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  • How long must we sing this song?

    Good job Kid

  • nice guitar.

  • youre like edge bro : ))

  • Wow you have The Edge's cap and his earring!

    Now you need a Telecaster and an Explorer then you're him!

    The guitar playing already is awesome.

  • You're so cute !

  • Arent u a little to old to be doing this....? Hahha jk man this is great, and u shure have skills i have a guiyar just like that but its an epiphone :p haha

  • THANK YOU MAN. I LOVE IT. I LOVE THE LOOK. I LOVE YOUR SKILLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, LIKE YOU, I THINK THE EDGE IS GREAT. THANKS AGAIN.

  • Nothing more to say than NICE ! Try this at home :)

  • your good but your sure not The Edge.

  • amazing. This song has been on my want to learn list since I was 14, and now I pretty much know it. Great job. I will sub you in the hopes I can discover more of your awesome U2 covers. cheers

  • is the guitar tune diferenly with this song?, i mean

    i know how to play this but the sound is diferent like a diferent chord.

  • i love!!!!!

  • can you give me the back track song? thanks!!

  • Great playing!

  • very, very nice good som

    thanks

  • I think this is your best song yet!!!

  • YOU ARE THE BEST ON YOUTUBE MATE !!!!!

  • Dude where do you live? I'd love to get into a U2 cover band someday. Need a drummer?

  • You do not use backing tracks with vocals, and how the Internet, mainly from u2. Congratulations.

  • Nice job dude! Cool guitar by the way.

  • There is defiantly no delay in the song, except the harmonics

  • Yes, but this can be his intepretation of the song

  • Man you are de best - amigo eres el mejor de toda la web, soy fan de U2, I a very fan of u2 if looking from argentina man,

    loco sos lo mas!!!!!!

  • cud u post the tab plz

  • read the description stupid

  • Fantastic , Can I ask what amp and Dist pedal your using ?

  • TE PASASTE CONCHETUMADRE HERMOSO

  • Thats perfect, especially the main riff, no. 1.

    Is your guitar Epi Custom? I'm about to buy own Epi LP and your equipment just sounds perfectly.

    Thanks

  • wow, you got the hat and everything!

    awesome

  • lol ta guit sonne comme dla marde

  • very good

  • You're the best!! Is it hard to learn that song on el-guitar? You have inspired me to start playing guitar! :D

  • Hello there... Great job! How are you doing?

    Have you seen our email?

  • Excellent!!! You are really good player because it's difficult style

  • You've done justice brother

  • Good job, man!

    The Edge is a god.

  • Hi,

    amazing cover, 5*.

    Do you use your GT-6 here? I´m using a Gibson Les Paul Studio too with a GT-8. Could you possibly tell me the settings for this song? I still can´t find a correct drive.

    Sincerely,

    Luke

  • jesus ur amazing!!!

    nice work!!1

    btw what guitar is that? is it a les paul or sumfin

  • it looks like a les paul studio

  • Indeed - It is the Studio!! My bank account says NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OO to a Custom!! Peace!!

  • hehe ur wearing the edge hat

  • Nice job! Just watch the rhytam section,it seems as if you are plying a B-major; try a B-minor bar.

    Great job other wise and nice harmnics.

  • Yeah, this was something covered in earlier comments. I now play the Bm. Thanks anyway!!

  • damn!

  • OMG you're really close to Be The Edge!:)

    *sorry for my english

  • Great cover! I love this song!!!! : )

  • Hey, your performances are really awsome. Do you only cover U2 songs or also write some qwn songs. Cheers

  • What pedals do you use?

    And in which tune, the pedals..

  • look like edge!

  • hey m8 i was wondering if this is played in E tuning?? let me know it pls Greets

  • Hi. Yes, it's the standard EADGBE tuning pattern but I dropped a half step to play along to the backing tracks. Cheers.

  • encore ........trop de la balle tu es un artiste

  • You're awesome, dude...

