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STOMPBOXES

STOMPBOX | SPOTLIGHT

PEDALBOARD | NOVEMBER 20, 2009 | EDGE STUDIO TWEET
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U2: 360 | 2009/2010 | STOMPBOXES
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POPMART | 1997/1998 | STOMPBOXES
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POPMART | 1997/1998 | STOMPBOXES
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AMPEG - Scrambler (octave fuzz) - Used for the solo on "Kite" from 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' (2000)

BOSS - BD2 -  Blues Driver - overdrive (Modded by Keeley) www.robertkeeley.com/product.php?id=14
BOSS - CS2 - Compressor/Sustainer - Compressor
BOSS - FA1 - Bi-Fet pre-amp
BOSS - FBM-1 - Fender Bassman Pedal
BOSS - OD2 - Turbo Overdrive - overdrive
BOSS - PW2 -  Power Driver - overdrive
BOSS - SD1 - Super Overdrive - overdrive

DEATH BY AUDIO - Super Sonic Fuzz Gun - distortion -  (No Line On The Horizon, Get On Your Boots)
DEATH BY AUDIO - Harmonic Transformer - (solo section of UltraViolet during 360 tour)
 
NOTE: Also, I contacted Death By Audio in November. I asked which of their pedals Edge bought. They told me one of each.

DEATH BY AUDIO and THE EDGE

DIGITECH - SynthWah
DIGITECH - WH-1 Whammy

DURHAM - Sex Drive (compressor/gain pedal)

ELECTRO-HARMONIX - Big Muff - Fuzz
ELECTRO-HARMONIX - Deluxe Memory Man - Delay
ELECTRO-HARMONIX - Holier Grail - Reverb (Use: NLOTH sessions & post 2009 U2:360 SOA sessions)
ELECTRO-HARMONIX - Hot Tubes - Tube Overdrive (Use: Popmart tour)
ELECTRO-HARMONIX - Micro Synthesizer
ELECTRO-HARMONIX - POG

GUYATONE -  Zoom - Distortion - I've heard that Edge used this distortion around the time of the October tour. (unconfirmed)

IBANEZ - TS9 Tubescreamer: overdriveEdge's has had the 'silver mod' done by AnalogMan.com

LASTGASP ART LABORATORIES (LAL) - CP - CYBER PSYCHIC parametric oscillo filter

LOVETONE - Big Cheese (fuzz / distortion)
LOVETONE - Doppelganger (fuzz / distortion)
LOVETONE - Meatball (envelope filter)
LOVETONE - Wobulator - tremolo - Mentioned by Flood in 1997 Guitar World feature article.

MOOG - Moogerfooger Murf - Multiple Resonance Filter Array
MOOG - Moogerfooger Ring Modulator - ring modulator pedal

MXR - DynaComp - compressor

RABB - Fuzz Wah (Kay Fuzz in Cry-Baby housing / "Elevation" intro)

SOBBAT - Drivebreaker 1 - overdrive - Initially used for the heavy distortion during "New York" on the 2001 Elevation tour, it remained in the rack for use during the 2005-2006 Vertigo tour.

VISUAL SOUND - H2O - Chorus & Echo
VISUAL SOUND - Jeckyl & Hyde - Overdrive & Distortion
VISUAL SOUND - Route 66 - Overdrive & Compressor
 
*** Edge's use still to be confirmed.

Visual Sound & U2

Z-Vex - Fuzz Factory - Fuzz (seen in U2.com video)
Z-Vex - Box of Rock - Distortion (seen in U2.com video)

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VERTIGO TOUR - STOMP BOXES:
PEDALS & FLOOR UNITS
  • AMPEG Scrambler (octave fuzz)
  • BOSS CS-2 (compressor/sustainer)
  • BOSS FA-1 FET powered mini-amp (used as booster for Korg SDD3000)
  • BOSS FV300L (to control rack wah and shimmer tone)
  • BOSS PW-2 Power Driver (distortion)
  • DIGITECH WH-1 Whammy
  • DURHAM Sex Drive (compressor/gain pedal)
  • ELECTRO-HARMONIX Big Muff (silicon fuzz / 1970)
  • IBANEZ TS-9 Tube Screamer (primary overdrive)
  • KORG On/Off pedal (to turn on and off various sequences)
  • LOVETONE Meatball (auto wah/dynamic filter)
  • LOVETONE Doppelganger (twin phaser/vibrato)
  • RABB Fuzz Wah (Kay Fuzz in Cry-Baby housing / "Elevation" intro)
  • SKRYDSTRUP Booferooster (clean boost / unity gain buffer)
  • SKRYDSTRUP SC1 Midi foot controller (allowing direct access to all rack mount effects)
  • SOBBAT Drive Breaker (distortion)

THE SOUND BENEATH HIS FEET.

Here's a screen cap from the latest U2.com video (entitled Toilet Break)

Toilet Break-screen cap

I was looking at what effects Edge was using and this is what I've come up with so far...

Row 1 is the row closest to Edge.
Row 2 farther away from Edge. Pedals are listed from Left to Right.

Row 1 (L-R):
Digitech Synth Wah
Ampeg Scrambler.
Digitech WH-1 Whammy Pedal

Row 2 (L-R):
Moog Moogerfooger MF 102 - Ring Modulator
Electro-Harmonix "Holier Grail" [Reverb/Gate]

(The 3rd pedal/Far right/top of the pedalboard Appears to be an Electro-Harmonix "Electric Mistress" [flanger / filter matrix]. (Unconfirmed)

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