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- In this new mini documentary, U2 guitarist The Edge discusses the impact Rory Gallagher had on him as a child, his history with Fender and what went inspires him as an artist.
"Whenever I pick up a guitar, I'm like, 'OK, I know there's songs in here. I just need to find them,'" The Edge said.
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I started listening to U2 back in 1983. Hearing the Edge is what inspired me to learn to play 35 years ago. I'm still learning to this day.
How has the Edge influenced my playing? Every time I play a bright and shiny melody with reverb and delay I can only think of his work. What a guy, really knows how to write and play stuff that'll brighten your day.
"I hope if I do inspire somebody is to do something that I'm not doing." gotta love this guy
I liked that too..but thought 'do something I'm not doing' wouldn't that sort of mean we shouldn't buy the guitar and be like edge...?
+Patrick Lyons haha maybe!
+Patrick Lyons He's taking sound-wise not gear-wise i think what he means is hoping to see somebody inspired by his sound and taking it to a new artistic level.
+Musicology1975 of course ;)
A perfectionist.!
good man edge..look forward to hearing some new stuff soon.
The Edge prefers Fenders. I usually use a Gibson, but when I played a Fender for the first time, I felt like him.
2016, still the biggest band on the planet
2020*
Don't stopa rockin!
Sei un fottuto genio The Edge! Il mio preferito!
0:08 the visuals...
Edge has his own song - the chord structure goes something like this...
E....D....G.....E
chime
;-)
It's about time. The Edge is one of the most under rated guitarists of this generation. The things that he can do with the sound and the technique he has always employed has made him one of the most unique and innovative musicians of our time. He single handedly changed the way rock guitar is played. ROCK ON EDGE !!!!!
yup and he continues to inspire generations of non-musicians to spend thousands of dollars on pedals to make up for the fact that they can't play for shit
but he can write a hell of a song
dank_asian_snacks Jealous much?
The Edge is one of the most under rated guitarists of this generation? dude please
@@pereztube2 Here's a message to all of Edge's detractors : Try to play like he does with the delay, or with a slide cut to a third of it's length, like he uses sometimes. One minuscule misstep and the entire rig is gone for at least two bars or something...! It takes phenomenal control to play the way he does it. A lot of virtuoso shredders don't have even close to this discipline - especially on a strat but he plays a lot of different guitars of course. He's as much a produced person, a DIY innovator of sound and a guitar player. Just because you don't understand or think he's "making up" for lack of abilities... I mean that's absurd. I myself do not like to use a delay and I use a very minimal pedal board. I like SRV, Johnson, Gallagher, Hendrix, Page, Beck just as much as him. But he is fucking unique. Do one does something in that style. That's what I love. At the end of the day, we *play* the guitar. Are kids judging each other for the way they play?! We're nothing but grown up kids playing grown up toys... all of us!
Holy fuck! New U2 snippet at the end. Sounds so good
+The94Dan I know! I can't wait for the new album.
S.O.E Baby! Wonder if it's that new tune "Tightrope" that Bono said edge was working on.
@@caiooliveira4692 so sad :(
The Edge and Dallas are the most humble guys. The tones they have created have become classics. No guitar duo has taken what a electric guitar can do further. Class.
haha
Wish there was an Edge signature Explorer...
+River Of Blacklights well Gibson disappointed him a while, back, so no.
Same, I'd love an Edge Gibson Explorer. Pair that to a Vox AC30 and a delay pedal and you got it made b.
The only reason for a signature Explorer would be the broken neck which was glued on later on. Otherwise he had no modifications on it and that is the reason for a signature guitar or bass. Still there is no John Deacon signature Precision Bass because of this reason. And as we all know: John Deacon is THE P-Bass Icon alongside James Jamerson.
Just buy korina wood explorer i can't even afford fender i have a chineese squier for 2 years
@Harry Dickus Yeah but, finding an actual '76 Explorer in '20 that has no major setup issues, banged up to hell and/or not being sold for an arm and a leg price? *_THAT'S_* the real trick now, isn't it?
this makes me even more excited for Songs of Experience!!!!
