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TONE NAME: BAD Tone

  • Created with: POD HD500
  • Author:
  • Song:
    Humbuckers>HD500>DT50>U2's BAD Studio AND Live
  • Band:
    U2
  • Guitarist:
    The Edge
  • Amp:
    Tweed B-Man Vib Pre
  • Style:
    Humbuckers>HD500>DT50>U2's BAD Studio AND Live
  • Date: 1/20/13
  • Downloads: 3736
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  • Comments:
    A friend of mine who is a jazz player came over with his Heritage. I wanted to impress him with the diversity of my setup. We set him up a tone for his taste. He complained that it was too boomy on the bottom end but he liked it. When he left I plugged in my EVH and it was boomy. I added vintage pre and ran the HPF to get rid of boominess. Slapped a delay on it and it sounded very U2. Bad sounded fantastic clean. Just like the studio version. Slapped on some distortion and felt I had easily approximated the live sound. Note the amp choice and settings. These are not typical choices for a rock player I wouldn't think. Anyway, this is the nbest tone for this tune I have come up with and if you use an LP, EVH, or other humbucker guitar I urge you to try this. I used the middle position for pickups and volume and tone all the way up (as usual)

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