Chris Wolstenholme

Can be seen in Chris's rack

Can be seen in this pic to control his effects

In the image titled "Chrisabsolutionpedalboard" on Musewiki, Chris Wolstenholme is shown using the Roland PK5 Dynamic MIDI Pedal.

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “We had the bass cabs in the basement, which meant quite a long cable run, and for this reason we also had the mic pres in the basement, which usually were Neve 1081s, going into an [Teletronix] LA2A or [Empirical Labs] Distressor for compression, and then into insert returns on the desk, where we could apply some final level and EQ while bypassing the line amp on the desk.”

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “The mics on the bass cabs were a Neumann FET 47 with a [Shure] SM57, Beyerdynamic M88 or Electro–Voice RE20 on the clean amp."

This microphone is also the go-to bass amp mic for Muse's live sound engineer, Marc Carolan.

Seen in the latest promo shot for upcoming single, 'Dig Down', Chris can be seen to be holding a bass in an upright style. The head of this bass is pretty contemporary in its style, and so would indicate an electric bass. The visible 'D' followed by some squiggles which are hard to make out, match the design of the Dean Pace upright electric bass.

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.

The black RJM Effect Gizmo can be seen in Chris's rack on this pic of his current rig setup.

Used to play Dig Down (acoustic) during the Simulation Theory World Tour (2019- )

In a Wall Street Journal article titled "You Can't Beat It," Muse bassist Chris Wolstenholme discusses his home studio, where he uses the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor.

In a Wall Street Journal article, Chris Wolstenholme discusses the gear in his home studio, including the Focusrite ISA 828 preamp.

Chris on his Pro Tools rig "I had mainly worked with Pro Tools on my laptop and was relatively inexperienced with the technical side of things, but I got 24/7 technical support [from Studio Creations], which was essential."

Seen in Chris' home studio

Seen in Chris' home studio

Used during the making of Absolution.

Rich Costey on recording Absolution: "I've actually got a fair bit into recording the bass with this mic made by Blue, called the Mouse. Wally Gagel and I used it last year on the Antenna album by Cave In and it was excellent, so I used that on Chris's bass rig"

Chris Wolstenholme uses Apple Logic Pro to control his bass and keyboard setup, as detailed on MuseWiki.

Chris and all of Muse use these as IEMs

Listed on Muse wiki, as an antenna distributor

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

Chris can be seen using this in the studio here

According to Musewiki, Chris Wolstenholme uses the TC Electronic G-Major Guitar Effects Processor for delay effects, notably on the track "Hysteria." This is also mentioned in a rig rundown with Dunlop TV.

Can be seen on Chris's rack

Can be seen in Chris's rack

According to Tomasso Colliva "everything was managed with the Little Labs PCP distro splitter."

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “We had the bass cabs in the basement, which meant quite a long cable run, and for this reason we also had the mic pres in the basement, which usually were Neve 1081s, going into an [Teletronix] LA2A or [Empirical Labs] Distressor for compression, and then into insert returns on the desk, where we could apply some final level and EQ while bypassing the line amp on the desk.”

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “We also took a DI from the bass guitar, which allowed us to re–amp things later on if needed, and a distorted DI, taken post–pedal, and I sometimes had an LA3A or a Distressor on the DI.”

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “The mics on the bass cabs were a Neumann FET 47 with a [Shure] SM57, Beyerdynamic M88 or Electro–Voice RE20 on the clean amp, and the same on the distorted amps, but we also tried the Shure SM57 or Sennheiser 421 on the latter.”

Mix engineer Tommaso Colliva on recording Drones : “The mics on the bass cabs were a Neumann FET 47 with a [Shure] SM57, Beyerdynamic M88 or Electro–Voice RE20 on the clean amp."

Used by Chris during the making of The Resistance.