The RR8 has an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard with dot inlays, a single Heartfield active humbucker, 22 frets and a fixed bridge with string-through-body design. It has a 24.75" (628.7 mm) scale length and a 12" (305 mm) neck radius.
It used to sell for $699.99.
Heartfield part numbers: 031-1000 (summer, fall & winter 1992), 025-0800 (summer 1993) and 025-1000.
Heartfield colour codes available for this guitar: Frost Red (577), Brite White (581), Yellow Sparkle (593) and Blue Sparkle (594).
First documented month of manufacture: March 1989 (serial number C89006, see guitar below). Last documented month of manufacture: October 1991 (serial number J10859, see guitar below). The guitar appeared in Fender Frontline first in spring 1990 (there were no earlier issues) and last in autumn 1993, which seems to make it (and the RR9) the Heartfield guitar longest in production.
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Type: 1989 RR8 |
| Serial #: C89006 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Frost Red. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, John Simmons. | ||
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Type: 1989 RR8 |
| Serial #: D89234 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Brite White. Note the black tolex non-Heartfield case, it is the case the guitar came in, stock. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, Raymond Whitlock. | ||
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Type: 1989 RR8 |
| Serial #: I10866 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Chrome Red. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, Ben van Dyk. | ||
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Type: 1991 RR8 | |
| Serial #: J10305 | ||
| Remarks: This colour, although you wouldn't say it, is Blue Sparkle. | ||
| Above photo credits: The owner, Paul S. Abrams. | ||
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Type: 1991 RR8 | |
| Serial #: J10859 | ||
| Remarks: The colour is Brite White. | ||
| Above photo credits: Sam Cooper. | ||