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Official Zon Club Part 3

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Picked mine up at NAMM, tho I have yet to listen to it, but I won't wait for next season! :)

I should hopefully have my new Zon in a couple weeks. Joe and Mark said it turned out really well (no surprise) so I'm excited. Can't wait to get it. Pics to follow of course. :)
 
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Just restrung it. I don't know what I was thinking. It's pretty awesome.

TJ's come up here for sale on occasion- I remember seeing two 5s and a 6. There aren't that many yet, though, so you are probably more likely to find a Sonus with J's.

The TJ's and a Sonus standard are pretty different sounding, though. What are you after?
 
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Angus said:
Just restrung it. I don't know what I was thinking. It's pretty awesome.

TJ's come up here for sale on occasion- I remember seeing two 5s and a 6. There aren't that many yet, though, so you are probably more likely to find a Sonus with J's.

The TJ's and a Sonus standard are pretty different sounding, though. What are you after?
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That bass sounds very interesting! Do you happen to have a photo of it to share with us?
 
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Angus said:
Just restrung it. I don't know what I was thinking. It's pretty awesome.

TJ's come up here for sale on occasion- I remember seeing two 5s and a 6. There aren't that many yet, though, so you are probably more likely to find a Sonus with J's.

The TJ's and a Sonus standard are pretty different sounding, though. What are you after?
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My preference would be a Sonus with J's and a satin finish. I've had plenty Sonus J's over the years, and they're easy to get a great tone from. I haven't owned one with a satin finish, but I've never been a fan of clear poly. I played a 519 years ago when he first started doing the satin, and it was fantastic. I'd be willing to give a TJ a shot though. I had a Custom once and didn't like the tone all that much. Could have been the PF preamp it had in it. I think the TJ's have a different pickup and preamp than the Customs.
 
#432
Is there any feeling worst (instrumentwise I mean) than waiting six months for an instrument and then discovering it has a perfect ergonomy for your hands/body but the sound is very far from what you've been waiting for ?
 
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ialma said:
Is there any feeling worst (instrumentwise I mean) than waiting six months for an instrument and then discovering it has a perfect ergonomy for your hands/body but the sound is very far from what you've been waiting for ?
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at a clinic i once did with Matt Garrison he was asked what would he sound like if he played an Ibanez instead of a Fodera, his answer, "just like Matt Garrison". Most high end basses have a huge palate of sounds that can be accessed either through electronics or technique.
 
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Mike Dimin said:
at a clinic i once did with Matt Garrison he was asked what would he sound like if he played an Ibanez instead of a Fodera, his answer, "just like Matt Garrison". Most high end basses have a huge palate of sounds that can be accessed either through electronics or technique.
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Yes but a Spector with all-maple body and EMGs is never going to sound like an ash/maple J bass. So sometimes things are just not the right match.
 
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Angus said:
Yes but a Spector with all-maple body and EMGs is never going to sound like an ash/maple J bass. So sometimes things are just not the right match.
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It is not about the bass but rather the player. Each of us has a sound that they are going for. When a bass, any bass, is placed in your hands one will gravitate towards that sound. First and foremost is one's technique, the way they attack the bass, the placement of their plucking and the way the fret the bass. Then the characteristics of the bass come in. As I said, most high end basses have a huge palate of sounds. I can, easily get a Spector to sound like a Jazz. It is in the hands!
 
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Mike Dimin said:
It is not about the bass but rather the player. Each of us has a sound that they are going for. When a bass, any bass, is placed in your hands one will gravitate towards that sound. First and foremost is one's technique, the way they attack the bass, the placement of their plucking and the way the fret the bass. Then the characteristics of the bass come in. As I said, most high end basses have a huge palate of sounds. I can, easily get a Spector to sound like a Jazz. It is in the hands!
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Fundamentally I agree that the sounds is mostly in your hands, but at a certain point a Modulus is not going to sound like a semi-hollow bass with piezos. Let's get real. I've heard Matt on other basses, I've heard Wooten on a jazz bass and Miller on a Fodera. Once they tweak things, it sounds similar, but it is discernibly not the same.

You, for instance, sound totally different on your Zon than on your MTD you had. Totally different.

I agree that the focus and the attention should be spent on the hands and the technique, but it's silly to say that all basses can be made to sound like each other. Similar, sure, but that all of it being in the hands is silly. Sounds good, and we all have to say it (and it's mostly true of course), but it's not everything.

Easily verifiable, too- with the same two hands, I cannot make my TJ6 and TJ5 sound even remotely similar. They sound absolutely nothing alike, and I can't even really EQ them to sound similar except at the extremes of manipulation.
 
#437
This link is from Michael Manring's most recent Newsletter. Cory includes some information about Michael's basses and his collaboration with Joe Zon, I am sure he won't mind me reposting the link here.

FROM NEWSLETTER

I'd also like to say a big thanks to Cory Frye of the Corvallis Gazette-Times for such writing such a nice article in support of the show I'm playing tomorrow night. Please have a look at:

http://www.gazettetimes.com/enterta...cle_f46ce2a2-536a-11e1-ae92-0019bb2963f4.html

Many thanks,
Michael
 
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fretless4string said:
This link is from Michael Manring's most recent Newsletter. Cory includes some information about Michael's basses and his collaboration with Joe Zon, I am sure he won't mind me reposting the link here.

FROM NEWSLETTER

I'd also like to say a big thanks to Cory Frye of the Corvallis Gazette-Times for such writing such a nice article in support of the show I'm playing tomorrow night. Please have a look at:

http://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/the-manthing-the-bass/article_f46ce2a2-536a-11e1-ae92-0019bb2963f4.html

Many thanks,
Michael
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I just finished reading it... A great interview.
 
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