  • the coolest part is the Chorus!

    very nice!

  • i find it funny how u dressed exactly like the edge and use the same movements he does

  • c'est super ! j'adore !!

  • Great job.

  • what kind of overdrive are you using? and what settings do you have? thanks. love the cover.

  • geeze, dude. you friggin nailed it. im putting it on my favorites :)

  • That.....is......AAWWESOME!!!!­

  • really really good, where i can find that backingtrack?

  • Fucken "A", not much else I can say really.

    Do ya play in a covers band by any chance? If so, any plans to play either Dublin or Belfast???

  • Thanks mate!! At the moment the slow process of creating a tribute band is underway. We are still looking for an 'Adam' at the moment. Hopefully in the near future we'll get something going and it would be a dream to come over to Ireland to play this stuff live. Take care. Peace!!

  • Wonderfull, all you're video's are great. I think many many people around the world (also here in the Netherlands) have deep respect for you and your guitar.

    Keep up the good sound!

  • That's appreciated, thank you!!

  • very good

  • Agreed he is a great guitarist and is really trying to pull off the David Evans look

  • where do you get the track without lirycs

  • awesome job!...I really need to learn how to play this song myself

  • how long have you been playing?

  • I very first started playing in 1991 but I don't get to play all that often really. Nowhere near as much as I'd like. Peace!!

  • gotta love it!!!

  • Fu*k the revolution!

  • dude, thats sweet! keep it up!

  • He's a capable guitar player. Very well done indeed. However, if bonham4life truly believes he's "better than the real thing" he/she needs to exhale immediately and save any remaining brain cells. A skilled guitarist? Yes. Worthy of a comparison to The Edge because he's capable of imitating him? No. And...I bet he'd say the same thing.

  • I really don't think you should take the comments so seriously. It was obviously said 'tongue-in-cheek' and as a friendly, encouraging comment, which incidently, I appreciate. It was only said, I think because it fits and is a U2 song. Some people like to spread light, and some, well, don't!!

  • Thank you 'bonham4life' for your comment;^D

  • "even better that the real thing"

  • wew! very nice. great strumming it's just like the real thing.

  • You could be a stuntman for the edge great riffs!!!

  • nice Les Paul man!

  • dude i have to say that you really fuckin look like the edge.

    great job.

    U2 rules

  • Great job!!!!

  • MuriloBrugger, seriously dude lighten up. Please don't get pissed when people pronoune tomato different ways either - TOO MAY TOE vs TOO MAH TOE .... If you have as many positive comments as this guy you would probably by the Edge Man himself! Peace and good playin'

  • what amp do you use?

  • Let me tell you something... In the base is not B, but Bm!!!

    By the way, very nice guitar and play!

  • Thank you for your comments. The Bm chord issue has been mentioned and explained a few times above. I will eventually redo the video and play it correctly. Take care.

  • plse tell me something...do u have a normal guitar tuning or is it tuned to something else....

  • All strings are tuned a half step down because most of the backing tracks play back a half step down. This means when a backing track plays normally then I have to put a capo on the first fret to bring the strings back up a half step again. I use a capo so I don't have to keep retuning the strings for different backing tracks. Thanks!!

  • thnx bro.....and i did buy a capo...now its all right...thnx......soo much

  • do you play that solo differently because it seems to no one who does a cover on here can get close to edge except you for the Bloody Sunday solo

  • Great job bro! 5 stars all the way. Your sound is the closest I've EVER heard to The Edge. You are absolutely correct about the using Herdim brand picks upside down...I've read the same thing on the internet but watching and listening to your video is living proof!!

  • Hey mate, don't know where my other comment when. Just wondered if you could tell me the chords you use in the chorus? I've being trying to work out what they are, but I've only being playing a short while so can't recognise them easily. Thanks a lot. =)

  • Nice job. Love the song.

  • Fuckin amazing man!!!!!!!!! perfect song!!!! when you play you seems is easy!!

    good job

  • good job!

