what kind of guitar

[Earl-Of-IMDb]

can it be used to do the edge's sounds? kinda like The Fly to Even better than the real thing to with or without you and mysterious ways?

[Galeongirl]

uh, you'll need a lot of guitars... and it's not only the guitars, mostly the effects...
for The Fly during Zoo era he used an Eric CLapton stratocaster, during vertigo I think it was a line 6 variax
EBTTRT was on the rickenbacker, same with mysterious ways
WOWY you need an ebow for,.. or infinite guitar

[EdgeIsTooSexy]

yeah its nearly impossible to sound exactly like the edge, unless you have the $$$ for the effects

[the tourist]

Best bet would be a Fender Telecaster.

[tpsreports2424]

Originally Posted by the tourist Best bet would be a Fender Telecaster.

Edge used a tele?

[the tourist]

Originally Posted by tpsreports2424 Edge used a tele?

I'm not sure. I just know when it comes to the tone of the guitar (and not just of the amp it's played though, but the actual guitar), tele's are extremely versatile. At least mine is. I've also owned a Les Paul, an SG and an Epiphone Casino. I suppose a strat would be good for some of Edge's stuff, but it's hard to get the balls out of a strat.

[Galeongirl]

he uses a tele live on vertigo, sbs, walk on and I'm prolly forgetting a few..

for the most standard I'd say a Strat would be fine

[Chill Mike D]

A Strat's #2 position is awfully Edge sounding.

[Edge_Orchestra]

A Stratocaster or a Les Paul will get you the most mileage.

[the tourist]

Originally Posted by Edge_Orchestra A Stratocaster or a Les Paul will get you the most mileage.

With my Les Paul, I could never get an 80s U2 sound. With my Telecaster, I can get both 80s and 90s and 00s U2 sounds. I've never owned a Strat and have rarely played with one, though. I just had a bad experience with the one I did play through.

[Edge_Orchestra]

Originally Posted by the tourist With my Les Paul, I could never get an 80s U2 sound. With my Telecaster, I can get both 80s and 90s and 00s U2 sounds. I've never owned a Strat and have rarely played with one, though. I just had a bad experience with the one I did play through.

A Les Paul will you cover material with humbucker equiped guitars, like Edge's Explorer and his Les Paul Custom.

A Strat will help cover TONS of other material from all periods of U2 from "Gloria" to "I Still Haven't Found..." to "Stuck In A Moment...".

Edge has only used Tele's, in the studio - for the most part, on HTDAAB. Live, he's used them a bit more but more so from the last two tours.

But if you prefer the sound and feel of a Telecaster... that that is what will serve you best.

[Chill Mike D]

Didn't he use Telecasters for most of the songs on TUF?

[Galeongirl]

well, on the UF documentary on the Slane dvd you can see he uses a Strat mostly, but I don't know how much that says

[Chill Mike D]

Ah

[Earl-Of-IMDb]

Originally Posted by the tourist but it's hard to get the balls out of a strat.

What do you mean by that?