I'm looking for The Edge's tone --> '84 - '88

[FloydRose4Prez]

I have a decent clean tone (and delay) but it needs something more, maybe a little drive or subtle distortion. I like "The Unforgettable Fire" and "The Joshua Tree" tones that Edge used. His best, I think. My Strat sounds best right now in the 'bucker w/ middle single coil position. The amp is a 15W Bullet Reverb plus an RP 100.

[Robert Burns]

Well his signal goes thru a ton of rack effects...so it aint going to be easy.
AxeFx has a Youtube vid, where a guy nails "In the name of Love"...U2
tone. So maybe a quicker cheaper way to go, would be to just spend $1500 on an Axefx?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6RuV...om=PL&index=16


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIn0E...7ABAD5&index=6

And finally... you can thank me later for this one! If this isnt nailing the U2 tone...what is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjBD-...eature=related


This nails it for me! Ive got to get an AxeFx...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPTX...eature=related

[FloydRose4Prez]

I was hoping maybe there was a Boss pedal that could help me out...Oh well.

[Robert Burns]

I was hoping maybe there was a Boss pedal that could help me out...Oh well.

Oh im sure there is...to get close. Try one of the cheaper Boss pedalboards...used maybe $75? Like an BR-50..or the like

[FlyingSkull]

Hey I dug out an old Musician mag from 1987. The cover story is U2 and Joshua Tree album. They have some info about gear used.

Effects:
Yamaha SPX 90 (there are a couple on Ebay sitting at the sub 100$ mark.) rack unit
Yamaha SPX 90b rack unit

Korg SDD 3000 - rack delay - a couple on Ebay sitting at near 500$.

Ibanez DM1000 and VE400 - looks like more delay units.

It also says "quite a few Boss boxes"... not a lot of help there....

Amps:
Vox Ac30, Mesa/Boogie (no models named), and Roland JC 120.

That Yamaha processor might help you, probably pick one up on Ebay for around 100$.