Zon Sonus Standard refinished/upgraded

[paulo]

I thought you guys like to see this one, I sent the body for a paint job at GPG and upgraded the pickups with a set of Nordstrand Zen Blades.

[tim]

That's killer!

[NoXX]

Wowzah!!

[Jeroen]

Nice! So when are you joining Metallica?



Or Sepultura or Machine Head

[pjmuck]

That's pretty awesome. I remember how disappointed I was with the thin veneer of the original finish on these basses. This is definitely an upgrade!

[superheavydeathmetal]

Awesome finish, man!

What do you know about those pickups? They have 4 conductors, so I suppose they must be humbuckers of a sort, but I am curious as to how they are wound. The website says, "classic sidewinder-style," but I have never heard of that before.

https://nordstrandaudio.com/collections ... en-blade-4

[paulo]

Nice! So when are you joining Metallica?



Or Sepultura or Machine Head

Sounds like a good gig!
Also Soufly, Faith no More and on and on!

[paulo]

Awesome finish, man!

What do you know about those pickups? They have 4 conductors, so I suppose they must be humbuckers of a sort, but I am curious as to how they are wound. The website says, "classic sidewinder-style," but I have never heard of that before.

https://nordstrandaudio.com/collections ... en-blade-4

These are humbuckers but instead stack one on top of the other, they're sideways.
I know nothing much about these, got the set used on TB but they do sound great!

[superheavydeathmetal]

Oh! Duh! That picture is right there on the site.

Interesting!

[donahue]

WOW that is awesome!! They did such a good job with the splatter!

[AzWhoFan]

love the paint job!

[fivebass52]

That is one Bitchin' lookin' paint job! And I like that you weren't concerned about painting an expensive bass to your liking, and not worrying about potential re-sale value... in fact, you most likely increased it!

[screambasses]

Looks awesome! I'm beginning to think that they should rename their business to Guitar Paint GUY.

pete

[donahue]

I like this bass more and more every time I look at it. I've never touched a Zon. How does it sound and feel?

[paulo]

It sounded fine with the original pickups but I wanted to try the Nordies, no regret!
The overall feel and sound of this bass is great, I still have the original 3 band preamp installed and it does the job.
I was able to purchase this bass at a great price (no low ball on my end, I paid what the seller asked for), that's why I decided to give it a refin. The veneer made it look horrible like my grandma's furniture.
I believe this was the only one Sonus Legacy sold by Adirondack Guitars as the wood grain matched 100% before the refin.