U2
The most effects-driven player on this list: delays, modulation and a rack that turns simple parts into cathedrals.
Known for: Where the Streets Have No Name, Pride, With or Without You
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Analog delay for the earlier U2 records.
The rack delay behind the dotted-eighth repeats of 'Where the Streets Have No Name'.
A light drive to push the Vox into breakup.
A stack of AC30s for the chimey, driven top end.
His 1976 Explorer, used on 'Pride (In the Name of Love)'.
What to dial in to chase The Edge's signature sounds — knob positions, pickup choice and amp EQ as documented.
Dotted-eighth repeats doing the work — the drive is only there to push the amp.