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Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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Chris P.
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Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 08:07:03 AM »
Someone posted this at the Warwick forum. My Warwick contacts don't know it either, but it is a Stryker/Buzzard headstock and the rest is very Warwick-ish too. At first I didn't like it, but now I'm getting used to it:)
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OldManC
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 08:10:00 AM »
That's an interesting look...
I kind of like it. It's so ugly it went all the way around to almost looking cool again!
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Chris P.
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 08:54:04 AM »
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Bert
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 08:56:00 AM »
Isn't this model called the non-rev Explorer?
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Chris P.
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 09:02:20 AM »
Well, at Warwick a 'normal' Explorer bass, which you could call a 'reverse' model, is called Stryker. So this could be called a non-reverse Stryker. Bu I have never seen a Dean, Gibson, or whatever in such a shape.
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ilan
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 10:46:00 AM »
The explorer shape is irreversible.
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Chris P.
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 11:57:30 AM »
I now see Gibson made one once:
http://images.google.nl/images?hl=nl&ei=_4JbSrCMKZTJ-QbQxPSACQ&resnum=0&q=reverse%20explorer%20guitar&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
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Highlander
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 12:29:00 PM »
Not sure I like at all, definitely not a comfortable player IMO...
Followed Chris' link and wandered off into an ugly "reverse V" site and on to this...
Something "ergonomic" for women called an "ORCHID"... a direct link below...
http://www.ricktoone.com/orchid.html
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Dave W
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 02:35:08 PM »
Pretty girl, hideous bass.
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Freuds_Cat
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 13, 2009, 09:36:05 PM »
Quote from: Bert on July 13, 2009, 08:56:00 AM
Isn't this model called the non-rev Explorer?
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Basvarken
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 14, 2009, 12:25:07 AM »
This looks pretty improbable too
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shadowcastaz
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July 14, 2009, 03:47:14 AM »
...................dont get any ideas guys .......................
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Barklessdog
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 14, 2009, 04:33:37 AM »
This actually looks much better on him- That Warwick looks silly to me.
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Chris P.
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 14, 2009, 07:31:09 AM »
I checked some pictures and for this tour Clayton uses the RD a Rivoli or EB2, this reversed Stryker, a Warwick Streamer and some Fenders and/or Laklands.
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Highlander
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Re: Adam Clayton (U2) with a reversed Stryker/Explorer style bass.
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July 14, 2009, 10:27:57 AM »
all at the same time...?
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