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More new Bass guitars for Adam Clayton:
After review video snippets of U2's November 5th performance at the Brandenburg Gates in Berlin, it seems that Adam has obtain more Warwick bass guitars. 

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During "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Moment of Surrender" Adam was playing a custom finish (gold sparkle) Warwick Streamer $$.
 
This from a rep at 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 GoldFlake finish :-)"

There you have it. And perhaps this will be the Adam Clayton signature bass? Time will tell.  
 
"Moment of Surrender" video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XG81njTbOw
"Moment of Surrender" (rehearsal) video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccUJ0BeIjRM
 
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6CgFBNZBg
"Sunday Bloody Sunday" (rehearsal) video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSPPMTDdGJY
 
During "Beautiful Day", "Magnificent", "One" and "Vertigo" Adam was using a different version of the Warwick Stryker, this one having one set (instead of 2 sets) of split pickups.
 
"Beautiful Day" video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn5iUj7e63c
 
"Magnificent" (rehearsal) video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_WFAiZrT54
 
"One" (rehearsal) video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFlsxMq8uz4
 

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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