The Edge, is a British-born musician, known best as the guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist for the Irish rock band U2. His distinctive electric guitar timbre and percussive style of playing, along with his innovative use of digital sound processing — delay in particular — have helped define U2's unique sound.

Let's see what U2's The Edge Guitar Gear rig and Equipment looks like. On this page there is a picture of an article that lists his live gear, and we matched that with some of our own research to put together a nice list for you.

The Edge with U2 on guitar

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Guitars
Gibson Explorer (natural)

Fender Stratocasters (black, sunburst)

Gibson Les Paul Custom

Note: The Edge donated his cream Les Paul Custom to an auction to benefit Music Rising.
Gibson Les Paul Goldtop

Gibson Les Paul Standard (cream)

Gibson SG (blue)

Fender Telecaster (cream)

Fender Jaguar

Rickenbacker 330/12 (fireglo)
Gretsch Country Gentleman  (white)

Gretsch White Falcon

Line 6 Variax 700

Epiphone Casino (sunburst)

Epiphone Sheraton

Gibson J-200 "Pete Townsend" acoustic (blonde)

Fernandes Retrorocket
Gibson ES-175

Gibson ES-330
Gibson ES-335TD (sunburst)

Gibson Sonex-180 Deluxe
Gibson Byrdland

Washburn/Taylor Acoustics
Yamaha CP70 (Keyboard)/Piano

Amps and Cabinets
Vox AC30 - his 1964 AC30 has been used to record every single U2 album and has been used for every single concert. He has said in interviews that he owns over thirty AC30's.

Fender Deluxe Tweed

Fender Blues Jr

Roland JC120

Effects Pedals and Rack
Digitech WH-1 Whammy Pedal

Dunlop Crybaby Wah pedal

Boss TU-2 Tuner

Skrydstrup SC-1 (foot controller which controls the gear in rack, and the pedals as well.)
Lexicon PCM

T.C. Electronic 2290 Dynamic Delay
Line6 Pod Pro

Korg SDD3000 delays
AMS S-DMX
Korg A3 Multi-Effects
Line 6 CUSTOM Distortion Pro (DM4)

Rocktron DVC dynamic volume controller
BOSS CS-2 compression sustainer

BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay

BOSS FA-1
BOSS GE-7 Equalizer

BOSS PW-2 Power Driver
Electro Harmonix Big Muff

Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-9

Lovetone Doppelganger phaser/vibrato
Lovetone Meatball envelope filter
Eventide Ultra Harmonizer

Strings and picks
Ernie Ball, D'Addario and Fender strings for electric (.010-.046, .011-.049 and .011-.052)

S.I.T. for acoustic guitars

Herdim guitar picks

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