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[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='423603' date='Mar 2 2009, 08:02 PM']At least I have a reason for disliking bonehead. I had the misfortune of seeing them at Twickenham on their last tour. Misfortune? Yes! Here's why: Paid£ 75.00 for tkt. 1st few songs were ok (I do like some of their stuff,my friend likes'em alot so I went along) Anyway, about half way through the set bonehead puts this stupid rag on his head and rants for an eternity that WE SHOULD DONATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN to various charities. I've never been to a concert where a number to text is dominating the whole stadium. Where is his tax free money secured??? Why weren't the tkts cheaper?? I didn't pay to see a preacher!! I'm sure that many bands donate without the big I AM!! If Lennon can get shot so can bonehead! By the way ,love 'em or not they are good musicians at the end of the day. Not knocking that.. ..just that tosspot of a singer.Or is that the chosen one ?[/quote] See, this is where I have a bit of a problem, 'cause the "rag" on his head bore a graphoc of the word "coexist" with the c represented by a crescent, the x by a star of david and the t by a cross. He put it on during the song "Bullet the Blue Sky" and was making a point about the futility of war. He didn't ask you to donate [b][i]anything[/i][/b] to charity at all. The "rant" lasted about a minute and the number he asked you to text was simply to sign up to the concept of "Make Poverty History." a campaign which is largely funded by his "tax free" money. I've no problem if you don't agree with any of his politics, and maybe it's inclusion made the show less than you would have liked it to be, but you say you didn't pay to see a preacher and in fairness there was a whole 2+ hours of concert surrounding that brief detour. As for the £75 ticket. The majority of the tickets to those UK gigs were priced at £40 and even those £75 tickets were cheaper than every other big tour of that time. A wider question, to everyone who has a problem with the money side of U2 and uses it as a knock against them - why is it not okay for a band to make money?

[quote name='Shambo' post='422680' date='Mar 1 2009, 09:21 PM']You couldn't elaborate that for me could you? I'd honestly love to know.[/quote] I could, but I won't, it's not going to change anything, other than waste a load of my time.

[quote name='Linus27' post='422661' date='Mar 1 2009, 09:02 PM']I really am going to have to bite my tongue here. I would probably say I am the biggest U2 fan on this board so a lot of the comments are bugging me and annoying the crap out of me. I don't mind the comments saying I don't like U2, or Bono etc but saying a band is over-rated or crap really is pretty lame. A band as big as U2 in all honesty can't be classed as over rated. You may not like them but selling 144 million albums worldwide does not make them overated unless your opinion means more than 144 million people. Boy : ~3m October : ~3m War : ~8m UABRS : ~8m Unforgettable Fire : ~8m WAIA : ~2m Joshua Tree : ~25m Rattle & Hum : ~14m Achtung Baby : ~17m Zooropa : ~8m Pop : ~6m Best of 1980-90 : ~16m ATYCLB : ~12m Best of 1990-00 : ~5m HTDAAB : ~9m Total = ~144 million Also, having worked with some of the engineers/producers of U2 albums, I know what a lot of them think and say of the band as musicians. I would bet a large amount of money that a lot of people here would not be able to play Adam's bass lines as well as he. He is considered one of the tightest, spot on in time bass players around. I agree, he is not one of the most technical and he knows it but U2's music does not require that which I must admit, in my opinion is a shame. For the record, I find Adam's bass playing far more intersting within the context of the song than say listening to Victor Wooton or Jaco. To much noodling or fret w***ing and not enough substance. Early U2 songs had some great bass lines but it is a shame that U2 have gone away from this sound. In my opinion, The Edge is relying on far too many effects these days. They are still writing some great songs but I think they are trying to be too clever with the way they are presenting them. I would love to see U2 go back to the War/Unforgetable Fire period but I can't see it ever happening. The last album sold 9 million copies and the one before that 12 million. They are clearly doing somerthing right. As for the new album, well I think its sh*t. Honestly, I think the songs are weak, bland and totally lost of direction. I got the leaked copy some weeks ago and I thought it was a joke. Sadly, it is not. Ok, there are one or two good songs but most of it is very very weak. The general feeing among the U2 news group I am a member of also feel this way. I also agree that the recent live shows on the BBC and French TV etc have be very very poor. Anyway, I just hope some can put it in perspective and see that you may not like U2, or Bono as a frontman or Adam's bass playing and you may hate the songs but the sales show for themselves that they certainly are not overrated. Enough people like them but your just not one of them [/quote] Preaching to the choir in me, though I like the new album loads, my advice, don't bite.

Been a U2 fan for 25+ years and it always amuses me the amount of people who go out of their way to point out how much they hate U2. It says so much more about them than it does about the band.

[quote name='Linus27' post='420406' date='Feb 26 2009, 09:04 PM']Now that I would kill to see and would quite possibly love to own. Anyone know who here has it or got any pictures of this bass??[/quote] Search for "Adam" in the Gear Porn forum on here, there's a couple of threads with pics and sound clips. Can't post a link cause I'm on iPhone at mo.

