Bass of the Week: Datum RM Series
The upper horn on the Datum RM Series bass may look cool, but it’s there for more than looks. The G-shape adds more contact between the body and neck, essentially giving the benefits of a singlecut bass to double cutaway design.
Handmade in Italy, each bass is available with several options, including the number of strings, fretted or fretless, and medium or long scale. The neck-through construction features a 5- or 7-piece neck of maple and padauk with a mahogany or maple body. Top wood options are maple, rosewood, or olive while the fingerboard can be maple, ebony, or rosewood.
The pickups and electronics are Datum Custom. The bass is rounded out with a Hipshot A Style bridge and Gotoh tuners.
Check out this video of Michelangelo Brandimarte playing an RM-5:
Datum RM-Series Photo Gallery:
Datum RM-Series Specs:
- Strings: 4, 5, or 6
- Fretted or Fretless
- Construction: Neck-Through Body
- Scale: 32? or 34?
- Body: Mahogany or Maple
- Top: Maple, Rosewood, or Olive
- Finish: Polyurethane
- Fingerboard: Maple, Ebony, or Rosewood
- Neck: Laminated 5 or 7-piece Maple/Padauk
- Tuners: Gotoh
- Bridge: Hipshot A Style
- Pickups: Custom Datum
- Electronics: Custom Datum
beautiful bass… but I’m thinking there should be 2 “basses of the week”. the “bass of the week” and the “bass of the week that mere mortals that don’t work as CEOs can afford”. sorry if that sounds cynical.
I hear you Craig, and we’ll work on that. Thanks for the feedback!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chPoDVwObi0
@ Dartum Jazz Night with my signature RM Datum Bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VhDivQTV0w&list=PL2wKnlAqjeDQfxTNh6whondct9jW3XQ6l&index=1&feature=plpp_video
any chance you could post some basses that are decent for things like progressive metal and hard soundsing music that are under like idk 700$ or something?
You got it. Always feel free to send us suggestions!
a great bass for any genre (but i’ve seen alot of wise metal bassists use them) is the schecter stiletto studio series. runs $700-800. there was a bstock one on ebay yesterday for $550
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/bass/schecter-guitar-research-stiletto-studio-5-bass
Hola gene! It’s vando!!! Stop out in Cali sometime and bring your bass, let’s do some recording!
Yeah i use a traben and spector basses for my jazz stuff and my metal stuff but im looking for something new and in my budget. Im just looking for something new.
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