Using Delay to Get U2's "Edge" Sound | Learn & Master Guitar Tips

Ever wanted to know how to get a great delay sound like U2? Here are some great tips for using your delay to build guitar parts like the "Edge" (guitarist for U2).
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[@HAIL4sure]

If you are into advanced delay settings and U2 sound I can recomend the "Providence Chrono" delay. It lets you dial in BPM OR Msec and has a control to directly select 1/2, 1/4, dotted 8 and more.

[@rickythapamissione]

Steve, Thank you very much!!! Yes i am talking about L&M Guitar Course! It is very helpful. You are humblest guitar player and teacher i have ever seen. May God bless you abundantly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ricky

[@technoguitar9910]

Man how I love delay effects!!! Use it a lot on my «electronic sounding» guitar songs!

[@deathvalleyjoyride]

another good tip to remember to get Edge's sound are the picks he uses. Herdim blue(heavy) picks played with the dimpled side to get those classic ringing chimes. But you're spot on with the dotted 8th notes. Cheers!

[@Basil_Hallward]

Cheers sir. Thanks for this lovely video. keep it up

[@ShawnStack1]

That was great, man, thanks for sharing.

[@masterhorax]

Dang that sounds cool. And nice Cort LP style! Beautiful!

[@tallulah2]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@TheOpinionatedGuitarist]

Finally, now I understand that delay issue I've been having! Thanks!

[@elmeromero6559]

omg this is a very useful video thanks a lot !!

[@MisterGuitarItalia]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@andrewbrown1970]

Just doing some U2 stuff ATM. Thanks for the tips :)

[@thomvogan3397]

Another legendary guitar player that played like that was the late, great Jeff Healy

[@brpaulfenderbass8005]

Thanks Steve God bless!

[@BillHart_Family_Friends]

Excellent!

[@robr471]

Great video.

[@billyscrapper]

good information.... thanx

[@zool84]

We give you a tip for this month... most of the times Edge delay is mixture of both 4 and .8 also with a little bit of modulation.

[@mr.culmone1726]

This is awesome

[@tomfunk2066]

very useful!! I am a beginning player so I can't make much music but I can make some cool sounds with the couple pedals I have added recently. I take lessons through a program at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs called Guitars for Vets and it is an awesome programs that gives vets such as myself a therapy program that helps me focus and get my brain working a bit better!! Guitars and music are helpful to me because its like you cant make any mistakes maybe I wanted it to sound that way and I can make my own "sound." Thanks to all those guitarists out there that post these awesome videos!!

[@mrbsred1]

Thanks!

[@vipersquad]

That's really cool!

[@antonellovanni]

good and interesting thanks

[@hattross]

Great Vid

[@johnny5805]

This is the best quality 480p video i've ever seen ! 10 years old too !

[@MikeyMidtown]

thanks!

[@Mr27Fit]

I have flashback delay, it is awesome

[@vicachcoup]

I'm not from Ireland and haven't met the Edge. Your video was very good :-) Could you give some rough idea of the delay time in milliseconds to get those effects.

[@sennedierckx8110]

Nice necklace you have on!

[@elmeromero6559]

hey could u tell me what is the disto u r playing in this video ??? thanks a lot .

[@juandemarco5600]

thanks for sharing. btw can this be done in a multi fx pedal with no dual delay function?

[@mediamom521]

Hi Steve, Something I've been searching for and haven't found anywhere, is advice/demos on when and where to use various effects. That is, I'm playing a song and I want to add something to it, but I don't know if I should add distortion, harmony, reverb, a combination, etc. and where in the song to use the effects for best results. For someone new to effects that can be a challenge, and trial and error could literally take forever given all the different pedals available. Thanks!

[@angelcastellanosmartinez2412]

Hello, so does the delay U2 ping pong to left and right speakers on the PA system? Thanks

[@TheMDGMobile]

Nice playing Steve and Great looking guitar! What is it Gibson Custom Shop....

[@DalltonSantos]

nice video

[@animainmachina]

Seriously, that's some nice tone.

[@JannikOutdoor]

Great Video! What exact delay times are these?

[@davewalls2160]

What is your feedback knob set on and just as a base line, what's your bpm's set at? Thanks

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Listen to this guy

[@zuurg]

I like his inlays

[@NomNom_Nom28]

Hie Steve, you have a very beautifull guitar. A gibson Les Paul Supreme is the way to go

[@nmssis]

if i were to use both sides as a parallel set up, will i need to use two amps ?

