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 Post subject: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 21st, 2023, 12:02 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 21st, 2023, 4:25 pm 
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I have owned a lot of basses over the years (a fraction of what many others on this forum have owned, without a doubt, but quite a few, nonetheless). The vast majority of them I wish I hadn’t bought, and have since sold. But, I would do it all over again if I could have my Zon Sonus 4 back. It is the one bass I regret selling, the “one that got away.”

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I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 21st, 2023, 4:33 pm 
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I like this. Very out of character for me vibe-wise but I’d still rock it in a heartbeat

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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 22nd, 2023, 6:32 pm 
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One thing the GC website doesn't say, it's lined fretless.
deal breaker for me but if you're a fretless player, it's a good price IMO!


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2023, 5:47 am 
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paulo wrote:
One thing the GC website doesn't say, it's lined fretless.
deal breaker for me but if you're a fretless player, it's a good price IMO!


I called yesterday and was told it does have frets. :?:

I was hoping she would tell me it is a lined fretless to alleviate me of a hard decision. :lol:

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I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2023, 7:42 am 
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Hmmmmm. I trust Paulo more than I trust random GC dude/dudette. But she was the one with the bass in hand.

If anyone is seriously interested, getting better pictures might be a good idea :D


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2023, 8:15 am 
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Funny I too called yesterday. And a guy went to check for me and told me it was fretless. Reason why I wanted to check was because in my pc browser you could see up on top left:
Used gear/basses/fretless basses
So it’s worth to check again and ask for a close up pic of the fretboard. To me it does indeed looks like lined fretless by the pics!


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
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Yeah it definitely looks like lined fretless

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paulo wrote:
Funny I too called yesterday. And a guy went to check for me and told me it was fretless. Reason why I wanted to check was because in my pc browser you could see up on top left:
Used gear/basses/fretless basses
So it’s worth to check again and ask for a close up pic of the fretboard. To me it does indeed looks like lined fretless by the pics!


Yeah, I noticed that too. That is also why I called.

Matt R. wrote:
Yeah it definitely looks like lined fretless


It does, but I wanted to be sure. If am actually relieved that it is fretless! Now I don’t have a tough decision to make!

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I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
PostPosted: March 23rd, 2023, 9:02 am 
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I had one (fretted).

Loved how the notes jumped off that composite neck/board.

And the weight. SO light! Loved gigging with it.

Also love the simple aesthetics. Handsome bass.


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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
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If you can't tell if a bass has frets or not, you might be looking at a Guitar Center ad. :lol:


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bbl wrote:
If you can't tell if a bass has frets or not, you might be looking at a Guitar Center ad. :lol:


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bbl wrote:
If you can't tell if a bass has frets or not, you might be looking at a Guitar Center ad. :lol:

No kidding! What is the deal? The cheapest smartphone you can get today has like a 10+ megapixel camera, and Guitar Center can’t be bothered to upload a picture with more than twelve pixels for a bass that they are asking two grand for, and put more than four words in the description.

I don’t get it.

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I never really "got" what a Rick is capable of until I ran it stereo a few times in my college band. We used to call it the "Piano of Doom". You get all the bottom and all the top in total a**kicking mode.


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paulo wrote:
One thing the GC website doesn't say, it's lined fretless.
deal breaker for me but if you're a fretless player, it's a good price IMO!


I called yesterday and was told it does have frets. :?:

I was hoping she would tell me it is a lined fretless to alleviate me of a hard decision. :lol:



I'm with you on this one......fretless means I don't have to sell a child/kidney :lol:

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Since GC accepts returns I decided to snag this and see if the dots aligned properly with a fretted bass and turned out it did. So I've had frets put on and it turned out great!
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paulo wrote:
I've had frets put on and it turned out great!

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 Post subject: Re: Zon Sonus 4 Left Handed
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Good call, Paulo. That's what I was thinking as well. Did you have Jim Mouradian do it?

What was that original GC price? The link is dead.


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