The Edge - Guitar Rack

[hawkwing171]

whats the song 6:00 ??

[backpowar]

cuanto equipo para esas mamadas!!!

[BrInGeRoFpLaUgEs8801]

shoulda just gotten an axe fx...

[guithero11]

he doesnt really sound irish

[theTrudie31]

Ich will auch einen Gitarrenbimbo, der vorher alles durchcheckt und stimmt und so. Wenn ich dann spielen will ist alles fertig! Das ist toll!!!

[DMcCU2]

Let me just clear the air about Edge and his guitar tech's relationship. Dallas Schoo is not Edge's "slave". In fact, they have been extremely close friends ever since Dallas started working with Edge in '85. Besides, I'm sure Edge gives him a pretty generous salary as a reward for all of the hard work and help Dallas has provided him

[sebassarria1]

Overrated player, you dont need all that rubbish to make good music, specially U@ songs

[professionaltroller1]

i'll pay this guty to fart in my face

[DantonDK]

what is the second guitar he play's on called?

[calumgracie]

@DantonDK its a line 6 variax acoustic :)

[DantonDK]

@calumgracie no its not i mean the one at 2:20

[calumgracie]

@DantonDK ahh right , its a ferndaes infinite sustain guitar , theres different models you can get i think its the retro rocket model in this video :)

[EaglesStir]

Haha, he has so many effects and stuff that he can't even remember where the stuff is and what it is. But the Edge is still awesome!

[margera97]

He's bought a living guitar-holder :)

[bullanguero880]

i just need a 15watt amp a guitar and a cable that´s all

[tomas0472]

hi anyone can answer, please could you tell me what effect unit is edge activating at 2:48 exactly? i'm quite sure it's some kind of an octaver but i'm not sure about certain type. thanks for any reasonable help. so once again, exact name of effect unit used at 2:48. thanks for help. ;)

[colinm213]

@tomas0472

Its the Line 6 Octo Reverb. Its on the LIne 6 M13 stompbox modeller, and probably on a few of their other units too. Edge does use rackmount LIne 6 PODs, so its probably coming from one of those.

[garrethdavis]

makes me rather proud to be from Dublin!

[antuchobar]

I haven´t heard so horrible sounds with those marvellous guitars.

that sounds seem like a synthethiser, instead of a guitar of thousands dollars.

i'm out of date...

excuse me...

[TheEdge50]

@antuchobar you just have a narrow mind and awful ears

[antuchobar]

@TheEdge50 i didn't noticed i couldn't give my opinion. sorry. don't kill me please...

[strabbs1]

i need that rig

[ArrJayEss]

Funny thing is that his tech gives him a preset for another song "love and peace". And Edge even notices that difference in Sound. Sure he can opperate all that stuff by himself, But can you imagine how much time that would take in a concert or stuff like that? :-D

[JadeMonkeyBand]

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT PEDAL BOARD

[bigrock007]

@JadeMonkeyBand no one needs that!

[stevieRay3211]

Man I wish I had a dude running behind me handing me guitars and making sure I'm plugged in. Still I would hire a hot girl instead of the normal scruffy roadie dude.

[trakir]

man that guitar tech does everything for him. he even put his guitar jack in the guitar

[necronominate]

very creative in utilizing effects theEdge*

[RoBiN25463]

what's the name of the guitar he's using at 4:30 ??

[u2bootlandia]

@RoBiN25463 line6 Variax 700 semiacoust

[jeserty6]

The Line6 guitar he uses is VERY useful!

[TheJooohnyyy]

2:47 - 3:17 he use expression pedal, right? And what a pedal he use with expression pedal?

[tchette]

Digitech EX-7

[topicrass]

@TheJooohnyyy

he has a verbzilla on the octo setting thats why the reverb sound all octavy

[beautifulmusical]

I do think he'd be screwed if that guitar tech quit. He doesn't seem to know much about his equipment from song to song.

His music is cool none the less.

[joshkalsi]

@beautifulmusical

i dunno, he seems to know a lot about his gear. What'd be more likely is that he knows so much he can't deal with it all at once.

[Mayberry4u]

Hes amazing.. End of story. Hes put so many years into his sound.. Hate on him all you want but at the end of the day he's the guy with three other amazing muscians selling out wembly.

[hogwild6161]

@Mayberry4u Wembley, and any place else in the world. It doesn't matter where they play, it's sold out, almost every single time.

Well said, Mayberry4u, well said......

[bondman00794]

I wish i had a person that could take my guitar off my shoulder unplug it, put it on the rack, and grab another one, put it on me, and plug it in for me.

[poisondripingsword]

i would like to see him play without all those efects, he would suck terribly

[giraultsmusic]

@poisondripingsword he'd still be better then you anyday. besides, he just uses effects (yea THATS how you spell it) to embelish what he creates. and clearly it works

[jismcrow]

@giraultsmusic...You're funny. You pointed out someone else misspelling effects, only to subsequently misspell e-m-b-e-l-l-i-s-h only eight words later.

[gilesstocks]

@poisondripingsword you really don't have a clue about music do you?

