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Official Zon Club Part 2

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#524
Can someone post a link to a series or collage or presentation of Zon 2011 NAMM? Those pics of MM are a fantastic start. Having seen him live at least 7 times in 4 years, that view is particularly homey. (grins). What of a NAMM report? List of soundtracks captured? More pics?

I can see the desireability, too, of 19mm spacing, and I appreciate the rage, and I want to try one or three, but i can't get over the 17s either. That's just where I'm at...
 
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ehque said:
Hrmmm I thought transporting and restocking all the basses back to the workshop would take a week at minimmum. Hope he finds his regular work schedule quickly.
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Nah. The NAMM show is only about an 8-hr drive (9 if driving slowly, 6.5 if quickly!) from their shop, so it won't take a week by any means to get back and unload.
 
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fretless4string said:
I was surprised by the number of Legacy basses.
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I was too.

Also, can anyone identify the bass that is hanging on the black wall- 2cnd bass in from the corner - over Michael's left shoulder? It looks like Michael's Sonus Hyperbass. Is it?
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Nope, that's a Todd Johnson 5 lined fretless. I checked it out, and it friggin' plays itself... just like all Zon fretlesses. :)
 
#529
@ Angus, do I have to explain? There were at least two pages in this thread discussing Zon resale value, 19mm spacing was presented as being more popular, but I'm still on the 17mm kick. :-) Here's a quote from Vic.

"Other than that, maybe the fact that the (now more typically popular) 19mm spacing is not as prevalent across models, and folks just tend to shy away from 17mm spacing? Keeping in mind that's also only on 5 string models?" -Vic (page 19 or 21 - fairly recently, anyway).

So to be very plain and simple -- here's a NAMM-related question. What was the percentage of 19s to 17s in the cumulative Zon display? Was anyone counting? Thanks.
 
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Of course you didn't HAVE to explain, but it wasn't clear to me what your sentence meant! 19mm is just an option and of course they'll keep making the 17mm and 16.5mm (6 string) basses they are making now.

And they always bring lots of Legacy basses to the NAMM show.
 
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Mike Dimin said:
Many NAMM basses are presold to both American and International dealers. Often times they bring what has been ordered and ready for delivery
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Yeah, so maybe if nothing else, it's an indication of which of his products are currently "hotter". Thing is, the basses didn't have the "sold" tags on them until later in the show (not hours... days). Not sure if that meant they just took their time getting to it, or, if they weren't presold and actually did sell at the show, but FWIW anyway.
 
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Vic said:
I was too.

Nope, that's a Todd Johnson 5 lined fretless. I checked it out, and it friggin' plays itself... just like all Zon fretlesses. :)
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Maybe it's just the dark body and the photo resolution, but I didn't notice the deeper TJ cutaway, I thought it was a regular Sonus body.
 
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kesslari said:
Maybe it's just the dark body and the photo resolution, but I didn't notice the deeper TJ cutaway, I thought it was a regular Sonus body.
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He said second from the corner, on the black wall, right? That means the lighter colored of those two on that wall, and the bass hanging lower, unless I misread him somehow. If so, yeah, it's a TJ5 lined fretless.
 
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Vic said:
Yeah, so maybe if nothing else, it's an indication of which of his products are currently "hotter". Thing is, the basses didn't have the "sold" tags on them until later in the show (not hours... days). Not sure if that meant they just took their time getting to it, or, if they weren't presold and actually did sell at the show, but FWIW anyway.
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I don't think they generally take presold basses, and they end up selling them on Fri/Sat. Most are for the show specifically. I think that's actually the more common way than what Mike said.

I don't think it's an indication of what's hotter, either, as neither their Legacy basses or 19mm basses are hot really. They just make a good selection of cool stuff while making sure to bring the "new" items.
 
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I didn't ask originally, but always enjoy seeing a TJ :-)
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I misread "black wall" for "back wall" and so was looking at the very dark Sonus on the light wall.
 
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Angus said:
I don't think they generally take presold basses, and they end up selling them on Fri/Sat. Most are for the show specifically. I think that's actually the more common way than what Mike said.
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Do you really think that any high end luthier is going to put a hold on many orders to build specific "NAMM basses" - just does not usually happen. My TJ showed at NAMM.

The drawback is that if your not careful some idiot with a belt buckle will scratch the entire back. You will find certain basses "off limits"

If a bass is not presold, they have a pretty damn good idea where it is going and have been in discussions for each and every one of those basses long before NAMM even started
 
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Mike Dimin said:
Do you really think that any high end luthier is going to put a hold on many orders to build specific "NAMM basses" - just does not usually happen.
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With proper planning, you don't have to hold current production to build NAMM basses, so I don't agree with your premise here.
 
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