# The Edge Pedalboard 2018: Full Gear & Pedal List > The 2018 The Edge pedalboard, pedal by pedal: DigiTech WH-1 Whammy and 21 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources. - Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/experience-innocence-rack-2018/ - Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt - Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/ ## At a glance | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Artist | The Edge | | Board | eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE programmable rack | | Date | 2018-06-01 — eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour, June 2018 (month precision) | | Context | Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia | | Scope | Touring-period rig | | Signal path | 22 units · Guitar to amplifier | | Routing | Switchable effects loops | | Unit evidence | Documented | | Order evidence | Reconstructed | | Status | Tech-opened inventory - preset routing | | Audited | 2026-07-18 | | Sources | 2 | The Edge toured eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE in 2018 with 22 devices: an onstage Whammy and a remote wah into a Bradshaw-controlled rack of three Axe-Fx II XLs, a Korg SDD-3000, three separately set Boss SD-1s, a TS9, a JHS Crayon, a B9 organ and more. ## Signal chain **Order evidence — Reconstructed.** No source publishes this sequence; the order is reconstructed. The units are evidenced; their sequence is the archive's inference from the convention below, not an observation. Do not report this order as documented. Reconstruction convention: Tuner → Wah and filter → Compressor → Overdrive, distortion and fuzz → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amplifier. A documented routing zone always overrides it. | # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | DigiTech WH-1 Whammy | Provides foot-controlled octave and harmony shifts from the onstage board. | External board loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ | | 2 | Custom Audio Electronics Remote Wah | Keeps the audio path in the rack while Edge controls the sweep remotely from the stage. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/custom-audio-electronics-remote-wah/ | | 3 | Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL | Three identical units provide redundant and parallel programmable processing for the 2018 show. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fractal-audio-axe-fx-ii-xl/ | | 4 | Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL | Three identical units provide redundant and parallel programmable processing for the 2018 show. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fractal-audio-axe-fx-ii-xl/ | | 5 | Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL | Three identical units provide redundant and parallel programmable processing for the 2018 show. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fractal-audio-axe-fx-ii-xl/ | | 6 | Custom Line 6 DM4 Pro | Supplies repeatable modeled drive and fuzz programs inside the Bradshaw switching rack. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/custom-line-6-dm4-pro/ | | 7 | Line 6 POD Pro | Retains legacy modeled amplifier and effect patches required by specific U2 songs. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/line-6-pod-pro/ | | 8 | Korg SDD-3000 | Delivers the bright preamp lift and rhythmic repeats that remain central to Edge's classic delay sound. | Rack insert | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/korg-sdd-3000/ | | 9 | Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer | Evens picked arpeggios and increases sustain before selected drive and delay programs. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-cs-2-compression-sustainer/ | | 10 | Boss FA-1 FET Amplifier | Adds the clear FET level lift that has appeared in Edge's touring racks across multiple eras. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-fa-1-fet-amplifier/ | | 11 | Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer | Adds a focused mid-forward overdrive voice as a switchable rack pedal. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ts9-tube-screamer/ | | 12 | Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive | Three separate units preserve distinct gain settings that the Bradshaw system can select per song. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-sd-1-super-overdrive/ | | 13 | Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive | Three separate units preserve distinct gain settings that the Bradshaw system can select per song. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-sd-1-super-overdrive/ | | 14 | Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive | Three separate units preserve distinct gain settings that the Bradshaw system can select per song. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-sd-1-super-overdrive/ | | 15 | JHS Crayon | Adds console-style preamp saturation ranging from open boost to ragged drive. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/jhs-crayon/ | | 16 | sobbat DB-2 Drive Breaker | Supplies a distinct Japanese drive voice carried forward from the earlier 360-degree touring rack. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/sobbat-db-2-drive-breaker/ | | 17 | Fender Prototype Distortion | Provides a private drive voice whose exact circuit and settings were not disclosed in the rundown. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fender-prototype-distortion/ | | 18 | Boss OC-3 Super Octave | Adds sub-octave weight and polyphonic octave textures from a switchable rack loop. