U2 & Guitar Gear: Q & A

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Beauty my arse lol...it's the musical equivalent of a slum (aesthetically speaking )
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Rubbish, you have more guitars and financial muscle than I lol! I'm not even a student lol! I'm fairly low down the social order at the moment whilst I'm waiting for my A-level results!
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I'd be happy too, minus the threat of aforementioned victimisation lol...

On other matters, I'm intrigued to know why Edge plays Pride on Strats., yet from watching the misleadingly titled Making of TUF documentary on the Slane DVD (aka. How We Made Pride), he's always playing one of his white LPs ('73 or '75, unsure which) when recording parts for Pride...

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

Two scenarios popped up in my mind on this...

Perhaps the LP and Strat are both on the album? There are more than one guitar track per song. Often layers of many.

Exampe?: Walk On" is one of the two LP Customs but the solo - that is the Explorer.

Also the studio footage shows throughout the recording of Pride. So he might have used the LP earlier and later opted for the Strat? Possible.

Example # 2: "Desire". In R&H, you see Edge playing the 1962 Gretsch (stereo/re-wired to mono) White Falcon. Yet, Dallas has told me that Edge used an LP Custom on the final recording.

Fact is, that Edge can sound like Edge on most anything. Look at the 1986 Self-Aid footage of "Pride..."; he's playing a hollowbody Yamaha AE2000 (later seen in R&H on "When Love Comes To Town" and in the "Baby, Please Come Home" video)

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

1) No worries.
2) Regardless of the # of guitars I have or my financial situation, I still should have it.
Plus, the guitar wouldn't be lonely - as I've other guitar friends here.
3) Lucky for you, I have morals and couldn't steal it. (Damn Morals)

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Ah, good ideas that. I had thought that maybe both an LP and Strat. are on Pride, but what you say about Edge being Edge is very true lol

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

I saw Edge show up at one of Danny Lanois shows... Hollywood, June 2003 and play 3 tunes with him.

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He was using an orange Les Paul Standard into an EH Deluxe Memory Man delay into a vintage Vox AC30... and they did play 1 U2 song ("I Still Haven't Found...") in the 3 that he played w/Lanois... and STILL... sounded like "THE EDGE" (tm)

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Ha, awesome stuff. Nice pic too! I Still Haven't Found... doesn't sound too good on an Epiphone LP lol...it sounds fine on my Ridgewood Strat. as long as I get the effects correct etc.

EDIT - Reminds me, must find my slide one of these days...what guitar is Danny playing, dost thou knoweth?

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

That is one of Danny's Gibson Firebird VII. (Firebird VII - Three pickups, Tune-o-matic bridge and Maestro "Lyre" Vibrola tailpiece. Gold hardware) Lovely sounding guitar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Firebird

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Yeah, PRS makes their own stuff. They sound great. But yes, visually - body shapewise - they look a bit generic.

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
Not to mention the pointy devil horn headstock! lol. A bit too typical heavy rock'n'roll/metally for my liking...

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

Nickelback uses them - Nuff said!!!

Like I said before, and as you know, they sound great. And sound should be the key factor. But yes, we all do judge guitars a bit unfavorably by body shape and color.

I have a dream... that one day a guitar will be judged by it's tone and not it's finish, wood compostion or body style... I have a dream..."

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Did I mention, Edge's guitar and piano sound AMAZING on the OCTOBER remaster. LOVELY.

Seems to be a bit more definition in the drums too... not as muddy.

Errrr... well, then again... I was just listening to the BONUS disc version of OCT... so (duh to me) obviously it would sound different.