The Ninety
The Ninety is Zion’s beautiful thinline, semi-hollow body, single cutaway guitar that produces a tone like no other. The Ninety features a figured maple top, including an elegant “f-hole”, over your choice of body wood.
Zion engineers painstakingly designed this instrument with balanced interior chambers and ‘tummy cut’ in the back. Comfortable to play and capable of monster tone from vintage to modern.
The Ninety with newly available “bent top”. Still chambered, but had to lose the f-hole. Awesome machine…
The Ninety
Standard Offerings
Zion design single-cutaway, semi-hollow-body featuring figured tops on your choice of body woods. The Ninety comes standard with a tummy cut. Recently we’ve added the option of a bent top (contoured shoulder) to make the guitar as comfortable to play as possible.
The Ninety is available with traditional pickguard-mounted (traditional t-style or thinline inspired pickguards) or elegant rear-routed electronics mounting.
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 Tremolo
- 6-Saddle T-Style Bridge
Pickups:
- HH, SSS, SSH, SS (t-style)
- DiMarzio or Seymour Duncan
Wiring:
- 5-Way, 4-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:
Finish:
- Metalflake and Custom Graphics
- Custom Colors & Color Matching
Case:
- Custom Form-Fit Hardshell Case
The Ninety
“This guitar is a work horse. I’ve used it on stage and in studio for five years. It’s basically a tele on steroids. The hollow body gives it a resonance you just can’t find on a solid body guitar. You can “feel” the notes go through this guitar. You know how first position chords feel on an acoustic? That’s the way this guitar feels, but the sound is much more than acoustic…Chords will ring for days. Very quiet guitar, even cranked.”
“Benjy” – Harmony Central Review