U2’s Adam Clayton felt like a "Rolling Stone" when he got his first proper bass guitar.
The ‘One’ rocker can vividly recall asking his father Brian Clayton to purchase his dream instrument during a business trip to New York City because they were so much cheaper there than in his native Ireland.
He said: "In 1976 I hadn’t mastered the bass but I had identified that I needed a better instrument and my father – a practical man, not affected by music or art – was essential to this plan.
"He flew regularly to New York and second-hand instruments were much cheaper at Manny’s on 48th Street.
"I gave him money and the magic words ‘Fender Precision Bass’ and waited.
"When it arrived, it had a sunburst finish and I felt like a Rolling Stone."
Despite his years of musicianship, 55-year-old Adam still feels the same sense of excitement when he gets a new guitar.
He told new book ‘Sons and Fathers’: "I often have this same feeling when touching a new instrument for the first time.
"I doubt my father has the same recall but I often think of what it was like for him to enter that music shop."
Adam Clayton felt like Rolling Stone
