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Zon basses - is everything OK ?

#804
Shipped out of NA recently after some 9 months overdue. Gifted with Active|Passive switch on top of the specs. First unpacked on its long way home.
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RodRy said:
How did your meeting go?
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It went well! It was a bit more than a personal meeting. There's a winery next door to Joe's shop. He booked Michael Manring to play so a bunch of bass- and Zon-adjacent folks turned up for some good wine and excellent bass playing. Afterwards Joe and I went to the shop to finalize details.

I didn't ask for a timeline (I think the black 8-string bridge is probably the longest lead item), but he has emailed me since meeting that he has glued my wood together. At this point I have seen everything for my build in his possession except for the neck and the bridge.
 
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Jefus said:
It went well! It was a bit more than a personal meeting. There's a winery next door to Joe's shop. He booked Michael Manring to play so a bunch of bass- and Zon-adjacent folks turned up for some good wine and excellent bass playing. Afterwards Joe and I went to the shop to finalize details.

I didn't ask for a timeline (I think the black 8-string bridge is probably the longest lead item), but he has emailed me since meeting that he has glued my wood together. At this point I have seen everything for my build in his possession except for the neck and the bridge.
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Curious did you get a tour of the shop while you were there ? If so did you see quite a few bass at various stages of competition.

This recent post makes me want to reach out to Joe again to see where my bass is at. I feel like every time I ask I get put on the bottom of the list!
 
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Otis Supreme said:
Curious did you get a tour of the shop while you were there ? If so did you see quite a few bass at various stages of competition.

This recent post makes me want to reach out to Joe again to see where my bass is at. I feel like every time I ask I get put on the bottom of the list!
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I didn't get a tour necessarily, but I did see a lot going on. There were a lot of bodies in various stages of completion, but some were guitar bodies from the builder he shares a space with, so it would be hard for be to guess how much of what I saw. Plus I came straight from 3 or so hours of wine and Michael Manring, so I was really trying to stay focused on my task :smug:
 
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Jefus said:
It went well! It was a bit more than a personal meeting. There's a winery next door to Joe's shop. He booked Michael Manring to play so a bunch of bass- and Zon-adjacent folks turned up for some good wine and excellent bass playing. Afterwards Joe and I went to the shop to finalize details.

I didn't ask for a timeline (I think the black 8-string bridge is probably the longest lead item), but he has emailed me since meeting that he has glued my wood together. At this point I have seen everything for my build in his possession except for the neck and the bridge.
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I was there as well!
 
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JuanB said:
I was there as well!
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No way! That was a cool hang. I kinda got the vibe that he was using it to politic a little bit. I thought it was pretty cool and humble if him to serve everyone pizza.

I'm not big on the whole selfie thing but I did have my wife get a picture of Michael, Joe, and I, while Michael and I are holding our vintage Zons.
 

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Jefus said:
So how are you getting along with it so far?
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The instrument appears to be too precious to be sent overseas with the regular logistics at the moment thus traveling in a private way without any dates specified. So far happy with the photos. That would be very interesting to compare the sound with the existing one below.
 

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Jefus said:
No way! That was a cool hang. I kinda got the vibe that he was using it to politic a little bit. I thought it was pretty cool and humble if him to serve everyone pizza.

I'm not big on the whole selfie thing but I did have my wife get a picture of Michael, Joe, and I, while Michael and I are holding our vintage Zons.
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I am so jelly now!
I dig Manring's music, and have lusted after a Zon Sonus 8 ever since I first read about it in Bass Player back in 1996!

Enjoy!
 
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