U2 – Zooropa
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1993 album Zooropa.
Music from Zooropa
Artists on Zooropa
Gear Used On Zooropa
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of U2 – Zooropa (1993). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Microphones used by Bono on Zooropa
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From the Sound On Sound March 1994 article "Robbie Adams: Recording U2's Achtung Baby & Zooropa":
Bono's vocals were largely recorded with an SM58 and compressed with a Summit compressor. Adams: "Instead of using the Summit, what we did on several of the tracks on Achtung Baby was to record his vocals on tape with Dolby SR and play it back without Dolby SR. It tightens up the vocal sound and gives it more brightness and presence. It makes his voice sit really nicely in the mix and easier to balance."
Guitars used by Bono on Zooropa
Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar
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In this photo from the Zooropa sessions, you can see Bono playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom. (Photo from Vox Magazine, August 1993 page 21, according to website U2 Bono Files.)
Effects Pedals used by The Edge on Zooropa
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Known to have been used since U2's Boy. After a brief replacement by the Ibanez Tube Screamer (starting with the Elevation Tour), the SD-1 has made a return to The Edge's more recent rigs alongside its green rival. In this July 18, 2018 Premier Guitar Rig Rundown article for The Edge, it is shown that he uses the SD-1 in his rack system (visible in the bottom right corner of this photo).
The SD-1 is mentioned explicitly in this excerpt from the January 2001 issue of Guitar Player magazine in a list of then "projected" gear for the Elevation Tour.
On the stompbox front, he'll be using Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive and OD-2r Turbo Overdrive pedals, an FA-1 FET (for signal boost), three DigiTech Whammy pedals, three Dunlop Cry Baby's, and a trio of Lovetone pedals -- a Meatball (envelope filter), Doppelganger (phaser/vibrato), and Big Cheese (distortion). All of this will go through five pre-1966 Vox AC30s and two Randall 1x12 combos.
As compiled by U2 Guitar Tutorials forum member kultschar in this forum post, photos from the Joshua Tree Tour and the Zoo TV Tour (pictured) show that the SD-1 was used in a loop with a graphic equalizer labeled "Infinite Sustain", used for "With or Without You".
Joshua / Lovetown Rig:
- Boss SD1 As you can see there is the 3 triangular knobbed SD-1 at the back. Next to the SD-1 is the Pearl Graphic EQ. During the next tour it becomes apparent that the two are linked together for WOWY Infinite Sustain (thanks to Bradshaws later Zoo TV Rig photos which i will post further down)
(...) ZooTV Rig:
Well its the same pedals as the tour before, only he added a crazy amount of rack units
This picture is from CAE during the actual building of the rig, note the pedals were put into the TC2290 loops and labelled TC1, TC2 etc If your eagle eyed you can see the Boss SD-1 and Pearl Graphic EQ labelled Infinite Sustain therefore both combined in one loop for WOWY tone. (...) Below is the rig during the early Zoo tour when they played the Achtung Baby songs pre Zooropa, note the pedals were duplicated. I believe they were duplicated for backup purposes, he did substitute the odd one e.g. Boss Graphic EQ was used instead of the Pearl EQ, TC FET Booster was used instead of another FA-1 and CS-2 was used instead of another Dynacomp.
Popmart Rig
As you can see his Zoo pedals (core sounds remain intact). Im positive the OD-2 is still his main overdrive as its still the first switch on his MIDI controller like the Zoo days labelled Turbo.