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Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) artwork

Mysterious Ways guitar tone

U2 · Achtung Baby (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) · 1991 · Rock

Crunch

Main

AmpVox AC30
GuitarFender Stratocaster
PickupBridge single-coil
GAIN5.5
BASS5.5
MID5.5
TREBLE6
PRESENCE5
REVERB1.5

SIGNAL CHAIN

  1. Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95 wah
    The funk filter — slow sweeps, not chops

Achtung-era groove — the wah breathes with the riff.

These are starting points, not gospel. Every amp is a little different, so let your ears do the last 10%.

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