[poisondripingsword]

Well if The Edge is a music genius, then no, i have no clue about music. Don't wanna spoil the sensation to others, but u2 is nothing else but industry whore...fin

[gilesstocks]

@poisondripingsword your just plain WRONG. industry whore? U2 are in the position (and have been for 15 or so years) were they write and tour whenever they want and do whet ever they feel necessary to push thing forward in the world of production. have you ever seen any live U2 shows? thats a stupid question because if you had you wouldnt come out with stupid comments like "i would like to see him play without all those efects, he would suck terribly" what a load of old twaddle.

[poisondripingsword]

Here's one band that i admire, it's called killing joke, even nirvana stole from them.

[gilesstocks]

@poisondripingsword yeah killing joke are amazing and so are nirvana

[poisondripingsword]

I'm going to their concert in prag soon, can't wait...

[slockyboy]

Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!

[metfilmguy2009]

Love the fucking Edge!!!!!

[SOUPY2500]

sometimes ya just want to fucking PLAY!..and he can..when he wants of course..when he does its intesity benefits from a fucking sense of relief, perhaps modifying the eactual skill set..non the less, ingenious and unique

[Ninjaro]

A lot of expensive vintage guitars. You don't get those without succeeding in the business.

[austinshort23]

That would be the unit that controls everything in his rack units. With the push a button it will dial up a preprogrammed tone for each and every song or part. Im not sure who makes that one but voodoo labs makes one called the gcx. Pretty awesome.

[u2bootlandia]

Skrydstrup SC1 + SC1 Extensions + Extension Plus Controller

[jacksonmusic666]

whats that huge pedal he is using at 2:25

[beawesomeinstead812]

a volume pedal for his shimmer effect

[Sino384]

it's the pedalboard... you can count somethink like 30 buttons on it, every button adresses to a different rack effect

[u2bootlandia]

It's a Midi Foot Controller

Skrydstrup SC1 + SC1 Extensions + Extension Plus Controller

[ohmyfuckinggood]

Hes not the most talented guitar player, but damn hes solos and melodies are amazing.

[jon3m2007]

not that good is he ? maybe learn from stuart adamson

[guidooodg]

4:25 his eyes too funny

[TheFly360]

Dallas isn't a "slave". He's guitar tech. And he is there for an important reason. He gets Edge his guitars when he needs them and checks all effects for Edge. If you had to do multiple tunings and use 21 guitars every night you'd be confused about what tuning a song is in too! He's a brilliant guitarist who knows his stuff. I envy that rig!

[JoeRubeo]

Dallas probably jerks him off too when hes back stage. what a tool

[gibsonplayer80]

uncalled for !!

[HiggsFenderU2]

Dallas is also a close friend of The Edge.

[patyxxx]

isn't it funny the guy that helps the edge?.. and the edge looks like he's so used to that guy that he waits for the guy to help him all the time he can't even put the guitars back in its place..

wow... a little bit too much for me

[yourdestiny]

Don't you know that this is Dallas Schoo, Edge's guitar tech for about 20 years? Of course he's used to him. I don't know why everyone is so angry and shocked that Dallas is helping him out o.O

[TalkToTheBody]

@yourdestiny Dead right there my friend. All masters of the helm are not alone yet they always get the credit, just like pilots fly aircraft and need engineering to work out and tweak their systems; The Edge is no different.

[danielbrown1998]

@yourdestiny sometimes i think that dallas knows more about edges guitars than edge :)

[PJBonoVox]

Yeah, how incredible that he has a guitar tech. Unheard of in music.

[beawesomeinstead812]

thats the guitar tech. Thats there job

[danbreen13]

that blonde guy is like his minime i love edge in m oinioo the best guitarist in the world in terms of creating sound

[JxEngel]

lol which one of these guys is the real guitar player?? hey come here and show me how you played that again....

[rsrichiesambora]

every guitar is used for a certain song not just picked random off the rack and they are all very well thought out ..like city of blinding lights is the gretsch country gentleman and beautiful day is the explorer which he sold for charity and then went out and bought an exact replica same colour same wood same everything ...nice to have money to do it

[vozzolinho]

what this the name that he used to 3.00 minute?

[g2g2dabathroom89]

The guitar is the "infinite guitar". Only two models exist, one of which is owned by the guy who invented it (who produced the Joshua Tree) and the other is owned by the Edge. He used it on the song "WIth or Without You".

[vozzolinho]

I know that he uses it in with or without but I wanted to know the name.... thanks

[mysocalledchaos]

You can change the chuning.

I love his accent.

[jordno]

he doesnt seem to know alot about his own stuf really does he and why 18 guitars for a gig its just stupid even if they all sound different you must know which guitars sound best for a song....tbh i think hes a overated version of tom morrello my opinion

[tman916x]

I sorta agree with you, however I doubt he uses each guitar during his gigs. He just picks whatever he feels like. You know what they say "better to have and not need than to need and not have."

[187ripper]

amazing guitarist... although he keeps slaves which i dont agree with unless they are mexican or italian

[juanjosebol]

fuck you nigger!!! go put a fucking glass bottle up your ass and i hopee it breaks in there leaving you handicaped for life!

