I had one of those, bought it new from Sam Ash. For several years I was in a band in which I only played 12-string bass. After that band broke up I couldn't find another band that the 12 fit, I really missed playing it but found a situation where an 8-string could possibly work. I'd owned Hagstrom 8-string basses since the early 80s but had sold them once I moved up to 12s in the 90s.
So I see this in the SA catalog, after playing short-scale 8s and 12s for many years, my main concern before I ordered it was that it was a long-scale neck with 8 tuners, on a guitar-size body with a small upper horn. But, I ordered it anyway.
Yep, serious neck-dive. Played OK but I guess I was so used to short-scale 8s/12s that the long-scale didn't sound right to me. And, I never could get the octave A to intonate correctly. So I sold it.