[quote name='Linus27' post='418535' date='Feb 24 2009, 04:44 PM']Well, Adam's basses are, AUERSWALD-A. Clayton Custom [fretless]-Yellow-[1996/97] AUERSWALD-A. Clayton Custom [fretted]-Yellow-[1996/97] EPIPHONE // Rivoli (hollow-body // 19xx // finish uncertain FENDER - Jazz bass - [196x] candy apple red finish FENDER - Jazz bass - [1961] sunburst finish FENDER - Jazz bass - [1964] Sherwood Green finish FENDER - Jazz bass - [1965] Shoreline Gold finish FENDER - Jazz bass - [1966] sunburst finish FENDER - Jazz bass - [1972] sunburst finish FENDER - Jazz Deluxe Bass - [19xx] - vintage white finish (w. dark tortoiseshell pick guard) FENDER - Precision bass - [19xx] - black finish/white pickguard FENDER - Precision bass - [19xx] - white finish/tortoise pickguard FENDER - Precision bass - [1972 or 1973] - sunburst finish/finish highly faded/Jazz neck FENDER - Precision bass - [1997] - [finish confirmed] GIBSON - Firebird bass - [19xx] - natural finish GIBSON - Firebird bass (non-reverse) - [19xx] - natural finish GIBSON - Les Paul Recording Bass - [197x] - white finish GIBSON - RD bass - [19xx] - natural finish IBANEZ - Musician bass - [19xx] - dark brown finish IBANEZ - Roadstar bass - [19xx] - black finish LAKLAND - Bob Glaub signature model - [Xxxx] - natural finish/black pickguard LAKLAND - Daryl Jones signature model - [2005] - Metallic Gold / custom finish LAKLAND - Daryl Jones signature model - [2005] - Metallic Teal / custom finish LAKLAND - Daryl Jones signature model - [2005] - Natural finish (QTY. 2) LAKLAND - Joe Osborne signature model - [Xxxx] - natural finish LAKLAND - Joe Osborne signature model - [Xxxx] - tobacco sunburst finish RICKENBACKER - 4001 bass - [19xx] - Fireglo finish WASHBURN - acoustic bass - 198x - natural finish ZON - Legacy bass - [pre-1986] - white finish Last night on French TV he ws playing FENDER Jazz bass - [196x] candy apple red finish and FENDER Precision bass - [19xx] - white finish/tortoise pickguard. His main bass for years though was FENDER Precision bass [1972 or 1973] sunburst finish/finish highly faded/Jazz neck.[/quote] Also some vids on u2.com where he's playing basses not in your list. A Buzzard of some kind... looks to be gloss black finish so I'm guessing a Warwick JE sigature one (as opposed to the bolt ons as it had the proper Buzzard headstock) A Warwick Stryker 4... looked to be all black, but maybe very dark brown wood. Looked as though the neck (not fingerboard) might've been maple too A Fender Jazz in Burgundy Mist metallic with matching headstock, possibly a custom '62 re-sissue A Fender P in a very dark teal/indigo blue kinda colour which looked new but with a scratchplate that had holes for pick-up cover. Also, three of his DJ models, although based on the DJ4 are unique in that there's no binding on the necks. Lakland did do a limited run of Skylines with an Adam Clayton set-up... natural, black blocks, unbound. I believe one of our esteemed members here has one, though his was further customized with Chi-Sonic pick-ups. [quote name='ARGH' post='418611' date='Feb 24 2009, 06:07 PM']Its at Myung's request,that the design is minimal.... I actually reckon the MKI is better in design and feel than the MKII..I see a few turn up on the Bay,but only in that odd turquiose blue colour. The Veneer top looks nice,but the pots are cheap,and need replacing (this is from when Ive played them 2nd hand)..the 35" scale is a nice touch,as were the twin P/U's...The MKII looks awful to my eye.[/quote] Isn't JM using a Bongo 6 these days? [quote name='jimijimmi' post='419213' date='Feb 25 2009, 01:07 PM']id love to see the Entwistle Fenderbird....Alembic made some sig basses called Spyders..and i own one of the Warwick Buzzards they made after his death...[/quote] Lakland made a Fenderbird for JE [url="http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/bass/equip-entwistlegear-endorsements.html#lakland"]http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/equipment/ba...ts.html#lakland[/url] though saly it's never seen production.

Shame it's spoiled by having Bartolini's instead of Aero's. Not that there's anything generally wrong with Bartolini's, but the Aero's were what made the DJ IMHO. Beautiful bass otherwise and a bargain at £500.

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Had a very easy deal with Rob for my Gator PSU and he was very understanding about reasons for delay in posting.

PM's seem unaffected

okay, "Fast Reply" works but "Add Reply" doesn't.