:[..]
Haha, always! Can't get enough of it

Originally posted by LikeASong:[..]

And there we go again

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