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Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt LIMITED EDITION Adam Clayton Precision Bass by Paul Waller (766) C-JUNE

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Yeah that's a custom shop, not a master built, right? BIG difference.


Correct. Fender's Custom Shop has two levels - Teambuilt and Masterbuilt. Teambuilt are more of an assembly line process. One person is responsible for sanding, one frets, one hardware, one electronics, etc. Masterbuilt is when one person builds the entire bass start to finish. Last I checked, the Masterbuilt fee alone was $2,000. That is on top of the base model price plus options.

The easiest way to tell the difference is by looking at the back of the headstock. A teambuilt bass has the standard Custom Shop Logo. A masterbuilt will have the signature of the builder. This may not be true for some of the "authentic" replicas but the sig should be somewhere on the bass.

Paul Waller Masterbuilt bass:

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Custom Shop Adam Clayton Bass:

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How does the perpetrator of some of the most simplistic, unimaginative, and forgettable bass parts ever, manage to have a bass named after him? Are there people out there who see him as a role model?
 
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He's got at least 4 signature basses that I know about. I'm not a fan but he's famous I guess.

Hi,
I have that bass and it has nothing to do with Adam Clayton. I prefer a Jazz bass for the body shape and neck in my hands, but I prefer the sound of a P except, I'm not comfortable with the width of the P neck. That one has a J neck plus, the pickups are amazing. And I agree with BIGEJ2, Tundra is playing with the words to attract more money.
 
How does the perpetrator of some of the most simplistic, unimaginative, and forgettable bass parts ever, manage to have a bass named after him? Are there people out there who see him as a role model?

I see him as a role model. Of course Im familiar with the entire U2 catalog and I suspect you may not be. I assuming you are talking about their more popular songs containing simplistic and unimaginative lines. I would call them lines that serve the song. I don't really care for this bass model though.
 
Hi,
I have that bass and it has nothing to do with Adam Clayton. I prefer a Jazz bass for the body shape and neck in my hands, but I prefer the sound of a P except, I'm not comfortable with the width of the P neck. That one has a J neck plus, the pickups are amazing. And I agree with BIGEJ2, Tundra is playing with the words to attract more money.

I'm not sure what you think I meant because your statement doesn't seem to relate to my post in any way.