Insight on a Remington

John Harmon · Post by **John Harmon** » 7 Nov 2023 1:39 pm

Finally convinced about 8 strings. Found a Remington d8 semi-near me. The price is $1000, decent? No shipping of course and I see it before buying. Also any thing to look for that may be wrong or bad on these. Know nothing about them except to hear Herb playing one, lol. Thanks, John

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 7 Nov 2023 2:13 pm

Had one. Loved it. Wish I still had it. Price sounds about right in decent shape.

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 7 Nov 2023 2:16 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnvKW7_eXuk

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 7 Nov 2023 3:13 pm

I've owned a few D8 Remington's. One was a dude, one was really nice. But in general they are usually very nice steels.

Joe A. Roberts · Post by **Joe A. Roberts** » 7 Nov 2023 8:23 pm

Bill, assuming you meant dud, can you expand on the issues you had with it?

Joe Kaufman · Post by **Joe Kaufman** » 8 Nov 2023 9:02 am

My Remington d8 was really dead sounding at first. I had to tighten nearly every screw nut and bolt on it and then it sang light it was supposed to! I still remember how bummed I was when I first set it up. I'm wondering if the "dud" you had might have had something similar going on.

Stephen Cowell · Post by **Stephen Cowell** » 8 Nov 2023 11:54 am

Joe Kaufman wrote:My Remington d8 was really dead sounding at first. I had to tighten nearly every screw nut and bolt on it and then it sang light it was supposed to! I still remember how bummed I was when I first set it up. I'm wondering if the "dud" you had might have had something similar going on.

They're pretty much Stringmaster clones... and SM's are very dependent on the plate screws behind the bridge for sustain and tone. I broke some screws off in my '56, had to drill them out and go back with oak dowels... that ended up hot-rodding it somewhat, very pleased with the results.