King of dotted 8th delay also referred to as the 3/16th note delay. He adds slight modulation and there is a second delay called a slapback that is added to it with another pedal. This setup is used in most of his delay based songs. Keep in mind he did all these in the late seventies when they were using drum and echo machines !! A true pioneer and a great musician indeed.
U2 didn't use a drum machine until probably Achtung Baby. As for early delay, he was using an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe. A real finicky unit that had to be manually adjusted each tune. By Unforgettable Fire, he was starting to use more rack mount equipment and may have had the Kord SDD by then (but definitely had it for Joshua Tree). I don't use any slapback or modulation, just an old Boss digital delay pedal, compressor pedal, Vox amp, Strat, and the blue Herdim guitar picks, and it is dead on for Streets and Pride.
0:08 For all of you nerds out there - you can see it's a Dotted 8th (1 rep) and a Dotted 8th (7 reps) together. That's 360ms (I've measured this audio at 359ms and that's how he sets his Korgs) - which is a Dotted 8th at 125 bpm.
How do you measure the time in msec? What software or app do you use? I am a guitar nerd with a Korg SDD3000 and many other delays. Love U2 and can play most of their stuff but would like to do an analysis of their original recordings.
@@miguelpessanha thank you. I use Logic primarily and I cannot find a function that will measure to that degree. There is a BPM meter but that is not helpful in this case.
@@ordinalkirk oh no it's not that easy I'm afraid. So for an album song played to a click it's easy, you just tap Tempo or measure or discovered the grid and BPM by the clear transients. With this I found out the section where you can best hear the delay, ideally something that has a clear transient, and measured in Protools the distance, that you can just read in MS
Haha seriously! But it's a super easy song when you strip away the delay. He's playing pretty straightforward chords like D, Dsus, A, and Bm. The main melody he arpeggiates is a Cmaj I believe. The secret to the song isn't the chords, it's the delay and the Herdim blue picks.
THe sounds for the opening riff on Mysterious Ways came right out of a built in preset of the Korg A3. It's literally available to everyone who bought that unit. But he turned it into that famous sound.
@@gasstationjunkfoodie thank you for that explanation! I'm fascinated with sonic architecture so when those kinds of sounds are unleashed, I am always curious of its origins and construction
This is harder than it may look. I still have a tough time playing in rhythm with echoes on guitar sometimes, staying in rhythm. When Edge does this, he has to be the timekeeper for the band, even more than the drummer, & the drummer has to follow his tempo
Ok, I've got the Vox vt40x hybrid amp with built in effects. I've gone on tone room doing everything possible to get delay sound for,Where the streets have no name st 132bpm. I pretty much got it but, can't get thst extra bounce i hear. Besides reverb and delay snd uses two amps to get his stereo sound,i wonder if he uses a tremolo or two delays st different ms. Anyone know?
conclusion: the edge have an imaginary friend called "Mr Eko" from Lost( obviously)...this gives us some clues to the end of these series...is the Edge the key to understand the end of the series...who will ever know
Liz K I can hear why you’d think that. Listen to when he first engages the delay after showing without it, but play it at half speed. And wait for him to let the note to ring out. It’s for sure just one delay
You can get the sound without breaking the bank... you need: A fender with 5 way pickup selector Use the “quack” neck position #2 of 5 A delay with dotted eights setting A compressor pedal An EQ pedal An optional chorus pedal A bit of reverb A tube amp with a good clean channel you can can overdrive just a bit You must have the German Blue Burden picks he uses. He uses the scratchy side of it. It’s essential to that arpeggio sound. Look up the eq and delay settings. Play with your amp till you get it sounds close to a Vox AC30 as possible.
Luca Fogliati if you’d seen enough interviews with him, you’d know that “giving to guitarism” is not what he’s about. He’s said on numerous occasions that he sees himself as somebody who’s role is to support the singer and the song. There are probably plenty of better guitarists, but what matters at the end of the day was whether the songs are good. And from that perspective, he’s contributed a great deal.
