The Edge

Music Radar interviews Edge's guitar tech Dallas Schoo in this article, and details his touring rig for 2009's "360° Tour." It lists the PCM-70 among his effects.

In this Rig Rundown feature for Premier Guitar magazine, longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo shows off Edge's 2018 touring rig, which includes two Axe-FX II XL units.

This Music Radar article from the "360" tour details The Edge's full setup, and notes that the 2290 runs through his two AC30s.

The Edge used 2 of these, according to Premier Guitar's interview with Dallas Schoo. They can also be seen in a photo of the recording of No Line On The Horizon from Sound On Sound magazine.

In this video that shows longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo inspecting Edge's Bob Bradshaw-designed rig prior to 1997's PopMart Tour, a Replifex rack unit is visible at the 13-minute 11-second mark. (It appears to be used to create the distinctive modulated tone on "Staring at the Sun.")

Producer Declan Gaffney stated the following about the recording of No Line On The Horizon:

"We wanted to keep the recording setup small, so we just had a few microphones, a Control 24, Pro Tools, and three drives, so we could move easily and quickly between different songs. Other than Pro Tools, the recording setups for most of the sessions were pretty similar. Edge's old Neve desk was pulled apart for on-location recording, and its 1091 and 1093 mic preamps were racked. Everything was going through these mic pres, or a small Neve sidecar, then through any required outboard, and monitoring was via two Mackie 24-channel desks."

In this article, Music Radar interviews Edge's guitar tech Dallas Schoo and details his touring rig for 2009's "360° Tour." It lists the Korg A3 among his effects.

Since Songs of Innocence, the Edge has been using 4 of these in his rack rig.

Also, in this video by Premier Guitar (https://youtu.be/qDYfXvGuaL4) that can be clearly seen in his effects rack.

Sold to him by Felix Manny, as mentioned by Juan Alderete in this March 20, 2019 Instagram post.

The doctor @lasynthco to the rescue on this one of maybe 50 made @ehx rack synths. I used one on Cryptonesia and wished I owned it but @infrasonicsound wouldn’t sell me it. I know @jamiestillman has one because @realkidkoala found one in Seattle and told me to buy it but my funds were tied up in another gear purchase at the time. Distortion Felix Manny introduced me to them back in the early 90’s because he sold one to @davidbowie manager for @theadrianbelew and then he had another that he sold to @u2 for The Edge. #pedalsandeffects #ehxfacts

Used on the PopMart, as specified by tech Dallas Schoo in this September 1997 Guitar World interview titled "Closer to The Edge".

One irreplaceable effect is the Edge's Korg SDD-3000 digital delay. "That's one of his favorites because it has so much warmth," says Schoo. "Most of the albums were made with that delay." Other processors in the Edge's rack include a Roland SDE-3000 digital delay and Yamaha SPX90, Kolrg A3, Rocktron Repliflex, DigiTech 2112 and Eventide H3000 multi-effectors. He also carries a full array of pedals, indluding a Dunlop Fuzz Face, Dunlop and Bradshaw multiple-wah systems, several Boss distortion units, an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, and Lovetone's Big Cheese distortion, Doppelganger phaser and Meatball envelope follower.

From the "It Might Get Loud" documentary with Jack White, The Edge, and Jimmy Page, a scene of The Edge's home studio shows he uses the Digidesign Mbox 2 Pro FireWire Interface. He looks to have labeled two of the front input gain knobs with "MIC" and "BASS."

You can see in the video he used it on the new album in the studio.

In this video that shows longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo inspecting Edge's Bob Bradshaw-designed rig prior to 1997's PopMart Tour, a 2112 rack unit is visible at the 13-minute 10-second mark.

In this live image from 1984/5, Edge's M-129 unit can be seen in the rack behind him, with the MXR Pitch Transposer Display unit directly above it. (Note: the image has been flipped horizontally, which you can see if you zoom in on the MXR logo.)

In a photo from an article detailing The Edge's gear, the Oberheim DSX is visible in the keyboard section, indicating its use by the artist.

In this interview with Music Radar, The Edge's guitar tech, Dallas School details The Edge's complex rig during the 360 tour. The H3000 is listed as one of his rackmounted effects under the stage, meaning it's either controlled by Dallas or a switching system.

In this article, Music Radar interviews Edge's guitar tech Dallas Schoo and details his touring rig for 2009's "360° Tour." It lists the PCM-80 among his effects.

Music Radar interviews Edge's guitar tech Dallas Schoo in this article, and details his touring rig for 2009's "360° Tour." It lists the 15/80S (also known as the SDMX) among his effects.

In this article, Music Radar interviews Edge's guitar tech Dallas Schoo and details his touring rig for 2009's "360° Tour." It lists the Filter Factory among his effects.

The Edge's main onstage pedalboard:

Skrydstrup SC1 + SC1 Extensions + Extension Plus Controller + Dunlop Crybaby

In this Rig Rundown feature for Premier Guitar magazine, longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo shows off Edge's 2018 touring rig, which includes four MIDI Solutions Mergers.

Used on the iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE tour.

“The DiGiCo SD7 I’m using is extremely powerful and reliable. It can do anything we throw at it,” says Bono monitor engineer Alastair McMillan, pictured at left with monitor engineer CJ Eiriksson (Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton) and monitor engineer Richard Rainey (the Edge), each of whom also has an SD7. “We’re using all of the available processing power, which is quite impressive for a four piece band! I’m a big fan of the new classic EQ option and especially the multiband compressors. With those two features I have everything I need so I decided not to opt for the Waves grid. We’re all running at 96k. I am hooked up to Pro Tools via two Madi bridges which are able to sample convert in real time. This way we can run our Pro Tools sessions at 48k, making them a much more manageable size.”

Producer Declan Gaffney stated the following about the recording of No Line On The Horizon:

"We wanted to keep the recording setup small, so we just had a few microphones, a Control 24, Pro Tools, and three drives, so we could move easily and quickly between different songs. Other than Pro Tools, the recording setups for most of the sessions were pretty similar. Edge's old Neve desk was pulled apart for on-location recording, and its 1091 and 1093 mic preamps were racked. Everything was going through these mic pres, or a small Neve sidecar, then through any required outboard, and monitoring was via two Mackie 24-channel desks."

Producer Declan Gaffney stated the following about the recording of No Line On The Horizon:

"We wanted to keep the recording setup small, so we just had a few microphones, a Control 24, Pro Tools, and three drives, so we could move easily and quickly between different songs. Other than Pro Tools, the recording setups for most of the sessions were pretty similar. Edge's old Neve desk was pulled apart for on-location recording, and its 1091 and 1093 mic preamps were racked. Everything was going through these mic pres, or a small Neve sidecar, then through any required outboard, and monitoring was via two Mackie 24-channel desks."

Used for "Get On Your Boots", as stated by producer Declan Gaffney.

"Most of 'Get On Your Boots' was recorded in Dublin by Richard Rainey, and the basic backing tracks were done live, by the whole band together. (...) Edge's thick guitar sound is entirely from the live band session, recorded with two Royer 121s, one on his Fender Deluxe and the other on his AC30, and the mics went through the Neve and then an LA2A, though it's not doing anything, it was just there for the sound. When recording Edge's cabinets, it's almost always a 121, or a Sennheiser 409, occasionally a 57. I record completely flat, because Edge will have found a great guitar sound, and you just record it."

His rig rundown shows the Furman in his rack around 43:20. Under it is a korg pitchblack rack tuner, 4 Axe FX II XL's, and some other pedals.