The New song sounds like TUF meets AB but it's definitely something new.....If SOE sounds anything like this...with creative riffs and solos by Edge then U2 are truly back !!! Pleasantly surprised to hear Edge singing along to the tune !!!
exactly
What does he keep under his hat?...I think it might be a piece of toast for when he gets hungry...
VERY thin hair
micky rooney Harry and Paul?
He looks a bit hilarious without it
micky rooney he never takes it off, even during hot summer
wears for bed as well
I love you Edge! Your guitar sound is awesome
Whatever or whoever he is, I love him and U2 forever
+DMC 12 Yes he is 😂
I played guitar the same sterile way for MANY years and I just knew I hit a plateau creatively I would never break through… I would never be able to reproduce what was truly in my head. Then I stumbled on a video with The Edge talking about his guitar playing approach and philosophy and it was like lightning hitting my brain, and I finally broke through to the other side of playing. It just all came together. I will never be able to express the level of gratitude I feel towards him. You can study and study and study fundamentals and then somebody comes along and changes the way you think about it all and everything just opens up. That is what The Edge did for me.
Here's a message to all of Edge's detractors : Try to play like he does with the delay, or with a slide cut to a third of it's length, like he uses sometimes. One minuscule misstep and the entire rig is gone for at least two bars or something...! It takes phenomenal control to play the way he does it. A lot of virtuoso shredders don't have even close to this discipline - especially on a strat but he plays a lot of different guitars of course. He's as much a produced person, a DIY innovator of sound and a guitar player. Just because you don't understand or think he's "making up" for lack of abilities... I mean that's absurd. I myself do not like to use a delay and I use a very minimal pedal board. I like SRV, Johnson, Gallagher, Hendrix, Page, Beck just as much as him. But he is fucking unique. Do one does something in that style. That's what I love. At the end of the day, we *play* the guitar. Are kids judging each other for the way they play?! We're nothing but grown up kids playing grown up toys... all of us!
Singing to the choir brother. Dont listen to guitar players opinions is my advice. Guitar players have a shitty ear for music. Ive tried to just get a good sound and a listener will be in guitar center pointing me out while their friend says now hes maybe been playing for 3 years while theyre check out stupid Animals as Leaders hacks lol Or their gfs are watching me play something nice and wonder why their gf are more impressed with me then their metal shred. The Edge is one of the best SOUNDING SOUNDING guitar players ever.
Who in their right mind be a detractor of Edge? He’s among the greatest players ever, with a unique tone nobody had until he came along.
Um...not all shredders mate.! I agree with what you say in regards to his style and "technique"....but also playing many U2 songs in covers/corporate bands (which U2 seems the most requested) does take "extra extra care and concentration i.e locking in with the delay and song" combined with skill. As an old bloke "shredder" and still am to this day and in an era growing up in the glam hair metal days and wanting to be the fastest "MOST ARTICULATE" speed picker and quickest on the land...lol its not shredders that should be "singled or spotted out". And the so-called SHREDDERS who do shitcan and make all of us older "appreciative to anything related to the guitar" look like we real shredders are arseholes, those one's are they really competent on the fretboard..? C'mon now are they really.!!! Any style and playing of the guitar should be celebrated not ridiculed or mocked or certain genres singled out.! We ALL SHARE A PASSION AND LOVE...The guitar..😎👍🤘🤘🤘🤘
He is one of my heroes for guitar for sure....his sense of rhythm gets overlooked by some ....not by me. I saw them at MSG on the unforgettable fire tour. His tone and playing were COLOSSAL and he duplicated everything live! He is one deep cat for sure. He is like a shaman on those early recordings with the delay. It's not just about shredding ! His sound and playing have taken millions to very beautiful places. Growing up as an aspiring guitarist, me and my best bud used to marvel at how he even thought of that stuff!!!! Incredible and deserves all the accolades, credit and more. Rock on Edge....you da man!
Absolutely brilliant analogy! Well said and bravo!! 👍
No matter if you like U2 or not , the Edge is such a great guitar player with a distinctive sound that instantly tells you who is playing. Not a shredder or flashy, but lots of atmospherics and effects that no one else has ever been able to copy. He probably would admit to copping some of his sound from Robert Fripp and Andy Summers, but he has made it his own beast.
