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Band Aid recording session
The iconic charity rock song that missed out on its star guitarist due to illness – and why it could have sounded very different

By Michael Astley-Brown Published

Do They Know It’s Christmas? could have ended up with more guitars had fate not intervened

Music Releases
The Edge of U2 plays his 1976 Gibson Explorer onstage in Milan, 2018. He wears a beanie and is illuminated by a white stagelight. The Explorer has a natural finish and a white pickguard.
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

By Martin Cooper Published

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

Artist Lessons
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How The Edge's guitar parts – and a rare Fender prototype – helped save one of U2’s biggest hits

By Phil Weller Published

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

Electric Guitars
Left - The Edge from U2 perform at Stade de France on July 26, 2017 in Paris, France; Right - A Fender The Edge Stratocaster electric guitar
One of The Edge's personal Strats is up for auction for a good cause

By Janelle Borg Published

The Edge Strat is expected to sell for $75,000, benefiting Venice Family Clinic's mission to fund critical healthcare services in LA

Electric Guitars
MXR Joshua Ambient Echo
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”

By Matt Owen Published

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

Events & Trade Shows
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“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

By Matt Owen Published

Confirmation of the tube amp loyalist’s defection to digital comes after speculation emerged on the internet earlier this week

Effects & Pedals
(from left) Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge perform in the 2008 documentary, It Might Get Loud
"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

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud

Music Releases
U2 performing live
U2 confirmed for 2023 Las Vegas residency at the MSG Sphere super-arena – the “world’s most state-of-the-art venue”

By Matt Owen Published

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

Concert, Gigs & Tours
Charlie Burchill
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…’”

By Jamie Dickson Published

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

Guitarists
[L-R] Bono and The Edge of U2
U2’s Bono and the Edge perform at Kyiv subway station in support of Ukraine

By Sam Roche Published

The pair – invited by president Volodymyr Zelensky – performed songs including With or Without You and Ben E. King's Stand By Me to a 100-strong crowd

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