Official Zon Club

[TimothyGroovy]

iPhone camera.

That's really nice!!!

detail and better pictures wanted!

 

[bassdaddy5]

Having owned both, imho there isn't enough of a difference (if any!) to worry about. I wondered the same thing when I went looking for my latest Vinny, but after receiving it I couldn't hear any difference.

Thanks for the reassuring words. I'm pissing my pants from excitement waiting for my Vinny to get here.

 

[Zooberwerx]

....I'm pissing my pants from excitement waiting for my Vinny to get here.

The polymerized satin finish and composite neck should be impervious to bodily fluids. Hope you're not at work.

Riis

 

[ehque]

Thanks for the reassuring words. I'm pissing my pants from excitement waiting for my Vinny to get here.

When did you order it? I ordered mine back in Nov or Oct and its only going to get here in May.

 

[bassdaddy5]

When did you order it? I ordered mine back in Nov or Oct and its only going to get here in May.

Ordered mine the first on November. They told me I should get it around the end of April or first of May.

 

[Danny Fox]

it took a year for my hyperbass, but damn was it worth the wait!

 

[ehque]

Ordered mine the first on November. They told me I should get it around the end of April or first of May.

Faster than mine then. I ordered on the 8th of September.

Its due early May. Perhaps because of all the custom parts going into mine (Vinny 6).

 

[Andy Brown]

I may about to be part of the Vinny wait club soon...

VB5
no fancy top
black hardware
26 frets

 

[Papersen]

I may about to be part of the Vinny wait club soon...

VB5
no fancy top
black hardware
26 frets

Wow, sounds very classy.
Please post some pics AJ.

 

[Andy Brown]

Wow, sounds very classy.
Please post some pics AJ.

Well... it will basically look like this:

 

[Thingus995]

Dunno if you guys have seen this, but I really dig the band (in the vein of Mastodon), Nice and heavy, little jazzy... and on a Zon!!

 

[Danny Fox]

looks sweet AJ! have fun!

 

[ialma]

Would you guys help me to identify the model of this Sonus please ?

The owner tells it's a Sonus Special, but I see no bubinga top, unless the specials used to have a solid ash body.
Thanks everyone, I'm waiting for my first Zon which should knock on my door tomorrow morning

 

[Angus]

It's a Sonus standard.

A special has a bubinga top and bridge/mid position pickups.

 

[ialma]

Is the pickups placing on the Sonus Standard page on Zon site
http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/sonus5.html
a custom one maybe ?

 

[Albibass]

That's a Sonus 5 wit non-original bridge.
Not the "Special" model.

 

[Angus]

Is the pickups placing on the Sonus Standard page on Zon site
http://www.zonguitars.com/zonguitars/sonus5.html
a custom one maybe ?

No, just a bad picture correlation. The picture on the website is an actual Sonus Special. Nothing custom at all.

Your bass is a Sonus Standard in the normal, expected configuration (minus aforementioned bridge swap).

The bass shown on the website is a normal Sonus Special.

Neither bass have any custom features or unusual build as shown.

I hope that helps!

 

[ehque]

It's a Sonus Standard.

A Special has a bubinga top and bridge/mid position pickups.

+1. Generally though, since Zon does so much custom work, I'd use the pickup location to identify the general "model" of the bass. It's probably possible to get a Special without the bubinga top.

Standard - Jazz pickups, jazz location (neck+bridge)
Special - Jazz pickups, mid+bridge location
Custom - Soapbars, standard location

At least that's my understanding.

 

[ehque]

I may about to be part of the Vinny wait club soon...

VB5
no fancy top
black hardware
26 frets

Going to look a lot like mine, then?

 

[ialma]

Serial number of the Sonus is 79438

Was this Zon really built in 1979 ??