What Is Your Favorite Eight-String? Or Your Least Favorite? Why?

My favorite? There's a picture of it in Paul Boyer's Rickenbacker bass book. A one-of-a-kind left handed Fireglo 4005/8. Why is it my favorite? Because I will never, ever be able to own it. It was actually for sale several years ago; IIRC, the starting bid price was $18,000; god knows what it eventually sold for... Which is just as well; I've yet to hold an 8 string bass that I could actually play. The strings are always too close together for my stumpy, thick fingers. But... man, is that thing gorgeous...

 

The only ones I've ever paid attention to are the, Hagstrom hb 8and Hamer 12 string

 

I had a Kramer alum neck 8 string for a while. Nice bass, but heavy.

 

I had a beautiful Ibanez Artist 8 that I should never have let go. I did get a Hagstrom 8, but I could not get it to intonate and I ended up selling it for substantially less than I paid for it.

 

Might have better results asking your question here?
the official 8-String (octave courses) bass club

 

I played an Alembic series II 8 string back in the day, tough to beat.

 

That red one is attractive.