Hagstrom H8

The Hagstrom H8 is an electric 8-string bass, one of the first of its kind to be mass-produced during the late 1960s/

Mike Rutherford used a Wild Cherry-finished Hagstrom H8 (or H8-2) bass with Genesis, which he played in concert during the Wind And Wuthering tour in 1977 on songs such as "I Know What I Like". He was mainly playing a Shergold double neck, but it would start to form a cavity on his shoulder if worn for too long, so he'd occasionally change over to other instruments like the Hagstrom during concerts.

Besides live concerts, the Hagstrom 8-string can be heard in studio versions of "One For The Vine" (from Wind And Wuthering) and "Burning Rope" (from ...And Then There Were Three).