http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge A study of how I use the POD XT to emulate The Edge (U2) guitar tones in my U2 tribute band. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:15:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sample from Quinns Very short and you might miss it, our bass player did... Michael Jackson, RIP. http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=81 tones_june_2009 (tone dump) Here is my latest complete set of tones.  This is as of June 27, 2009.  It contains some mods for the No Lines on the Horizon album, plus some revisions to older songs and some new tones for recently revisited catalog tracks. Actual tones used start at 16A, the ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=74 Download ToneThis bundle contains my latest tones as of posted date, right after I just programmed some new ones for No Line on the Horizon. Performance Notes: Sexy Boots.  I have two patches for this one.  The STOMP on the first patch has the octave effect for the main riff, I turn ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=71 Jan 2009, Antones, 80's Hoot Night with a bunch of other bands... we played 1 song from each Album from the 80's.  And dressed 1984. This is why the Edge went on to snug fitting hats and standing still. Here is another clip.  Check out the digital chest thanks to Steve & ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=65 [caption id="attachment_16" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Download Tone"][/caption] This song has its tempo set by the strong Trem effect in the MOD when we play it live.  I'd say this tone is probably closer to their live Elevation sound from Live at Slane Castle than the studio version, but you could use it ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=57   [caption id="attachment_16" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Download Tone"][/caption] The Edge plays this song with a slide live. When we perform it we rearranged it slightly for the local pub/club gig crowd size! This tone has a big fat distortion sound, with a slightly broken up basic tone for the verses of the song. Performance ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=53 [caption id="attachment_16" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Download Tone"][/caption] I like this tone for this song, it was quite quick to program but is very effective in sounding like the original recording when played with a live band and a second acoustic. Performance Notes The acoustic does the main rhythm for this song, I play mostly the ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=50 Download ToneThere are different arrangements of this song when performed live by U2.  Each has pretty unique sounds.  This is my "Achtung Baby" version. Performance Notes This is a great Wah Wah work out song.  I play the wah almost for the entire song. For the opening riff, for the verse texturing ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=47 Download ToneFor almost all the really old songs this should work well.  I have a fairly crunchy base tone, more so than the 330 and 440 basic tones.  The STOMP setting is quite over driven and best used just for solos. These are the songs I use this tone for: Desire For the solo ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=40 [caption id="attachment_16" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Download Tone"][/caption] This is another base tone that I use, its the same as the 440ms tone, but with a shorter 330ms delay setting.  Everything else is the same, with the exception of the MOD setting that has a Chorus effect, just for Angel of Harlem. Here are ... http://www.mysteriouswaysband.com/edge/?p=35