Primarily (and as best as possible), I try to discuss why and how Edge chooses certain delays for given songs, hopefully to give some ideas to other Other things like the modulation effect of the SDD-3000 delay unit and I include some tablature as needed. Note: This page is strictly limited to discussion about The Edge’s delay times. Here is a clip of the main guitar riffs from U2’s songs “Bad” and “Where the Streets Have No Name”.Įach riff starts with the exact thing Edge is playing on his guitar during the songĪnd then the delay/echo is turned on half way through, resulting in the sound you know: Hopefully it will help you think a little bit differently about how you use delay in your own songs. Is because of his ‘secrets’ that are revealed here. That’s good news though: maybe the reason that The Edge sounds a little better than you when he plays ‘Streets’ Settings he used for that song and others and I found out that the real answer is a little more interesting. Out of curiosity, I studied the audio tracks closely and calculated the exact How his delay sounds and how he uses them are a great resource for any serious guitar Most of us won’t ever play in a U2 tribute band or try to cover a U2 song in the studio, butĭiscovering how The Edge uses his ‘trademark’ guitar delay is not limited to that. What’s so interesting about The Edge’s guitar delay?
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