Official Zon Club Part 4

[D1G]

That was great, good punchy tone and sharp jacket, sweet!

 

[El Bobo]

Thanks! The jacket helps bring out the tone

That was great, good punchy tone and sharp jacket, sweet!

 

[Mulebagger]

Huge Zon Fan here and an owner of a Hyper bass V, Legacy Elite 8, Legacy elite 5 and a Sonus 5/2. Someone suggested I post this video I recently did with my old band ( reunited for a special cause) on this thread. This song is all with my 5 string Legacy spalted Maple, with some good bass shots. Check it out if you have a sec.

youtube:

Nice work! Great tone too

 

[tsar nicholas]

Huge Zon Fan here and an owner of a Hyper bass V, Legacy Elite 8, Legacy elite 5 and a Sonus 5/2. Someone suggested I post this video I recently did with my old band ( reunited for a special cause) on this thread. This song is all with my 5 string Legacy spalted Maple, with some good bass shots. Check it out if you have a sec.

youtube:

whoa whoa whoa whoa you have a Hyperbass 5? ! ? !


let's see / hear it!

p.s. Love the playing and sound on that video!

 

[El Bobo]

Thanks guys. I am not at my normal computer but here is a couple a picts of my basses (gotta find some picts of the hyperbass as the bass is at my practice space) hope you enjoy. I need to take some better pictures haha

whoa whoa whoa whoa you have a Hyperbass 5? ! ? !


let's see / hear it!

p.s. Love the playing and sound on that video!

 

[El Bobo]

here is a couple of kinda crappy picts of the hyperbass haha

this picture shows the flame in the top much better:

and for good measure a picture of me as mere budding player at the ripe age of 20 playing my Sonus 5/2 which I have to this day and was my first zon.

 

[tsar nicholas]

^ amazing stuff! Does the Hyperbass have detuners?

 

[El Bobo]

no, I asked about the bridge detuner setup ala Manring and it seemed like they would do it for like 12k or something because it would be a complete custom thing for 5. I dont see how they would fit on the headstock either but I gues where there is a will there is a way. If I was doing more solo bass composition and not mostly band environments I would be more serious about considering it. I usually end up using my Warr Guitar and NS EU6 for solo stuff anyway.

^ amazing stuff! Does the Hyperbass have detuners?

 

[Rosebud]

love that sound El.

 

[El Bobo]

Thanks!

love that sound El.

 

[tsar nicholas]

no, I asked about the bridge detuner setup ala Manring and it seemed like they would do it for like 12k or something because it would be a complete custom thing for 5. I dont see how they would fit on the headstock either but I gues where there is a will there is a way. If I was doing more solo bass composition and not mostly band environments I would be more serious about considering it. I usually end up using my Warr Guitar and NS EU6 for solo stuff anyway.

word, it rocks regardless! such a cool axe. Would love to hear any clips. [p.s. 12k=yikes]

I flipping LOVE Warr Guitars. One of my favorite metal guys, Colin Marston, uses one for his experimental stuff. Do you play it touchstyle or plucking?

 

[El Bobo]

The Hyperbass is actually possibly the nicest bass I have ever played. All my friends here are kind of obsessed with it, I have felt bad my last project was almost solely my 8 string so it is good to play it again. It certainly has something special in it, I actually bought it for a heavily discounted price ( I am not sure why....and the guy tried to buy it back haha) on ebay. As for the Warr, it is all touch style. I was obsessed with Tapping and Tony Levin/Trey Gunn from a fairly young age so I bought an antique Chapman stick first and then ordered the warr afew years later. Ill try to find some clips of the Hyper bass for you.

word, it rocks regardless! such a cool axe. Would love to hear any clips. [p.s. 12k=yikes]

I flipping LOVE Warr Guitars. One of my favorite metal guys, Colin Marston, uses one for his experimental stuff. Do you play it touchstyle or plucking?

