The Classic
The Zion Classic is an elegant interpretation of the double cutaway, solid body guitar. Starting with your choice of body woods, we add a beautifully carved, Flame or Quilt Maple top with body mounted, rear-routed pickups in your choice of configuration.
Popular options for the Classic include:
- Koa, Crotch Mahogany, or Burl Maple upgraded wood
- EMG, Lindy Fralin, Joe Barden Engineering or other premium pickups
- Piezo Saddles and Onboard Preamp for acoustic-electric tones
- Piezo Saddles and Synth preamp with 13 pin output for use with Synth guitar processor (purchased separately)
- Recessed Original Floyd Rose with locking nut
The Classic
Standard Offerings
Zion design double-cutaway, solid-body featuring elegantly carved figured tops on your choice of body woods.
Body Wood:
- Swamp Ash, Alder, Basswood, Mahogany
Top Wood:
Zion Traditional Headstock
Neck:
- Traditional Headstock; Maple with Rosewood Fingerboard; 22 Fret; 12″ Radius; 25 1/2″ Scale
Hardware:
Bridge:
- Zion Fixed Bridge
- Wilkinson VS-100
Pickups:
- HH, SSS, SSH
- DiMarzio or Seymour Duncan
Wiring:
- 5-Way or 3-Way Blade Switch
- Master Volume & Tone
Finish:
- Olympic White
- Mary Kay White
- Black
- Natural (Clear Finish)
- Trans Amber
- Honey Burst
- Tobacco Burst
- Two-Tone Burst
- Root Beer Burst
- Cherry Burst
- Emerald (Trans Green)
- Emerald Burst
- Royal Mist (Trans Blue)
- Royal Mist Burst
- Moby (Trans Purple)
- Moby Burst
- Crimson (Trans Wine Red)
- Crimson Burst
- Turquois Shoal
- Turquoise Shoal Burst
- Gold Top
Case:
Available Options
Top Wood:
- AAAAA Quilt Maple
- Padouk
- Purpleheart
- Redwood Burl
- Maple Burl
Zion Tilt-Back Headstock
Neck:
- Tilt Back Headstock with Matching Woods and Finish
- Maple with Ebony Fingerboard
- Maple with Maple Fingerboard
- Maple with Birdseye Maple Fingerboard
- Maple with Flame (Curly) Maple Fingerboard
- Maple with Quilted Maple Fingerboard
- Zion Dove Inlay
- Zion Crescent Moon Inlay
- Buzz Feiten Tuning System
Pickups:
- Lindy Fralin
- EMG
- Joe Barden Engineering
- Seymour Duncan Custom Shop
- Other premium pickups
Piezo / Synth:
- Piezo Saddles & Onboard Preamp
- Piezo Saddles & Synth Output
Wiring:
- Push/Pull Switch for Series/Parallel or Coil Tap on Humbucker
- Mini-Toggle Switches for Custom Switching options
Hardware:
Bridge:
- Recessed Original Floyd Rose with Locking Nut
Finish:
- Metalflake and Custom Graphics
- Custom Colors & Color Matching
Case:
- Custom Form-Fit Hardshell Case
The Classic
“I looked at a several builders (…, …) before I picked Zion. Why? The way they treated me on the phone and over e-mail – I wasn’t “just another customer”. They cared and were willing to take the time with me to make sure that I got what I wanted. When the guitar shipped, Ken started calling me 2 or 3 days before the guitar got to me just to make sure that I was happy. I’m sold. I’ll buy a Zion from now on. I’m already thinking about getting them to build me a Tele (Sorry … ). TALK TO THEM! YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED.”
– Russell Beatty – Harmony Central Review
