WillyPete Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) This looks like the same bass maybe ? with the cut pickguard, also looks like a pretty slim neck Edited December 5, 2022 by Reggaebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danweb22 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Apparently his mum bought it for him when he was 14 https://www.talkbass.com/threads/what-is-adam-clayton-playing.1538914/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, danweb22 said: Apparently his mum bought it for him when he was 14 https://www.talkbass.com/threads/what-is-adam-clayton-playing.1538914/ Interesting, when I saw them in 1980 and 81 I'm pretty sure he was playing an Ibanez Musician bass rather than this Fender P. Edited December 6, 2022 by BigRedX 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillyPete Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 Thanks folks. Yes that’s it then. I couldn’t see it on equipboard or anything unless it’s hidden in the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) I don’t know much about him but I like finding out about the basses, there’s a list of some of his instruments on gear.tripod , https://u2-atomic-adam-gear.tripod.com/adam_bass.html Edited December 6, 2022 by Reggaebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 I believe its just a 72 Precision that has a Jazz neck on it. Its not his first bass or basses he owned but certainly from early in his career. The pickguard was either broken or cut deliberately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) On 05/12/2022 at 18:57, danweb22 said: Apparently his mum bought it for him when he was 14 https://www.talkbass.com/threads/what-is-adam-clayton-playing.1538914/ I think the guy in that thread is wrong. As BRX says he used an Ibby and I think he had a Ric as well that he bought but I have never seen him with it. He sold the Ibby to Neil McCormack the writer who he was pals with. He tried to buy it back but NM had butchered it! Edited December 6, 2022 by jezzaboy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Doesn't look like a Fender headstock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 He regularly swaps necks on it - had a 51p neck on it at one point. It is a jazz neck as he says it’s more lady-like (his words) the pickguard was cut and it has one of those metal musician style plates for the controls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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