Bass Overview | Zon vs Spector vs Rickenbacker vs Music Man

[@Bassic778]

Great comparison! The Zon does sound amazing!!!

[@ileutur6863]

Inevitably some boomer is gonna comment "stop talking and just play" but I really appreciate hearing your actual experience with an instrument. There's much more to how and why we use gear than just sound, I wish people would understand that.

[@gothikserpentmusic]

Thank you. I put chapters so people can skip to the playing if they want to, and I was worried that I was talking too much in this video but I'm glad to hear that you like the insights.

[@bikoko]

damn this is s a really sweet Zon!

[@rockersun]

Nice one

[@Gary19702]

Squier's 4001 he primarily played through the neck pickup as his bridge pickup was faulty, played through a 1960's Marshall bass head. Additionally he had the bass sanded down quit a bit due to repainting and even had floral wallpaper on it, significantly reducing to body weight which affects the tone, I did something similar in the early 1990's with a burgundy finish 1974 4001 (deeply regret in hindsight) and got really close tonaly. I find with a maple neck fender jazz I can get closer to that 'roundabout' tone with some good steel strings, either rotosounds or IT'S. Eq it a bit through my svt and I'm there.

[@jackshittle]

I've had two Zon Sonus's - a Sonus V & a Sonus Special IV that I bought at Bass Northwest in Seattle. I now have the Modulus VJ (jazz bass) with the composite neck, Chechen fingerboard & EMG active pickups & preamp. I use it with a SansAmp DP-3X (Dug Pinnick pedal) & it is incredible. The neck is so nice & smooth on the Modulus. If I could have any bass right now it would be the Zon Sonus Billy Gould model. Great video & Cheers!

[@gothikserpentmusic]

Interesting. How do you find the neck width on the Modulus vs the Sonus? One thing I didn't mention in the video is that the neck on the Zon is a little wide for my preference; I prefer narrower like on a Jazz bass.

[@jasonbonilla8928]

I dig your taste man! Great explanations, examples, and playing. I completely agree about the Rick and VT Bass DI, I will not play a rick without one. That pedal just instantly Livens up the sound of a Rickenbacker and gives you the sound these basses are known for. I also had a Bongo and loved it for the most part but it did have that "too many controls" effect to it, you spend more time twiddling the knobs to get a "perfect tone" when other 3 or two band eq basses are much simpler to just plug in and get a tone that works. I'm more of a Spector guy these days. Also got to say you have a great speaking voice haha not to sound weird 😆.

[@gothikserpentmusic]

Took the words right out of my mouth haha. Definitely agree about the Bongo; I generally keep the knobs flat and just do all the tone shaping on my VT Bass DI.

[@mohansubramaniam7487]

Good demo and your indepth knowledge n favour of your gears!

[@King_Kobra87]

EMG 40DC on the zon?

[@gothikserpentmusic]

I don't believe so,. As I recall, these are actually the Jazz-style EMGs that are encased within the soapbar casings.

[@najsuroviji]

That's a loads of In Absentia there, thanks but you didn't help - just makes the Zon GAS even worse.