  • dude, good job! you should start a U2 tribute band! I love the outfit

  • can you send me the tabs for this? this is the best i've seen.. awesome bro.. truly awesome

  • Wicked man!!

  • so cool :D love U2

  • cool man

  • Awesome cover man =). Just a question, do you mute some part of the chords of the chorus?

  • Thanks. Yes, the chorus is a mixture of holding down and muting the strings.

  • You're really good! Me & My band are having a consert on sunday (bloody sunday) playing this song. C:

  • super! j'aimerais bien apprendre la guitare.. lol mais bon! chacun son instrument!

  • where do you get the backing tracks for this song?

  • whats cords are you using in the ref??

  • why do you play the vers in major ? thats quite wrong ! it is minor...

  • Oh for....! Not that old chestnut again. This has been talked about a few times previously, three times in fact, you're the fourth. It wasn't worth reshooting the video for, or perhaps it was I don't know! I know it's wrong.

  • Good!

  • If you had the number 7 T-shirt you would be him,no doubt about that.

    10 +++++++++!!!!

  • I tried to play this song on my guitar but i can never get the theme and the chords correct

  • So whos the Edge??

  • The Edge is the best guitar player in my eyes, btw is it possible to do this song with a Gibson Explorer?

  • Ok, I thought I was Edge's biggest fan... until I saw you man! Very nice! I agree, you did nail the sound, even the look. I've always played this in Am, but maybe because U2 downtunes a half step, I ended up there instead of Bm. But, in the bar chord strumming, shouldn't the first chord be a Bm bar instead of B major? Anyway, very nice and do tell us your rig setup!!!!

  • Thankyou!! Yes, I have explained a couple of times previously the issue of the Bmaj chord. Perhaps I'll mention it in the song description so people won't miss it. Cheers;^D

  • Yup, I see it now, thanks! Now, still waiting to hear back on your rig setup... if you're willing to share your secrets to mastering Edge's sound :)

  • Oh Yeah;^D! It's very basic really, just the guitar, Boss GT6 and the Peavey amp. The GT6 has the Vox modelling. I have just bought a Vox AC30 CC2 and a Line 6 Pod X3 Live to try and get some better sounds, we'll see! Thanks!

  • Great great!

    Good job ;D

  • The one thing that is lost in a lot the reviews is that The Edge has created a tone that didn't exist before him. You've found that tone and nailed it.

  • Man I loved the version U2 did in the 'Back home at Slain Castle' DVD, awesome energy in the sound...!

    What's the chances of 'Bullet the blue sky' that is one of their most telling songs, and has brilliant versions live, loved the one done during the Pop tour, live from Mexico city!

  • damn sweet dude!!

  • This is my favourite U2 tune and song. I simply love it. It's so Irish, so cultural, so energetic. Simply awesome.

  • Excellent technique, you put in some major time with that axe.. Do us all some good, keep playing that axe!!

  • Hey can you tell me what is it the first chord in the heavy riff that yoy paly? is it a B mayor or a B minor or a B powerchord?

  • Hi mate. It's a B Minor barre chord (E7 A9 D9 G7 B7 E7). Thanks!!

  • As an after thought, I actually play a B major chord in the video which is TOTALLY WRONG, you need to play the B Minor barre as I describe. Cheers!!

  • Thanks, you are the master

  • sweet shred man, i love the lp too, have u considered a gold pickguard thatd be pretty rad

  • Sounds Niiiiiiiiiiiice!! ;^D

  • Besides the video speed great job! You even look like the Edge! :P

  • Awesome, wonderful!

  • PEOPLE: Who wouldnt wanna be the edge??? He rocks! Its not that this guy is a stalker with an M-16 or something!!!!

  • you play great guitar and i think a dress would definatly detract from the music!!lol

  • AWESOME! I still love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • another gr8 job. and U2 is teh best.