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/boss-oc-3-super-octave/ | | 19 | Diamond VIB1 Vibrato | Adds true pitch vibrato and chorus-like movement to selected clean and delayed sounds. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/diamond-vib1-vibrato/ | | 20 | Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine | Transforms guitar into layered organ registrations for song-specific arrangement parts. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/electro-harmonix-b9-organ-machine/ | | 21 | DigiTech Synth Wah | Creates envelope-following filter and synthetic vowel textures retained from earlier touring rigs. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-synth-wah/ | | 22 | Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler | Provides one additional programmable effect model per preset without expanding the analog rack. | Switching loop | Documented | Reconstructed | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/line-6-m5-stompbox-modeler/ | ## Reconstruction note Longtime tech Dallas Schoo opens and identifies the 2018 rack for Premier Guitar. His independent 2009 MusicRadar interview corroborates the continuing use of the WH-1, remote wah, Korg SDD delay, custom DM4, POD Pro, FA-1, Synth Wah and Drive Breaker families. The rack is a programmable network rather than a permanent serial chain; the displayed order groups pitch/filter, processors, dynamics, drives and specialty effects without claiming a universal preset route. Three Axe-Fx II XL units and three SD-1 pedals are shown as separate placements. Controllers, expression-only pedals, volume pedals, tuners, power supplies, mixers, splitters and interfaces are omitted. ## Questions ### What pedals did The Edge use in 2018? This dated entry lists 22 units: DigiTech WH-1 Whammy, Custom Audio Electronics Remote Wah, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL, Custom Line 6 DM4 Pro, Line 6 POD Pro, Korg SDD-3000, Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer, Boss FA-1 FET Amplifier, Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive, JHS Crayon, sobbat DB-2 Drive Breaker, Fender Prototype Distortion, Boss OC-3 Super Octave, Diamond VIB1 Vibrato, Electro-Harmonix B9 Organ Machine, DigiTech Synth Wah, Line 6 M5 Stompbox Modeler. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes. ### What order were The Edge's pedals in? The complete order is reconstructed, not observed. The layout follows the cited routing constraints and the archive's signal-chain convention where the sources are silent. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections. ### Is this The Edge's full guitar rig? No. This dated entry covers 22 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear The Edge owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory. ### When and where was this pedalboard used? eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour, June 2018. Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia. This is the rig documented for that touring period, not a career-wide gear list. ### How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard? 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including Premier Guitar, MusicRadar. Among them a rig rundown and an interview. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18. ## Sources 2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once. 1. [Rig Rundown: U2's The Edge](https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/rig-rundown-u2s-the-edge) — Premier Guitar (Primary source · rig-rundown), published 2018-07-18, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `premier-guitar-edge-tech-2018` 2. [Classic U2 interview: The Edge's rig with tech Dallas Schoo](https://www.musicradar.com/news/u2-edge-interview-rig-tour-guitars) — MusicRadar (Primary source · interview), published 2022-04-11, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `musicradar-edge-tech-2009` ## Related pages - Every documented board by The Edge: [The Edge board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/the-edge/) - [Robert Smith — Three-board Boss system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-smith/three-board-boss-system-2019/): shares Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer, Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive - [Robert Fripp — King Crimson surround processing rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/robert-fripp/king-crimson-surround-rig-2019/): shares Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL, DigiTech Whammy - [Billy Gibbons — European tour four-effect loop](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-gibbons/european-tour-rjm-loop-2019/): shares Boss OC-3 Super Octave - [Trey Anastasio — Three-output Bradshaw touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/trey-anastasio/post-sphere-three-output-bradshaw-board-2024/): shares TS9 Tube Screamer, DigiTech Whammy - [Jeff Beck — Final tour career-spanning board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jeff-beck/final-tour-career-spanning-board-2022/): shares Boss OC-3 Super Octave - [John Petrucci — The Astonishing tour switching system](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/john-petrucci/astonishing-tour-loop-system-2016/): shares Fractal Audio Axe-Fx II XL - Previous board in archive order: [Stevie Ray Vaughan — Late-era effects chain](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/stevie-ray-vaughan/late-era-1989/) - Next board in archive order: [Thurston Moore — By the Fire interview pedalboard](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/thurston-moore/by-the-fire-interview-board-2021/)