page_title: Zon Guitars
section_title: Notable users
hierarchical_section_title: Zon Guitars / Notable users
caption_attribution_description: English: Adam Duce from Machine Head performing at Sonisphere Festival in Kirjurinluoto, Pori, Finland.
context_page_description: Zon Guitars is a US manufacturer of bass guitars founded in 1981 by Joseph Zon. The company is known for its use of non-traditional designs and materials. Zon Guitars is associated with endorser and player Michael Manring, who collaborated with the company in the mid-1990s to design the innovative Zon Hyperbass instrument, a bass guitar that enables the player to retune the instrument during play.
context_section_description: Artist who play/have played Zon basses are:
  Adam Duce (Machine Head)
  Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind)
  Billy Gould (Faith No More)
  Brett Bamberger (Revocation)
  Jim Crichton (Saga)
  Joaquin Cardiel (Heroes del Silencio)
  Joe Lester (Intronaut)
  John Wetton (Asia)
  Jonni Lightfoot (Air Supply)
  Liam Wilson (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
  Mark King (Level 42)
  Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad)
  Michael Manring
  Paulo Jr. (Sepultura)
  Reita (The Gazette)
  Robert Trujillo (Metallica)
  Tetsuya "tetsu" Ogawa (L'Arc~en~Ciel)
  Tim Butler (The Psychedelic Furs)
  Tony Campos (Static-X)
  Tony Choy (Atheist)
  Jeph Howard (The Used)
caption: Adam Duce (Machine Head) playing a Sonus model
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