http://urbanidealist.com/2008/12/06/the-edge-guitar-gear/ A series of semi-connected stories, thoughts and photos Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:58:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://urbanidealist.com/2008/12/06/the-edge-guitar-gear/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Scott Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:18:18 +0000 http://urbanidealist.com/?p=470#comment-638 What they don't tell you is that The Edge has a really light touch and he plays with a certain pick (Herdim?) held backwards so the rough part of the pick scrapes the string as much as it picks the string. His sound is in the way he play as well as the gear he plays through. That's why he always sounds like The Edge weather he's playing a Strat through that big rig (Where the Streets Have No Name) or a Epiphone Sheraton through a Hiwatt Stack (All Because of You). What they don’t tell you is that The Edge has a really light touch and he plays with a certain pick (Herdim?) held backwards so the rough part of the pick scrapes the string as much as it picks the string. His sound is in the way he play as well as the gear he plays through. That’s why he always sounds like The Edge weather he’s playing a Strat through that big rig (Where the Streets Have No Name) or a Epiphone Sheraton through a Hiwatt Stack (All Because of You).

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