Recent content by Fly33

I wholeheartedly agree. I hate to say it, but Edge’s playing hasn’t been amazing on the last two albums (and the best riffs he “sampled”/stole from Haim and One Republic). It’s really Adam (and Larry) who have stood out to me. Both have continued to be creative and fresh. In other news, I...

So I just saw U2 in DC with a couple friends of mine who both play bass. Had to endure the “Doesn’t he just play eighth notes and the root?” nonsense about Adam. Of course I tried to defend him and say there’s more than just WOWY. I ended up putting together a playlist of what I think are his...

I was watching a video of With or Without You from this tour, and it looked like Adam was playing his old Ibanez bass (like the same one from the Red Rocks video). It's hard to tell, but it's definitely not a Fender, and I don't think it's a Warwick either. Looks like the headstock says Ibanez...

It may have only been for the opening part of MW... To be honest I stopped watching him and watched the band.

Saw a recent show in New York and noticed Dallas was running Edge's expression pedals for EBTTRT and Elevation, which I expected. I was surprised, however, to see that he was also rocking one during Mysterious Ways. I assumed Edge had an AutoWah, but maybe not? Anyone know anything about this? I...

Hey all! I ordered a TC Electronic Nova System, which should be in tomorrow, and I'm excited to try and get some U2 tones out of it. I had a M13, but to me the drives were too digital sounding. Hoping the analog drives in the Nova will be better. Does anyone have any experience with this unit...

Been a while since I've been on here... Does anyone know where in his signal path Edge puts his wah? Conventional wisdom says to put the wah before ODs, but I thought I remembered reading somewhere (maybe here) that Edge put his afterward. With a racked wah, he can probably move around the...

Song's been stuck in my head... To me, the main riff sounds like it's on a Strat. You're right, there's also some flanging going on. The reverb could be the R1000, but it could also have been recorded in Slane Castle and have the natural reverb of the ballroom. All this is speculation, of...

Hey guys, I'm getting tickets for the U2 show in Baltimore and have a question. Has anyone either had or heard of someone having their view blocked by the legs of the claw? If so, how bad was it? At Baltimore those seats seem to be closer to the stage, and almost more of a side-view than a...

I agree, although I saw UF and I think they played a snippet of "Living on a Prayer" during Vertigo (very Bono-like) which was kinda fun. But overall, they were pretty faithful to the originals.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I always assumed they were run by Joe at the FOH. I don't see any reverb units, and I think Bono would run his voice through something a little bit higher-end than a DM4 Pro. I think Joe has Yamaha SPX-series stuff at FOH as well as Korg SDD-series delays. I really think...

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It's funny to me to think of Bono as having a complex rig. He hardly plays guitar, and when he does it's (a) barely audible and (b) typically pretty clean. I guess he has distorted guitars, but I always thought of them as just a cranked AC30 overdrive. I sort of remember reading/hearing...

So I'm about to replace the tubes in my AC30, and I have two questions: 1. What does Edge use? I think I remember reading somewhere that he used NOS Mullards, but they're fairly expensive. So... 2. What alternative tubes would you recommend? (Also, out of curiosity, how often do you find...

I think the riff in Magnificent is one of Edge's best. I remember hearing it for the first time and thinking, "Holy crap, this is the best riff he's written since Streets!" Maybe not, but it's still one hell of a riff with a great tone. What effects do you think Edge is using for the different...