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 |
In his time with No Treble, Kevin has met hundreds of amazing bassists and interviewed icons like Jack Casady, Victor Wooten, Les Claypool, Marcus Miller, and more. He's a gigging bassist performing jazz in Northern Virginia and bluegrass with The Plate Scrapers up and down the East Coast. Kevin appreciates all genres of music, from R&B to metal and everything in between. Connect with Kevin on Facebook and check his performance schedule on his website.
sweet!!! southpaw up!
I’ll take it. Sweet.
This is one nice chunk of wood ,,, I’ll take it .