Nate Mendel is the bassist in the band Foo Fighters and formerly of the band Sunny Day Real Estate.
Let's look at some of the gear and equipment that has been seen in the Foo Fighters Nate Mendel's bass rig.
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Bass Guitars
- Fender Nate Mendel Signature Precision Bass (Red with black pickguard. Based on his '71 P-Bass)
- Two Lakland Bob Glaub Signatures
- Two custom Fender Precisions with Leo Quan Badass II bridges (reproductions of Nate’s ’71 P-Bass)
- Gibson Ripper bass (in the pretender video)
- 1971 red Fender Precision bass (his first P-Bass. Neck was only made for 1/2 year in 1971 and was in between jazz/precison neck)
Amps and Cabinets
- Ashdown BTA 400
- Ashdown ABM 900 EVO II
- two Ashdown 8x10 cabinets
Effects and More
- Line 6 Bass PODxt Pro
- Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet pedal
- Boss GEB-7 Bass Equalizer
- Shure UHF wireless
- Boss TU-3 tuner pedal
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus
Strings and Picks
- GHS Bass Boomers (.045–.105)
- .84mm picks
