Editing Adam Clayton (section)

==Musical equipment ==

{{Quote box|width=25em|align=left|quote="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. Deep and fat and satisfying."|source=—Adam Clayton<ref name="mccorm-childhood"/>}}

Clayton's first bass was a walnut brown [[Ibanez Musician Bass|Ibanez Musician]], which he played heavily from the recording of ''Boy'' and well through the ''War'' era. Two years later, at 16, Clayton asked his father Brian to purchase a second-hand Precision for him when Brian travelled to New York, as he felt he needed a better guitar to master the instrument.<ref name=father/> For the rest of his career, he has mainly been known for using various [[Fender Precision Bass|Fender Precision]] and [[Fender Jazz Bass|Jazz]] basses. Clayton's Precision basses have been modified with a Fender Jazz [[Neck (music)|neck]]. In an interview with ''Bass Player'' magazine, he said that he prefers the Jazz bass neck because it is more "lady-like" and is a better fit in his left hand.<ref name="bassplayer-dec00"/>

In 2011, the [[Fender Custom Shop]] produced a limited-edition signature Precision Bass built to Clayton's own specifications in a limited run of 60 pieces, featuring an alder body and a gold sparkle finish. In 2014, Fender announced a signature Adam Clayton Jazz Bass guitar, modelled after a Sherwood Green 1965 Jazz Bass he played during the 2001 [[Elevation Tour]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/fender-introduces-adam-clayton-jazz-bass-guitar|title=Fender Introduces Adam Clayton Jazz Bass Guitar|website=[[Guitar World]]|date=16 October 2014|access-date=22 June 2020}}</ref>  In 2023, Fender unveiled a signature model of bass guitar amplifier designed in collaboration with Clayton, the ACB 50. It is a 50-watt, all-tube combo amplifier that emphasises mid-range distortion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender-adam-clayton-u2-acb-50-bass-amp|title=Fender joins forces with U2's Adam Clayton for its first ever signature bass amp, the ACB 50 combo|website=[[Guitar World]]|first=Jackson|last=Maxwell|date=7 March 2023|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Adam Clayton.jpg|thumb|right|Clayton with Warwick Star Bass in 2010]]
Clayton's basses include:
* [[Fender Precision Bass]]
* [[Fender Jazz Bass]]
* [[Ibanez Musician Bass]]
* [[Warwick (guitar manufacturer)|Warwick]] Adam Clayton Reverso Signature Bass<ref name="Premier Guitar">{{cite web
 | title= Warwick Announces Adam Clayton Reverso Signature Bass
 | date= 12 January 2010
 | newspaper= [[Premier Guitar]]
 | url= http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/8676
 | access-date= 26 November 2013
 | archive-date= 3 June 2016
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160603172935/http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/8676
 | url-status= dead
 }}</ref><ref name="Adam Clayton Signature Bass">
{{cite web
 | title= Adam Clayton Signature Bass
 | publisher= Warwick
 | url= http://www.warwick.de/en/Warwick---Products--Instruments--Made-in-Germany--Signature-Serie--Adam-Clayton-Signature--4-string--Pictures.html
 | access-date= 26 November 2013
}}
</ref> 
* Warwick Streamer Bass<ref name="Warwick">
{{cite web
 | title= Warwick Custom Shop Basses: Streamer CV for Adam Clayton
 | date= 6 August 2013
 | publisher= Warwick
 | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQBsk43RAnk
 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/uQBsk43RAnk| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live| access-date= 26 November 2013
}}{{cbignore}}
</ref>
* Warwick Star Bass II<ref name="Adam Clayton Custom Shop Star Bass">
{{cite web
 | title= Adam Clayton Custom Shop Star Bass
 | publisher= U2: Stage And Studio
 | url= http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/adam/id60.html
 | access-date= 26 November 2013
 | url-status= dead
 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001808/http://www.u2-stage-and-studio.com/adam/id60.html
 | archive-date= 3 December 2013
}}
</ref>
* [[Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson]] Thunderbird Bass
* [[Gibson Les Paul]] Triumph Bass
* [[Gibson Les Paul]] 70s Recording Bass, unknown model
* Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass
* [[Lakland]] Joe Osborn Signature Bass
* [[Lakland]] Darryl Jones Signature Bass (with Chi-Sonic pick-ups)
* Auerswald Custom Bass
* Epiphone Rivoli bass (seen in the "Get On Your Boots" music video)
* Rickenbacker 4001 Bass - used in the early days of U2 circa 1978–79
* Status [[John Entwistle]] Buzzard Bass
* [[Gibson RD]] Bass

For amplification, Clayton started out on [[Ashdown Engineering|Ashdown]] amplifiers, and later switched to [[Aguilar Amplification|Aguilar]] amplifiers.
* Aguilar DB 751 bass amp
* Aguilar DB 410 and 115 cabs