You’re half-right. David Evans is really only as good as the equipment he works with.
Bullet the Blue sky solo from zoo TV in Sydney is still one of the greatest guitar solo's I've ever heard.
I honestly love listening to The Edge talk. His passion, intelligence and knowledge comes across every time he talks. He really is the zen member of the band.
I'm just waiting for this song, played on the final part of the video, on SOE, but it's not on the first 15 tracks on the main CD. I got sad about this :(
Heitor MDE reminds me of an early version of American soul
Rory Gallagher, R.I.P. Blessed to have seen him play while he was still around! A worthy inspiration for the Edge.
#FenderProSweepstakes
U2 is my favorite band and The Edge is the reason I first picked up a guitar. He has a unique style and flavor and that was something I wanted to emulate. His use of delay and reverb to create ambient music like on "the unforgettable fire" album never cease to inspire me.
That Strat definitely has the Edge sound to it, which is very cool.
Now I know that there are guitarists out there with a lot more technical skill, but The Edge will always be my favorite. Maybe it's everything he has put into U2 (my favorite band of all time) or maybe it's just the sheer array of sounds that he can pull out of his chosen instrument. Whatever it is, there's something about his guitar playing that cannot be matched for me.
+Matthew LaTorre Mate, when people ask me why do I like Edge's playing when there are dozens of gifted guitarists out there I simply tell them: Edge is the kind of musician that can write an inmortal riff, a riff that will be in your head for decades, with just 6 notes. He doesn't need to play them faster than anyone; he doesn't need to know every scale the world knows; he may only know 6 notes and yet he could write a song with those and I bet you it would be an instant U2´s classic. Edge is to me like MASTER David Gilmour: you can definitely tell who's playing the guitar when you hear a song through a small radio in a crowded street. And they don't need to be fast. You could listen to Animals As Leaders all day long, but you won't remember a single riff after all. And music was made to make you feel and remember the day when you first listened to it.
I hate when people shit on players because they're not technical virtuoso's. If everyone played the same, it would get real old, real fast. I'd rather listen ti someone who can write good tasteful songs than someone who only plays 100 miles an hour.
+Gabo Palacios you compare David Gilmore to a hack guitarist.
The Edge and David Gilmour play in very similar styles, just that The Edge strips it right back and goes for the utmost in simplicity. It serves his musical style very well.
The Edge playing Bullet the blue sky 2:00 minute solo in Sydney in 1993 complete with wah-wah pedals is one of the most brilliant and original guitar solo I have ever heard. It was inspired by blues solos and reminded me of Jimmy Hendrix. Being a Pink Floyd fan and a huge fan of the live comfortably numb solo from the Pulse DVD I have, the Edge is a genius and no one can take it away from him no matter what the haters say. He is ranked in the top 20 or top 40 of all of the guitar publications. He was ranked #14 by LA Times Music. Much higher than David Gilmour.
I listened to U2 when I was younger and I would bring my phone on the bus to school and listen to U2. One day I was listening to Sunday Bloody Sunday, and I said to myself,'I want to play that'. I could see myself on a stage at a talent show playing it. Then my music teacher offered to give me an acoustic guitar and I got it. If it wasn't for U2, I probably wouldn't be playing guitar.
edge has always sounded like the equivalent of a lead and rhythm player in one...whether live or off an album track
Edge baby!!!!!
wil this guitar come with delay pedal ?
yes. yes. yes. yes.
It's only got one string and two frets. Comes with a mainframe computer, a 12ft pedalboard and a complimentary guitar tech with a degree from Berklee.
I am so fucking excited for this, man.
I love it @0:20.Pure Edge Harmonics.
The edge's use of dotted eigth delay inspires me so much! Love his delay tones, and they've really inspired me to get creative with my delays
4:45
Jalexander 4Ten I can’t agree more. I wish @U2 were reading us!
congrats to the Edge for finally getting a Sign. guitar it was about time the architect of sound got one, i actually why he havnt got it sooner. i though Wonder of one thing why did the Edge make a Sign with Fender? i know strat is a part of his settup but if i you know the Edge you know his Gibson Explorer is his main guitar, so i wonder why No Sign. Explorer with gibson?
