Gibson Explorer

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Is the Edge still playing his original Explorer? I am pretty sure he is not. Anyone know for sure?

 

[theedgeu2]

Nope. Dallas had Edge retire it for studio uses. He's using other real 76 Explorers on tour but not his original Explorer he used on Boy and etc.

 

[breathe]

cool man thanks!!! What about his black strat? the one from the war tour and so on

 

[breathe]

Oh and by the way I LOVE your cover of The First Time!!!!

 

[theedgeu2]

The all black Strat (looks a lot like David Gilmour's from Pink Floyd)? I think that's the original. I'm pretty sure Edge_Orchestra knows more about this than I do. Most likely anyway.

 

[theedgeu2]

Oh and by the way I LOVE your cover of The First Time!!!!

Thank you! I was a little nervous and on edge (pun not intended) during recording. I am happy with it though.

 

[breathe]

No problem! Now that I am thinking about it I am pretty sure the edge bought a new strat during the vertigo tour for streets.

 

[theedgeu2]

Hmm I'm not sure. I know he goes guitar shopping though during tours and will pick up a new guitar. I've not seen many videos since early 2010 so I don't know for sure, but I think he's using an all black Strat during Streets this tour. It could be the same one he used on Vertigo Tour. That or I am wrong. Or maybe that's for Bad. This is a time when we need E_O!

 

[EdgeFest]

*sits back and admires Gibson Explorer geek discussion*

 

[Edge_Orchestra]

His original 1976 Gibson Limited Edition Explorer is for studio use only these days.

Edge has 13 (at last count) 1976 Limited Edition Explorers. I was at GC Hollywood when Dallas bought # 12.

I am not 100% sure that the all-black Strat used for "...Streets..." is the one from the early years. It does appear to be the same all-black Stratocaster used for "...Streets..." on the last two tours. (Vertigo and 360)

My theory is that the original is not in use and that the one being used, once had a white pickguard. Working on confirmation (or not) of the theory.

Dallas shops for guitars for Edge all the time. He searches guitars for Bono and bass guitars for Adam too. There are certain things he's looking for, certain models and vintages of guitars for Edge / bass guitars for Adam. So some of the shops know that if a such and such bass shows up in their shop, call Dallas; that sort of thing.

Where does he shop? Loads of places. Pretty much wherever there are vintage guitars.

 

[Chill Mike D]

I remember in one BBC video (I think) from their studio, one of the guitars in the rack was a 56 goldtop LP (or older) with P90s in it. Which I've never seen him play live. It makes me wonder where it may have turned up on a recording.

 

[Edge_Orchestra]

I remember in one BBC video (I think) from their studio, one of the guitars in the rack was a 56 goldtop LP (or older) with P90s in it. Which I've never seen him play live. It makes me wonder where it may have turned up on a recording.

There is a picture of a guitar rack in a book called "U2 Show" that shows not only the blue Jaguar (seen in the Electrical Storm video) but a white one and a Les Paul Jr.

In "U2 & I" book by Anton Corbin, there is a Passenger's era picture of Edge with a single cutaway Gretsch Country Gentleman (Must be a pre-1962 model). Again, just in the studio and not seen live.

Also, there is the picture of Edge in the storage room at Hanover Quay. There are TONS of guitar cases in that room. Some are probably Adam's bass guitar and Bono's guitars. So there is a good chance that much of what he has, we've not seen.

 

[Chill Mike D]

Yeah, I'd imagine so. It would be interesting to bump around their studio, that's for sure.