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2008>2011 era - gear

AMPLIFIERS & CABINETS:

AGUILAR:
- (3) Aguilar db750 [amp heads] (During the recording and early 360 tour.) [Discontinued: March 23,  2009]
- (3) Aguilar db751 [amp heads] (He switched to the 751 head Fall 2009.)

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Aguilar DB 751

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Aguilar DB410

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Aguilar DB 115

BASS GUITARS:

EPIPHONE:
- Epiphone - Rivoli - vintage uncertain - tobacco finish
- Epiphone - Rivoli - vintage uncertain - natural finish [Get On Your Boots during U2:360 tour]

FENDER:
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain - burgundy mist finish: Seen during the (French TV) Grand Journal performance of "Get On Your Boots".
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - gold sparkle finish
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - red finish [Bad during U2:360 tour, Walk On" Denver 2011]
- Fender - Jazz Bass - vintage uncertain  - purple sparkle finish - [I've heard that Fender Custom Shop built this bass for Adam but I've not yet seen evidence of him using it.]
 
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain  - gold sparkle finish
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain  - purple sparkle finish - [Breathe (on SNL), No Line On the Horizon, I'll Go Crazy [Remix]
- Fender - Precision bass - vintage uncertain - amber/gold finish: Seen during the Echo Awards (Germany) performance of "Get On Your Boots".
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain - Either blue or purple...  exact finish uncertain w/white pickguard: Seen in footage on "The Culture Show during an in-studio performance of "No Line On The Horizon".
- Fender - Precision Bass - vintage uncertain - white: Seen in footage during the (French TV) Grand Journal performance of "Breathe".

GIBSON:
 
- GIBSON - Les Paul Recording Signature - 1973 to 1979 (Exact vintage forthcoming) - gold finish: "Mysterious Ways" during U2:360 tour.
- GIBSON - RD Artist bass - 197x-198x - natural finish: "Magnificent" during 2009/2010 and early 2011 U2: 360 tour dates.
- GIBSON - Thunderbird Bass - vintage uncertain - tobacco finish: (Seen in studio pics during NLOTH sessions.)
- GIBSON - Triumph / Les Paul Recording bass - 197x-198x - white finish: Used during "One" during some U2:360 shows)

WARWICK:

- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 1) - 2009 - natural finish // 2-pickups/4 knob
- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 2) - 2009- natural finish // 2-pickups/4 knob (2 black chickenhead knobs)
- WARWICK Reverso (Prototype 3) - 2009- natural finish // 2-pickups/3 knob
- WARWICK Reverso (Production model) - 2009 - natural finish // 1-pickups/2 knob (Qty: 2)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob(Ziricote wood)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1-pickups/2 knob (reversed headstock)
- WARWICK Reverso  - 2011- Candy Apple Red finish // 1-pickups/2 knob
- WARWICK Star Bass II - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 1 Pickup
- WARWICK Star Bass II - 2010 - 3-layered Gold finish // 2 Pickup
- WARWICK - Streamer Stage I- 200x - dark brown: "Electrical Storm"
- WARWICK - Streamer Stage II - 200x - birdseye maple (Heavily customized)
- WARWICK - Streamer $$ - 2009 - gold sparkle [First seen at the 11/05/2009 show at Brandenberg Gates.]

U2: 360 tour - Aguilar Amps and Cabinets
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"So there I was, fifteen years old, with a dark brown Ibanez-copy bass guitar and no amp. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with it. Absolutely none. Not a clue. It just sounded good to me." - Adam Clayton