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Fender Adam Clayton CS Sig P Bass

LuvMusic

LuvMusic

Aug 18, 2007
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Oak Park, IL
#1
Mike Eldred from the Fender CS just posted this in the Fender Forums:

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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.
 
#8
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.
 
#11
Stick_Player said:
Could there be a more lame bass player?
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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.
 
#13
Dark Horse said:
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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+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. :bassist:
 
#17
aus_bass said:
+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. :bassist:
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The stadiums are NOT packed because of the bass player (in this band). If he wasn't there, ticket sales would be the same.

But if he floats your Bassplayer-Boat, so be it. ;)
 
#19
Dark Horse said:
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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Amen brother, well said. There's something to be said for playing exactly what the song needs pretty much every time they write one.
 
#20
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."

Excerpt, name the song:

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D|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

More great stuff.

:D:D:D:D:D
 

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