+Raytexifire he's member of the BOD of Fender. plus, relatively speaking, he's playing more starts than explorer or LP throughout his career. look at Lovetown or some late 80s dates; he plays Clapton sig start for the whole time, almost.
As a guitarist who idolized the Edge growing up, and as a Strat player myself for over a decade, to have the Edge create a signature Strat after all these years (I for sure would have thought that if the Edge was ever going to make a signature guitar it'll be a copy of that Gibson Explorer with mini hums) feels a bit like a validation. Of course I'm taking it way too personally, but my favorite images of the Edge were always him holding a Strat, from Under a Blood Red Sky to Rattle and Hum. I loved Achtung Baby but I didn't particularly feel that a Les Paul looked right on him. That ringing, chimey, shimmery chordal work of his always sounded like a Strat (whether he actually used a Strat or not is an entirely different question -- he seems to get that tone out of any guitar he plays, plus all the rig he's running through, it's hard to say how much of a role the guitar plays. At least to an outsider just listening for what comes through in the mix)
But usually an endorsement deal with such a major manufacturer comes with restrictive contracts -- like not getting pictures taken holding guitars of other brands -- I am curious to see if Fender is allowing the Edge more leeway, because the Edge does switch guitars every song, from his Gibsons to Rickenbuckers to Gretches. I doubt that he's gonna stick to playing his Strat for the entire show even now that there's a signature Strat.
I gotta go check out this guitar somewhere, soon.
sakamuras s Ha, you're right! www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=264874743&privcapId=1468570&previousCapId=1468570&previousTitle=Fender%20Musical%20Instruments%20Corporation I had no idea. I suppose it spoils the image of rebel rock n roller a bit to have a rock musician sit at the board meeting, but on the other hand, why not? They are musical instrument company and it makes sense to have a musician at the leadership. Still, it is interesting that the Edge and Bono are both working with Fender now. The Edge has never been particularly exclusive with his guitars, does Fender care that the Edge uses a bunch of guitars from other brands, most notably Gibson? And does Gibson have some famous guitarist sitting on their board? Someone like Jimmy Page or Slash would be cool to give them some musician's perspective.
Bono is a hypocrite with his political noise,U2 sound more like a pop factory now..all true.Still-those first 5 albums were great to many of us.Edge is one of the most emulated guitarists out there,despite all the b*tching about his sparse technical approach and heavy use of effects,his tone is wonderful and anybody who says you can't hear his wonderful AC30 under it has no ear at all.
It is what t is,don't blow a blood vessel because you see somebody who adores his playing,that's my advice.
Liberty Wagon Go fuck yourself!
Liberty Wagon , oh a touch jelous there Librty . Not got alot of affection for Bono , but the Edge is cool . As for his name , it is show businness. Whats your excuse? You Bell end.
Liberty Wagon , oh a touch jelous there Librty . Not got alot of affection for Bono , but the Edge is cool . As for his name , it is show businness. Whats your excuse? You Bell end.
Rory and the edge legends 💚
Eric gales is my upside down hero of today
i just bought it
+sakamuras s yes, it plays and sounds amazing
+sakamuras s I'd say is something between a standard and a deluxe. but this is veeery comfortable and percussive guitar👍
+sakamuras s 100% YES
After watching 'It Might Get Loud' The Edge inspired my playing. #FenderProSweepstakes
Daaaamn that riff at the end is insane!!
I'm still hoping them to make this song real
@@HeitorMDE Maybe they'll come back to it on the next album.
It's amazing how the Edge can get his hair to look like a beanie hat,everytime! Anyone would think he's bald or something.
Ok Edge, play the blues
That'll be the day.
Wow, guitar manufacturers really don't know what to do anymore.
