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06-01-2011, 08:45 PM
|  | Thunder and Lightning | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Oak Park, IL | | | Fender Adam Clayton CS Sig P Bass
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Mike Eldred from the Fender CS just posted this in the Fender Forums: 
Jazz neck, handwound pupus, looks like the CS is showing us bass players some love! Not sure about the sparkly paint.....I guess it's one of those "you either love it or hate it" things.
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06-01-2011, 09:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Doylestown, Pennsylvania | | | Nice! I dig the finish, matching headstock, and inlays. Awesome bass, I'm sure its pretty damn expensive though |
06-01-2011, 09:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | | Greatest bands in the world? haha.
I dont think many people will line up to pay 6000$ for his bass , i have never been impressed with his work.
Looks neat tho |
06-01-2011, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Four Corners, USA | | | Could there be a more lame bass player? |
06-01-2011, 09:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Stick_Player  Could there be a more lame bass player? | eh maybe pete wentz |
06-01-2011, 09:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Georgetown, IN (Louisville KY) | | | Didn't he just get a sig Warwick bass that is like 10 grand? |
06-01-2011, 09:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bessemer, AL | | | Maybe you can only play quarter notes on it |
06-01-2011, 10:36 PM
|  | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | | Dang, that looks fantastic. Sure, the price is way too high for me. But I like it approximately 1 million times more than his Warwick sig that I could never afford, either.
Let's not have yet another thread about his merits as a player. The jokes are beyond stale.
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06-01-2011, 10:39 PM
|  | tysonmaiko.com | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Canmore, AB, Canada | | | Lame bass player? Tell that to Daniel Lanois who loves his playing! Unless I guees one thinks Lanois is lame too..... |
06-01-2011, 10:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sacramento area | | | Going to see them on June 7. We will see. The Warwick thing is absolutely disgusting so I will be curious to see what he walks out with. |
06-01-2011, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Stick_Player Could there be a more lame bass player? | Why do you think he's a lame player ? Because he doesn't play complicated bass lines ?
He plays exactly what the song needs, and his playing is a huge part of making U2 sound the way they do. With all the effects that Edge uses, Adam and Larry's job is to hold down the bottom end and glue it all together... and it works.
I'm not a huge U2 fan or anything, but to say someone is "lame" because he plays "exactly what is needed" is immature and honestly, pretty ignorant.
If the song NEEDS 3 notes, you shouldn't play 4. Music isn't about showing off - it's about "expression". Just like all paintings don't need to be "complex" to connect with people, all musicians don't need to play "complex parts" to connect.
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06-01-2011, 10:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | He's also played stuff without U2 and has always torn it up in my opinion. YMMV.
I love the gold sparkle finish though. I thought he played Lakland Joe Osbornes though?
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06-01-2011, 10:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Horse
He plays exactly what the song needs, and his playing is a huge part of making U2 sound the way they do. With all the effects that Edge uses, Adam and Larry's job is to hold down the bottom end and glue it all together... and it works.
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He also plays to packed stadiums every night and earns wads of cash from doing what he loves. Give me that kind of "lame" anyday. 
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06-01-2011, 10:59 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lebanon/Kuwait | | | Not into sparkle finishes, but hey more Fender exposure I guess. |
06-01-2011, 11:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dunedin, New Zealand | | Quote:
Originally Posted by aus_bass +1
He also plays to packed stadiums every night and earns wads of cash from doing what he loves. Give me that kind of "lame" anyday. | +1, Big fan of this comment.
Edit, Even if you are and Ausie. |
06-01-2011, 11:40 PM
| | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by GeneralElectric He's also played stuff without U2 and has always torn it up in my opinion. YMMV.
I love the gold sparkle finish though. I thought he played Lakland Joe Osbornes though? | He did--well, usually DJs rather than JOs--till a a year or two ago when he went with Warwick.
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06-01-2011, 11:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Four Corners, USA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by aus_bass +1
He also plays to packed stadiums every night and earns wads of cash from doing what he loves. Give me that kind of "lame" anyday. | The stadiums are NOT packed because of the bass player (in this band). If he wasn't there, ticket sales would be the same.
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06-01-2011, 11:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Phoenix / Kansas City | | | Think Fender did this to get back at Warwick for taking Steve Bailey? |
06-02-2011, 12:04 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Littleton, CO | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Horse Why do you think he's a lame player ? Because he doesn't play complicated bass lines ?
He plays exactly what the song needs, and his playing is a huge part of making U2 sound the way they do. With all the effects that Edge uses, Adam and Larry's job is to hold down the bottom end and glue it all together... and it works.
I'm not a huge U2 fan or anything, but to say someone is "lame" because he plays "exactly what is needed" is immature and honestly, pretty ignorant.
If the song NEEDS 3 notes, you shouldn't play 4. Music isn't about showing off - it's about "expression". Just like all paintings don't need to be "complex" to connect with people, all musicians don't need to play "complex parts" to connect. | Amen brother, well said. There's something to be said for playing exactly what the song needs pretty much every time they write one.
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06-02-2011, 12:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Four Corners, USA | | C'mon... the lines are lame. "There's something to be said for playing exactly what the song needs pretty much every time they write one."
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