[@rickythapamissione]

Dear Steve, Would you please tell me where this course will take me? after finish this course would i able to play songs on guitar? would i able to find chords for songs by myself and play?

[@qzedy]

I almost bought that guitar but then I ended up with a 68 reissue custom. Kinda wish I had played that one a little more but what can ya do

[@lennyjr3241]

Fala muito !

[@hangszereles]

What amp do you use? It has nice sound.

[@paypanoy2528]

cool

[@Macconator2010]

Have you listened to the end of streets live? after he plays the last note there is only 2 audible repeats. Same with most U2 songs. Since Edge doesn't use palm muting as much with delay as other guitarists do he needs to have less repeats to avoid the overflow of notes. Check the U2guitartutorials guy as well as various websites detailing The Edge's particular use of delay. With the exception of the Fly with the infinite delay bit Dotted 8ths don't work very well with more than 3 repeats.

[@Blustercastr]

greatest

[@jixxxxer17]

wow that is one beautiful guitar is it a Gibson of some kind ? Peace !

[@94SexyStang]

A lot of bad info out there about U2 sound, this video is accurate!

[@Redwarrior96]

I would pay lots of money for guitar lessons from this guy...

[@vicachcoup]

Who did Brian 'steal it from? Everyone learns from someone. It's what you do with it that counts and the Edge builds amazing emotion that Eno never has on guitar.

[@snookiebarrett]

Great man! I think he uses an electroharmonix memoryman.

[@finleyeugene6586]

Pro tip: you can watch series at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies lately.

[@jeremiasjustus383]

@Finley Eugene Yea, I have been using Flixzone for months myself :D

[@jameshaire]

For what it's worth, the classic Edge delay is set to 3/16th notes. Intense study of his use of delay here: amnesta.net/edge_delay/

[@MrDjambronk]

so this is how AVA sounds..

[@MoonGuyGye]

+MrDjambronk 3:53 , Everything's magic.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

its seems to me at least 90% of songs use delay. Must be an essential pedal along with distortion

[@coldacre]

that's playing to a click track..... every gig!!!! stupendous effort.

[@clarkkent7950]

3:08 sounds awesome

[@bileldekhili]

hi everyone ,if anyone else wants to uncover online guitar course try Grathaw Guitar Playing Expert (should be on google have a look ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my work buddy got amazing results with it.

[@alexandervang6064]

wut

[@Sebastian-xf8je]

Every Christian worship song

[@Studio2770]

Yep lol. Mainstream Christian music sounds very much like U2's music, especially Edge's guitar.

[@Studio2770]

KSJDbv I think it works sometimes but yeah, the lyrics of mainstream Christian music aren't nearly as deep or honest as U2's lyrics.

[@bobbyodell8676]

Man I been saying that for years!!

[@bobbyodell8676]

Truth!

[@thewsonn]

Can you guys name a few mainstream christian bands? Thanks in advance

[@danfuerth2102]

Another thing that Edge does he knows his delays timing against his own playing timing, no one else on this planet can playback with delays in almost perfect synch like he does. I have played for years and it took a few years to listen to the delay and not my guitar playing. If you listen to what you are playing you are already lost. Edge has big feedback delay repeats so he can hear and prepare his next attack usually you set this at 1 main reapeat at 100% then others less. Edge knows delays.

[@pupack]

watch this vid oMWdLtruKIQ and time 4:30 and count repeats for streets preset ;) ofcourse after third repeat they slowly fade away. Nevermind, its different for each song anyway.

[@superQforu]

Thanks so much to Kyle Gass's twin brother

[@ejseader]

It says Gibson on the headstock, bro.

[@angelcastellanosmartinez2412]

Why are you on pijama?

[@Alexisoustabassidis]

That's more AvA sound than U2 no ?

[@meteorideMV]

Tom from AVA is inspired by The Edge and created his own signature style

[@coldacre]

disagree. 2-4 repeats maximum. type "Edge It might get loud deleted scene", and you'll see.

[@ELi-ks2hp]

Nice tone! If you want to hear an original track recorded with lots of delay please check our 'denial of a million angels on my channel' Appreciate and comments/feedback. Thanks!

[@daleboxsell2805]

At what point is this supposed to sound like U2’s edge because I couldn’t hear it and I’ve listened to U2 since I was a teenager.

