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11-27-2012, 12:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kevteop  I think Ritter stuff looks pretty in isolation, but they would look a bit (understatement) out of place on me. And, I imagine, most other bass players.
It's the same reason I don't wear a massive gold medallion and a white leather onesie. | I think the leather onesie would chaff, no? |
11-27-2012, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by pgolliher I disagree. I think that if I was given ten million dollars, I would buy things that I like..... I would buy a rosso corsa (racing red) Ferrari, because I like them and desire one. Money wouldn't somehow make me want to buy a purple Lamborgini Diablo. | If you read my post carefully, you would see that I didn't say you would buy this Ritter if given $10,000,000. I said some of the participants in this thread would. But let's not quibble over details. LOL. 
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11-27-2012, 12:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | | I didn't think my stupid post about a wierd bass would cause so much controversy. |
11-27-2012, 12:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Brooklyn Park, MN. | | I love the looks of Ritter Roya's.
I think they are pure art.
The one pictured is not my favorite one I have seen but is very unique.
Now this one I would love to have. I would rock the heck out of it.    
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11-27-2012, 12:39 PM
| | | I like it. The pink strings are definitely not to my taste, but the bass itself is interesting.  The price is more than I'd spend.
Anyone played this? The tuner on the back is something I'm curious about - does it get in the way?
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11-27-2012, 12:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL | | | Are the tuner machines on the back of the head stock? Its a cool looking bass, a one piece construction is intriguing.
I'd need to string it with something a little less "purple", and the comma in the price needs to be moved one digit to the left. Aside of those issues its a nice bass. |
11-27-2012, 12:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Queens NY | | | Homer in his mumu and little hat is one of the greatest things ever |
11-27-2012, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: COLORADO | | | fretless AND one too many strings.
for those reasons you can count me out!
Looks pretty cool to me - otherwise.
I think not having any knobs on the face is kinda neat. |
11-27-2012, 12:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: yucca valley, california | | | I think those basses are really cool and unique,but buying something like that and playing in a band would be like showing up to a biker bar in a tuxedo. theyre too expensive to be main players. |
11-27-2012, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer I think they are pure art. | Agreed 
Prefer more 'regular' basses myself 
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11-27-2012, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Biloxi, MS | | | nah. Ritters are just too gaudy for me.
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11-27-2012, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by hdracer I love the looks of Ritter Roya's.
I think they are pure art.
The one pictured is not my favorite one I have seen but is very unique.
Now this one I would love to have. I would rock the heck out of it. | Omg, how fun would it be to rock that thing?! I wish. DOH!
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11-27-2012, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cadillac, MI | | | Every art form, including bass building, needs people who are testing the outer limits of what is deemed as acceptable in the medium. It's important to the growth of the medium. I'm personally always excited to see what Ritter and other bass luthiers are up to.
That having been said, I would neither purchase or play that particular bass. Not my cup of tea, although I don't doubt that it sounds phenomenal. |
11-27-2012, 02:31 PM
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11-27-2012, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Belleville,New Jersey USA | | | I love the look of the Ritters always have but the $ sign keeps me at bay I do a lot of club gigs and would not even think of using it live which would be a big waste having it collecting dust in my studio.
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11-27-2012, 02:41 PM
| | | | I really like the look of this one, purpink strings and all. I would lay down $15,000 for this, if I had that much.
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11-27-2012, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by blowinblue If you read my post carefully, you would see that I didn't say you would buy this Ritter if given $10,000,000. I said some of the participants in this thread would. But let's not quibble over details. LOL.
M. M. | Fair enough, and in the interest of showing solidarity on this thread- I'll split the ten million with you my bass brother. |
11-27-2012, 03:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Great White North | | | That wouldn't be my first choice for a Ritter, but Jens is an undeniable master!
"ONE piece of Swietenia Mahogany"
He had a one piece flamed maple Roya @ the Montreal Guitar show that was absolutely stunning - a work of art & a feat of guitar building that not many would attempt...
Like it or not, it's people like Jens Ritter that push boundaries & keep the art of luthiery alive... Engineer, artist & a very personable, funny guy!!!
Danke Jens!
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11-27-2012, 03:36 PM
| | | | Looks like lucite not saying it is just looks like,,pretty cool buut would buy a vintage indian first. |
11-27-2012, 03:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Scottsdale Az | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Modulator Every art form, including bass building, needs people who are testing the outer limits of what is deemed as acceptable in the medium. It's important to the growth of the medium. I'm personally always excited to see what Ritter and other bass luthiers are up to.
That having been said, I would neither purchase or play that particular bass. Not my cup of tea, although I don't doubt that it sounds phenomenal. | This + about a thousand. If guys like him didn't exist we would only have J and P basses to choose from. Keep at it Jens and to whoever got this beauty... enjoy it, and play the crap out of it  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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