Chris Wolstenholme

Chris Wolstenholme was seen playing this bass with a plectrum for live performances of Knights of Cydonia and Map of the Problematique. In this video, he can be seen playing live for Knights of Cydonia.

Chris Wolstenholme launched this Signature model in 2012. It is similar to the Status S-2 Classic, but differs in a few points defined by Chris's preference. As of 2014, he owns 3 of these basses with blue, white and red LEDs mounted on the fretboard.

Muse in concert, Chris Wolstenholme Play "Madness" with Kitara Doubleneck Bass

Chris Wolstenholme used the Pedulla Rapture Bass during live performances from 1999 to 2007, and it was prominently featured in the recording of Muse's "Origin of Symmetry." This can be seen in the official music video for "Feeling Good" on the Muse YouTube channel.

This bass was given to Chris as a present for his bithday+wedding by Matthew

Chris Wolstenholme is seen using a Fender Precision in the "Uprising" music video, and has also played various models in live performances, for songs including "Cave", "Resistance", "Undisclosed Desires" and "United States of Eurasia".

Chris has been using this bass since the recording of Absolution (2003), and has been seen live for performing "MK Ultra" and "Sing For Absolution".

At 0:07 in this video, Chris can be seen with an Americna Deluxe Jazz Bass with a candy tangerine finish. He has several other American Deluxe Jazz Basses, including another red one, a black one, a pearlescent one, and even a chrome one, which all used throughout the BHR and Resistance tours.

Chris Wolsenholme was seen using this bass in studio for recording "Unnatural Selection", as well as for a live performance of "Exogenesis Symphony - Part 1(Ouverture)".

Chris' main bass for the Showbiz tours was his collection bass. It has a transparent green finish and gold hardware. He is seen playing it in the thumbnail and throughout the video

In the Simulation Theory film, Chris can be spotted playing the Geddy Lee signature Jazz Bass during the song Through Contagion. The Geddy Lee Signature can be seen in the back of the headstock during the minute 33:42.

Chris uses this bass tuned to DADGA, the extra A string actually being a guitar string. It has been seen live for "Assassin", "Invincible" and "Osaka Jam".

Chris has been seen using this bass live for "Blackout", "Megalomania", "Soldier's Poem" and in this video, he can be seen playing it in "Unintended."

Chris has been seen with 2 of these basses, which were made in the early '80s. used for "Guiding Light", "Resistance", "Popcorn", "Unnatural Selection", and "Uprising," as seen here.

Chris owns 3 of these basses, which are prototypes for his own Signature model. Two of them were used from 2010 to 2012, and the other is still in action since 2011. They are/were used for playing many songs live.

This bass has been used by Chris in the Wembley Stadium show from the Black Holes and Revelations tour, it was his main bass before switching to Status. It's most prominently used in their Wembley Stadium performance on the song Hysteria.

The bass was created in the 90's and features a different body shape to a standard Fender Jazz Bass. Chris has multiple of these basses but his main version features a Candy Tangerine finish with an ebony fretboard and white dot inlays. Chris has the exact same bass with a maple fretboard and black dot inlays. Each of these 90's USA Deluxe Jazz basses originally featured a 'White Pearl' scratchplate but was removed from the basses and sprayed with matte black spray paint by the bands guitarist Matthew Bellamy.

Chris has multiple versions of this bass and can still occasionally be seen playing a black 5-string version with a maple neck for 'Assassin' live as late as 2015.

This bass can be seen in the new Muse cover song, "New kind of kick"

Specified in this October 11, 2012 Twitter reply.

@Hypermused the jazz is my favourite overall bass. I've got a 65, 73 and 77.

Chris used this bass frequently during the Resistance tour.

In this photo, Chris is seen using a Zon Sonus Custom 4. He used it during the Absolution era

Chris used a Dean bass in the studio for Explorers, as seen the the Making of the 2nd Law DVD, and in this photo

This new bass is now being used on the 2019 MUSE European tour. It has micro-LED strips set into both the neck and the body. They can be switched neck only or neck and body together.

The bass is completely finished in the indigo blue satin lacquer.

The 'UPRISING' bass is designed around the first Status that Chris bought some years ago.

Chris Wolstenholme uses the Blue Woven Chrome Status Graphite Wolstenholme Signature bass, as highlighted by Status Graphite, renowned for their handcrafted instruments made in England.

At 35:21 in this video during Micro Cuts, we can see Chris using a Super-Vintage

A bass used for the live version of Something Human by Muse.

Chris Wolstenholme uses a 5-string Status Graphite Signature bass for performances of "Unsustainable" and songs in drop A tuning, including those with an upper fifth string tuned up, such as "Assassin." This information is supported by Status Graphite, known for their hand-made graphite basses.

In this twitter post from Chris Wolstenholme, we can see he uses his own signature 5-string