Bass of the Week: Stellart Guitars Athena
This week we’re checking out the Stellart Guitars Athena, which is a five-string bass featuring a chambered body and neck-through construction. The gorgeous instrument is centered around a nine-piece neck made from purpleheart, maple, Black Gabon ebony, and padauk. It’s topped with a Ziricote fingerboard inlaid with a mother of pearl fleur de lis at the 12th fret.
The bass’s body is also a laminate of maple, padauk, and purpleheart, while the back is bookmatched Ziricote. On top is bookmatched Cocobolo that looks like you could take a bite out of it. Finally, the headstock veneer continues the exotic wood themes with cocobolo, maple, and padauk. A mother of pearl unicorn is inlaid there, as well.
Other features on the bass include EMG pickups, an EMG BQS preamp, a Babicz bridge, and Sperzel tuners.
Stellart Guitars Athena Bass Specs:
Scale length: | 34″ |
Body wood: | Laminated Maple/Padaouk/Maple/Purple heart/Maple and book matched Ziricote back |
Top Wood: | Book matched Cocobolo |
Neck through wood: | 9 piece laminate, Purple Heart/Maple/Black Gabon Ebony/Maple/Padaouk |
Fretboard Wood: | Highly figured Ziricote with a white mother of pearl 12th fret fleur de lys and side dots inlays |
Frets: | 24 |
Headstock veneer: | Cocobolo with Maple/Padaouk/Maple pinstripes and white mother of pearl unicorn inlay |
Truss rod cover: | inlaid continuous Cocobolo |
Neck reinforcement: | Low profile dual action truss rod with 2 carbon fibre rods |
Fretboard radius: | 14″ |
Neck to body break angle: | 0º |
Headstock break angle: | 12º |
Nut: | Scalloped brass |
Bridge: | Babicz (full contact hardware) 5-string bass black finish |
Machine heads: | Sperzel bass locking black finish |
Neck pickup: | EMG P5 |
Bridge pickup: | EMG J5 |
Electronics: | EMG BQS active EQ system 5 knob system features a balance control (blend) and master volume with separate bass and treble pots along with the concentric mid-control (stacked) and 18 V power supply for extra headroom |
Control knobs: | Ebony with white mother of pearl dots |
Finish: | Eco-friendly oil |
String gauge: | 0.045″ - 0.130″ |