[alliwanttosay1]

Lol! Sure he does, it would explain why U2 are so freaking productive in terms of brilliant song writing

[Adanziz]

O/ O EDGE É O CARA :D

[groovyuk]

Awsome!

[llg74]

envy is a bad thing people! you should nt be so.....

[spikelive]

j love the silver Line6 acoustic !

..what an amazing rack!!!

grande ,awesome edge!!

[classical193]

its pritty bad when the tech has to tell the player what tuning his own song is in

[classical193]

it is a 12 string rickenbackers with the slots in the headstock like a classical guitar are all 12 string

[chickolama]

'the slave' makes almost a million a year on his job.

[sdick]

where did he get this slave from? it isn't even black

[jimmypage1stfan]

haha, he even switches the effects and plugs the guitar in for him.

[Bryan8329]

Is that a 12-string? The quality of the video isn't good enough to distinguish how many tuners are on the headstock.

[AdmiralEasychord]

It is a 12 string. 12 string Ricks don't have the average tuning machine style. Instead of two rows on either side of the guitar, it has four rows of three, with the bottom two rows underneath. Actually, it's a pretty interesting set up.

[Bryan8329]

Gotcha, that's why I asked. I knew about the set-up but I couldn't distinguish if it was or wasn't in this vid. The set-up is cool because it's a bit deceiving, a Rick 12-string headstock to the untrained eye looks like a 6-string one.

[AdmiralEasychord]

Yeah, I know. I love the way the Rick headstocks are. Although, the one he's using in this video, I don't quite like the body. I wish I could get my hands on a Rick, any of them, to just play it for a little. My local shop only deals in Fender, Ibanez, Peavey, and Hagstrom.

So many cool guitars I haven't had a chance to play. ;_;

[smileynumber13]

It's so interesting to get in on what kinds of effects he is using and how his styles have developed over the years. I also think it's funny that people call him "below standard" and yet say he "makes good songs." First, it's called style, no matter if it's extremely complicated or extremely difficult... second, you have probably not heard him play live.

[smileynumber13]

As for Dallas, he's a tech, he knows all the tech stuff, as he is paid to do it. The Edge could probably do it himself, but Dallas is paid to help him out and streamline everything. They have to rely on each other. If you think about the massive variety of effects and styles in the course over hundreds of songs, it would be hard for just one person (who is aging) to contain at that without charts and lists, etc.

[smileynumber13]

At any rate, intriguing video, I now need to go find "It Might Get Loud" so I can see how this is goingto come together with Jack White and Jimmy Page...

[versierterXXL]

i like the edge, but really funny he has no idea about his pedals and stuff and needs the technic guy

[nextlottowinner12]

yeah, the guy doing all of his bitch work, is the one who knows and comes up with the songs but he's paid off because of their money. edge has no edge. Hes just got money. I heard he wasn't going to do this due to his beliefs but I'm sure he sold out on himself.

[auldstock]

dont mean to be hating but i just wanted to point out the fact that he is a bog standard guitar player!!!! all effects!!

[Josephdorf03]

yeah pretty much.

he makes some nice songs, but nothing too special.

[sergiozc]

yeah what about when U2 started? ..i highly doubt they became famous instantly and made the gear just appear like maigc .... ..they started in the late 70s ....always remember what got him there ....great music he began to make and people liked it .. alot

[unym]

Well u have a ponit but,who said that standard guitar players can't be famous or create great music?I mean, you don't need to be a virtouso to make great music, and this guy does it! I believe he knows his limits, thats why he use all that stuff!! thanks to that he has a unique sound!!!

[MrJones62]

It seems like the edge got no idea what he's doing and the teckie has to help him^^

[nextlottowinner12]

As I posted earlier, the guy is a fake. All the money goes to the talentless. Let the Elf do all the work. Can't even figure out what tuning is the right one - that's pathetic!

[crittoprrr]

I like Rics. Well, I hate the feel. The strings always feel "tight" to me for some reason. Even with 10s. But I like the sound.

[Josephdorf03]

You can change the string tension or gauge...?

[theatomicpunkkk]

what a cool dude man

[marsmanic]

He hires someone to plug in his guitars and stuff for him? haha but Bono moans about starving kids in Africa like every 5 minutes

[sexyduck69]

do ur an idiot i watch ur video u shit and i mean that whoooh u can finger tap

[marsmanic]

I ain't hating on The Edge, i think hes a great guitarist, who i don't like is bono.

'Do ur an idiot' double standards if you ask me tard'

[sexyduck69]

yeah well ur still shit on guitar lol

[marsmanic]

you got this from a few second video that i stook on youtube? jesus lol

I posted a vid of me finger tapping.. i'm a blues player lol so the video i posted wasn't even the type of music i play

[sexyduck69]

ok im just having a laugh with u.u should lisen to rory gallagher he is the best blues player maybe even the best guitarist ever

[marsmanic]

alright dude, cheers for the advice, yeh he is a good guitarist. Sorry if you thought i was hitting on the Edge before man :P

[jcall7]

he got a bit carried away with all the effects

[Soh2k8]

Brilliant!