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what is Adam Clayton playing?

Myself and a friend got to sit with Kate Schellenbach in a laundromat while she did laundry after load in interviewing her pretty much the same way. Rock and roll is often just that glamorous.

A million years ago I used to work for a radio station in Boston, I was just a street teamer, driving the van and handing out stickers. I was working out front of a concert at the Paradise, I forget who the main act was, but OK Go was the opener. After their set, Tim Nordwind, their bass player, came out front and asked me where the nearest Pizzeria Uno was so they could grab dinner. I thought that was hilarious because they’re from Chicago, the home of real deep dish pizza, but I guess Uno scratched the itch when they were on the road. We shot the sh*t for a few minutes, he was a very chill guy, very funny.
 
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He took that bass out again for the Joshua Tree 30th anniversary tour, which we saw in Buffalo. We were sitting down low, looking edge-on (ha!) at the side of the stage. I actually like that perspective at a big concert because you get to see a little bit of the backstage/tech operations, which I’m always fascinated by. We could see a little tiny sliver of Edge’s guitar tech’s workstation.
He’s played almost all the finish off that bass! As for the Edge I think I saw a Rig Rundown of his old setup. So many amps under the stage although it seems for the Sphere he switched to UA modeler pedals.
 
He’s played almost all the finish off that bass! As for the Edge I think I saw a Rig Rundown of his old setup. So many amps under the stage although it seems for the Sphere he switched to UA modeler pedals.

Someone said it in the thread about signature basses, Fender should’ve made that a signature AC bass. I don’t typically get excited about signature instruments, but that one I’d have to think about. I like how weird it looks and I like the idea of a J neck on a P body. Best of both.