U2 Amp Settings & Guitar Tone

Where the Streets Have No Name (1987)

Fender Stratocaster (exact year not specified in sources consulted) → 1950s Fender tweed Deluxe combo (recorded as a pair of selected amps; studio approach described by engineer Mark Howard)

A bright, chiming clean tone thickened by a rhythmic dotted-eighth delay that turns single notes into a cascading pattern. The sound is present and “sparkly” without heavy distortion, with the amp just on the edge of breakup so repeats remain warm. The defining character is the tempo-locked delay interplay rather than raw gain.