Look at the episode "Edge can't play stairway to heaven" aka "edge can't realize the guitar is out of tune" aka "edge can't keep the tempo" why didn't he call himself The Jerk? th-cam.com/video/vWy2pH-70jY/w-d-xo.html
Something so 'simple' has given me, and millions of others, so much joy over the years all around the world!
King of dotted 8th delay also referred to as the 3/16th note delay. He adds slight modulation and there is a second delay called a slapback that is added to it with another pedal. This setup is used in most of his delay based songs. Keep in mind he did all these in the late seventies when they were using drum and echo machines !! A true pioneer and a great musician indeed.
U2 didn't use a drum machine until probably Achtung Baby. As for early delay, he was using an Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe. A real finicky unit that had to be manually adjusted each tune. By Unforgettable Fire, he was starting to use more rack mount equipment and may have had the Kord SDD by then (but definitely had it for Joshua Tree). I don't use any slapback or modulation, just an old Boss digital delay pedal, compressor pedal, Vox amp, Strat, and the blue Herdim guitar picks, and it is dead on for Streets and Pride.
There is no slapback. You're hearing the room.
I think clean boost too
@@hosoiarchives4858 the clean boost he got was from the Korg SDD itself.
He's like a rhythm machine.
It's so cool how he can move his fingers like that! That most take a lot of practice😮 -Julia
I was listening to the song "Zooropa" yesterday, I think he is a sonic genius, its crazy.
Underrated period. I love zooropa and pop.
What guitarist wouldn't want to spend an hour with Edge and his collection of tech !
You'd probably have to spend the whole day to get through all the gear, but...
no lol 😆🤣
I would spend a month
Its just Majestic
brilliant! a master class in writing an epic song!!
the edge is more then good !!!! the sound who maded U2 a great band
*than
I never learned english my friend , I can write only german, french, duth flemmisch and somme english; annyway thanks for the tip.@@mungofinalfi4480
*made
That guitar sound is so cool.
Guys a fuckin genius ❤
0:08 For all of you nerds out there - you can see it's a Dotted 8th (1 rep) and a Dotted 8th (7 reps) together.
That's 360ms (I've measured this audio at 359ms and that's how he sets his Korgs) - which is a Dotted 8th at 125 bpm.
How do you measure the time in msec? What software or app do you use? I am a guitar nerd with a Korg SDD3000 and many other delays. Love U2 and can play most of their stuff but would like to do an analysis of their original recordings.
@@ordinalkirk I downloaded the audio from the video and measured in Pro Tools
@@miguelpessanha thank you. I use Logic primarily and I cannot find a function that will measure to that degree. There is a BPM meter but that is not helpful in this case.
@@ordinalkirk oh no it's not that easy I'm afraid.
So for an album song played to a click it's easy, you just tap Tempo or measure or discovered the grid and BPM by the clear transients.
With this I found out the section where you can best hear the delay, ideally something that has a clear transient, and measured in Protools the distance, that you can just read in MS
Thank you for posting this video. It keeps getting taken off for some reason. Fantastic thank you!!
cameraman: films Edge fac
every guitarist trying to learn: SHOW THE HANDS!
Haha seriously! But it's a super easy song when you strip away the delay. He's playing pretty straightforward chords like D, Dsus, A, and Bm. The main melody he arpeggiates is a Cmaj I believe. The secret to the song isn't the chords, it's the delay and the Herdim blue picks.
@@voodooturbo LOL exactly. Nobody needs to see Edge's hands, that part's never rocket science.
😂😂
Amazing Edge- now please tell me how you made the guitar sounds for Mysterious ways and even better than the real thing!!!
THe sounds for the opening riff on Mysterious Ways came right out of a built in preset of the Korg A3. It's literally available to everyone who bought that unit. But he turned it into that famous sound.
@@gasstationjunkfoodie thank you for that explanation! I'm fascinated with sonic architecture so when those kinds of sounds are unleashed, I am always curious of its origins and construction
Božanstvena 🎸❤
Strange that 2 of my fav guitarist are amazing at rhythm. Edge and Johnny Marr.
