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Wed 04 Apr 2007Rock memorabilia on display ahead of charity auction for New OrleansThe Edge calls it his New Year's Day guitar. He bought the 1975 Gibson Les Paul in a shop on 49th Street in New York City in 1982 with the intention of recreating the punk sound generated by Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.By his own admission he failed at that, but the yellow guitar with its two distinctive dents has featured on every U2 album and has been played at countless concerts.