 

[El Bobo]

I don't have tons recorded with the Hyperbass (as far as actual studio recordings) but here is something with some sliding Harmonics etc. Probably wont be very prominent if listened to on a laptop haha. I also played all of the guitar on this as well.

https://omniseattle.bandcamp.com/track/out-with-a-whimper

 

[tsar nicholas]

^ that stuff is fantastic! That's just the sort of music I'm into right now. Love those textures and chord progressions. So is that Warr guitar or regular guitar in there? I assume the former

the bass playing and timbre is killer. the Hyperbass really does have a distinctive voice. Very clear and human, or something.

 

[El Bobo]

Thanks man for checking it out! It is actually all tapped on a strat I have with a graphite neck haha. This recording is from around 2007 or so. What projects are you up to? I would love to check out any tunes you have.

^ that stuff is fantastic! That's just the sort of music I'm into right now. Love those textures and chord progressions. So is that Warr guitar or regular guitar in there? I assume the former

the bass playing and timbre is killer. the Hyperbass really does have a distinctive voice. Very clear and human, or something.

 

[tsar nicholas]

Thanks man for checking it out! It is actually all tapped on a strat I have with a graphite neck haha. This recording is from around 2007 or so. What projects are you up to? I would love to check out any tunes you have.

^ sweet! Graphite necks = where it's at. I'm dying for an 8-or-9-string Strat with a graphite neck right now.

My stuff is nowhere near your level, but here's some minimal / ambient desert music duo stuff I've been doing lately -- these are just demos, and they sound a little stiff --

https://www.facebook.com/BajaSnake/

here's just some doodles / sketches

https://soundcloud.com/nicholasdibiase


p.s. all basses on these are Zon Sonus fretted [2006] and fretless [2001] 5-strings

 

[El Bobo]

I dig the desert stuff. Makes me want to be in the southwest at night in the middle of nowhere

^ sweet! Graphite necks = where it's at. I'm dying for an 8-or-9-string Strat with a graphite neck right now.

My stuff is nowhere near your level, but here's some minimal / ambient desert music duo stuff I've been doing lately -- these are just demos, and they sound a little stiff --

https://www.facebook.com/BajaSnake/

here's just some doodles / sketches

https://soundcloud.com/nicholasdibiase


p.s. all basses on these are Zon Sonus fretted [2006] and fretless [2001] 5-strings

 

[tsar nicholas]

I dig the desert stuff. Makes me want to be in the southwest at night in the middle of nowhere

^ thanks for listening amigo! Yeah, that is exactly the vibe we're going for.


I'm listening to the rest of "Ghosts" right now, it is flipping incredible. Wicked compositions! Did you write all these? They are definitely bringing the stratus-cloud melancholia up in here! [in a good way, obvi]

 

[El Bobo]

Thanks man.Yeah, I wrote most of the songs although some were collaborative efforts and I was playing with some really great musicians. It feels like forever ago as it was 5 years and I did another pretty different project since. I don't want to derail this thread any more than it already is but if you dig that you possibly might like my most recent band. A lot less rock and more Peter Gabriel meets Brian Eno etc. Link Removed

Anyways I am gonna go crash and let someone else have a say in here haha!

^ thanks for listening amigo! Yeah, that is exactly the vibe we're going for.


I'm listening to the rest of "Ghosts" right now, it is flipping incredible. Wicked compositions! Did you write all these? They are definitely bringing the stratus-cloud melancholia up in here! [in a good way, obvi]

 

[tsar nicholas]

Thanks man.Yeah, I wrote most of the songs although some were collaborative efforts and I was playing with some really great musicians. It feels like forever ago as it was 5 years and I did another pretty different project since. I don't want to derail this thread any more than it already is but if you dig that you possibly might like my most recent band. A lot less rock and more Peter Gabriel meets Brian Eno etc. Link Removed

Anyways I am gonna go crash and let someone else have a say in here haha!

^ good stuff! I like the singing voice especially and the drumming [or is it sampling?] is powerful.