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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 |
- Epiphone Rivoli - natural finish: Get On Your Boots
- Fender Jazz - gold sparkle: Walk On, Beautiful Day
- Fender Jazz (196x) - red: Bad
- Fender Precision - gold sparkle: Vertigo, Where The Streets Have No Name, No
Line On The Horizon (most Europe, some US dates)
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Fender Precision - purple sparkle: Breathe (on SNL), No Line On the Horizon, I'll Go
Crazy [Remix]
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Fender Precision - white with tortoise pkgrd: With Or Without You, Moment
of Surrender, I Still Haven't Found...,
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Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass - gold finish: Mysterious Ways
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Gibson Triumph Recording Bass - white finish: One
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Gibson RD Artist - natural finish: Magnificent
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Warwick Streamer Stage One - Electrical Storm
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Warwick Styker - natural finish: Breathe, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Pride (Zabreb 8/9/09)
* 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 // tobacco finish.
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FENDER
// Precision Bass // 1973 [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]
GIBSON| Bass Guitars
- GIBSON // RD Artist
// 197x // natural finish - Used in the studio. First pictured in Hansa Studios/Achtung Baby sessions. Used live 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]
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 //
(reverse) Stryker Bass (# 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 //
(reverse) Stryker Bass (# 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 //
(reverse) Stryker Bass (# 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 // (reverse) Stryker Bass (# 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 // Streamer Stage I // 200x // dark brown finish with
mirrored pickups [seen during early U2:360 shows] - (More information forthcoming).
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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).
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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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