Hey guys, I'm looking for a bit of advice from whoever has a bit of experience with 8-strings, particularly the Washburn rb-2802. From what I understand, it's a pretty uncommon bass (couldn't even find any demos on YT), but I have two concerns:
1- I paid $235 including shipping, the input jack needs to be re-soldered, which isn't a big concern. Did I get a good deal? There are very few price listings for this particular bass floating around. The way I see it, 235 isn't much at all for any decently made bass, regardless of one 5-dollar piece of hardware that I can replace myself.
2- This thing comes equipped with 4 normal roundwounds. If I want to equip this thing with a set of real 8-strings, what strings will fit this thing? Will D'addario XLs work?
Thanks you guys, I'm pretty pumped to get learning my 8-string, it'll be quite a trip
edit: forgot picture for reference- http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQzWDE0MTI=/z/fjkAAOxydlFSzrmh/$_57.JPG
1- I paid $235 including shipping, the input jack needs to be re-soldered, which isn't a big concern. Did I get a good deal? There are very few price listings for this particular bass floating around. The way I see it, 235 isn't much at all for any decently made bass, regardless of one 5-dollar piece of hardware that I can replace myself.
2- This thing comes equipped with 4 normal roundwounds. If I want to equip this thing with a set of real 8-strings, what strings will fit this thing? Will D'addario XLs work?
Thanks you guys, I'm pretty pumped to get learning my 8-string, it'll be quite a trip
edit: forgot picture for reference- http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzQzWDE0MTI=/z/fjkAAOxydlFSzrmh/$_57.JPG
