If I had enough money...

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:55 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rickenbacker-1988-8-String-Bass-w-No-Reserve_W0QQitemZ170001789399QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Beautiful !!!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:13 pm

love them 8 bangers!

bob_atherton · Post by **bob_atherton** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:14 pm

Never played one. Can't really think of much use for it in the bands that I play. Are the neck profiles quite thick to take all that strain? Looks pretty though.

freewheelin · Post by **freewheelin** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:04 am

Necks are thiner than any other five or six-string basses. But my hands are not the same as Chris Squire's...

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:59 am

The neck feels the same as the 4003 I had from the same period. From the headstock, I believe the eBay one is a 4008, not a 4003S/8.

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:13 am

No, it is an S/5. The 4008 has a bound neck - Jared? Also, beware of this one. The neck slab seems to have separated from the body wings. Notice the two finish cracks at the body/neck junction. This is fixable but I am guessing there will be action issues until it is addressed.

dswp · Post by **dswp** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:33 am

Ted, you beat me to it...

That neck joint is scary..

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:10 am

Cracks like that mean the neck was seriously stressed at some point. It is fixable but the repair could also mean a refin.

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 6:42 am

Thanks Ted for the heads up. I was getting ready to mass troops along the boarder.

Man, am I glad I found this site!

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:00 am

If you can get it cheap it would be worth fixing. The current price is a bit too high for that much damage IMHO.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:28 am

Hey Jared.. what's with the censor bars now? not allowed to show what's underneath anymore?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:36 am

It will cost him $25 per set to properly license them.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:41 am

Ohh.. harsh. So he's gotta blur them now.. ok.

ilan · Post by **ilan** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:51 am

"Cracks like that mean the neck was seriously stressed at some point"

A friend of mine had his v63 fall face-down from a guitar stand and it resulted in the exact same body wings/thru-neck separation. A well-known luthier glued it, but it delaminated again very soon after the repair.

I'd stay away from that 8-string.

And Jared... we all know what's under there... what gives?

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 7:52 am

The look of the horseshoe pickup is now a RIC trademark. Trademarks must be enforced to remain valid.