Epiphone Zenith Acoustic/Electric Bass  

Rarely do I write a review, but no one else has yet on this Zenith...so,  I'd been contemplating buying one of these for over a year. Then Epi announced they were discontinuing these and MF dropped the price a bit. So, I rolled the dice and bought one of the Re-Stock ones, which to my delight was a brand new instrument. It's an overstock folks not re-stock!  shiniy new!  at least mine was. Anyway, it's a really nice bass, I'm going to enjoy it, after I get the right strings on (stocks are too heavy for me) the tonal variations, neck, playability, construction... it's all around nice! However, it weighs a ton!  well really about 14 lbs. It's the heaviest bass I own, including Fenders, a les paul and an NS CR4M! Especially when I'm looking at the term "acoustic", I was expecting something like a Godin in lightness... Maybe, I'm a bit partial to Swamp Ash...however, 2 les pauls glued together = Zenith? (in weight).  Apparently they've hollowed out some areas beneath the top for electronics, and an acoustic chamber(?), but this is not even what you could call semi hollow..I've had those, they're half the weight of this Zenith. The Zenith feels more like a solid body when picking it up off your stand or hanging from your neck.  However, it does have a special, one of a kind sound... it's cool.  Get one, but unless you have a well padded strap, you'll need a new one with lots of padding to absorb some of those kilos!