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Mental Octopus

Mental Octopus

May 24, 2003
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#1
can anybody tell me more about the zon legacy standard? mainly neck measurements because i'm looking for something in the j shape neighborhood.

how do these sound? i have a modulus flea bass and a stingray and i've been looking for something that sort of combines the stability of graphite with the growl of wood....and i hear that zon necks do that quite well.
 
#5
DEVILMAN said:
Do yourself a favor, e-mail or call Joe & see if he'll custom build a "Legacy Standard" for you. It might cost a few $$$ but well worth it if you're into graphite...

~S~

PS: Here's mine...
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just some first hand experiance: talking to joe about a custom anything is the smoothest, best process you can go through. hes a really swell dude, and really has no problem feilding questions and helping you get the zon you want.
 
#6
DEVILMAN said:
Do yourself a favor, e-mail or call Joe & see if he'll custom build a "Legacy Standard" for you. It might cost a few $$$ but well worth it if you're into graphite...

~S~

PS: Here's mine...
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i was thinking of doing that...just wasn't sure if he was into doing custom work like that or not. i just want something really basic..., no fancy tops or fancy wood or anything...just something that's built solid with that zon neck. hopefully it can be within my price range.

beautiful bass by the way.

thanks.
 
#8
well i sent joe an email so we'll see what he says.

one thing im worried about: lack of truss rod

i live in new england and the neck on my modulus has moved a tiny bit...not that much, but enough for me to notice a difference. now im not so sure about this.
 
#11
The trussrod is un-necessary in these basses. The neck won't budge at all, and you can basicly set the bass up to have the strings just above the frets if you like. The only thing I've noticed is that some may prefer going to a slightly heavier tension string for low action play. Some of the light tension strings will give you quite a bit of clack if your technique isn't super light in touch.
 
#12
Halftooth said:
The trussrod is un-necessary in these basses. The neck won't budge at all, and you can basicly set the bass up to have the strings just above the frets if you like. The only thing I've noticed is that some may prefer going to a slightly heavier tension string for low action play. Some of the light tension strings will give you quite a bit of clack if your technique isn't super light in touch.
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That is very accurate. It took me a while to get use to the very low action on the Zon and will definitely consider a higher tension string for my next set.
 

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