Zion Guitars..any love?

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I remember them being high end back in the day. Bought a mint DC-3 head today. Guy had a sweet Zion with a quilted top, s/s/h, trem, spertzels...played really nice. Going back tomorrow after work to pick it up
 
bikerdude2":st0wpsp3 said:
I remember them being high end back in the day. Bought a mint DC-3 head today. Guy had a sweet Zion with a quilted top, s/s/h, trem, spertzels...played really nice. Going back tomorrow after work to pick it up
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I have one but I never play it. I just play my Floyded Charvels right now. It's a great guitar but it had been forever since I had a guitar with a Floyd type bridge.
 

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Love Zion guitars! If you don't want it I do!
 
Congrats! :thumbsup:

I still have the one that I bought new back in '86/'87. Great guitar!

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Sure, I use my Radicaster all the time!



It´s a bad pic so it looks like a clownburst, but it´s a beautiful cherryburst over swamp ash. It has a killer birdseye board and a cool laminate neck that they didn´t make that many of.
 
Jeff Hilligan":2uc81vyz said:
Love Zion guitars! If you don't want it I do!
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Jeff I'm not in love with it so you'll get first dibs
 
Ill take 2nd dibs!

They are/were great guitars, bought mine new in 89 straight from Ken himself! The quilt tops can be funny some had Mahogany backs and some had Basswood. Basswood, quilttops, EMG's and a Floyd made for a really bright guitar..
 
I played one a long time ago but thought it was a very nice guitar. The neck felt small to me otherwise I would have bought it. I know Chris's guitars in Albany, NY usually has a few
 
mixn4him":39ikjvav said:
Ill take 2nd dibs!

They are/were great guitars, bought mine new in 89 straight from Ken himself! The quilt tops can be funny some had Mahogany backs and some had Basswood. Basswood, quilttops, EMG's and a Floyd made for a really bright guitar..
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Picking it up tonight and going to research to get a idea of a fair value.
 
cecilbag":v1k0tsly said:
I played one a long time ago but thought it was a very nice guitar. The neck felt small to me otherwise I would have bought it. I know Chris's guitars in Albany, NY usually has a few
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Forgot all about him. And I'm also in Albany
 
The old ones have small necks, the newer ones like mine are a bit beefier.
 
Dave L":hl9fz02o said:
The old ones have small necks, the newer ones like mine are a bit beefier.
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Thanks. It's def a older one. The guy said it was like $2200 new. Neck is on the slim side and plays fast
 
yup its the old logo. late 80's early 90-92 with the mann trem
 
Friend of mine was an endorser for a while...I checked out a couple and they were pretty sweet.
 
Yeah, you don´t hear as much about them as you used to do, I´m thinking the operation is pretty small by now and essentially a one-man shop, but Dale still makes very nice guitars. Up there in quality with all the usual suspects, for sure.
 
Def a first rate guitar. Trying to figure out a value is tough. Closest one I found to mine is $1300 on eBay but I realize that's on the high end. Any guesses? Am I out of line thinking $1,000?
 
I would snatch a Classic (yours is an archtop, right?) for the equivalent of $1,000, sure.
 
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