4004 Laredo and 4004CII differences

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:12 am

this one?

The one w/the walnut back was from the Elderly website.

teeder · Post by **teeder** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:19 am

Yeah, that's it. I don't think I've seen the shot of the guy play it before.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:17 am

Ok, I'm lost - who owns the one just above with the neck pup next to the maple fretboard that Jared always posts?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:23 am

John, the one in the picture just above, is the one from the RIC museum, that we saw used by a few bassists at the MOMM and the HOB. That picture is from the MOMM. I think Jeffrey Scott took it just before Marty Wilson Piper and the Electic Moon Maidens came out to perform.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:27 am

arble garble bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb........

Then who owns the other one with the different pup spacing from the first page of this thread?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:46 am

I think that one is a pic that Jared snatched off a site on the internet...ebay possibly?
Jared doesn't go to bed at night without looking at that picture and praying that a quilted Cii just like that one comes his way.

edski · Post by **edski** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:56 am

Dream on, dream on...dream until your dreams come true!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:39 pm

yes I pray to the RIC gods (JH) to make another one that I CAN afford!

This is from Elderly's vault-long gone I assume,

Damn!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:48 pm

Those pics represented a 4004CII that
was for sale, But I was sent this instead:

Nice, but not quite the same.

They were real pros and took care of it right away.

But no more quilt...

bugman · Post by **bugman** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:07 pm

The more of these I see the more I like them. Those quilted ones are stunning.

nukebass · Post by **nukebass** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:16 pm

Where does quilted wood come from? I know a lot of guitars advertise birds eye maple, quilted, or flame. Do these grow on different trees and are they really that much harder to get?

I would like a little more obvious difference between the Ciis and Ls, I think (such as in the picture two posts above), simply because there is a bit of a price difference and there has to be some reason to maintain the Cii line. Since maple is still on the outside of both versions of the 4004, the biggest difference (to my untrained eye) is the availability of the translucent colors (and the gold option, like the difference between a 650D and S).

I vote for the quilted tops!

relayer4u · Post by **relayer4u** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:04 pm

Looking at the PotR Cii Monty is not a good indication that "Charactered Maple" will remain in the Cii's description very much longer.

One of the plainest Ciis I've seen...not good at the price difference.

40014002 · Post by **40014002** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 8:24 am

Anyone out there thinking about selling a Cheyenne or Laredo I am still waiting for a call.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:05 am

(crickets chirping...)

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:08 am

It looks like Mike Parks at the Music Connection is expecting to get two used 4004Cii basses, a Blue Boy and a Mapleglo.