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Hey Nick. I dont suppose you can post that entire list.

I sure can do (I can scan the article if anyone wants it/that's allowed as it was too long to type out each little info thing)

11. Dave Grohl
10. James Hetfield
9. Andy Powell (my Dad's a Wishbone Ash fan so he was happy to see him on there)
8. Rick Nielsen
7. Billy Gibbons
6. Michael Schenker
5. Marc Bolan
4. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Edge

2. Lonnie Mack
1. Albert King

anstratdubh1979

17 years

Originally posted by nicktheidiotI sure can do (I can scan the article if anyone wants it/that's allowed as it was too long to type out each little info thing)

11. Dave Grohl
10. James Hetfield
9. Andy Powell (my Dad's a Wishbone Ash fan so he was happy to see him on there)
8. Rick Nielsen
7. Billy Gibbons
6. Michael Schenker
5. Marc Bolan
4. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Edge
2. Lonnie Mack
1. Albert King

James Hetfield might have some Gibsons but used ESP Explorer-like guitars pretty often.

Rick Nielson (Cheap Trick) uses a Hamer model similar to the Gibson Explorer. Hamer has also made a Rick Nielson model.

They forgot Dave Keuning (The Killers) who often uses a vintage Ibanez Destroyer - which was Ibanez' Explorer knock-off.

And lest I forget Tom Dumont of No Doubt, who also plays the Hamer equivalent of the Explorer.

anstratdubh1979

17 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01The current "Streets" guitar is a 73. It originally had a white pic guard, as Strats weren't available in all black at the time. The original "Blackie" was a 79. I think he either got it shortely before, or sometime during the recording of boy.

I dont suppose you know what year his sunburst Strat is? I have heard 57,62, or 76.

Per The Edge feature article in Guitar World in 2005 [page 64].

The Edge's sunburst Fender Stratocaster is a 1962 model

Answering a previous question about his Gibson ES335TD... the one on the Vertigo tour was a 1961. (This information from the same Guitar World article cited above)]

That said, I am not certain that it is the same one used on One Tree Hill during The Joshua Tree.

wtshnnfb01

17 years

I wonder what he used it as a bacup for on the Vertigo Tour? Maybe for one of his other semi-hollow bodies, but it seems he coulda gotten the same models of those instead of a diffrent guitar.

wtshnnfb01

17 years

Check our this performance of "With A Shout". I'm pretty sure thats a SG hes playing.

anstratdubh1979

17 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01Check our this performance of "With A Shout". I'm pretty sure thats a SG hes playing.

[YouTube Video]

That's a great video. I've not seen that before. I actually love that song!

I'm 100% certain that is a Gibson Sonex 180. Edge used it on With A Shout and sometimes, Rejoice, if memory serves.

Follow the link below for more on this model of guitar. You will see that it matches the one in the "With A Shout" video that was posted.
http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/sonex.php

He only used it during the October tour. I've not seen him use it before or since. Perhaps it was put out to pasture once he got the 1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom?

Here's a clearer video of The Edge using the Sonex:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nZ92-wEesMg

SG's have a double cutaway. The guitar in this video has a single cutaway. Edge didnt' get the SG until around the ATYCLB era.

I played a Gibson Sonex recently - at a guitar shop in West Los Angeles... They sound pretty great and are no where near the extraordinary prices that one would pay for a Les Paul. Perhaps The Edge bought his as a cheaper alternative to a LP for the October album and/or tour?

Another question for our guitar hero under the "what the hell ever happened to that guitar" list.

anstratdubh1979

17 years

Originally posted by wtshnnfb01I wonder what he used it as a bacup for on the Vertigo Tour? Maybe for one of his other semi-hollow bodies, but it seems he coulda gotten the same models of those instead of a diffrent guitar.

They did play "One Tree Hill" on the last leg of the tour. Although the footage I've seen shows him using the Gretsch Country Gent.

WojBhoy

17 years

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

They did play "One Tree Hill" on the last leg of the tour. Although the footage I've seen shows him using the Gretsch Country Gent.

What about that Bond Ultraglide thing, or whatever it's called? With the alternate frets built into the neckboard? I remember Edge saying that's how he get's that grindy tone to One Tree Hill?

PS - Those performances of Kite and One Tree Hill on the last leg of Vertigo were awesome

!

anstratdubh1979

17 years

Originally posted by WojBhoy[..]
What about that Bond Ultraglide thing, or whatever it's called? With the alternate frets built into the neckboard? I remember Edge saying that's how he get's that grindy tone to One Tree Hill?

PS - Those performances of Kite and One Tree Hill on the last leg of Vertigo were awesome !

