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Westone Pantera X790 bass (Pantera Deluxe)

Carved Maple top and back, bayonet mounted Canadian Hard Rock Maple neck with African Ebony fingerboard and graphite nut, Magna Cast bridge. 34 inch scale, 24 frets. 2 Magnabass VII pickups. Active tone controls, different from earlier Westone basses - this bass features the 'Rock Bottom EQ' circuit, with separate pots for bass and treble boost/cut. Single volume control, 3 way pickup selector.

(Info from the 1986 Pantera catalogue)

Available only in black (X790BK), first appeared in the January 1986 US pricelist at $895, rising in August 1986 to  $995, reduced to $899 in the Sept 1987 and Jan 1988 pricelists
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