The quiet and melancholic solo Edge is playing at 2:20 is epic. Hope it will make it to the next album. The Edge is like Hendrix to me. Bullet the blue sky (Zoo TV, 1993), Love is blindness (Zoo TV, 1993) Until the end of the world, Acrobat, Please and many other songs. He has put some of the most unforgettable solos and riffs that always make me want to go back to listen to them even after listening to them like a million times.
Actually at 2:20 he is playing stuck in a moment you cant get out of :P
Like RaiX2146 said, Stuck in A Moment which is on the All That You Can't Leave Behind.
Hahaha
Something spiritual about the entire U2 thing. Seems fishy, almost like they're angels posing as humans. Notice their smiles. There is something divine there. Also Fender guys have made this film really well with the hazey look in post production to make it feel like the U2 and Edge universe that they create and take us in! Love to Fender and Edge and U2!
The Edge el mejor rockero Irlandés.
The Edge's creativity has shaped how I play and use effects when playing guitar. And I love his part writing.
what's the point of giving this guy a signature guitar? you cant hear the guitar through all the effects he uses,
Will this guitar be forced on every guitarist whether they want it or not?
Your Kool because your so passionate about what you do. Your not all that good though.
Edge has inspired my guitar playing as his riffs and technique which he showed through all U2's albums were amazing! He has created some classics over the years and continues to strive in 2017, what a great guitarist! #FenderProSweepstakes
Love The Edge and U2...but how is this guitar worth $1800?! It's basically just an american strat with his signature on it.
+taradead Exactly... Waste of money.. buy an american standard.. same thing
...or, better yet, buy a Music Man guitar and get a much better guitar for the same amount of money
You think that's bad, check out Gibson's $4,000 upcharge for an autographed Alex Lifeson guitar. Yes, $4,000 more just for his signature on it.
this guy is great, especially the way he uses amazing technique and pedals to make dreamy and amazing sounds such as in Where The Streets Have No Name
Later when I grow up I wanna be Edge's guitar!
Edge seems like a cool guy
Anyone else come back to this video to see if that guitar part at the end is in Songs of Experience??
Same.
Edge is a nice guy.
RORY is one of the best strat players of all time
The Edge: The Bob Ross of Rock and Roll.
Love everything about this. Especially the *new* sounds the Edge is teasing us with here.
420th view!!!
What is the name of the song that The Edge plays at the end of the video ??? Will it be someday on a U2 album?
Demo "American Soul"
He’s fabulous. Like David Gilmour he doesn’t overplay. He can lift the roof off a stadium with that sound. Each to his own. If you need 100 notes every few seconds it’s all yours…
The song at the end appears to have Bono singing 'Alison' as the hook, maybe an ode to Ali? Sounds absolutely great.
yeahhh it really sounds like alison
I think It’s David Evans on vocals. Note the vibrato.
I grew up listening to my parents playing the Joshua Tree album years before I even knew I wanted to play guitar, when I did finally start playing guitar I was playing mostly Nirvana and Green Day. I think U2 implanted itself into my DNA somehow because when I started experimenting with my own sounds it would always tend to have a lot of delay and reverb. When I finally rediscovered The Joshua Tree I knew that was exactly what I was looking for and I never looked back. +Fender #FenderProSweepstakes
Awesome! U rock Edge!
The Edge inspired me to buy a Fender Stratocaster and learn guitar. "New Years Day" remains one of my favorite songs ever. #FenderProSweepstakes
I'm saving up for one!
Ok Mr. Edge, I'll give one dollar for it
The Edge said every piece of the guitar contributes to its tone. So you know this guitar is a piece of craft. He has inspired me to treat the guitar as more than a guitar and more like an appendage. Don't conform. Be the edge.
Well yeah, he’s only as good as the equipment he works with.
i spy a mxr carbon copy
The Edge and has inspired me by letting my song writing become more free, and use what sounds good to me as opposed to what should be played (guitar theory) Sound and Feeling will always sound better than me than any guy that just blazes through scales.
He's inspired me to never give up with my writing and to always look forward to the next greatest riff.
He even uses effects on VIDEOS of himself playing. 0:09
"I hope that if I do inspire someone is to do something that I'm not doing..." one of my favorite guitar players since I was 8...