  • Great as always mate. =)

  • Your not trying to be The Egde... But your name is WannaBeTheEdge and you have the same clothes on....

  • Unfortunately I can't change my username which is a pain in the arse because people take it literally and the clothes are just a bit of fun. I'm beginning to think you can't have fun on here because people just take things so damn seriously:-( Why can't people just focus on the music???

  • This is the best cover ever!

  • Not too bad. Keep in mind, though... you're not David Evans.

  • For god's sake, I don't know why some people have to take this so seriously. One more time - I AM NOT TRYING TO BE THE EDGE / DAVID EVANS!!!!!!!!! I am only playing the guitar and I happen to have a T-shirt with a number on it!! I love U2's music and I like to play it and that's as far as it goes. Perhaps if I wear a dress next time ;^D

  • Yea man! lol noone can be The Edge! ;) But you're close to him! hehe

    Great keep it up!!

  • I have seen 3 or 4 your videos and I have not been able to make less than to subscribe me to you! Once again you have made a great work. I would have one demanded: could you try "Even Better Than The Real Thing" please? I hope my English is right! I come from Italy! Continua cosi, grande!

  • Wow, you play so fucking good!!!

  • Im still in shock!

  • Bless you!! Thankyou very much for the complements.

  • Thankyou very much my friend. that's gr8 to hear!!

  • lol.

  • thank you for your nice job !!

    maybe soneday I'll admire you!!!!!!!!

  • dude thats the best cover i've ever heard in my life!

  • nice!

  • it must of taken years to do this well done cool guitar

  • hey saying you rock again, and also saying thanks for uploading yourself playing this, i needed to see the fingerings for the part like around 1:38, and the harmonics part, now i can play the whole song! :D but not nearly as good as you :P

  • DUDE YOU ROCK!!! i wish i could play the guitar like u :P only 4 yrs on the guitar :| i can only play up to like 2:10 or around there of that song... riffs,, im not very good at solo, and i don't see why not you can't be the edge? maybe a replacement , hopefully bono sees this :P

    5 stars ,favorited,subscribed, and added as friend xD

  • Thankyou for your very kind words. I love this sort of enthusiasm, it's food for the soul!! Thanks again, friendship truly accepted!!

  • delay sounds verry cool, better than without, you did a verry good job, i love it.

  • I'm glad you said that as I think it sounds cool too. Thanks for your appreciation. ;D.

  • sweet you played guitar form many year i suposse?

  • Thanks! 16 years now.

  • Sounds great ...and perfect timing!!!!!!!

  • hell good, i wish i could play this good! keep it up

  • Love how u even dress up like the Edge. Nice guitar, man!

  • Very Niceeeee

  • this is a really good version! But you should know Edge dosn't use delay on this song! Don't use the LP on this one, the sound gets even better with a strat or a telecaster! keep up the good work.

    nice hat btw :P

  • Thanks for your comments. I am aware about the delay. The problem is that people have a version of this song that is their favourite and think that if it is played another way then it is wrong. I based this on a live ZOO TV version from Washington DC that did have the delay and it sounded better in my opinion, more full. For my set up the Gibson sounded better and it's the sound that is important not the look. Thanks anyway.

  • as if you're ripping on him cause he doesnt have the same guit, or the same effects on... i know you're not bitching, but my god... who the fuck cares? he played it how he wanted to, and if you dont like it, play it your fucking self... good job bro

  • haha! ka du stresse sånn for?

    yaawn.. zzzz

  • oookay.... i really hope you dont wake up, ever

  • Very impressive !

  • Very cool xx

  • great great

  • nice, you sound great, check mine out!

  • haha you even have the Edge's beanie. great job man, 5 stars

  • You are very very good. I would love to hear you play Acrobat. You should be very proud of yourself.

  • I just LOVE it!! I can't stop listening it!!! Can you try 'Love Is Blindness'?? PLEASE??

  • I have watched all your videos and am blown away by your sound. I am the bigg