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| Epiphone - Rivoli - 19xx - natural finish |
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| Fender - Precision - Xxxx - custom purple sparkle finish |
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| Gibson - Triumph - 197x - white finish |
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| Warwick - Stryker - Xxxx - natural finish |
ADAM CLAYTON | 360 TOUR | 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"
* A Bit About Adam's Bass Guitars *
* Adam Clayton Visit to Lakland bass guitars 2005 *
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AUERSWALD | Bass Guitars
- AUERSWALD // A. Clayton Custom
- fretted // 199x // yellow // (may be more than
1 in qty)
- AUERSWALD
// A. Clayton Custom - fretlessted // 199x // yellow // (may be more than 1 in qty)
EPIPHONE | Bass Guitars
- EPIPHONE
// Rivoli // 19xx // natural finish
- EPIPHONE // Rivoli // 19xx // tobacco sunburst
FENDER | Bass Guitars
- FENDER
// Jazz Bass // 19xx // white finish w. black pick guard [This bass was auctioned by Julien's Auction's in NY on April 21, 2007 to benefit Music Rising
- www.musicrising.org]
- FENDER
// Jazz Bass // 196x // burgundy mist finish [seen in U2.com studio footage
- 2008]
- FENDER
// Jazz Bass // 1961 // tobacco finish [customised w/1970's Jazz maple neck with block markers]
- FENDER // Jazz Bass // 1964 // Sherwood Green finish [customised w/1970's Jazz maple neck with dot markers]
- FENDER
// Jazz Bass // 1965 // Shoreline Gold finish [customised w/1970's Jazz maple neck with block markers]
- FENDER // Jazz Bass // 1966 // candy apple red finish
- FENDER
// Jazz Bass // 1966 // tobacco finish [customised w/1970's Jazz maple neck with block markers]
- FENDER // Jazz Bass // 1972 // This bass was originally tobacco finished.
It was later stripped to it's natural wood finish and the dark pick guard changed to white pearl. [This bass was auctioned
by Julien's Auction's in NY on May 31, 2008 to benefit Music Rising - www.musicrising.org]
- FENDER
// Precision Bass // 19xx // black finish w/white pickguard // (Seen in picture of Boy and Pre-Boy era)
- FENDER
// Precision Bass // 19xx // dark purple finish // (Seen in video footage from The Culture Show, of Adam playing
this during "No Line On The Horizon".)
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FENDER // Precision Bass // 19xx // gold metallic finish w/red
tortoise pickguard // (Seen in "I Believe In Father Christmas" video and used for "Get On Your Boots" at the 2009
Echo Awards in Germany)
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FENDER // Precision Bass // 19xx // burgundy mist finish // (Seen
in U2.com videos of NLOTH sessions)
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FENDER // Precision Bass // 19xx // gold sparkle finish // (Used
during U2:360 tour)
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FENDER
// Precision Bass // 19xx // purple sparkle finish (Used during U2:360 tour)
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FENDER // Precision
Bass // 1972 // white finish w. tortoise pick guard.
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FENDER
// Precision Bass // 1972/1973 or 1976 [In various articles, I have seen this bass referred to as being a 1972, in
another article as a 1973 and in yet another as a 1976]b "I have a ’73 Precision Bass that I’ve used since
day one. I used to think, This is the old work horse—old faithful. I loved it. I still love it, and I play it all the
time, but I try to branch out and play different instruments. I’m not so attached to any of the others - It was also
referred to as a 1976 in the Jan 1996 The Guitar Magazine feature article]
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FENDER
CUSTOM SHOP // Adam Clayton Limited Edition Precision Bass // 2011 // gold sparkle finish.
GIBSON| Bass Guitars
- GIBSON // RD Artist
// 197x // natural finish - Used in the studio. First pictured in Hansa Studios/Achtung Baby sessions. Adam used it for
'Trying To Throw Your Arms Around The World. It was first used on stage in 2009-2011 during U2:360 tour for Magnificent.
- GIBSON // Thunderbird
// 19xx // tobacco finish - Used in the studio. Used live during "Smile Jamaica show in 1988 for 'When Love Comes To Town'
& 'Angel Of Harlem'.
- GIBSON
// Thunderbird // 19xx // tobacco finish -
Seen in 'The Fly' promo video and "Achtung Baby" promo pictures.
- GIBSON
// Les Paul Signature // 19xx // gold finish
- Used for "Mysterious Ways" during the U2: 360 tour.