[@bmwm3cs]

That guitar is so high that it might as well be a violin...

[@Studio2770]

It's probably because they need to keep it in frame for viewers to see. Notice how almost all tutorial videos have the teacher sitting down which brings the guitar to the same height as in this video.

[@Neodustin]

Guy should really invest in a chin rest.

[@100PercentJoseph]

I don't think that guy gets how comfortable it is for your fret hand when your strap's up high...

[@justbud]

Lol I thought this guy was k G lol

[@alexanderson2907]

A very simplified version of exploring delay. No mention of actual milliseconds or timing. You act like there's only quarter notes or eighth notes and that's how it explains all the different rhythms and all of music. I mean if you're starting out in your first month of playing, I guess this would help, but anyone else in the pro field is laughing at this

[@Johnny_Doe]

If you wear your guitar that high....I guess your pants resemble Urkel.

[@derekmok]

That's completely backwards. Drummers never follow guitar players. Guitar players can set the initial tempo (though that's not what U2 does, as many others have pointed out, since Larry Mullen, Jr. uses preset click tracks), but after the initial tempo, the guitar has to follow the drums. The drummer is the timekeeper. Nothing sounds worse than if a guitar player is slowing down and speeding up and the drums try to follow. No -- if the drummer speeds up, everybody else has to.

[@vectortonto1]

Gee if I could only buy that delay. It's $250, well next video....

[@Varillah]

Dude u can get a mxr carbon copy for for about 150$ with taxes around 174. It might seem expensive but it's one of the best analog pedal u could buy

[@christianboddum8783]

A tip; A Boss ME-80 is only a fraction more, but you get these delay options plus a complete pedalboard, prorgrammability, usb interface and much more. If you are creative, that unit should last you a long time and save you money! I was looking at the dual tap, but ended at the ME-80 well pleased. - Great video BTW!

[@casecandy9257]

Good delays are going to cost you. Visual Sound's closest competitors (Hungry Robot Moby Dick and T.C. Electronic's various dual- and triple-delays) are all over $200, too. It's not cheap, but it's an investment; can't think of anything more useful for ambient music or for solos in any genre. The BOSS Digital Delay might be less, though, and is still decent.

[@toneseeker87]

Dotted eight + quarter note delay = Hillsong 😂

[@Macconator2010]

When playing U2 songs have only 1 or 2 repeats, 5 is way to much

[@coldacre]

forget the Edge..... how good does that make Larry Mullen Jnr???! the drummer has to follow the guitar player! and not just the notes, but the repeats as well!!

[@islander769]

So are you saying that the click is a note followed by repeats? Good grief. The band plays to the drummer. Period. Larry is the anchor onstage. Why do you think when Edge played with Muse at Glastonbury they used U2's backing track for Streets? Because unless the Muse drummer used exactly the same click track that Larry does, Edge would have no possible way of keeping his delay in time, without modifying his delay bpms, which of course is possible but easier is just to use Larrys click

[@josephbennett443]

its kermit the frog hahaha

[@TheStrataminor]

Unless he is a God fearing believer, these blessings mean nothing for a non Christian...but yes I wish him well also!!

[@islander769]

No. Edge times his delay bpm according to the tempo of the song. Larry is drumming to a click, not to The Edge's delay! Everyone follows Larry. Period. If The Edge's delay is a bit off, he won't be able to keep proper time with the band. He will set his delay accordingly, not the other way around. Listen to any IEM recording of U2 playing. They're playing to the click that Larry plays to.

[@hookyoldyip9313]

Sorry u took tuk long tu get tu the point ....I've left n went tu the real guy 😱

[@NowyouknowMusic]

Step 1 for that sound: throw away the Gibson and get a strat.

[@purplecow5150]

Nowyouknow wtf?

[@HiggsFenderU2]

I'm from Ireland and have met the Edge. Your all wrong

[@pupack]

that is not truth, actually 90% of U2 songs needs 4 - 8 repeats

[@chazwozza67]

Yup that sounded really shit just like the edge

[@masterhorax]

Crap. That IS a gibson. I look stupid

[@nnix]

This sounds nothing like the Edge's playing. And why the eff are you playing it on a Gibson? Ugh.

[@chilblain1]

The Edge stole it from Brian Eno. Not that I blame him, but give credit where credit is due.

[@Iheartdgd]

Harvey Weinstein?!