Bass of the Week: RG Custom Basses Pathos
Bassist Sam Battaglino shared some details of his new RG Custom Basses Pathos on a Facebook group called Best Boutique Basses, and it stopped me in my tracks. The left-handed bass features a neck-through design with solid spalted Ambrosia maple body wings that give it a raw, organic, and yet refined aesthetic.
Its five-piece neck brings together spalted Ambrosia maple and walnut with an ebony fingerboard. RG fitted the bass with an EMG DC-X pickup in the neck position and an EMG CS-X in the bridge position. Both pickups feed into an EMG BQC 18-volt preamp. Other features include Gotoh tuners, custom RG knobs, Schaller Strap locks, and a Schaller 3D-4 adjustable bridge.
For more information, check out the RG Custom Basses website.
RG Custom Basses Pathos Specs:
| Construction: | Neck-Through |
| Body: | Solid Spalted Ambrosia Maple Wings |
| Neck: | 5-Piece Spalted Ambrosia and Walnut |
| Fingerboard: | Ebony |
| Pickups: | EMG DC-X and CS-X |
| Electronics: | EMG BQC 18v Preamp |
| Bridge: | Schaller 3D-4 Adjustable Bridge |
| Tuners: | Gotoh |
| Knobs: | Custom RG |
| Strap Locks: | Schaller |
sweet!!! southpaw up!
I’ll take it. Sweet.
This is one nice chunk of wood ,,, I’ll take it .