One Tree Hill and Kite were fantastic on the last leg of the tour. I loved the extended guitar bit on Kite; at the end. Very emotional playing by The Edge.

The The Bond Electraglide was only used in the studio, to the best of my knowledge. I've never seen any photos of Edge using it in a live setting.

The 'key' to the Bond was Edge "abusing" it. Read the following snippet (below) from the July 1987 Guitar World for further explanation:

The following from said interview in the July 1987 Guitar World:
"I'm interested in abusing technology," he chuckles. "There's a revolutionary new guitar called Bond Electric Light (Electraglide), which is a very finely-crafted guitar without proper frets. Instead it has little serations. I tried to incorporate it into my playing armory and I found that it wasn't working, until I discovered the things you can do if you really sort of abuse it! I got fantastic results. Like the sort of heavy fuzz guitar at the end of "One Tree Hill", and the last three tracks on the middle of side two - that sound is the Bond. It's and English guitar. I don't know if they are made anymore [GW Editors note: They're not], but I got it three or four years ago [dating the guitar to around 1983/84]. Naturally, with us, we try to approach anything without preconceptions, we just control the room withouth the windows. Now, this Bond guitar, it wasn't meant to do what I do to it. Its neck is some kind of plastic, so it's more flexible than most wooden necks. I discovered that I can bend the neck so that the strings started to vibrate on the fretboard as I played, and - the guitar having no true frets - it created a different kind of effect. It was an attempt to sound obnoxious. You know, you can wind up a Marshall, and it starts to sound better the higher you go. Well, this was a transistor amp and the sound was compressed to the hilt. I had it very loud and it just kind of had that edge of a sound that you normally don't get. People complained bitterly about it!"

For a bit more on the BOND Electaglide...
http://u2-atomic-edge-gear.tripod.com/id82.html

WojBhoy

17 years

Originally posted by anstratdubh1979[..]

One Tree Hill and Kite were fantastic on the last leg of the tour. I loved the extended guitar bit on Kite; at the end. Very emotional playing by The Edge.

The The Bond Electraglide was only used in the studio, to the best of my knowledge. I've never seen any photos of Edge using it in a live setting.

The 'key' to the Bond was Edge "abusing" it. Read the following snippet (below) from the July 1987 Guitar World for further explanation:

The following from said interview in the July 1987 Guitar World:
"I'm interested in abusing technology," he chuckles. "There's a revolutionary new guitar called Bond Electric Light (Electraglide), which is a very finely-crafted guitar without proper frets. Instead it has little serations. I tried to incorporate it into my playing armory and I found that it wasn't working, until I discovered the things you can do if you really sort of abuse it! I got fantastic results. Like the sort of heavy fuzz guitar at the end of "One Tree Hill", and the last three tracks on the middle of side two - that sound is the Bond. It's and English guitar. I don't know if they are made anymore [GW Editors note: They're not], but I got it three or four years ago [dating the guitar to around 1983/84]. Naturally, with us, we try to approach anything without preconceptions, we just control the room withouth the windows. Now, this Bond guitar, it wasn't meant to do what I do to it. Its neck is some kind of plastic, so it's more flexible than most wooden necks. I discovered that I can bend the neck so that the strings started to vibrate on the fretboard as I played, and - the guitar having no true frets - it created a different kind of effect. It was an attempt to sound obnoxious. You know, you can wind up a Marshall, and it starts to sound better the higher you go. Well, this was a transistor amp and the sound was compressed to the hilt. I had it very loud and it just kind of had that edge of a sound that you normally don't get. People complained bitterly about it!"

For a bit more on the BOND Electaglide...
http://u2-atomic-edge-gear.tripod.com/id82.html

That's what I remember reading re. the Electraglide

I haven't seen any footage of One Tree Hill live, hence my wild stab in the dark

I wonder why he didn't use it live...? Was it one of those lost in the flood at HQ? (I should add, "do you know?" lol)

WojBhoy

17 years

Jeff, oh wise owl of our forum here (he who knows more than the rest of us...)! I have another question for you (apologies in advance lol...);

WOWY on ZooTV DVD - do you know if Edge used some big impressive Wah effect on the "riff" (i.e. the guitar part he plays once Bono starts singing "and you give yourself away")? It sounds incredible but I'm not certain what he does...

EDIT - random question; like Bono has his own signature guitar that one can purchase copies of (the Gretsch Irish Falcon), does Edge have any? I mean, I was on the Epiphone website just now and it has Slash Les Pauls, Zakk Wylde Les Pauls etc. - are there any like that, but Edge signatures?

EDIT 2 - Just grabbed this shot from a video of WGRYWH live from Croke Park 2005;

That isn't the LP Custom lol...but due to my lack of guitar knowledge, I'm intrigued to know what the fuck it is!

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