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I know the clip you mention about him playing it in Barcelona on the bonus disc. Was wondering why he never used it, it's looks pretty sexy.

anstratdubh1979

13 years

Originally posted by jofice:I know the clip you mention about him playing it in Barcelona on the bonus disc. Was wondering why he never used it, it's looks pretty sexy.

And if you look at the clips where he's used it, it sounds great.

It works great for "Magnificent". The slide parts benefit from the neck position humbucker.

Guess that is one to ask Dallas or Edge one day.

PS: I want that brown crocodile guitar strap!

Macphistfly

13 years

I'm in the market for a good, lightweight (left handed) acoustic. I want to be able to bounce Chris Martin style.

Any suggestions?

Macphistfly

13 years

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

And if you look at the clips where he's used it, it sounds great.

It works great for "Magnificent". The slide parts benefit from the neck position humbucker.

Guess that is one to ask Dallas or Edge one day.

PS: I want that brown crocodile guitar strap!

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is that a P90 and a Humbucker or do my eyes deceive me?

jofice

13 years

Looks like it actually. Good spot.

anstratdubh1979

13 years

Originally posted by Macphistfly:[..]

is that a P90 and a Humbucker or do my eyes deceive me?

Your eyes deceive you. That is a Fender 'Wide-Range' humbucker. That is not a P-90.

The Fender Telecaster Custom, first introduced in 1972, had a humbucker in the neck position and a single coil in the bridge position.

The pickup itself was Fender's first humbucker and was designed by Seth Lover, who designed humbuckers for Gibson previously. He and Fender both agreed the idea wasn't to re-make a pickups that sounded like the Gibson but to make something that sounded different. Out of that came the Fender 'Wide Range' humbucker, which Lover designed.

Lover's Fender humbucker is felt by many to be brighter with more bottom end than his Gibson versions, and a better match for the classic Fender bridge pickup.

These guitars were in production for only 8 years, it was the perfect combination of fender gibson sound with its single coil pickup in the bridge. The humbucker used was the same type used in the Thinline range of fender telecasters produced in 1968.

They were only made for 8 years but there is a reissue. That said, and like many reissues, there can be differences to the original.

Differences: The re-issues and road worn copies featured a different bridge to the original 72 custom, and the re-issues bodies produced are not supplied in natural finish, unlike the originals once were but in black or sunburst only designs. The headstock logo (decal) font is also different, as the originals were not produced in italic in respect of the wording "Custom".

Both versions feature a reissued version of the Fender Wide Range humbucking pickup, which differs fundamentally in construction from the original. The original WRH used magnetized CuNiFe (copper, nickel and iron) polepieces (slugs) with a copper wiring around the slugs, while the reissue has a standard non-magnetized set of slugs with an AlNiCo (aluminum, nickel, Cobalt) magnetized bar underneath. This standard humbucker is fitted in the larger casing of the original pickup, using wax to fill the void. The original WRH measured an average of 10.6 kΩ and used a 1 MΩ volume pot and a 250 kΩ tone pot, while the reissue measures a fairly standard 8 kΩ and uses 250 kΩ volume and tone pots. This results in a much darker sounding reissue wide range pickup.

http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0137502306

lestertriplett87

13 years

What kind of guitar has Edge been using for Zooropa? I can't really tell from the videos. Is it a different one that he used in '93?

RattleandHum1988

13 years

Originally posted by lestertriplett87:What kind of guitar has Edge been using for Zooropa? I can't really tell from the videos. Is it a different one that he used in '93?

Yep. In 93 he played it with his Gibson Les Paul Custom - the one that he sold a while back in the auction - but now he has a carbon copy of it that he uses for songs like Walk On, Unknown Caller, etc.

What he uses for Zooropa these days is the Gretsch Country Gentlemen, the same guitar he uses for City of Blinding Lights and Magnificent. It has a great tone for the song in my opinion!

lestertriplett87

13 years

Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

Yep. In 93 he played it with his Gibson Les Paul Custom - the one that he sold a while back in the auction - but now he has a carbon copy of it that he uses for songs like Walk On, Unknown Caller, etc.

What he uses for Zooropa these days is the Gretsch Country Gentlemen, the same guitar he uses for City of Blinding Lights and Magnificent. It has a great tone for the song in my opinion!

Thanks. That is what I thought he was using but I couldn't tell. I love the way that guitar sounds too. Zooropa sounded great.

anstratdubh1979

13 years

Look familiar?

The picture is from "Pride..." from the July 23rd show in Minneapolis, MN.

I am not 100% sure (need to see some more photos) but it looks to be that Edge was using his 1959 ("Stuck In A Moment...") Stratocaster.

I first learned of the guitar from seeing it in Point Depot photos, from the 'Rattle And Hum' rehearsal and recording sessions.

Legend has it that particular Strat was THE guitar used for "a lot of the anthems in the late 1980's. (Perhaps things like "I Still Haven't Found...", "All I Want Is You"?).

If that is the "Stuck" Stratocaster, it becomes more intriguing. I remember Edge saying that he'd promised Dallas to never take that guitar out on tour as that guitar was very special. Both felt it had a lot of 'mojo'. But for the Elevation tour they did take it out as it was THE sound of "Stuck...".

That said, I'd not seen it used in 10 years... until possibly last Saturday in MN.

And if it was that Strat, the more interesting thing would be they bring it out to a show... and it pours down rain! But you can see in the videos below, he stayed under the umbrella for most of the song.

Clips of "Pride..." from MN

‪U2 - Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Minneapolis 2011) - 13 of 21‬&rlm; - YouTube

‪U2 - "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" - Minneapolis, 7-23-11‬&rlm; - YouTube

‪U2 @ TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, MN 7/23/11 Pride (In the Name of Love)‬&rlm; - YouTube

‪U2 performing "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" @ TCF Bank Stadium 07-23-11‬&rlm; - YouTube

‪U2 @ TCF Stadium, "Pride (In the Name of Love)"‬&rlm; - YouTube

And while he did use this guitar for Pride he was back to the 1968 tobacco Stratocaster for "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (MN)

‪U2 (1080HD) - Sunday Bloody Sunday - Minneapolis - 2011-07-23 - TCF Bank Stadium - 360 Tour‬&rlm; - YouTube

anstratdubh1979

13 years

Looks like Music Rising Les Paul # 3. This one with more yellowish green and
blue in it. (Perhaps the backup to the more purple one and the more pinkish one?

Looks like The Edge used it for "Until The End Of The World" in Pittsburgh.