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Official Zon Club Part 5

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radmin said:
Anyone know the deal with Sonus neck profiles?
I bought a Sonus Special thinking the neck profile would be the same as the Sonus I already have.
It's wider and thicker.

Neck swap isn't possible.
FYI
the Red one is 2007 no truss rod
the Special is 2015 with truss rod

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Weird that the 2007 has no truss, though I think for a number of years they didn't put them in every bass (if I recall him mentioning). My 2006 definitely has one.

I think the trussed neck are slightly deeper, though owning some of each and being very particular about neck profile, it's not a huge difference.

What you may be noticing more is the J- versus P- width neck. Their 4 string necks can be ordered with either width. I prefer the P-width in a 4 but I have one of each and it does feel quite different.

That's my guess, anyway.
 
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bigsnack said:
Looking at the Vinny 5 post in the classifieds, the seller mentions he ordered a year ago. It literally boggles the mind how some folks get their instruments basically on time, and others (myself included) have to wait 3+ years. Sorry to beat the dead horse again, carry on...
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It's clear that Zon has some struggles with production. My wild-ass guess: if an issue comes up during a build, then the bass just sits, and focus goes to getting other builds out on time, or reasonably close. IOW, the attitude could be "better to have 6 customers 3 years late than 18 customers 6 months late" (I'm just making up numbers, obviously).
 
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Fuzzbass said:
It's clear that Zon has some struggles with production. My wild-ass guess: if an issue comes up during a build, then the bass just sits, and focus goes to getting other builds out on time, or reasonably close. IOW, the attitude could be "better to have 6 customers 3 years late than 18 customers 6 months late" (I'm just making up numbers, obviously).
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That makes sense to me. The second there is a brief delay or a part doesn't show up on Monday as expected, it gets shelved and then quickly forgotten as other orders that have everything available take priority.
 
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Angus said:
Weird that the 2007 has no truss, though I think for a number of years they didn't put them in every bass (if I recall him mentioning). My 2006 definitely has one.

I think the trussed neck are slightly deeper, though owning some of each and being very particular about neck profile, it's not a huge difference.

What you may be noticing more is the J- versus P- width neck. Their 4 string necks can be ordered with either width. I prefer the P-width in a 4 but I have one of each and it does feel quite different.

That's my guess, anyway.
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Interesting. I have a July 2006 build and as far as I can tell, no trussrod. Doesn't need one either. The only adjustments that axe has ever needed is B string saddle height if I flip from tapered to traditional strings.
 
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#2,715
kesslari said:
@mrgittleman have you had any further contact or progress updates? I'm really hoping that you get your bass soon, and think about you when I see this thread.
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Was promised delivery in March. Spoke to Joe April 5 and he had "excuses" and quoted 2 more months so will call next week. My wait is only about half as long as @Angus so I consider myself lucky.
 
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mrgittleman said:
Was promised delivery in March. Spoke to Joe April 5 and he had "excuses" and quoted 2 more months so will call next week. My wait is only about half as long as @Angus so I consider myself lucky.
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Big wookie growl. I am sorry you are still getting run around.
 
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Folks, you may have noticed that Zon's trouble with some seriously backlogged orders has led to a sticky thread on this forum.
We're keeping a list there.
If you have a bass on order that is more than 9 months past its promised delivery date please PM me and I'll add you to the list.
 
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