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  1. First off, the DD-20 is a great delay. I have it, and it is great for playing U2 tunes. It's awesome. Easy to use, easy to understand, and it sounds great. It has about 10 or 11 different delay settings you can use, including Analogue and Modulating, which are both Edge delays.

    As for the les paul. I had a theory that this was the guitar he used on songs like Until The End of the World, or Zoo Station. Up until HTDAAB. That picture is recent, so I would assume some songs on the last album, maybe even their new one. But then I thought, if he has used it in the studio, and he wants to get the sound at concerts as close to the album as possible, why wouldn't he bring it on tour? So I'm not too sure what this les paul was used for. Maybe he did use it on a lot of tracks, but it was too valuable to bring on tour, like the 50's/60's natural strat he used on Stuck In A Moment. He vowed never to take that on tour with him, and he's had it for a while, you can see it behind him in Rattle and Hum during Van Diemen's Land. But he said he HAD to bring it on the elevation tour, because it was needed to retain the Stuck in a moment sound live. Anyway, I'm rambling. That's my two cents.
  2. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979...in JEFF APPROVED blue?...

    Lol, what a phrase. We should all start asking you questions that would require "Jeff Approval" or something
  3. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Not that I was the winning bidder on this guitar... I WISH!


    Far more interesting I thought was that you can see a Marshall head in the background...I've never known U2 to go for Marshalls before. Edge has always been a mostly Vox man, though we've seen him use other amps before and he began using Fender amps much more for Atomic Bomb/Vertigo Tour. Your thoughts on this?

    IDK who said this way before, but it is odd how he doesn't use blue guitars much. I can only think of the Telecaster he used for Atomic Bomb promo shows and some Vertigo shows, and Bono's ES175 he used in the video for Ground Beneath Her Feet.

  4. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988First off, the DD-20 is a great delay. I have it, and it is great for playing U2 tunes. It's awesome. Easy to use, easy to understand, and it sounds great. It has about 10 or 11 different delay settings you can use, including Analogue and Modulating, which are both Edge delays.

    As for the les paul. I had a theory that this was the guitar he used on songs like Until The End of the World, or Zoo Station. Up until HTDAAB. That picture is recent, so I would assume some songs on the last album, maybe even their new one. But then I thought, if he has used it in the studio, and he wants to get the sound at concerts as close to the album as possible, why wouldn't he bring it on tour? So I'm not too sure what this les paul was used for. Maybe he did use it on a lot of tracks, but it was too valuable to bring on tour, like the 50's/60's natural strat he used on Stuck In A Moment. He vowed never to take that on tour with him, and he's had it for a while, you can see it behind him in Rattle and Hum during Van Diemen's Land. But he said he HAD to bring it on the elevation tour, because it was needed to retain the Stuck in a moment sound live. Anyway, I'm rambling. That's my two cents.


    The blue Les Paul Custom was a fairly recent aquisition, during Elevation tour, if memory serves me correctly
  5. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    Lol, what a phrase. We should all start asking you questions that would require "Jeff Approval" or something


    Blah... just being a dork in that blue is my favorite colour. My drum kit is midnight blue. First electric guitar was a Danectro reissue in blue suede fade finish (no not really made of suede) and my Danelectro 12-string is in blue sparkle.
  6. Edge has used Marshall, Fender and Hi-Watt amps in the studio -- Hence the use of the Pod Pro for amp simulation since Elevation tour.
  7. Originally posted by haytrainI'm hoping Sergio is the only U2start member with male genitalia on his desktop....
    Good one dude Nah, as someone said,I guess most of you have Naked Adam on your desktop wallpapers


    Explanation
    But the wallpaper is really nice for every guitar player, since it changes the original meaning of the Firenze painting (God giving Life to the human kind) for a guitar-like paiting (Guitar IS the Life for Guitar-Human kind )... I love it
  8. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979Edge has used Marshall, Fender and Hi-Watt amps in the studio -- Hence the use of the Pod Pro for amp simulation since Elevation tour.


    Do you know for which songs specifically he deviated from his Vox? I'm sure Elevation on Elevation tour, but do you know any others? Any idea which amp models he's using?
  9. Originally posted by AAV711[..]

    Do you know for which songs specifically he deviated from his Vox? I'm sure Elevation on Elevation tour, but do you know any others? Any idea which amp models he's using?


    On stage and in the studio might vary. And while he may have used a Fender Bassman in the studio, for a particular track, he might be using a Fender Bassman model on the Line 6 Pod on stage.

    For ATYCLB, Edge said that a lot of the distortion tones were from a 1970's Hi-Watt combo amp, while many of the clean were from a Fender Bassman.

    Per The Edge in Guitar Player magazine [January 2001]}
    "The intro to 'Elevation' was the GIbson SG - "an old fuzz of Daniel's (Kay Fuzz) - Fender Bassman".

    When asked What's that huge distortion sound that bearges in during the main riff?, The Edge answered: "That's the Hi-Watt".

    When asked HOw did you get the lovely clean tones on "Stuck In A Moment" and "In A Little While?" The Edge answered: "I Have a great `50's Strat, and I plugged it straight into the Bassman."

    "Walk On" is "...a white Les Paul that I've had for a long time (the auctioned 1975) through the AC30. The solo on that tune is my Gibson Explorer through the AC30"

    The (slide) olo on "Kite" was " `64 Gretsch Country Gentleman into a cool fuzzbox - an Ampeg Scrambler - and a Vox AC30"


    AS FOR POP:
    Per Flood - Guitar World magazin [September 1997]:
    "Flood estimates that 70 percent of the guitar sounds on Pop were generated through a Vox AC30 amp: "Edge loves the AC30's; he has them coming out his ears. He's also got a Randall and a Fender Bassman that we used. And very occaxsionally, for something differenct, we'd try a Mesa/Boogie or a Marshall."

    Per Dallas Schoo (same 1997 article):
    "The Edge has a pair of Randall RG80 combos that he uses for his "Crunch" tones. (These amps were used during the ZOO and POPMART tours)

    I will see what else I can find in my archives...
  10. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

    The blue Les Paul Custom was a fairly recent aquisition, during Elevation tour, if memory serves me correctly


    If I had to guess, I'd say it was recruited to replace a guitar that bought it in the studio flood. Admitedly, that is a good color.
  11. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]"Walk On" is "...a white Les Paul that I've had for a long time (the auctioned 1975) through the AC30. The solo on that tune is my Gibson Explorer through the AC30"

    What would have been impressive would have been if Edge had contrived to switch to the Explorer for the solo alone during live performances before switching back to the LP
  12. Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
    What would have been impressive would have been if Edge had contrived to switch to the Explorer for the solo alone during live performances before switching back to the LP


    That would be a pain in the ass. Course he could make a custom doubleneck. I'm shure he and Dalas could figure a good way to have one neck with LP tones, and one with Explorer tones.
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