MXR Joshua Ambient Echo

IT’S AMAZING HOW many players have chased after and adopted the Edge’s signature delay tone.

- Paul Riario

It’s so identifiable that nearly every digital amp or guitar modeler would seem incomplete if there weren’t a preset titled “Streets” in its menu. Yet, from U2’s early recordings to his current rig, the Edge has always had that sound — whether he employed an EHX Memory Man Deluxe pedal or Korg SDD-3000 rack delays, and whether he merged longer and shorter repeats from these legendary delay units. As a result, you could almost say the Edge’s combined wash of delays pretty much revolutionized an “ambient” style of playing that’s mostly been attributed to him.