Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

Unless that guitar grows a vag!na when you pick it up, it's not worth anywhere near what they're asking for it. LOL Zions are good, but never really caught on with the boutique guitar lovers the way Anderson, Grosh, Suhr, and McInturff have. Same with Sadowsky. They may be more popular in New York, but you rarely see them in LA. High dollar strats are becoming a bit of a joke, since half the time they only play and sound as good as ANY bolt on with good pickups.

My method is to wait till guys have forgotten about certain good one's then swoop in like a hawk. Here's what I got this morning that I'm really excited about. The price is what a used Am Std goes for. Yee Ha.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3721972436

 

[take2]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

GJ your going to love that guitar man - I've got an Am Schecter Tele with a Hum in the neck and single in the bridge - awsome playing guitars.

 

[take2]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

OH and Norman that is definitely a lot of $$ but those guitars are pretty incredible - I've only ever played two but wooohaaa.

 

[Norman_T]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

FWIW I went to NY and met up with Roger Sadowsky in Februray of this year. A really nice guy and very pleasant bloke, I spent an afternoon going through and discussing my requirements and then choosing the body, neck, fingerboard woods and also the hardware. I was also given a tour of his place and tried out a sweet butterscotch tele that he had in, which I was very tempted to take home with me. I had for some time being looking to get a decent strat (OK I have a few but that's my problem). I was going to have one built for me by a guy who lives in Seattle but when I factored in all the cost, I thought it would be best for me to get what I had set my heart on and because I love Steely Dan (Walter Beckett - plays them).

The guitar body is an Alder body with a 5A Quilt maple top, cherry sunburst finish. fingerboard is morado with a 12" radius, sadowsky special pups with push in arm, pearloid pickguard etc etc. I had thought about going to get one from the CS at Fender Custom but frankly I was not impressed with them or their attitude.

So you ask about the cost of this well it is approx $3000 (£1600) remember this is going to be a lot less for me than anything else that is presently out there. Anywhere it's going to be ready in July and I'll be (hopefully) flying out to pick it up as I will be needing it in August.

For those that don't know anything about Sadowsky then go an have a look at their site.

http://www.sadowsky.com/

 

[Marty Horne]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

Awesome looking Sadowsky! I saw Steely Dan 6 months ago and Walter Becker played a light blue one all night. It sounded great as did the whole band.

 

[Jonny R]

Re: Zion Guitars - Played One Today!

I saw a Zion here recently for about $1,700

How does that compare to 2nd hand prices in the USA?

It was a pretty ugly colour though, so I wasn't too tempted in the end.