Eight String Club - 8 string Octave - Post 'em

[RodRy]

I got my Schecter Riot-8 early this summer, and just got it back from a proper set-up and adjustment. Plays great now. I call it Yeller.

 

[thewildest]

I know is not 8 strings in pairs but I thought I would share a photo of my beloved 8 string beast.

 

[RodRy]

[QUOTEI know is not 8 strings in pairs but I thought I would share a photo of my beloved 8 string beast.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, technically, you're posting in the wrong thread, but DANG if I had a bass that beautiful I'd want to share it with the world too!

 

[RodRy]

for your enjoyment, I present my Fretless Turner 8 String Ren in flamed myrtle.
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Wow, stunning. I always like Rick Turner's work. I'm pretty amazed that the bridge is so simplistic and not adjustable. How does it play and sound?

 

[RodRy]

Here's mine:Carlo Robelli in silver sparkle finish (did they come in any other?)

I also have a Washburn B-20 *-string in bits getting a revamp and refinish and right now I'm GASing for a Tune with or without a trem system!

Your photo is gone. Can you post a new one? I think Carlo would be happy for the extra exposure!

 

[RodRy]

8 + 2 = 10
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Nice 10 string! How does that beast sound? Can you post video or sound clips? What songs/type of music do you use it on?

 

[RodRy]

bumping this up - any other 8-string folks out there?

There are so few of us. I have a Schecter Riot-8.

 

[RodRy]

Sweet Mystery of Life, now that I have found you...YES! 8-Stringers Unite! I owned, new, a Hagstrom 8-string in 1968. The world turned away. Today I re-discovered myself on a Schecter Studio 8, and I am complete. Guitarist, be very, very afraid. Your Aural Real Estate is soon to be MINE!

Hi Dean, have you any photos of your great 8s?

 

[woodyng2]

I’ve owned this one for about 5 or so years now.
Fernandes Gravity 8.
I love it, removed the Fernandes active system (pickups and wiring harness), replaced with Lace Sensor MANOWAR PJ pickups and quality American wiring components. Rickenbacker knobs.

 

[Ric5]

Nice 10 string! How does that beast sound? Can you post video or sound clips? What songs/type of music do you use it on?

I sold it and I wish I kept it … but is was a really nice bass. I didn't like the pickups or the preamp, and a couple of the frets needed leveling.

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http://www.3dentourage.com/425/11-dean-10string.mp3

and on this clip it is 4 tracks, track 1 a drum machine, track 2 a p-bass, and 2 tracks of the 10 string bass with the octave strings tuned to a 5th above the root, and lots of distortion.

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I am going to build a 10 string bass someday

 

[richnota]

Wow, stunning. I always like Rick Turner's work. I'm pretty amazed that the bridge is so simplistic and not adjustable. How does it play and sound?[/

Wow, stunning. I always like Rick Turner's work. I'm pretty amazed that the bridge is so simplistic and not adjustable. How does it play and sound?

Plays beautifully. But adjusting is a complicated thing (cutting the bridge or using neck shims)—fortunately rick turner did the set up. The combination of fretless and 8 strings is very cool.

 

[madasahatter]

I've had this one for about 6-7 years now. Hagstrom HB-8. I don't play it overly often, but really enjoy it when I do.