This guy looks like Tom Cruise acting as The Edge
+Pentimenti You're insane.
"I hope if I can inspire somebody it's to do something that's I'm not doing"
WISE
Would have been nice to see Edge’s signature Strat in the all black 73 version which he is synonymous for using alongside his Gibson 75 Les Paul Custom and 76 Explorers
Fender! Tell us how Edge gets "The Fly" sound at 4:24!
I don't know why people critize his playing.
Saying things like "He hides behind his effects"
Like Dude almost every guitarist used effects as part of their signature sound
Tom Morella uses a hundreds of effect and wackey sounds and yet his worshipped as a guitar hero
The Edge is one of the greatest guitarist to exist.
Seria legal se tivesse legendas em Português...Creio q não sou no único Brasileiro inscrito.
Now add a 22 fret and i might actually buy a guitar from you. Backed maple large headstock 22 fret CAN WE DO THAT??? IDK Seems like the coolest guitar ever. Tell me how i get one custom or other otherwise ill just keep playing my Squier and you can just lose money.
I own a Mexican made Fender Sartacaster which I love ❤️ Rory Gallagher was a Awesome Guitarist.
WHERE DID THE SONG at the END GO??? not anythign like it on SOE. SAD!!
My thoughts precisely.
Yeah
I expected SOE to sound .ore like that riff at the end of this video...
If any guitar should be an Edge signature, it's the 1976 Gibson Explorer.
4:25 awesome riff. I hope they put it on the album
+Não sei cantar mas faço música I hope it too!!! It reminds me of TUF and War 😍
there are now many videos about the Rolling Stone best 250 guitarists. The Edge belongs in the top 5
these guys are talking about the guitar being superlative in build quality and the enhanced sonic capabilities, but then squash the signal, gum up the works with all kinds of signal processors, distortion and and compression, SMH. You can buy a Mexican strat for less than a third and get the same thing. Lets hear the friggin' guitar clean thru a vibrolux or the like with just a touch of reverb,
How it isn’t the full black Strat from UABRS I just don’t get it.
This strat cones a signature pack with a free edge brand fruit of the loom skull cap made from edges own underwear and custom fretboard made with scalloped potatos from Ireland and custom edge strings wound by irelands own Chuck Norris of the meadow...thats nay americas chuck Norris...but from the meadows of the ire land its edges own custom string maker and he makes edges strings with a black belt...no not a karate rank...a special signature winding machine that polishes each string as its wound using a belt made of real black Irish suede from the Irish cattle local to his home in Japan...no not japanese Japan! Irish Japan...he does live in Japan...but its Irish Japan because all the japanese people that live in this town have red hair...true thats what happens when they dye thier hair blonde but its still kinda red so they call it Irish Japan.
Would be funny if they added a built-in delay kinda like the Eric Clapton signature has a built in mid boost. But it actually would be a cool feature on a Strat. It's his signature sound might as well own it..
To me: The Edge is more than a guitar player. He is a sonic engineer. He's an artist that uses the guitar to create soundscapes that capture the essence of a song. He isn't interested in being a guitar "acrobat." He cares about melody and the songwriting. Whenever I need to get inspired musically, I listen to U2 and The Edge. And that reminds me of what music should really be. #fenderprosweepstakes
Jimmy Page has called him a sonic engineer.
We know that the chords of 4:25 was a cover of a different none-U2 song. It was discovered in the u2tour.de forum, but I am unable to find the name of the original song...does someone remember the name of the song The Edge covers here?
What I like about Fender is that the models are still the same as they were in the 50s however with Gibson is the complete opposite, nowadays Gibson's models aren't very good and won't stay in tune at all
They should consider just going in to the studio and writing songs as a band- and quit all the arty farty deep bollocks. Get back to the songs
I played one of his signature guitars the other day, not bad for a 70's as much as I love the 50's and 60's strats
well I think in any defense a guitar has to be setup properly, I have tried out many beautiful guitars that I thought were terrible at first because some kid at guitar center didn't have a clue what he was doing setting up the thing. but Feel, weight, size, material, craftsmanship, and setup is huge to how any instrument plays.