Skinner Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 (edited) Withdrawn. Zon Sonus 4 string fretless Bass, Ash body, composite neck, JJ bartolini pick ups and active circuit. Up for sale is a truly astounding bass made by Joe Zon. It is very light-weight, coming in at 7 lbs, 13 ounces (3.53 kilos) The body is centre-seam two-piece solid ash, ergonomic and comfortable as can be, with an exaggerated belly-cut and forearm bevel. It has two Bartolini J-bass pickups and a Bartolini active 2-band EQ on a stacked, center-detent pot, in addition to a master volume and master centre-detent pickup blend control. This bass is in really nice condition, with a couple very minor nicks on the headstock and the end of the fingerboard with a virtually unmarked body. The phenowood fingerboard has some tiny almost invisible scratching from playing, it is so hard that whichever strings are used there are no issues. Currently strung with some rather nice Optima gold round wounds (50 to 105), included will be the plush tgi soft case or a hiscox hard case if preferred. The Zon Sonus model from this period have carbon-fibre composite necks. This is what Zon says about their composite necks: “The object of using composites for our necks is to integrate the stability and performance of these materials in a manner that enhances the tonal characteristics, reliability, and consistency of our basses, without losing the warmth and personality. “Our basses’ necks are fabricated in our Redwood City, California, facility. The base material is carbon fibre, developed for the aerospace industry. Carbon fibre is rayon extruded under extreme heat and pressure, a process that changes its molecular structure on a subatomic level. Engineered to have the highest strength-to-weight ratio possible (it’s six times stronger than steel), it also has the highest coefficient of stiffness and the lowest thermal coefficient, offering great stability and strength under compression, as well as tension. “However, carbon fibre isn’t the only material we employ. Our proprietary “recipe” incorporates wood and other materials, which allows us to tune the necks so every instrument retains that organic and musical earthiness so pleasingly familiar to the ear. “Because the neck has a “flatter” frequency response, it has less effect on coloring the wood body’s tone, therefore letting its true voice come through. With the neck material being so dense, the bass is very “live” and responsive. This condition is a function of a faster attack whereby the note comes into focus almost immediately and then swells with richness. Consequently, the tone has more clarity and the notes exhibit improved detail, projection, sustain, and evenness in volume, all across the fingerboard. This definition is particularly beneficial in lowered tunings, where the notes are usually lost or muddy. Instead, lowered tunings retain their clarity and don’t hide in the mix of the other instruments. “While the concept of using this material for a neck may seem unfamiliar, the feel of our necks is not. Contoured after some of the classic shapes we’ve come to know and love, the profile of our necks feels very natural to the hand and all of them are extremely comfortable and easy to play. The action is fast and smooth, making them suitable for any playing technique. Graphite string nuts are installed for the string-to-string evenness of tone and durability they offer.” The scale length is 34", there are no neck or electronics issues at all. The instrument is in perfect playing condition. Collection preferred or could meet up somewhere within a 30 mile radius of Daventry. Edited March 17, 2023 by Skinner Withdrawn 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) What a shyster you are, it’s a lined Fretless, surely that doesn’t count? 🙈🥳 I’ve seen this in action. It is sublime Edited March 17, 2023 by Oldman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Oh I’d be in trouble if this were fretted! GLWTS Si Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supabock Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Contact Ian Allison via @devinebass, he’s looking for one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 W O W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddys nose Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Bargain, should be a £1000 more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkpegasus4001 Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 It's perhaps a good job I don't play a fretless otherwise I'd be all over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Jones Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I've owned a factory fretless version of this, and they are fabulous. Oh, sod it, PM'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairobill Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 So great. Still miss my Special V to this day. Lots of ziiinnnng and grrrrrr in these basses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 @warwickhunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: @warwickhunt Fretted and I'd have been on it yesterday, I keep wondering about getting it fretted but I'm the wrong end of the country any way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordep Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I would have been on my way to Daventry already if I have the spare £1399! 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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