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Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:24 pm**

The S8 is fine, I am the one that needs a workout!

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:50 pm**

send it to me and I'll squeeze in 2 extra strings ...

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:43 pm**

Ted......the s8 gave me the blisters on my Saturday gig. I played it for about 2/3rds of the set (probably about an hour) and I must say that I was thrilled with it. I didn't have much of a problem actually playing it but it was hard on my fingers. I, wisely but unfortunately, did not play it at the House of Blues because I knew I was going to have problems with the blisters tearing anyway and the s8 is like a cheese grater on healthy fingers so I figured I'd use it another day.
I started bleeding half way through the 2nd song (75 minute set) and it just got worse and worse. It was probably the best gig of my "career" so I wasn't going to let a little blood/pain dampen the evening. I can't stress enough how happy I was to see the stage manager signal us that we only had time for two more songs

It took me almost an hour to clean it up today....back to lookin' like new again (except for the Barts, of course)

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Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:48 pm**

"send it to me and I'll squeeze in 2 extra strings ..."

....but I put Barts in (completely reversible) and I get mocked by the Ric Purity Police.....(and you Jeff)

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:51 pm**

Hey Brian, you're not supposed to string your basses with razor wire !!! LOL

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:59 pm**

Brian, I believe you've come up with the new color of the year - Spatter-glo!

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:02 pm**

0-NegativeGlo

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:13 pm**

Ric purity police are after me for drilling holes in Rics, for removing bass cut capaciters, for removing ric-o-sound, for removing mutes, for adding a low B to a 4 string bass, for adding a pickup in the mute cavity, for prefering modern rics to vintage rics, ...

so it is your ric ... do what you want with it ... and if they or I kid you don't worry about it ...

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:18 pm**

Horror-glo !!

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:55 pm**

You are indeed the man, Brian. I puss out when my fingertips are even a little sore. Seeing your bloody bass made me think of that great Jessie Ventura line in Predator. "I ain't got time to bleed..."

Posted: **Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:59 pm**

You don't think it's a trick to change the colour to Firerglo !!!!

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:11 am**

Brian ... try a 5 string bass ... it might be easier on the fingers than an 8 string bass ...

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:37 am**

I owned a 4003s5 and found it too cumbersome due to the string spacing....I have since opted to string one of my 4003's BEAD. Problem solved

. The s8 plays almost the same as the 4 stringers so no major problem there either (except for the bloodbath of course).

You seem to find it hard to accept that not everyone wants/needs a 5 string

Posted: **Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:46 am**

hi all. i never let my situation get this far out of hand, but yes the P.O.S. rear pickup mount has always been an issue. i didnt get that bloody but i did bleed more than once. the attached link solved the AGE OLD PROBLEM nicely. david

http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardian/RICBridgePUPlate.html

Posted: **Sat Jan 15, 2005 4:54 pm**

I found the same solution as David Mitchell (see above--no relation) I decided to put the original rear pickup cover back on, sans horseshoe. When I took off the horseshoe the chrome pickup cover had sharp edges around the hole so I took a file and dulled the edges. It didn't take much to take the edge off and you can't tell anything was done to it visually.

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Is this normal ? (bloody 4003 pic warning)