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markbass99 · Post by **markbass99** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:34 am

I was going through the Rickenbacker thread over at Talkbass and came across these pics, this has got to be an extremely rare bass, a 1999 Cheyenne with quilted top wood and left hand at that! The rickenbacker thread is about 50 pages long and has pics from some of the members on here. I would say the attitude towards ricks has improved on that website over the past 4 years, sort of like the way the prices have "improved" during the same time frame.

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:03 pm

oh,man....i want one of those gold lemmy trc's for my cii so bad.....i just do not like the raised-letter plastique that much...that is one purty peice of maple on that bad boy...

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:02 pm

It seems the first batch of "Cheyenne II" basses were made with beautiful quilted tops. Unlike the current Cheyenne IIs, the construction was similar to the Cheyenne (I) with the addition of the quilted top. If you were to view the back, it would look just like the old Cheyenne. Somewhere along the way, they switched to the maple front and back with a walnut center ("walnut sandwich"). There was a righty like this one on eBay some four years ago that I wanted, but was outbid.

The TRC is typical of left-handed Cheyennes; in fact, ALL leftie Ricks have back-painted plexi TRCs. Why? Evidently, when RIC went to the raised-letter TRC style (cheaper and sturdier, I suspect), they made molds for only right-handed TRCs.

wints · Post by **wints** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:21 pm

It would be nice to see a few more basses with wood like this across the board. (No pun intended...

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teeder · Post by **teeder** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:02 pm

I agree!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:15 pm

That bass is gorgeous. I wouldn't mind having one like that also.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:19 pm

That is a beauty!

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:55 pm

If only it wasn't upside down, it'd be perfect!

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:01 pm

GULP

It IS perfect!

VRICKY63 · Post by **VRICKY63** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:35 pm

FireGlo it !

jps · Post by **jps** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:10 pm

Like this? Not quite FG but...

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:34 pm

Hmm,,, so I guess when the CheyenneII first came out, it had walnut ears like the first generation CI ?

If you look back at the RIC site catalog photo from the '90's, it shows a CII with a quilt top, bubinga board,, but does'nt show the headpiece. (I'd copy and post the pic, but Im afraid of infringing on RIC's stringent copyright policies.

I would imagine these basses would be quite rare.??

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:15 am

It did, and still does, have the walnut headwings.

That leftie trans red Cii I'm pretty sure is the one that belongs to "Mr. X" in Chicago, a friend of mine and Ted S.'s

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:03 am

bassduke49 wrote:It did, and still does, have the walnut headwings.

There was a time when they didn't, though.

leftyguitars · Post by **leftyguitars** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:20 am

bassduke49 wrote: That leftie trans red Cii I'm pretty sure is the one that belongs to "Mr. X" in Chicago, a friend of mine and Ted S.'s

I think that you are correct Paul, and a mighty fine bass it is too.

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