New Walnut 4003 !!!

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woodyng wrote:...Then i discovered they had a mid -90's Ci on consignment. Having never seen one in person,I swapped them out,and the Ci was even quite a bit lighter and even more contoured and sleek feeling than either my Laredo and Cii. I REALLY loved it,but had to leave it there! :cry:
Go back in the morning and don't leave that store without it! Doctor's orders, got that?!
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If my taste is any kind of endorsement, grab that Ci. I'm keeping mine!
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Nice sound! :)
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jps wrote:
woodyng wrote:...Then i discovered they had a mid -90's Ci on consignment. Having never seen one in person,I swapped them out,and the Ci was even quite a bit lighter and even more contoured and sleek feeling than either my Laredo and Cii. I REALLY loved it,but had to leave it there! :cry:
Go back in the morning and don't leave that store without it! Doctor's orders, got that?!
Hey,Doc,can ya loan me $1800? :mrgreen:
It was in very good condition,with the maple fretboard being a bit dingy about the only nitpick. I just don't want to go into credit card debt for anything at this point. And i dunno,the price didn't seem to just say bargain to me,especiall since they had 2 new cii's for the same price. (A transred,and a very purple blueburst,both of which looked great.)
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Yeah that price is a bit on the high side for one, too bad. Maybe the good thing is it will be there for a while so you can shovel a few more driveways and rake more leaves.............
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[quote="jps"]Yeah that price is a bit on the high side for one, too bad. Maybe the good thing is it will be there for a while so you can shovel a few more driveways and rake more leaves....

What is this "shovelling of driveways" you speak of? Some curious custom of the Northeastern provinces? :mrgreen: 8)
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woodyng wrote:
jps wrote:Yeah that price is a bit on the high side for one, too bad. Maybe the good thing is it will be there for a while so you can shovel a few more driveways and rake more leaves....

What is this "shovelling of driveways" you speak of? Some curious custom of the Northeastern provinces? :mrgreen: 8)
That's where you spread the new gravel out over the areas that were washed out by all the rain...
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Congrats, George, the W looks and sounds great! 8)
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Sounds as good as it looks George... Congratulations!
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What is this "shovelling of driveways" you speak of? Some curious custom of the Northeastern provinces? :mrgreen: 8)[/quote][/quote]
That's where you spread the new gravel out over the areas that were washed out by all the rain...
:roll: :lol: :lol:[/quote]

True! :lol:
Also-- CJ,you said you can't wait to play your(s),meaning 4003w? Cool! Congrats to you,and also to George,btw! ( the audio clip sounds fabtastic!) I do have to say if i were going to buy a 4003,the W i played would be the one for me. I Wish i had had my 4000 close at hand for comparison on neck profile and weight.
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I can't see the link to the audio clip. Help?
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woodyng wrote: Also-- CJ,you said you can't wait to play your(s),meaning 4003w? Cool!
Yeah, it's 7600 miles away. In reality, I did actually get to see it and try it out for a few minutes a couple of weeks ago when I was back in the US for a week. No amps, they're all packed up, and sadly, things were so busy that I really only had about 15-20 minutes to play around with it.

I didn't even have a moment to take any pics! I'll have to get my wife to snap a few before the movers pack everything up next week.

In the mean time, here are a couple of dealer pics of it...
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Kinda off topic, C.J., but I must have missed the whole "moving to NZ" thing. Can you tell us the story?
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I think he was kicked out of the USA and CJ figured NZ was kinda like MT.
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