No. 0081987·rock·5 blocks
Where the Streets Have No Name
The defining textural guitar tone of the 1980s. The Edge's approach on Where the Streets Have No Name is built on rhythmic delay: a dotted eighth note delay synchronized to the tempo creates a cascading, shimmering pattern where the delayed notes fill in the gaps between picked notes. The result is a wall of chiming sound that seems much more complex than what is actually being played. The Vox AC30 provides a bright, chimey foundation, and the delay does the rest.
The Joshua TreeSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster / Gibson Explorer
Pickups
HH
Tuning
bridge
Strings
standard
Compressor
Search Rig Exchange for 'AC30'
Dual Delay
Hall Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compressor
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Search Rig Exchange for 'AC30'
← Vox AC30 (Top Boost)
Gain
5.5
Bass
4
Middle
6
Treble
7
Dual Delay
← Korg SDD-3000 + Memory Man
Time
375ms
Feedback
40
Mix
35
Hall Reverb
← Hall reverb
Decay
2.5s
Predelay
40ms
Mix
25
Engineer's note
File 008
The defining textural guitar tone of the 1980s. The Edge's approach on Where the Streets Have No Name is built on rhythmic delay: a dotted eighth note delay synchronized to the tempo creates a cascading, shimmering pattern where the delayed notes fill in the gaps between picked notes. The result is a wall of chiming sound that seems much more complex than what is actually being played. The Vox AC30 provides a bright, chimey foundation, and the delay does the rest.
— The Edge
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