Good to see people appreciating the Edge's understated but exciting guitar playing. Much as I am a Hendrix/Page fan, I've always loved the way that the Edge crafts amazing soundscapes over the solid bass and drums of U2.

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. I am also mostly fan of the blues-based guitarplayers, but I really like The Edge, since he really invented his own original style, and that is what very few people can do.

Extremely simple his style and approaching. However The Edge is deeply sonic and original, it's impossible denying it.

That key change from 3.41 on is sublime. Thanks for sharing

Yes I got into this U2 when I was a GI in Germany it really went with a vibe the girls the beer thank you for this it gave me the chills Goosebumps

Great job---gorgeous Strat!

Hi, HappyStrat! Great cover of a great song! 33 years after we yet admire the Edge's genius and effectiveness... So is your cover: brief and effective.

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words! And yes, The Edge is an absolutely original guitar player, truly one of a kind.

Thank you! perfect!thank you very much!and don't stop sharing videos!

@HappyStrat24

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

Thanks a lot! There are better covers than mine here on youtube, but I do my best. Thanks a lot for your kind words, I appreciate it!

perfect!thank you very much!and don't stop sharing videos!

SICK man!

AMAZING i can't get over how talented you are, you are indeed a special guitarists.

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words, I appreciate it! :-)

Also, this might be the most beautiful Strat I've ever seen.

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+my1after909 Thank you :-) I really love it, after almost 6 years it still gets me whenever I look at it :-)

Superb!!! You nailed it!!!

@HappyStrat24

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing. I lovin' it from Spain

Hi, thanks a lot for this big big compliment, I really appreciate it. I will do some new U2 covers quite soon and I will try not to disappoint you :-)

Awesome thanks!

This is also awesome, HappyStrat24. Again, so clean and so precise :)

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+Istemihan Varisli Thank you very much :-)

Awesome!

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great job here!

Very nice sound! Thanks

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

BRILLIANT!!!

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+my1after909 Thanks!

Thanks! And yes, Marcus does great covers.

Captivating. I've watched your U2 covers multiple times a day since I came across them a few days ago. Thanks for sharing. So awesome.

Cool guitar 🎸 and great cover 👏

Thank you!

Very good, fantastic! Hello from Italy 😉👍🏻

Superb thank you

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

well done HappyStrat24.... i like it.

Hey, really good cover. Easy to follow, thanks a lot!

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+Alyn Bailey Thank you!

Good job man

Hey man, only a Fender guitar and talent can do that!!!! You did just both!!!

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

Floyd Helms Thank you very much!

I think that’s about as good as it gets I couldn’t see how anyone do it any better

sweet

Perfect *-*

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

really good!

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

wow nice!!

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

the best guitar

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yea, she's great indeed :-)

magic !!!!!

@HappyStrat24

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Happy NY

If I remember correctly, this one is in standard tuning, which is 1/2 step higher than the original. The original U2 recording is in Eb, but the bacing track in that tuning that I found was way too fast. Then I found this one, which was in correct speed, but 1/2 step higher, in standard tuning. I decided to go for this one.

I think this is great

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+Helen Howard Thank you!

Yes, that is pretty much correct. Some songs are even played with the guitar tuned the whole step down (Pride on the recent tours if I am not mistaken). New Year's Day is half step down even on the original recording and I don't think it as ever been played in normal tuning. But here it is because of the backing track (I have found out how to change the pitch of the BT since, but I didn't know it when I recorded this song)

This boy can play. Great sound!! Love it. Keep jammin!!

@HappyStrat24

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Nice!!!!!!

@HappyStrat24

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Perfeito

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@HappyStrat24

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! :-)

Hi, I added the RP80 preset in the description area bellow the video

Excelente Cover, Saludos desde Los Ángeles, Chile.

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Luca, thanks a lot. If someone tells me that he/she has learnt something from me, that is the biggest compliment. I appreciate it. As for the RP80, I think it is a great value for the money. Of course, it is a cheap multi-effedct, so the sound is not as if you have a 1000$ amp and pedal effects, but the sound is not bad at all and it is very versatile, you can get any sound you want, or get close at least....to be continued

Hi, I used the bridge pickup with the tone knob in positon 7 fon this one. But it really depends on your guitar amp, effects... Here I used the Digitech RP80 multieffct, which makes the sound sort of muddy, so I used the bridge pickup to make it clearer and brighter. When I play through my Vox amp, I use either the combination of the bridge and middle pickup or just the middle. The Edge plays it on Les Paul with humbuckers...

You do the best U2 covers on all of KZread , show your face edge

you are so cool!!!! Im from japan. I like U2

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Happy New Year From The Land of The Long White Cloud.

Hey guy, I´m just enjoyed it. Your performance is much preety the same as the performance of The Edge. I have no words to explain it. You´re a really guitar playing boy.

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your nice commet!

@giovanabelmont3166

9 жыл бұрын

HappyStrat24 Congratulations from Brazil!!!!

:-) you are absolutely right. I just didn't know Audacity when I did this cover. I learned about this very nice useful software at u2guitartutorials forum later on :-)

Great playing and subtleties are impressive. So much of Edge's playing texture and tone vs technique, its there in your playing as well. Can you share backing track info as well?

Notr bad, impressive

epic man simply epic...the 100 views per day are because of me

@HappyStrat24

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your kind words!

👌

良い！

The edge and the guitar player from bauhaus are very similar and I think they inspired each other’s playing

just one question what disto do u use to get EDGE's sound?? I'll appreciate someone reply me ..t-you bye =)

класс!

