Edge played black Strats a lot in the War through Joshua Tree days. I was enough of a fan that the only time I ever bought a Strat--this was mid-2000s--I deliberately bought one of the black USA 70s reissues with a maple neck. I loved the big headstock, the bold black letter Fender script as well. Never ended up liking the guitar that much though and eventually sold it. Now when I play guitar, I'm all Jazzmasters, so go figure.FightingPlankton wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:04 pmZombie thread: saw u2 on Saturday Night Live and it reminded me of his signature fenders... because he wasn't playing them.
I mean, the edge has always played gibsons, mostly explorer and LP through AC30's....
so WHY would fender even offer signature gear to him?
If you want to bust on the Edge sig, take a look at Adam Clayton. How many sigs has that guy had? Multiple Fender Ps and Js, plus Warwick stuff. I think he's a really good player, generally has good taste in instruments, and I like him the most when he's pumping out eight notes. But my god, I don't understand why he's gotten so many deals and I don't understand who the market is for the basses either. Maybe it's the classic blues lawyer who's willing to drop $7K on a gold sparkle finish P that'll never leave the house. I dunno. The sig he should have done was a copy of that thrashed sunburst P with the maple Jazz neck. Would have given the relic artisans quite a workout.