Ross MacDonald

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975.

Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975.

Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

In several bits like 1:01, you can see Ross using a Yellow/Natural Fender Precision Bass with a white pick guard and mounted finger rest.

you can see the tri-a.c. pedal in the bottom left of Ross's pedalboard.

In this photo MacDonald can be seen with a Washburn T-25 Taurus 5-String Bass.

Ross posts this image on his Instagram saying "Ashdown whore.". We can see two 500s stacked on top of each other.

We can see Ross usind a Ampeg Dan Armstrong Lucite Bass Guitar on the music video of ''Give Yourself A Try''

As for the ABIIOR era, Ernie Ball lists in this blog post that "On bass, they use Power Slinky bass strings."

DBX 120A can be seen in his instagram story.

In this Facebook post from The 1975, we can see Ross playing in front of a couple ABM 810 Cabinet. According to this article from Ashdown Music, Ross is mentioned as an avid user of these amps.

In this photo, MacDonald is seen with Boss FV-500H pedal.

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975.

Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

In this photo, which shows MacDonald's rig, Empirical Labs Distressor is seen.

Many thanks to narcist for the info!

in this instagram photo on the 1975s profile, is clear that ross uses a fender cabinet

this photo shows Ross playing keyboards during a concert. The akai mpd226 can be seen clearly.

It is listed that "Ross uses RB50 Roto Bass" on the 1975's artist page on the Rotosound website.

In this Instagram story, Ross posted dual Big Trees from Audio Kitchen.

In this photo, we can see MacDonald's Avalon U5 Preamplifier.

In this photo, which shows MacDonald's rig, the Ashdown BTA-400 is visible.

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975.

Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

"And finally Ross MacDonald of The 1975.

Boss tuner, Morley (volume or wah?), Empress Compressor, Boss OC-2, EHX Bass Micro Synth, Boss ODB-3, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, and a SansAmp Tri-AC."

In this Instagram photo taken by MacDonald, it is visible that he started to use the RJM Mastermind GT 10 controllers.

You can spot the sansamp psa1.1 in the rackmount, over the distressor.

Listed on Ross' official Ashdown artist page.

"After extensive research, I've identified the keyboard concealed under the stand used by Ross MacDonald and Adam Hann as the Novation 61SL MkII 61-Key USB Keyboard Controller. This conclusion is supported by a user-uploaded photo."

Monique 700 can be seen in his instagram story.

Listed on Ross' official Ashdown artist page.

Ross uses the Hofner bass for BFIAFL songs like "Part of the Band", "The 1975", "I Like America & America Likes Me", "All I Need To Hear", "When We Are Together"

Ross MacDonald used the Roland SP-404SX for live performances of "M.O.N.E.Y," "Menswear," and "Fallingforyou" during 2013-14, specifically for the 808 bass sounds. This is evident from The 1975's live performance at Glastonbury 2014, as shown in a video by Content Box on YouTube.

Ross can be seen using the Coronado bass at reading 2023 during the final song "about you"