Where the Streets Have No Name
U2
Alternative Rock / Post-PunkPatch Level: 72
Configuration Walkthrough
Follow each step to configure your GEM Box. Navigate manually with Prev / Next.
Expression pedal → delayFeedback
GEM BoX · Guitar Multi-Effects Processor
LED Display
Module Selector
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PATCH LEVEL
“72”Set Module Selector to PATCH LEVEL, then rotate the VALUE knob until the display shows "72" (patch level 72). Range is 00-99.
Claude's Recommendations
- DRIVE: AC Amp at gain 8 simulates the Vox AC30 Top Boost — The Edge's signature amp on this song; keep gain very low for a clean, chiming tone that barely breaks up when you dig in hard.
- DELAY: Mod Delay at 350ms with feedback 5 is the heart of this patch — replicates The Edge's TC Electronics 2290 with modulation; the dotted-eighth pattern at ~104 BPM creates the signature cascading, rhythmic echo that makes the riff sound enormous.
- COMP/WAH: Compressor at depth 5 emulates the MXR DynaComp The Edge used to boost his signal into the AC30, helping the clean notes sustain and the delay repeats bloom evenly.
- EQ: High boosted to 7 (+6dB at 3.2kHz) captures the AC30's famous top boost sparkle; low cut to 4 keeps the delay from getting muddy — critical when running 5 repeats.
- PEDAL: Expression pedal controls delay feedback — rock it forward to swell the repeats for the climactic outro build, pull back for the tighter verse passages.