It felt Gibson-like-rounded and a little chunky. The first thing I noticed about the Zenith’s construction was the neck. My review model is a fretted version (fretless is also available) with an understated transparent black finish. The rosewood bridge with a vintage Epiphone badge is classy, too.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. It has sleek lines and a single-cutaway body. Not exactly a piezo, but heading in that direction. In particular, the Zenith sports a pair of Shadow pickups-one a magnetic on the edge of the fingerboard, the other tucked under the bridge saddle. Once more, it offered something new, something I hadn’t yet tried. When I first heard about the Epiphone Zenith, I just had to get my hands on one. The magic semi-hollow formula has yet to be found, but I’m always game for another attempt. In the quest for semi-hollow nirvana, I’ve tried many a bass, starting with a Japanese import in the ‘70s when those things were new and popular, riding the McCartney-esque wave to fame, fortune-or more realistically, garages and basements, and eventually, closets-all across the land. Something about the f-holes and resonance of a partly suspended top draws me in like a siren. I’ve long been a sucker for hollow or semi-hollow basses. Videos and images flooded social media handles as people marvelled at the unique occurrence of sunlight casting no shadows.Download Example 1 Bridge Nano-Flex Pickupĭownload Example 3 Bridge with a little Neck blended inĪll clips recorded with the onboard EQ set flat, into GarageBand through an AxePort Pro. Thus, many Mumbai residents were prompted to capture the event and share their experiences on social media. The position of the sun is such that it reduces the length of shadows to such an extent that they become invisible to the naked eye. On such occasions, the sun reaches its zenith in the sky, causing shadows to vanish from the Earth’s surface. Twice a year, this intriguing phenomenon takes place when the sun aligns directly overhead, resulting in Zero Shadow Day. Regardless of whether a person or object is directly under the sun’s rays, no shadow is cast. For those unfamiliar with this occurrence, it lives up to its name: on this particular day, shadows completely vanish, defying the usual expectations of the sun’s position. Mumbaikars experienced a fascinating phenomenon on Monday as the city’s inhabitants were treated to a unique celestial event called Zero Shadow Day on May 15.

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