4008 deja vu on the 'bay

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:48 pm

Haven't we seen this before?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3702093673&category=4713

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:22 pm

I don't remember seeing that one before, but whats up with that description, about 1983 being the last year of production for a 4008? I thought they just discontinued those in 2000?

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:27 pm

You are right Jared, that one was up on ebay not too long ago.

dminer · Post by **dminer** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 5:49 pm

Gene, technically the seller is almost right...the 4008 was introduced in the 70's as a special order item and then dis-continued in 1984! The 4003s8 was introduced in 1987 and ran until pretty recently. The one on the bay is almost a 4003 because it has the 2 piece pg cover, but would have been desiginated as a 4008.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 7:30 pm

Yeah and its got the makeshift bridge with cutouts for the strings and near the mute.

I think it was done with a hacksaw at the factory.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:00 pm

The seller won the bass on this past Jan. 10, '04, for $1525.

Back in January '04

Maybe he didn't like her or maybe he's an investor looking for profit.

By the way, forgive my ignorance, do all RIC 8 stringers have a tailpiece like that? Do the mute pad area and the 4 string holes behind the bridge have to be cut out like that? I agree with Jared that it looks very "make-shift". Also, has anybody here come up with a way to modify a 4 string bridge into an 8-saddled bridge? Or better yet, a new 8-saddled bridge that fits into the stock tailpiece?

dminer · Post by **dminer** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:42 pm

"do all RIC 8 stringers have a tailpiece like that? Do the mute pad area and the 4 string holes behind the bridge have to be cut out like that?"
Paul, my 4003s8 (The Juggernaut) has the exact mods...also notice that on the 4008 the strings are set up like a traditional 12 string guitar, my 4003s8 is the opposite ie: the little/octave strings are in the 2nd/4th/6th & 8th positions instead of the 1st/3rd/5th & 7th positions like on the 4008 in question...the nut looks original so who knows? Rick might have shipped them in the traditional setup until the 4003s8 was introduced.

squirebass · Post by **squirebass** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:23 am

Thanks David for bringing me up to speed on the 4008. This is a bass I've always been peripherally interested in(because, hey, its a Rick!), but I never paid much attention to their availability or gave much thought to what they could do. Maybe it was that I'd never seen one up close to try it out, but when I finally did get my hands on one, I was very impressed with its playability, especially when compared to the Hagstrom 8 string, which I got to play on the same day that I tried the 4008(or 4003s8). I would like to one day add one to my arsenal...

rickengeezer · Post by **rickengeezer** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 5:23 am

I don't know, the use of the EXACT same description makes me think this is shill bidding, and that this is the same person who was trying to sell it before. Wouldn't it be interesting if the seller of the January auction turns out to be the winner of the February auction?

jeff_ulmer · Post by **jeff_ulmer** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:18 am

Yes, that auction looks pretty suspicious to me.

I prefer the more Ric like headstocks on the S8, but if I had a chance at a decent priced 4008, I'd probably bite. If I got a second Ric 8 string, I would also stick a horseshoe in it.

It also looks like the truss rods adjust at the body, rather than the headstock, which makes these a little less desireable to me.

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 8:58 am

Yeah the truss rods adjust at the body, the bridge is that funky cutout, the octaves are reversed (better for pickers) the neck is bound. Ric-O-Sound abounds.

I THINK thats what sets the 4008 vs 4003S/8.

Solution? Buy both! Let the creditors decide...

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Feb 04, 2004 4:39 pm

A real nice recording of an 8 string bass is the song "American Jingo" on Attention Deficit's CD "The Idiot King". Michael Manring plays his Zon 8 string bass. Very interesting album.

paul_yan · Post by **paul_yan** » Fri Feb 06, 2004 10:37 am

David,
Thank you for chiming in.

Do you play Juggernaut fingerstyle or with a pick?

By the way, the CD sounds good!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Fri Feb 13, 2004 11:55 pm

SOLD at $2000+ US!!!!

oh my, the second seller made $500 profit

marc61 · Post by **marc61** » Sat Feb 14, 2004 1:40 am

That was a big number. I was shocked, but shouldn't be at this point.