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[quote name='Wolverinebass' post='713180' date='Jan 14 2010, 10:49 PM']On the other hand, think how bad it might have been if Warwick had got Guy Berryman from Coldplay to endorse a really flashy bass. Now that would just be totally wrong on every level imaginable. To paraphrase someone else's comment, that's not even 8th note plodding, that's quarter note plodding.... [/quote] HAHAHAHA that is bloody funny

I've ordered a Corvette in Ash. I think it looks yummy but no different to the last whever amount of years.

[quote name='wombatboter' post='712260' date='Jan 14 2010, 09:19 AM']I would have preferred a more Precision-like model Can't say a bad thing about Adam Clayton (that tasteful slapsolo on "Gloria", that beautiful riff on "Stories for Boys", that groundshaking tone on "Mysterious Ways" that makes your car-speakers wiggle, that grinding sound on "New year's Day", "Vertigo" and "Sunday bloody Sunday", etc) I wonder how anyone can find these bass-lines boring or uninspired ? He may look a bit unintrested, his bass-playing surely isn't to me In my list he stands next to Mick Karn, Palladino, Levin, McCartney and other great bassplayers[/quote] Good post. I guess it depends where you come from as U2 have had such a long career, people hear about them at different stage. For example, I was talking to a great guitarist who plays in a U2 tribute band and he only got into U2 at the Achtung Baby era which is their 7th album. To me, this is when they started to lose it. The first 5 or 6 album for me are amazing with superb songs like New Years Day, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Stories For Boys, Fire, Electric Co, Wire, Two Hearts Beat As One, Bullet The Blue Sky, Gloria etc etc. Great bass playing and definately not boring.

[quote name='jezzaboy' post='708804' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:44 PM']Linus This will sound a bit anal retentive but what the heck! The book u2 by u2, page 102, to quote Bono "He could play really complicated things easily and then be unable to clap in time, and you`d just be left scratching your head" The other quote about being "able to play out of time in time" is also from the same book but I can`t find it. I`m not that anally retentive! I actually like the band and I think his bass playing fits the songs perfectly, as it should considering they write the stuff. Jez [/quote] HAHAHA thats quite funny. I have that book and I pass it everyday yet its the one U2 book I have not read. I hate books and reading and really can't get motivated to read it. That will teach me now

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='708767' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:12 PM']No frills players seem to get derided a lot.I honestly have no opinion on the guy,i've never cared for U2,but he ca'nt be that bad a player.Any company would be stupid to endorse,or build a signature model for someone that was incompetent,no matter how famous they are.How long have they been going ?Still the original line up i take it ?[/quote] Yep, pretty much the original line up apart from the first year when The Edge's brother left the band. Been going for about 34 years which is pretty good going

[quote name='bassmanady' post='708662' date='Jan 11 2010, 11:28 AM']You must possibly be refering to Chris..who now owns Intune Music in Camberley,i played in a band with him for a couple of years,really good musician..he played Keys and guitar then,but now plays bass. I will tell him next time i'm there LOL[/quote] Anyone remember the music shop that used to be along the A30 in Camberley up by the old cinema. It got burnt down under suspicious circumstances. I think one of the guys who worked there/part owned it, an older bald guy went and opened Intune Music in Little Sandburst.

[quote name='P-T-P' post='708426' date='Jan 11 2010, 01:10 AM']I thought it was hideous when I saw it early last year but it has grown on me. Don't think he'd have a problem playing the Buzzard, he never had an issue playing Lakland DJ basses on the 2005 tour (or indeed the JO and BG prior to that). He also had a Stryker in the studio when they were recording the last album. My guess is Warwick said "can we build you something" and he told them he wanted a cross between the two. As to the critics of his playing... he's an easy target 'cause some of their biggest hits have featured basslines that were eighth note pumping but he's done plenty of nice bass work if you care to dig a little deeper. It may not be spectacular, mind-blowing bass playing but it does show he's more than a one-trick pony... Mysterious Ways Two Hearts Beat as One Stand Up Comedy I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight Wire Last Night on Earth Lemon New Years Day He plays in a band where the guitarist rarely plays traditional chords or arpeggios and the drummer has a fairly busy, often military style and the singer's often off on one. Someone has to keep it together and he does that really well. The comments from other band members about his playing is a long standing story dating back to when they were kids trying to get the band going. Clayton knew all the muso terms and looked like he knew what he was talking about, had a bass, had an amp so it took them forever to figure out the reason they sounded so crap was the fact that he actually couldn't play a note and had no clue. He (or maybe Bono) described his early playing style as "bluff." I think fair enough if you don't like what he or the band does, find it boring, uninspiring, contrived or whatever, but don't say he can't play, 'cause he can. In fact, much of what he does is actually a really good example of the key roles of a bass player - outline the chord progressions, lock in with the drummer to create a groove, support/compliment the melody. Give me the four notes of With or Without You over a heck of a lot of the bass playing that gets lauded on this site any day of the week.[/quote] Bloody well put and much better than I ever could. As for the Warwick, Adam had been watching a bunch of Who documentries and so contacted Warwick and asked them to build him something like Entwistles bass with the same tone. They sent him a Dolphin, a Stryker and a few others to test out. He actually took a few on tour with different pickup configs. Plus one where he could change the various bass freqencies which he wanted to test live to see what he wanted the end product to have. The Streamer is also a 6 string body (bigger) set up as a 4 string. Tons of ifo over at the Warwick forum. Makes quite intersting reading.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='708221' date='Jan 10 2010, 09:31 PM']No,it's ok,i'll send you the fiver if you keep the U2 albums. (just worried it might be Bonio and Hedge)[/quote]

I think Larry Mullen Jnr did not quite expect Adam to play a bass quite like that [url="http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/buzzard.swf"]http://media.u2.com/flash/highlights/buzzard.swf[/url] Takes a while to load.