This is harder than it may look. I still have a tough time playing in rhythm with echoes on guitar sometimes, staying in rhythm. When Edge does this, he has to be the timekeeper for the band, even more than the drummer, & the drummer has to follow his tempo
Lovely guy. Doesn't do enough interviews
❤️
A demonstration here, fantastic. Staying focused on music making.
Straight Majestic
The ETERNAL Where the streets have no name !!
OMG I just got wood , simple yet so incredible
Ok, I've got the Vox vt40x hybrid amp with built in effects. I've gone on tone room doing everything possible to get delay sound for,Where the streets have no name st 132bpm. I pretty much got it but, can't get thst extra bounce i hear. Besides reverb and delay snd uses two amps to get his stereo sound,i wonder if he uses a tremolo or two delays st different ms. Anyone know?
Thanks for posting. *****
What a boss!!!
Brian May ‘74: Brighton Rock -> pioneer
I love the way he touchs and plays the guitar. I'd like him to touch me like this.
can always count on comments like these XD
...And get you to the edge?
what's the song that he was playing that riff?
conclusion: the edge have an imaginary friend called "Mr Eko" from Lost( obviously)...this gives us some clues to the end of these series...is the Edge the key to understand the end of the series...who will ever know
Ajajauaj
So just one delay ? No second delay used on Streets ?
Modern day Jimmy Hendrix
Nasty 🔥
maybe on this song, it's just guitar, couple of delay pedals (double delay), and boost or overdrive. dont need that much things
he took only that and made it great. Some have like 10 pedals can't come close
It is one delay, some boost on the second verse but 85 percent of the song is just Strat, delay, and AC30
@@Samueldonovan2007 i also hear a slapback delay along with his dotted 8th delay with modulation.
Liz K I can hear why you’d think that. Listen to when he first engages the delay after showing without it, but play it at half speed. And wait for him to let the note to ring out. It’s for sure just one delay
what a killer
Love this. Just a shame it was filmed with a potato.
The delay is a triplet going against the tempo he chose for the song!...he is very secretive about his stuff!...
I wish i could get that sound...i guess you need a Deluxe Memory Man and about another $1000 of effects
Cameron Melendez Music I got it by using a line 6 m13 with a dotted 8 delay and a quieter 1/4 note delay, should be on my channel
You can get the sound without breaking the bank... you need:
A fender with 5 way pickup selector
Use the “quack” neck position #2 of 5
A delay with dotted eights setting
A compressor pedal
An EQ pedal
An optional chorus pedal
A bit of reverb
A tube amp with a good clean channel you can can overdrive just a bit
You must have the German Blue Burden picks he uses. He uses the scratchy side of it. It’s essential to that arpeggio sound.
Look up the eq and delay settings.
Play with your amp till you get it sounds close to a Vox AC30 as possible.
@@Texocracy and to add to that he uses fender fat 50s for neck and middle pickups and dimarzio fs1 pickup in bridge
Sdd3000 and 2290. The dmm is for the peasants lmao
Nowadays, you can buy a Donner Tap Delay for $60, tap your foot to the speed of his delay when he's testing the guitar, and Edge's your uncle.
Spent more time in California than I realized. His accent is nearly gone.
Way more repeats than I expected
The echo sound is the only decent thing Edge ever gave to guitarism and it should actually be credited to Daniel Lanois
Luca Fogliati if you’d seen enough interviews with him, you’d know that “giving to guitarism” is not what he’s about. He’s said on numerous occasions that he sees himself as somebody who’s role is to support the singer and the song. There are probably plenty of better guitarists, but what matters at the end of the day was whether the songs are good. And from that perspective, he’s contributed a great deal.
You are totally wrong, he has been using the eco since the first album and it was actually suggested by Bono
Italian nobody offers his view on guitar innovator. Yawn.
Look at the episode "Edge can't play stairway to heaven" aka "edge can't realize the guitar is out of tune" aka "edge can't keep the tempo" why didn't he call himself The Jerk? th-cam.com/video/vWy2pH-70jY/w-d-xo.html
@@paoloagostini9390 that's maybe the reason why Ian Brown calls Bono "Mr. Africa"