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sloop_john_b wrote:That '73 is gorgeous!!!

Cheers John, thanks. I hope it sound gorgeous with the toaster fitted.

RYB

I hope all you guys patiently waiting for your 4004's are going to finally them! And post high-res pics, of course

sloop_john_b wrote:That '73 is gorgeous!!!

+1

Yes, we're hoping for lots of new pics on the forum!

Yes indeed!

O.K. I know my 4004L is 2nd hand, but maybe these pix will suffice until some of the new 4004's arrive.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L1.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L3.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L4.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L5.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L6.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L7.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L8.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225/heccylee/L9.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... BRIDGE.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... TOASTY.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... 143230.jpg

And a few more of the 73' 4001 in Daphne Blue for good measure.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... 340014.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... 340012.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... 340011.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z225 ... 340013.jpg

TTFN

RYB

Crossing my fingers for those of you that have been waiting for these for almost half a decade.

Thanks for the great photos!

I've never seen a Laredo with the open backed tuners. I like it! I have a few Ricks with the closed back Schaller M4s, and I gotta say I prefer the open backers.

And great color choice on the 4001. Sweet!

Thanks Jeff.

I was a bit suspicious about the open backed tuners, thinking they might be replacements, as I'd only seen the small closed Schallers, but when I took them
off to check this out, they are in fact the original tuners and no sign of any other tuners being fitted. It's a December 1994 model, maybe it was a special order by someone that prefered this type over the Schaller M4's. I don't really know for sure, but it would be good to find out if they were available as an option.

RYB

And a bunch more shipped today!

BBR's, JG's, AFG's, MG's and FG's.

Cool.

Awesome news for the Laredo folks!

I would hope for some Ciis soon, but the body woods are different, so I don't know if they'd make them in the same batch. One can dream, though!

Wow,

GREAT NEWS!

C''mon 4004 Cii's!

Papa's waitin' LOL!

nukebass wrote:Awesome news for the Laredo folks!

I would hope for some Ciis soon, but the body woods are different, so I don't know if they'd make them in the same batch. One can dream, though!

You've got a BBR Laredo on hold, right Ryan?

All these 4004L's being shipped make me wish I had one of them on order instead of a 4003MG.

Oh well, I was a couple of 4003FLMG's, maybe plain old 4003MG's are coming soon...

-cj

sloop_john_b wrote: You've got a BBR Laredo on hold, right Ryan?

No, I've got a Cii on hold. I thought about the L (my wife likes chrome better than gold), but I figured I would get the Cii sooner since my dealer didn't have any BBR Ls on order when I reserved the Cii. I also figured I'd like the charactered maple. Well...he just got one sent to him.