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Gear Discussion Forums => Rickenbacker Basses => Topic started by: ilan on October 16, 2013, 12:34:45 PM
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"$2659.00 LIST while quantities last."
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Those shouldn't last long!
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The TRC should have been white. Otherwise it's WHT, not SNG.
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They can call it whatever they want, it's flippin beautiful!
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They can call it whatever they want, it's flippin beautiful!
I concur. Wow!
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It certainly is pretty, but I just can't get over the laquered fretboards they use on everything .... and the neck profile; not my bag.
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It certainly is pretty, but I just can't get over the laquered fretboards they use on everything .... and the neck profile; not my bag.
Actually, Ric did made some 4004's with natural (not lacquered) fretboards before.
I like this one a lot. I think it's the prettiest 4004L I've seen. I never really liked solid colors 4004's, but this one does it for me.
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The neck profiles of the 4004 were changed to be consistent with those on the 4003 in 2011. Usually, the fingerboard material on the 4004L Laredo is finished, those on the 4004Cii Cheyenne II are "unfinished." I say "usually" because I have seen exceptions to the "rule."
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Alright; nearly everything, but definitely this one judging by the shine in the pic. Gotta love the fact-filled fans around here.
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Alright; nearly everything... Gotta love the fact-filled fans around here.
We're nothing if not trainspotters; especially for our favorite brands/models. Between here and the old place I've learned more minutiae over the years than I ever knew before hooking up with these fine gentlemen. That's one of my favorite things about this place.
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agreed
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It certainly is pretty, but I just can't get over the laquered fretboards they use on everything .... and the neck profile; not my bag.
I have a 79 4001 that was refretted years ago and the fretboard left unfinished, it's one of the best sounding and playing Ricks I've ever heard, it also has a few other differences, the bridge allen screws go right into the wood rather than rest on the metal tailpiece. Supposedly that was done at the factory.
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Very pretty... very POMP rock...?
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:mrgreen: My Snowglo 4004L showed up this afternoon! ;D
The CR fingerboard looks great with the white.
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:mrgreen: My Snowglo 4004L showed up this afternoon! ;D
The CR fingerboard looks great with the white.
Welcome! And congratulations..........White Rickenbacker = Beautiful!
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Hey Jeff, welcome!
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Thanks, Ilan. 8)
I never knew this forum existed until recently; it is nice to see a bunch of familiar "faces" here.
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Thanks, Ilan. 8)
I never knew this forum existed until recently; it is nice to see a bunch of familiar "faces" here.
Mostly faces only mothers can love!
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Face for radio! Ha ha... Congrats on the Snowglo. I've been SO CLOSE to getting my 4003S painted white, but I know it will look like hell within a year.
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Hey Jeff, welcome and congrats on the Snowglo.
Didn't you once fit a 4004 with toasters? Or am I remembering wrong?
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Hey Jeff, welcome and congrats on the Snowglo.
Didn't you once fit a 4004 with toasters? Or am I remembering wrong?
Thanks, Dave! 8)
Yes, my first 4004, the Cii that had been subsequently converted by Mark Gilbert into a 5 string that Paul Boyer currently owns. The Snowglo Laredo is slated to get Mike Lull T-Bird, Bartolini soapbars, and a few Jazz Bass pickups, as many as I can cram in between the neck and bridge! :mrgreen: :vader:
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That's sure to make it more collectible! ;D
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Saw this at Guitar Showcase in San Jose the other day:
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/10615711876_ccbeaac06c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99859390@N00/10615711876/)
Snowglo? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/99859390@N00/10615711876/) by Harry 3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/99859390@N00/), on Flickr
The tag said "1 of a kind" - should have gotten a close up of the tag, price was $1999. There wasn't a date on it.
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Sure looks like it. The price is in line considering the $2659 list.
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Here is a full frontal of the Snowglo along with an older cousin of it. 8)
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Very cool.
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I hope that door is locked. ;)
Great looking basses!