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Stunner. 8-string Rics sound so rich and pleasant.



I just wish Ric made a few more of the Deluxe series 4001-8s back in 1973.

There's already a thread about this in the Rickenbackers For Sale forum, and looks like Brian (incubus2432) is already on it.

No harm in having another thread about this beaut. Grrr, I'm getting rather bad G.A.S now...

There are two problems with the 4003s/8. The string order and the fact that there is only one saddle for the E strings. It is difficult to finger notes on the E and A strings with the small string under the large string. Also the octave E does not intonate well up the neck with the low E. Otherwise, I love my 8. It does have an amazing sound.

Hopefully I close the deal....just waiting on some more pics. I sold the Tuxedo that I had and was actually planning on getting another 4 stringer as a backup....but I always wanted an s8 and with this one being black I was hooked.

I have a rather simple idea (and access to a machinist) for being able to set the intonation individually by modifying the sytock bridge.....if I get I'll give it a shot and pass it on if it is a success....if it is a total failure I'll deny that I ever mentioned it

I'm happy with the price.....but out of curiosity what is the opinion of the masses?
(it won't influence me....just curious)

VERY good price for that one Brian!! You did good!

I paid just over $1500 for mine about 6 months ago.

Still a good price Ted. I had one I picked up off the forum for $1000 and Mike Parks grabbed off of me on Ebay for around $1500. It was a Mapleglo BT job.Yours looks terrific.I was mildly in the hunt as I needed a multi-string but, ended up with a Hamer 12, which I do in fact love to death.

That fireglow is beautiful Ted.

Ahhhhh Fireglo ...............

Nice one Ted .....

Thanks Scott. It has one of the darkest FGs I have ever seen.

Brian: That is an excellent idea. Jeff Rath makes 5 string replacement bridges for his 4003 4-to-5 conversions. Maybe it would not be difficult for him to make one for an 8 stringer.

Well, I sent the money so it is mine (I certainly hope ).
I would have preferred Fireglo like yours Ted but Jetglo was a strong second. I can't wait to test drive it at my House of Blues gig next week !

Ted......any string recommendations.....or anything else that I should know?

yep ... I have been considering making an 8 string ric for a couple of years ... I think it would have to be a 4003 bass because of their very strong necks ... I would start with a jetglo 4003 4 string bass and remove the tuners and fill the holes and drill 8 new holes something like this ...



then I would have to modify the tailpiece and get some blank saddles and put 2 string grooves in each on ... I would probably put the octave string on top the way most 8 string basses are ...

I played a dean 8 string bass recently and I really liked it ... but it would be even cooler to get a 4003 8 string ... and I like the idea of having a regular size headstock

Brian: I just bought two 8 string sets from Just Strings. They are GHS Boomers that match the original string guages. Some 8 string players assemble their own sets from single strings.

Jeff: Putting the little string on top makes perfect sense to me too. I will probably reverse my setup at some point.