With or Without You amp settings — Orange Crush 20
The U2 guitar tone for “With or Without You”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, The Joshua Tree (1987) — rhythmic 16th-note delay riff and ambient sustain hook
Michael Brook Infinite Guitar / 1970s Fender Telecaster / Stratocaster into Korg SDD-3000 digital delay into 1964 Vox AC30TB
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 4 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 5 |
01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9
Used purely as a bright preamp level boost to mimic the Korg SDD-3000 preamp into the amp
02Boss DD-7 Digital Delay
Set mode to Modulate (or 800ms / dotted-eighth tap) dialed to exactly 410ms (110 BPM); 1-2 repeats
The Orange Crush 20 has a darker, thicker low-mid profile than The Edge's glassy Vox AC30, so bass is rolled back to 4 and treble pushed to 7 to reclaim chime. The TS9 is set with zero drive to act strictly as a transparent, mid-focused clean boost emulating the SDD-3000 preamp stage without clipping the clean channel. Presence and reverb knobs do not exist on the Crush 20 panel and are nulled. Ambient intro/swell section: roll guitar volume down to 7 or use an EBow if available.
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