Acrobat amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

The U2 guitar tone for “Acrobat”, dialed in for a Line 6 POD HD500X with a Epiphone Les Paul Studio LT. Studio version, Achtung Baby (1991) — distorted main rhythm & solo

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Custom into Vox AC30 / Randall RG80 solid-state crunch amp with EHX Big Muff / Boss turbo overdrive and Korg SDD-3000 delay

Gritty, dark industrial crunch with upper-mid bite and tight modulated delay

Amp settings — Line 6 POD HD500X

CHANNELVox AC30 Top Boost model (Class A-30 TB) + 2x12 Silver Bell CabBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	6
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	6
Presence	4
Reverb	2
Master	8

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Screamer (TS9 model block)

Used as front boost to tighten bass and add mid-range saturation

Drive 3 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02Analog Delay with Mod (Memory Man model)

Set delay time to 3/16 dotted 8th note tempo sync for signature Edge bounce

Time 4 · Feedback 3 · Mod Speed 3 · Mod Depth 4 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The HD500X's AC-30 TB model captures Edge's core tone, but needs a slight boost in the mids to replicate the Randall RG80 and Big Muff/overdrive layering used on Achtung Baby. Your Epiphone Les Paul matches Edge's humbucker setup on this track, so keep tone and volume full for maximum punch. Clean intro/outro: roll guitar volume down to 6 and bypass the Screamer drive block.

PRO TIPEdge relies heavily on hard, percussive bridge-side picking with a dimpled Herdim nylon pick to give the grit an aggressive top-end 'scrape' on every downstroke.

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