police squad Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Which Adam Clayton bass would I have to get/ buy/ replicate Quote
Bigwan Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Depends what era of U2, but I'd go with a jazz. His current signature bass looks good, but any jazz with blocks would fit. Or a sparkly P bass with a block/bound jazz neck. He's used so many over the years... 1 Quote
Lozz196 Posted November 27 Posted November 27 I`d go for a Jazz, battered if possible, will get near pretty much everything he`s done and look in character. 1 Quote
police squad Posted November 27 Author Posted November 27 51 minutes ago, Bigwan said: Depends what era of U2, but I'd go with a jazz. His current signature bass looks good, but any jazz with blocks would fit. Or a sparkly P bass with a block/bound jazz neck. He's used so many over the years... They do all eras of the band I dont want to get a signature bass, too expensive but I could repurpose some bits onto an intersting bass Quote
oldslapper Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Well if you took any notice of some opinions towards Mr Clayton on here, anything with one string will cover it. 8 Quote
police squad Posted November 27 Author Posted November 27 Just now, oldslapper said: Well if you took any notice of some opinions towards Mr Clayton on here, anything with one string will cover it. Just how I play. One note at a time 4 Quote
LeftyJ Posted November 27 Posted November 27 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: I`d go for a Jazz, battered if possible, will get near pretty much everything he`s done and look in character. I'd say Jazz too, covers nearly all eras. He played Laklands for a while too, both Joe Osborn and Darryl Jones models - which are both basically Jazz Basses. He even (briefly) had a signature version of the (fairly affordable) Skyline Darryl Jones, which was somewhat confusing namewise. Edited November 27 by LeftyJ Quote
Bigwan Posted November 27 Posted November 27 16 minutes ago, police squad said: They do all eras of the band I dont want to get a signature bass, too expensive but I could repurpose some bits onto an intersting bass Yeah I wouldn't suggest a signature bass for exactly the same reason. Just something similar! Quote
tauzero Posted November 27 Posted November 27 1 hour ago, police squad said: Which Adam Clayton bass would I have to get/ buy/ replicate All of them. 1 1 Quote
Steve Browning Posted November 27 Posted November 27 33 minutes ago, Beedster said: Nailed it. This one. 1 1 Quote
Beedster Posted November 27 Posted November 27 25 minutes ago, police squad said: They do all eras of the band I dont want to get a signature bass, too expensive but I could repurpose some bits onto an intersting bass Do a bitsa version of the one in the photo, easy and cheap to do, it's a PBass so all you need for it to sound decent is a decent PUP and tuners that hold. Most of my bitsas - and FFS I have made a lot of the bloody things - were cheap and pretty decent by comparison with even used prices for equivalent quality instruments 👍 3 Quote
Beedster Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Just now, Beedster said: Do a bitsa version of the one in the photo, easy and cheap to do, it's a PBass so all you need for it to sound decent is a decent PUP and tuners that hold. Most of my bitsas - and FFS I have made a lot of the bloody things - were cheap and pretty decent by comparison with even used prices for equivalent quality instruments 👍 Depending on when the audition is I'll do you one at cost, and it really won't be much, certainly less than a new Squier 👍 1 Quote
ezbass Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Take your pick (no pun intended) https://equipboard.com/pros/adam-clayton?gear=bass-guitars Quote
Hellzero Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Any bass will do the job, come one it's Adam Clayton, not Thundercat. 3 Quote
Geek99 Posted November 27 Posted November 27 Like him or loathe him, he’s the reason that I started playing bass. I admit he’s not Michael man ring but it is “in the pocket, in time” bass which is what most people expect to hear 5 Quote
tauzero Posted November 28 Posted November 28 5 hours ago, Downunderwonder said: Next question. Which haircut? And clothes or not? Quote
police squad Posted November 28 Author Posted November 28 7 hours ago, GuyR said: Your Bravewood p bass would do fine…. sold 3 years ago Quote
warwickhunt Posted November 28 Posted November 28 17 hours ago, Beedster said: It would be this all day long for me. Easy to replicate without costing a fortune... and looks cool (IMHO). 1 Quote
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