Carlo Robelli 8 string in Nashville

[Hornisse]

http://nashville.craigslist.org/msg/1823661588.html

I had a cool Jazz Bass copy that they used to make back in the 70's.  Never tried any of their current stuff but was wondering if anyone has tried their multi string offerings?

[Pilgrim]

Sounds like he's had a lot of flakes respond to that listing....cool looking bass, though.

[Highlander]

Very EB0...

Very cool...

There's been a posting about one of these before...

[leftybass]

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.