Great photo of his Streamer,

[quote name='garethox' post='708084' date='Jan 10 2010, 08:07 PM']BANG! Sorry, that was my jaw hitting the deck! Hang on in there.... sure she'll call..... [/quote] HAHAHA she sure is pretty, unlike this Warwick Adam Clayton bass The more I think of it, I just don't get it. Who is going to buy this bass at this price. Adam is not someone who you immediately think of as a bass god. Even if you wanted to play U2 or were in a U2 tribute band, chances are you would buy a sunburst Precision, a bass Adam used through most of his career. It just does not seem to appeal to any market at this price.

[quote name='garethox' post='708063' date='Jan 10 2010, 07:48 PM']Lol at that.... but on another subject - who the hell is that girl you have as your profile pic? [/quote] What girl? This girl?? Her name is Yvonne Strahovski and she is from the TV show, "Chuck". Rumour has it she fancies me but she's playing hard to get I think as she's not called me yet

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='707867' date='Jan 10 2010, 05:06 PM']To confirm what jezzaboy posted earlier he was/is regularly derided by his own band for being incapable of even clapping in time. But hey, as I've said before, he's a multi-millionaire and I still work in an office. Ho hum. What do I know, eh? P[/quote] Not sure that quote has any truth behind it at all. I certainly have never ever seen anything of the sorts quoted anywhere and from the people I know who have worked with him, they say he is one of the most in time reliable bass players around. Yes he plays a lot of eights but I bet you can't play ever single one of those notes dead on time, every time. That something Adam is spot on for doing without any drop in or retakes which is why he is considered a very tight solid bass player. Now, if that quote is about Bono then that makes sense. I have seen quotes like that relating to Bono and even Bono admits he can't play guitar.

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='707697' date='Jan 10 2010, 02:26 PM']You are Adam Clayton,i wish to claim my £5. [/quote] Damn, I've been rumbled. Ok, I'll send the boys round with a fiver and a signed copy of our first 7 albums. The ones after that are not worth having

[quote name='Marvin' post='707677' date='Jan 10 2010, 02:10 PM']Some say he can't play, so that might be a safe bet! But I would never say such a thing, it was just a rumour I heard [/quote] He's actually been playing this bass and the Streamer on the latest 360 world tour along with a lot of promotion shows like The Brits so its certainly being used, along with his Streamer. As for his playing, having worked with one of U2's producers, I can tell you that Adam is a very good player. Maybe not the most technical but he is though of as one of the most solid tight bass players around. He certainly keeps the bottom end holding together.

[quote name='jonno1981' post='707498' date='Jan 10 2010, 11:21 AM']its going to street over 4k........ Be wary of a big price increase coming up from Warwick too.............[/quote] Phew, lucky I just ordered my Corvette. Reading over at the Warwick forum, it seems like Adam has a lot of Warwicks and has been using them as his main bass. Along with a few varients of this model, he also plays 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.

After all the success he has had from playing in a very successful band, when it comes the time to have a signature bass, it turns out to be that thing. Whats even worse is for about 30 years of his carear, he has played Fender or Fender copies (Lakland) and only in the last few years played a Warwick on the odd song. To be honest, I really don't understand why he bothered with it.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='707454' date='Jan 10 2010, 10:51 AM']Possibly Barrie but why Bruce and Rick wouldve gone to all that bother I don't know. If they'd just ASKED I'd have been more than willing to let them have their photo taken with me [/quote]

Hello from Camberley, also not that far from Woking. My old band supported Stiff Little Fingers at The Forum in Kentish Town. Met Bruce and got a photo of him with our roadie who was also a bass player and loved the Jam. It made his day, if not his lifetime

[quote name='whimsy23' post='706691' date='Jan 9 2010, 04:05 PM']I play in a hardcore/metal band (play in drop C) and my Peavey Jazz bass, whilst heavy enough, doesn't quite sound right for me. So that's why I'm getting after an OLP/Stingray because that tone is what I want. I would get a Fender but the cuts aren't deep enough and it doesn't suit my playing style for this music as much. For punk, they're spot on. And I can't stand those twangy stereotypical metal basses 15 year olds play. The Ibanez types and whatnot, they sound disgusting![/quote] Interesting you say the Stingray is perfect for punk. I found the total oppersite and found it too twangy, especially with a pick. I found a Precision with a pick is perfect for punk.

Yep very much. In my old band (guitar punk pop) I would play a Fender Precision with a pick. Nice big fat driving sound. I then played in a folk/indy/pop group and moved to a Jazz with fingers to get a nice smooth clean tone. I did try my Stingray but it seemed too clunky and not smooth enough. I also have a Warwick Corvette on order which I hope will give me a very tight punchy sound with fingers. If I ever went back to playing punky stuff then I would buy a Precision.