Kata Basses
Kata 5 green hi gloss
Body:
top: Poplar burl
core: alder with walnut contrast veneers
back: padouk
Neck:
Maple/Ash/Maple/Ash/Maple with Walnut contrast veneers
35 inches scale, Neck through body, Carbon graphite strengthening bars, Double action Trussrod, Pau Ferro (Ironwood) fingerboard with carbon graphite binding, 24 stainless steel frets
Hardware:
Schaller Bassbridge 2000-5 with built in piezo transducers, Ruthenium
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Bartolini XXP25C Quadcoil Soapbar Humbuckers plus piezo transducers in bridge
Zolkow 3 band Active EQ, Three individual buffer preamps for the humbuckers and the piezo bridge. Two active balance: one for the two humbuckers and one for piezo and the humbuckers. Volume compensated Hum/Single mode switching for both humbuckers
Kata 5 matt brown
Body:
top: ash
core: alder
back: walnut
Neck:
Elm\Ash\Padouk\Ash\Elm
34 inches scale bolt on neck, Carbon graphite strengthening bars, Double action Trussrod, Pau Ferro (Ironwood) fingerboard, 22 stainless steel frets
Hardware:
Schaller Bassbridge 2000-5, Schaller M4 tuners
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Custom Sublime Blasius
Zolkow 3 band Active EQ
Kata 7 Neck Through
Body:
top: figured ash
core: maple
back: walnut
Neck:
maple/walnut/padouk/ash/padouk/walnut/maple multilaminate neck through body,
ebony fingerboard with maple/padouk binding, double action truss rod,
24 stainless steel frets
Scale length: 34 inches
Hardware:
Bridge: Custom Blasius bridge
Schaller M4 machine heads
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Delano SBC7-HE
Zolkow 3 band EQ with active balance
Kata 5 BOLT ON
Body:
top: walnut
core: ash
back: alder
Neck:
maple/walnut/padouk/walnut/maple multilaminate neck with carbon fiber reinforcement bars, pau ferro fingerboard, 22 stainless steel frets, double action truss rod
Scale length: 34 inches
Hardware:
Bridge: Schaller Bassbridge 2000-5
Schaller M4 machine heads
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Bartolini 74X45CBJD
Zolkow 3 band EQ with active balance
Kata 4 Headless
Body:
top: flamed maple
core: maple
back: bubinga
Neck:
maple/padouk/walnut/padouk/maple multilaminate neck through body,
ebony fingerboard with padouk/maple binding, 22 stainless steel frets,
double action truss rod, Scale length: 34 inches
Hardware:
ETS tuning bridge
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Custom Sublime humbuckers
Zolkow 3 band EQ
Kata 4 Neck through
Body:
top: zebrano
core: walnut
back: ash
Neck:
maple/walnut/maple multilaminate neck through body,
ebony fingerboard with 24 stainless steel frets, double action truss rod
Scale length: 34 inches
Hardware:
Bridge: Custom Blasius Bridge
Schaller M4 machine heads
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Delano The Hybrid 4
Zolkow 3 band active EQ
Kata 6 neck-through singlecut
Body:
top: maple
core: alder
back: walnut
Neck:
maple/walnut/maple/walnut/maple multilaminate neck through body,
ebony fingerboard, double action truss rod, 24 stainless steel frets
Scale length: 34 inches
Hardware:
Bridge: Blasius Custom bridge
Schaller M4 machine heads
Schaller straplock
Electronics:
Pickup: Delano SBC6-HE
Zolkow 3 band EQ with active balance