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Official Zon Club Part 4

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tsar nicholas said:
re : standarrd sonus 5 : I assume we're talking about the wood-necked models : I really believe that if you're going to go Zon, it's best to go carbon. The carbon neck is a *huge* part of what makes Zons what they are, in my opinion. There are a great many options for great wood-necked basses out there; carbon is kind of a different bag.
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#946
I love the gear porn of the Zon group here! I don't see 5/2s too often though... Any other owners? It's by far my favorite electric to record with. Would love to get a (fretted) Custom Special 4 some day though.
 

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#949
Some very nice Zon basses in the classifieds ATM, I wish I could afford one of them....

I have been listening to James LaBrie's "Impermanent Resonance" very much lately, and that bass tone is among the best I've ever heard. The bass used on the album was a Sonus Custom 5 except on one track, where Ray (Riendeau) used his signature Mosaic. Great songwriting, excellent bass playing and just spot on production, mix and master. Incredible album in every way.
 
#950
A shot of my Modulus VJ4 and of one of my
modulus Genesis basses.Liked both of these axes.I can only afford one bass in this price range so when I ordered the Zon my wife was going to cut my hands off but I talked sweet like Jon Belushi in the tunnel when the chick had the machine gun and got away with it.

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#951
golower said:
A shot of my Modulus VJ4 and of one of my
modulus Genesis basses.Liked both of these axes.I can only afford one bass in this price range so when I ordered the Zon my wife was going to cut my hands off but I talked sweet like Jon Belushi in the tunnel when the chick had the machine gun and got away with it.

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Beautiful basses!!
I used a quilt maple/ maple Genesis to record the fretted tracks on Agents of Venus. Loved that bass and played it and a matching fretless Genesis for 7 years. I traded it away for a Zon ;)

I use my Fodera emperor 5 in its place now but I'm looking to replace it w a 519
 
#952
Thanks yes its sad to look at the pictures they were nice instruments but I do love my Zon .I did have a listen to that Agents of Venus again the other day -cool stuff ! just plain cool.
I also listened to Folk in A and many of the songs on that soundcloud bank of songs and found that to be very great music thanks Kesslari I enjoyed that very much !
 
#955
Exotic! I have never played one.The thin necks look very inviting,like they would have the ultimate playability.I like the one on Planetbass website too.Tony at Planetbass is a wonderful person to work with .I ordered that VJ4 thru him and regretted not ordering my Zon from him.
Did you ever discuss the topic we were talking about on the thread about action raising past the twelfth fret on many instruments at the round table meeting?
 
#956
golower said:
Did you ever discuss the topic we were talking about on the thread about action raising past the twelfth fret on many instruments at the round table meeting?
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I missed that one. I presume you mean the "ramping" that occurs as the neck makes the transition to the body? That would be a good topic for the LRT, for sure! :cool:
 
#957
I am not familiar with that term or what it exactly means. Obviously I know what a ramp is and some use the neck as one but I think your referring to something else that Iam unfamilar with? ramping?
 
#958
golower said:
I am not familiar with that term or what it exactly means. Obviously I know what a ramp is and some use the neck as one but I think your referring to something else that Iam unfamilar with? ramping?
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Yes, he's referring to a characteristic of a bolt-on neck joint where frets raise up in the level plane... many builders will compensate for this with a "drop-off" in fret work and/or fingerboard planing to improve playability.
 
#959
From our Will Lee model review in issue #4...

"and shaving a subtle drop-off to the
fingerboard from the 15th fret to the end
of the board (to help compensate for the
slight raise in the fingerboard found on
bolt-on or set-neck instruments)."
 
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