- GIBSON
// Triumph Les Paul Recording Bass // 19xx // white finish
- Used in the studio - Seen in Hansa Studios/Achtung Baby sessions photos. Also used for "A Man And A Woman" on (2004) HTDAAB.
Used for "One" during the U2: 360 tour.
IBANEZ
| Bass Guitars
- IBANEZ
// Musician Bass // 198x // brown finish (could be the same as listed below)
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IBANEZ // Musician Bass // 198x // brown finish w/active preamp
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IBANEZ
// Roadstar Bass // 19xx // white
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LAKLAND | Bass Guitars
MUSICMAN | Bass Guitars
RICKENBACKER | Bass Guitars
- RICKENBACKER // [model uncertain]
// 19xx // firglo finish
- RICKENBACKER // [model
uncertain] // 19xx // black finish - 8-string bass. [seen on page 14 of Propaganda Issue 14]
SADOWSKY | Bass Guitars
- SADOWSKY
// Precision-style bass // 199x // finish uncertain // (Adam mentioned this bass in the "Adam
and the Amps" article -- The Guitar Magazine -- January 1996)
WARWICK | Bass Guitars
- WARWICK //
Buzzard Bass // 200x // black finish [seen in U2.com video (link below)] - http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/buzzard.swf
- WARWICK // Adam Clayton Custom Star Bass II // 2010 // Triumph
Gold 3-layered High Polish finish. More info at: http://www.warwick.de/modules/custom_shop/NewsCustomShop.php?newsID=2754&modell=Tennessee&page=0&cl=EN
- WARWICK //
Stryker Bass // 200x // black finish [seen in Guardian/Observer.com video (link below) 2:32 into the video] - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/feb/15/u2-no-line-horizon
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WARWICK //
Reverso (prototype) (# 1) // 200x // natural maple finish. [(2) sets of mirror/split
pickups] - 3-way electronics w/passive mode. both pickups working.
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WARWICK //
Reverso (prototype) (# 2) // 200x // natural maple finish. [(2) sets of mirror/split
pickups] - 3-gold knobs in succession. 1-gold knob near neck. 3-way electronics w/passive treble/bass control.
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WARWICK //
Reverso (prototype) (# 3) // 200x // natural maple finish. [(2) sets of mirror/split
pickups] - Passive electronics, only. Volume knob. (2) chickenhead/peghead knobs for changing capacitors. Stacked trebel/bass
knob. Only the neck pickup is working.
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WARWICK // Reverso (Production Model) (# 4)
// 2009 // natural maple finish. [(1) set of mirror/split pickups] - Completely passive. With volume and stacked treble/bass
knob. [First seen during U2's appearance at the Nov 5th show at Berlin Brandenberg Gates.] (More information forthcoming).
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WARWICK // Reverso (# 5) // 2010 // `Triumph
Gold 3-layered' finish. [(1) set of mirror/split pickups] - Completely passive. With volume and stacked treble/bass knob.
[First seen during U2's appearance during U2: 360 2010 European dates.] (More information forthcoming).
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WARWICK // Reverso (# 6) // 2010
// `Triumph Gold 3-layered' finish. [(1) passive Seymour Duncan P-Pickup Quarter Pound]
- W/Reversed headstock. [First seen during U2's U2: 360 2010 shows in Auckland, NZ. (Nov 24/25, 2010)] (More
information forthcoming). WARWICK //
Streamer Stage I // 200x // Antique Tobacco burst in colored oil finish with mirrored pickups [seen during early
U2:360 shows] - (More information forthcoming).
WARWICK // Custom
Streamer Stage II (heavily customized w/bigger body - 6-string body with 4-string neck) // 200x // birdeye maple[seen
during 2009-07-20 Amsterdam U2:360 show; used for "Sunday Bloody Sunday"] - (More information forthcoming).
WARWICK //
Custom Streamer $$ // 2009 // custom gold sparkle finish w/Seymour Duncan Vintage pickups (Wound personally
by Seymour Duncan!) [First seen during U2's appearance at the Nov 5th show at Berlin Brandenberg Gates.] - (Per Warwick: "It is actually a custom Streamer $$, with maple fb
wood, black block inlays, maple neck, swamp ash body, custom wired Seymour Duncan pickups, full passive electronics, but with
a custom wiring. And a nice special Gold Flake finish).
WASHBURN
| Bass Guitars
- WASHBURN
// [model uncertain] // 19xx // natural finish
ZON | Bass Guitars
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