{"id":802,"date":"2011-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&#038;p=802"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:47:15","slug":"bass-of-the-week-chillbass-pantera","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-chillbass-pantera","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Chillbass Pantera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-main.jpg?resize=620%2C300\" alt=\"Chillbass Pantera Fretless Bass\" title=\"Chillbass Pantera Fretless Bass\" width=\"620\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22080 img-fluid\"><\/p>\n<p>This week we take a look at Chillbass Guitars\u2019 Pantera, a sleek fretless bass that takes its cues from minimalism. The bass has a medium, 32\u2033 scale, which the French bass builder explains lowers the string tension and ultimately aids upper register tones, playability, and adds to a \u201cfat low end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pantera has a swamp ash body, maple neck and ebony or rosewood fingerboard. The bridge is then matched to the fingerboard, also being either ebony or rosewood. For electronics, the bass has a Fishman Matrix piezo pickup installed with volume and tone controls. The tuners are a set of Gotoh GB7\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The Chillbass Pantera is handmade in France and is listed for \u20ac1320 (approx. $1,769 USD). For more info, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chillbass.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chillbass website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Chillbass Pantera Bass Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-body.jpg?fit=449%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-full.jpg?fit=383%2C554&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-full-perspective.jpg?fit=600%2C191&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-Headstock.jpg?fit=448%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.notreble.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Chillbass-Pantera-Bridge-Input-Jack.jpg?fit=448%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-main -->    <\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-sync-nav\">\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item --><\/p>\n<div class=\"carousel-item\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-item -->\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-nav -->  <\/div>\n<p><!-- .carousel-sync-wrap --><\/div>\n<p><!-- .section --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we take a look at Chillbass Guitars\u2019 Pantera, a sleek fretless bass that takes its cues from minimalism. The bass has a medium, 32\u2033 scale, which the French bass builder explains lowers the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2263,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-802","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/802","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\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}