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2008>2010 era - gear

AMPLIFIERS & CABINETS:

AGUILAR:
- (3) Aguilar db750 [amp heads] (During the recording and early 360 tour.) [Discontinued: March 23,  2009]
- (3) Aguilar db751 [amp heads] (He switched to the 751 head Fall 2009.)

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Aguilar DB 751

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Aguilar DB410

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Aguilar DB 115

BASS GUITARS:

EPIPHONE:
- Epiphone - Rivoli - vintage uncertain - tobacco finish
- Epiphone - Rivoli - vintage uncertain - natural finish [Get On Your Boots during U2:360 tour]

FENDER:
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain - burgundy mist finish: Seen during the (French TV) Grand Journal performance of "Get On Your Boots".
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - gold sparkle finish
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - red finish [Bad during U2:360 tour, Walk On" Denver 2011]
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - purple sparkle finish - [I've heard that Fender Custom Shop built this bass for Adam but I've not yet seen evidence of him using it.]
 
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain  - gold sparkle finish
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain  - purple sparkle finish - [Breathe (on SNL), No Line On the Horizon, I'll Go Crazy [Remix]
- Fender - Precision bass - vintage uncertain - amber/gold finish: Seen during the Echo Awards (Germany) performance of "Get On Your Boots".
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain - Either blue or purple...  exact finish uncertain w/white pickguard: Seen in footage on "The Culture Show during an in-studio performance of "No Line On The Horizon".
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain - white: Seen in footage during the (French TV) Grand Journal performance of "Breathe".

GIBSON:
 
- GIBSON - Les Paul Recording Signature - 1973 to 1979 (Exact vintage forthcoming) - gold finish: "Mysterious Ways" during U2:360 tour.
- GIBSON - RD Artist bass - 197x-198x - natural finish: "Magnificent" during 2009/2010 and early 2011 U2: 360 tour dates.
- GIBSON - Thunderbird Bass - vintage uncertain - tobacco finish: (Seen in studio pics during NLOTH sessions.)
- GIBSON - Triumph / Les Paul Recording bass - 197x-198x - white finish: Used during "One" during some U2:360 shows)

WARWICK:

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- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 1) - 2009 - natural finish // 2-pickups/4 knob
- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 2) - 2009- natural finish // 2-pickups/4 knob (2 black chickenhead knobs)
- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 3) - 2009- natural finish // 2-pickups/3 knob
- WARWICK Reverso (Production model) - 2009 - natural finish // 1-pickups/2 knob (Qty: 2)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob(Ziricote wood)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob (reversed headstock)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2011- Candy Apple Red finish // 1-pickups/2 knob
- WARWICK Star Bass II - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1 Pickup
- WARWICK Star Bass II - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 2 Pickup
- WARWICK - Streamer Stage I- 200x - dark brown: "Electrical Storm"
- WARWICK - Streamer Stage II - 200x - birdseye maple (Heavily customized)
- WARWICK - Streamer $$ - 2009 - gold sparkle [First seen at the 11/05/2009 show at Brandenberg Gates.]

ADAM CLAYTON GEAR | U2: 360 Bass Guitars

ADAM CLAYTON | and WARWICK BASS GUITARS

While Adam has used some bass guitars for the same song each night, he has also varied which bass was used on some songs. In other cases, a bass may have been used on a song earlier in the tour and then traded out for another later in the tour.
 
- EPIPHONE | RIVOLI | natural finish | Use: "Get On Your Boots" during the 2009 dates.
 
- FENDER | JAZZ | candy apple red finish | Use: "Bad" (earlier in the tour)
- FENDER | JAZZ | gold sparkle finish | Use: Walk On, Beautiful Day 2009 dates.
- FENDER | PRECISION | gold sparkle finish | Use: Walk On, Beautiful Day 2009 dates.
- FENDER | PRECISION | lilac purple sparkle finish | Use: Breathe (on SNL), No Line On the Horizon, I'll Go Crazy [Remix]
- FENDER | PRECISION | white w/tortooise pkgrd | Use: With Or Without You, Moment of Surrender, I Still Haven't Found... 2009 tour dates
 
- GIBSON | LES PAUL SIGNATURE | gold finish | Use: "Mysterious Ways"
- GIBSON | RD ARTIST | Natural finish | Use: "Magnificent"
- GIBSON | TRIUMPH RECORDING BASS | white  finish | Use: "One" on some 2009 dates.
 
- WARWICK | STREAMER STAGE ONE | Antique Tobacco finish | Use: "Electrical Storm" (Barcelona)
- WARWICK | STREAMER STAGE TWO | Natural Birdseye Maple finish | Use: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (Amsterdam)
- WARWICK | REVERSO | Natural finish | Use:
- WARWICK | REVERSO | Gold finish | Use:
- WARWICK | REVERSO | Gold finish/Reversed headstock | Use:
- WARWICK | REVERSO | Candy Apple Red finish | Use: Even Better Than The Real Thing, Magnificent 2011 dates
- WARWICK | STAR BASS II | Gold finish | Use: "Get On Your Boots"

ADAM CLAYTON GEAR | U2: 360 Amps

U2: 360 tour - Aguilar Amps and Cabinets
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"So there I was, fifteen years old, with a dark brown Ibanez-copy bass guitar and no amp. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with it. Absolutely none. Not a clue. It just sounded good to me." - Adam Clayton