The Edge

You can see it in his I + E tour rack rig drawer.

According to this interview, Edge used D'Addario EXL110 XL Reg Lite .10-.46 on the 360º tour.

In this interview from MusicRadar Edge's guitar tech reveals the strings used on the 360º tour by Edge.

In this live performance of "40" in red rocks, he plays and Ibanez musician bass. It was probably borrowed from Adam Clayton.

Can be seen micing the Fender Tweed Harvard Amp. Original article from October 2009 here.

Listed as part of The Edge's "wireless guitar system" in this Music Radar article.

According to this transcription of a February 1982 issue of U2 Magazine, "the Edge also uses a Yamaha CP70 electric grand piano on stage."

In this Rig Rundown feature for Premier Guitar magazine, longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo shows off Edge's 2018 touring rig, which includes a B9 Organ Machine pedal.

In this Rig Rundown feature for Premier Guitar magazine, longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo shows off Edge's 2018 touring rig, which includes a Pedal Power Mondo unit.

In this Rig Rundown feature for Premier Guitar magazine, longtime U2 guitar tech Dallas Schoo shows off Edge's 2018 touring rig, which includes an EF341SC that was gifted to him by Bruce Springsteen.

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 Dunlop volume pedals. The caption isn't very detailed and identifies them merely as "Volume X" pedals, but I believe based on the size and the tread pattern that they are the DVP3 models, specifically.

In this artist page on the Custom Audio website dedicated to Edge's older Bradshaw-built rig, a TU-12 can be seen along the bottom center of this image.

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 Small Cone pedal is visible at the 15-minute 31-second mark (it's in the upper-right corner of the drawer that is pulled out in this shot).

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 Superfuzz pedal is visible at the 15-minute 48-second mark. (It's in the upper-left corner of the shelf that is pulled out during this shot. Despite being unusually colored in black, the SUPERFUZZ legend can clearly be seen across the gray rubber tread.)

The Instagram post by vintagevibe features The Edge from U2 playing a Yamaha CP4 STAGE digital piano, housed in a custom piano shell.

He used that effect in his chain in November 2009.

As compiled by U2 Guitar Tutorials forum member kultschar in this forum post, photos from the Joshua Tree Tour, the Zoo TV Tour and the PopMart tour show the Pearl GE-09 being used live.

U2 Guitar Tutorials

Joshua / Lovetown Rig:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/kultschar/U2%20Guitar%20Tutorials/Edge%20Rigs/PS3-6-00009_zpsbe7ae19f.jpg

• 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)

• Pearl Graphic Equaliser

See above SD-1 info

(...) ZooTV Rig:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/kultschar/U2%20Guitar%20Tutorials/Edge%20Rigs/PS3-6-00019_zps59afb57a.jpg

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. The TC2290 loops idea I believe were scrapped and they ended up in Rocktron Patch Mate switchers. 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. This was in the days before eBay and Internet so probably difficult back then to find another FA-1 and Pearl etc which of course we now take for granted (I remember when it was near impossible to find these pedals but now everyday on eBay!!!!)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/kultschar/U2%20Guitar%20Tutorials/Edge%20Rigs/PS3-6-00023_zpsef9f4674.jpg

Popmart Rig

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/kultschar/U2%20Guitar%20Tutorials/Edge%20Rigs/PopmartPedals2_zps9c2b5ce3.jpg

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.

Next to his Zoo Pedals he has taken away the spare duplicates and added his new Lovetone Pedals for the new Pop songs to be played live:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i89/kultschar/U2%20Guitar%20Tutorials/Edge%20Rigs/PopmartPedals1_zps638d2db7.jpg

On this tour he still used his ZooTV Bradshaw MIDI controller (most the same labels)

At :58s of the "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home" music video, you can see The Edge playing a Yamaha AE2000.

Black Cat posts this article on their official site saying "The orange Kay Fuzztone has recently become extremely popular, mostly due to the fact that The Edge of U2 used it for the intro to the song 'Elevation.'"

In this interview with MusicRadar, The Edge's tech, Dallas Schoo, details The Edge's setup during the 360 tour. The POG is one of his "outboard effects.

In this interview from MusicRadar, The Edge's guitar tech, Dallas Schoo, details The Edge's complex rig. The Soundwave Breakdown is listed as one of The Edge's outboard effects.

Used for "New York" (as stated in this January 2001 Guitar Player interview) and live for the solo on "Until the End of the World" (as mentioned in this April/May 2007 Australian Guitar interview with The Edge's guitar tech, Dallas Schoo, on page 28 of the issue). It was used on the Elevation Tour (as seen in AudioFile's feature "U2 - Wired for Sound"), the Vertigo Tour (as is visible in this Guitar World feature at 2:07) and the U2 360° Tour (as is visible in this still of a live performance and as specified in this Music Radar interview with Schoo (pictured)).

Guitar Player, January 2001, "Basic Instincts"

GP: What were your main fuzzboxes?

Edge: The Ampeg, a Tube Screamer for a good general distortion without being too in-your-face, and an old Manny's Fuzz--which is really extreme. I also used this really obscure Japanese pedal called the Sobart [sic] for the heavy sections of "New York." That pedal is so extreme. You step on it and all hell breaks loose. On "When I Look at the World", I'm using an Electro-Harmonix Micro Synthesizer for that mad distorted tone.

Australian Guitar, April/May 2007

And the Sobbat Drive Breaker with that big thumping bass distortion, where does that get used?

The Edge walked in with that. It's a Japanese device. Edge, once in a while, would want a distortion twist, you know, and he will walk in with things and I get to walk in with things. But if you walk in with things [something] and Bono hears [it, he] goes "Oh my God, roll the tape!". And that's what happened. We used that on the solo on "Until The End Of The World". It's such an offensive little box that only works on a solo at the very end - it doesn't work all through a song.

AudioFile, "U2 - Wired for Sound

[tapping the DB-1] This came outta nowhere, this Japanese distortion thing.

Sobbat Owner's List / Artists page

ご存知U2のギタリスト。色々な雑誌等で語られておりますが、例のグラミーアルバムの中の 「NEW　YORK」という曲で中間部分にDB-1を使用していただいているとのこと。強力ですね！この曲は！最近知りましたが、 ブライアン・イーノ氏よりエフェクター入手との情報が入りました。（*未確認です）

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 CP80 among his non-guitar instruments.

Visible in this photo, The Edge used this model at Woodstock 1981.

The Edge uses this guitar on 'Angel Of Harlem' and 'Mysterious Ways'.

Here Edge can be seen playing a Kingman acoustic at a recent concert in Paris.

The Edge utilized the Electro-Harmonix EH-1335/EH-3075 Hot Tubes overdrive pedal during U2's Pop era, as evidenced by a photograph in the "Pop Pedals 2" album on Photobucket.

To the left of the purple Diamand Vibrato in the upper tray.

The lower tray on the far right, next to the Hardwire DL-8

In this Instagram photo posted by the official Snark account, The Edge can be seen performing live on stage at the Oscars with his Taylor 818e acoustic guitar, and the Snark SN-1 Guitar & Bass Tuner (black color) clipped onto the headstock. The caption of the Instagram photo reads:

"The Edge on stage at the Oscars with a Snark clip-on"

Original post here from July 2016. There are numerous Snark clip-on tuners, but the shape of the clip and the black color matches that of the Snark SN-1.