Dave Evans, mejor conocido como The Edge. Guitarrista de la banda irlandesa U2, en una entrevista que concedió a la revista especializada Guitar World, definió la forma en que creó el sonido denominado “747” que utiliza en las canciones “MOFO” y “Gone” del album POP. Se le bautizó como 747, porque asemeja al despegue de un avión Boeing 747.
Transcribo la parte correspondiente de la entrevista de Guitar World, de Septiembre de 1997.
“GW: How did you get those sounds?
Edge: I actually did a lot of
experimentation, chaining up a lot of different simple pedals and finding a way
where the pedals themselves would start to interact and create almost an
unstable chain of effects. You know, where a single note could take off and set
the whole system into sort of spontaneous and continuous sonic development. It
was like a lot of compression and distortion mixed with a lot of regeneration on
echo machines.
My approach was to experiment a lot with guitars and effects,
and when I’d hit on something wild, just roll the tape improvise within the
sound I’d created. A lot of it comes out of a spirit of experimentation in the
studio and, sometimes, the rehearsal room. A couple of times I found a chain of
effects that was particularly amazing, and I’d take note of what it was and what
the settings were, and at different times I’d try to re-use the same chain.The 747 sound is one of those particular chains where I use a Digitech
Whammy pedal, an old Fuzzface and one of my old echo units. It was really and
extraordinary signal chain–all the effects fed off each other. It’s hard to
explain it, but it’s my thing. I love to just play around with sounds in the
studio, more than experimenting with parts or styles or anything. That’s what I
do.”
Aquí dejo el link de la entrevista completa, para quien busque ahondar más en el tema: http://u2-stage-and-studio.com/edge/id35.html
*Imagen tomada de Terra.com.mx
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