Latest about The Edge
The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different
Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened
When the band formed, they could barely play their instruments – then their guitarist bought a delay pedal and changed the sound of electric guitar forever
The Edge bought a delay just to fill out the sound out in U2 – it ended up all but defining them. But there's a trick to how to use it in tandem with your playing and make it sound huge
How The Edge's guitar parts – and a rare Fender prototype – helped save one of U2’s biggest hits
The Edge crafted his now-iconic lead lines on a uniquely modded Fender, and helped resurrect a song that was destined for the scrap heap
One of The Edge's personal Strats is up for auction for a good cause
The Edge Strat is expected to sell for $75,000, benefiting Venice Family Clinic's mission to fund critical healthcare services in LA
NAMM 2024: MXR’s all-new Joshua Ambient Echo delay pedal “isn’t just a delay” – it’s a U2-inspired pedalboard powerhouse “expertly concocted for those who seek atmospheric perfection”
Based on vintage rack-style delay processing that may or may not have been favored by the Edge, MXR's latest stompbox aims to be a one-stop-shop for all your modulation and echo needs
“I decided to switch from amplifiers to digital emulators”: The Edge confirms he has ditched his tube amps for Universal Audio’s UAFX pedals for U2’s Sphere residency
Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week
"We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight
The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud
U2 confirmed for 2023 Las Vegas residency at the MSG Sphere super-arena – the “world’s most state-of-the-art venue”
The band will celebrate their seminal record Achtung Baby at the ultra-futuristic venue, but will be without drummer Larry Mullen Jr., who will be undergoing and recuperating from surgery
Simple Minds’ Charlie Burchill: “Edge had his AC30, his delays and his black Strat. I picked up his Strat – and I sounded like Edge! I thought, ‘Jesus, it’s in the gear as well…’”
The Glasgow guitar legend talks vintage Gretsch, the rise of Simple Minds as a pop behemoth, eschewing powerchords, and what happens when you play through the Edge's epic rig
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