Tone Profile

A shimmering, spacious delay-infused guitar tone, characterized by a bright attack and a long, sustained decay. The sound is both ethereal and powerful, creating a sense of sonic depth and movement.

Production Credits

Signal Chain

Recording Notes

• The Edge is known for using a combination of Vox AC30 amplifiers, often running two amps in parallel: one clean and one slightly overdriven.
• His signature sound is heavily reliant on the Korg SDD-3000 digital delay, which is used to create rhythmic echoes and spatial textures.
• The guitar's signal may have been split, with one path going to the clean amp and the other to the slightly overdriven amp, allowing for a blend of clarity and sustain.
• A Shure SM57 microphone was likely used to capture the sound of the Vox AC30 cabinet.

Recreation Tips

• Start with a Fender Stratocaster-style guitar and dial in a clean tone on a Vox AC30 or similar amplifier.
• Add a Korg SDD-3000 delay with the following approximate settings: Delay time around 380-450ms, feedback to taste (enough for 3-4 repeats), and moderate modulation.
• Experiment with splitting your signal into two paths, one clean and one slightly overdriven, to achieve a similar blend of clarity and sustain.
• Place a Shure SM57 close to the speaker cone of your amplifier cabinet, slightly off-axis.

Original Gear

• Fender Stratocaster(guitar)
• Vox AC30(amp)
• Korg SDD-3000(pedal)
• Shure SM57(mic)