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For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:34 am
by markbass99
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.
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:03 pm
by woodyng
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...
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:02 pm
by bassduke49
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.
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 2:21 pm
by wints
It would be nice to see a few more basses with wood like this across the board. (No pun intended...
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Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:02 pm
by teeder
I agree!
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 4:15 pm
by rickenbrother
That bass is gorgeous. I wouldn't mind having one like that also.
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 5:19 pm
by simer4001
That is a beauty!
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 7:55 pm
by marc61
If only it wasn't upside down, it'd be perfect!
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:01 pm
by leftyguitars
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 10:35 pm
by VRICKY63
FireGlo it !
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:10 pm
by jps
Like this? Not quite FG but...
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:34 pm
by cheyenne
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.??
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 1:15 am
by bassduke49
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
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:03 am
by sloop_john_b
bassduke49 wrote:It did, and still does, have the walnut headwings.
There was a time when they didn't, though.
Re: For Jared- Cheyenne content
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:20 am
by leftyguitars
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.
