{"id":611,"date":"2015-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=611"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:55","slug":"bass-of-the-week-rg-custom-basses-pathos","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-rg-custom-basses-pathos","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: RG Custom Basses Pathos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RG-Custom-Basses-Pathos-Body-e1439831874446-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413\" alt=\"RG Custom Basses Pathos Body\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39889 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RG-Custom-Basses-Pathos-Back-e1439831855673-620x438.jpg?resize=620%2C438\" alt=\"RG Custom Basses Pathos Back\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-39888 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rgcustombasses.com\/products\/pathos\/\" target=\"_blank\">RG Custom Basses website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1939,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-611","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}