... Of course, there are other multieffects too, I can not compare them, but with DigiTech you also get the Whammy effect, that other multieffects don't have. I use it on the Even Better Than The Real Thing intro for instance. Just be sure you get one with the expression pedal (the RP50 doesn't have it for instance), it is usefull. I have better gear now, but I still keep the RP80, it is very good for practicing.

Hi, the thing is that there are so many songs that I would like to learn, that I doubt that I will have time for New Gold Dream in the near future.

👍👍❤🥰

Hi HappyStrat!I'm a your Big Fan!I've learned a lot from you! I was interesting about your Rp80. Can you give me your opinion about it?I was looking for a multi effect pedal not to much expensive. Thx for asking!

Hey, I was wondering if Digitech pedals are good? I'm wondering if you can switch between different effects easily while playing?

where can i find this standard tuning backing track?

Hi, nice playing. Where did you get the backing track tho? Thanks.

What is the amplifier and effects?

Can you play bass guiter? I want to watch that you play bass guiter New years day.

What did you tune your guitar to?

Est ce que l'on peu connaître la marque et des effets et reglages

You pass the RP80 CONFIGURATION In order to do in mine went well TE BROTHER THE TUTORIAL

manda bem wlw

Usually in every U2 song performed live, all the strings are tuned down a half step

i can recomend Audacity software which can change tempo and speed in 3 seconds. I use it to change backingtracks all the time ;)

Even, if there is no guitar...could you please do NEW GOLD DREAM

Hi, I used this one: edgewannabe(dot)net/recarchive/edibt(dot)html If you play along that one, you have your guitar in standard tuning, which is half step higher than the original recording. If I remember correctly, there is a BT at guitarbackingtrack(dot)com, which has the right pitch (half step down), but it is waaaaay too fast.

How do you manage to strum and make the guitar sound as if muting? When I strum everything seems to explode. Do you use a soft plectrum?

@HappyStrat24

6 жыл бұрын

There is a great tutorial where you get a detailed explanation how to play this song so that it all sounds right : u2guitartutorials.com/tutorial/new-years-day.php

Nice guitar sound. What pedal are you using?

Hi Edge ! Great ! What do you use as effect pedals please ?

@HappyStrat24

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-) I list the effect in the description of each cover (under the video). I used the Digitech RP80 multieffect on this one

Hello Friend!.. What Pickup configuration you have in the strat? sorry for my english (^_^u)

Awesome!!! Louder!!! lol

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+charles riggs Thanks!

Hello Happy Strat ! Love your cover, nice job 👍 Could you please link your soundtrack used ? I'm trying to cover it, but impossible to find a link with the tune you used. Thanks ;-)

@HappyStrat24

9 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks! You'll find the backing track here: edgewannabe.net/recarchive/edibt.html

@soundpassenger

9 ай бұрын

@@HappyStrat24 thanks a lot 😀

Нормалёк

The Edge?

@HappyStrat24

7 жыл бұрын

I am listening... :-)

the timing is incorrect, but thank you!

@HappyStrat24

9 жыл бұрын

Well, there is always a lot to improve.

You have done an excellent job with this cover, however I think Marcus's version is closer to the real deal !!

Did you raise the pitch of the song to avoid copyright issues?

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

No, the backing track was tis way already and I didn't now how to shift the pitch back then. I never thought about the fact that it probably helps with the copyright - not really problem with U2 covers, but my Beatles covers got completely blocked because of copyright, which I find really stupid.

@MrCameratape

8 жыл бұрын

I know, right?

Yeah dog tha't a fuken bad ass song there he Simón que si perron eso mero

Great job on this. Love all the monday night QB's below, what a joke.

@HappyStrat24

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! :-)

Perfect cover. I don't like Edge's guitar playing however... de gustibus

It's great, but think it would be better without the crowd

You got your tone knob down 😅

@HappyStrat24

5 жыл бұрын

The tone knob is in the position 7 to cut off the trebble. Why would anyone find that funny?

@dirtstyles

5 жыл бұрын

@@HappyStrat24 it sounds like it needs more treble to add brightness, just saying

@HappyStrat24

5 жыл бұрын

​@@dirtstyles Well, the tone would generally need an improvement. One thing is, that this was recorded with a cheap digital multieffect (Digitech RP80), I didn't use any amp. Of course, the sound is somehow digital. But even with my later covers, that I have been recording with my VOX amp, I always have this feeling that the sound is different than what I hear while playing the song. Well, it is not that easy to make a good recording, but it sure is fun :-)

Needs more treble in the tone. Too dull

@ed4253

5 жыл бұрын

Post a vid on how to adjust

Play it without the backing track, or have it be much lower in the mix. We're here to see/hear you play. We listen to U2 if we want the full song experience.

+ou-

you should really save for a good amp. Your playing is great but the tone isn't that great, it feels the opposite of liveliness. But that's just my opinion. I think you should save for an ac15 or ac30 for that great mid range edge sound and get a good delay pedal with it

@HappyStrat24

8 жыл бұрын

+Flynn Hendry Ha ha, you are absolutely right! This is an old cover, I have actually bought an AC15 a couple of years ago. If you check my newer covers, you will hopefully notice an improvement, at least in the sound :-)

@ReviewMovieWorld1

8 жыл бұрын

HappyStrat24 you are right. Now can we both say that your tone is so bad and mushy in this?