U2 songs that use a big muff
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Fernando-
Refugee
I'm not very familiar with the big muff pedal, although it seems like a great pedal and look forward on owning it sometime.
The only song I know Edge uses it, is Elevation too and due to my poor knowledge on this pedal, I'm not going to try and have a wild guess at other songs. But I'm going to check out more on this pedal.
EDIT: Maybe on the Magnificent intro?. It may be a combination of the Digitech Whammy with the Big muff.
The only song I know Edge uses it, is Elevation too and due to my poor knowledge on this pedal, I'm not going to try and have a wild guess at other songs. But I'm going to check out more on this pedal.
EDIT: Maybe on the Magnificent intro?. It may be a combination of the Digitech Whammy with the Big muff.
Edge_Orchestra
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
I haven't seen the Big Muff in Edge's rig during any of the awards shows or promo gigs. I didn't see it when they played "Magnificent" at Letterman, GMA or on the BBC rooftop bits.
I am not so sure it was used for "Elevation" either.
theedgeu2
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Even Better Than The Real Thing...maybe
Edge_Orchestra
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Even Better Than The Real Thing...maybe
I do not think that it was used for EBTTRT.
I believe that Mick is right about Bullet. It might have been used for a few others things. "Last Night On Earth" comes to mind but I've not confirmed this as of yet.
I think that it was in his rack starting around The Joshua Tree. I don't remember off the top of my head if it was there for 'Vertigo'. My first thought is that it wasn't and the 'Muff' tones, if used, were out of the Line 6 DM4 Pro (rack) Distortion modeler.
Dallas mentions such a combination (Big Muff and FA-1) in a book called "Live and Kicking: The Concert Industry in the 1990's".
Keep in mind, the book is copvering Popmart (1997/1998): [page 179]
"For the new songs, Edge uses a Lovetone Big Cheese overdrive which delivers a very broken sound, but for his really big distortion he still uses the smal FET pre-amp and his Electrop-Harmonix Big Muff."
well we know it was in his rig at some point but I have a couple diff muffs and I never could get what i thought was the right sound..Some songs to try would be maybe ABOY I think this is a PW2 but you could get close. Same with the "beauty inside of me" part on COBL. The solo on Love blindness has Muff sounds...Maybe with some eqing you could get close to Acrobat?? never tried it...I would look into an OD2 and or TS9/SD1 for alot of Edge drive sounds and use the Muff for certain parts only. OD2/TS9 and SD1 are cheap and ARE the pedals used in most of Edges overdrives. These days he relys on the DM4pro but alot of these are emulations of these pedals. The DM4pro has a "boost/comp" setting that is used alot..Great for those semi clean/dirty sounds like Streets and Bad. OR just crank a tube amp to get that breakup sound
Mick
Mick
Edge_Orchestra
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Mildly off the path here but to revisit Love Is Blindness...
Mick, didn't Edge use all four Vox amps (maybe the two Randalls too) on "Love Is Blindness? Not to say he wasn't using the Big Muff, very good chance he was... just remembering that bit that Dallas mentioned in an interview in Total Guitar or The Guitar Magazine around the time of Passengers.
I remember Dallas making some comment about how loud it was.
Mick, didn't Edge use all four Vox amps (maybe the two Randalls too) on "Love Is Blindness? Not to say he wasn't using the Big Muff, very good chance he was... just remembering that bit that Dallas mentioned in an interview in Total Guitar or The Guitar Magazine around the time of Passengers.
I remember Dallas making some comment about how loud it was.
yes he was..The part im referring to is after the solo at the end he changes his tone and holds single notes sliding .Listen to 4:20 mark and on from there
YouTube - U2 - Love is Blindness (ZOO TV,Adelaide 1993)
YouTube - U2 - Love is Blindness (ZOO TV,Adelaide 1993)
theedgeu2
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Referring to my old post, but what was used for the dist. on EBTTRT? TS9?
Edge_Orchestra
Rock n' Roll Doggie FOB
Not the TS9. Edge didn't use the TS9 live until Elevation tour.
theedgeu2
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Oh, ok. Gotcha there. I'm no trying go off topic here, just a little curious. It seems he doesn't use the big muff all that much. I was just planning on getting one in fact.
