Ritter Owners Club (Part 2)

[Thunderitter]

^Funny! I've now got an Orange one, this Blue one and then the 'Blue Orange'!

[bigbadjonny]

This incredible instrument (0723) should be winging its way to me from Germany in a few days. I've had the privilege of meeting Jens, but never thought I'd be the owner of one of his creations a year later.

Am quite excited at the prospect...

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[frizzle]

That is indeed an incredible instrument!!
Congrats!

[bigbadjonny]

Originally Posted by frizzle

That is indeed an incredible instrument!!
Congrats!

Well, The Eagle has landed, although judging by the colour, maybe it should be called The Raven Have to say, the neck is superb and as you all know, the fit & finish is

I'll take some pics when I get a chance - I'm flying to NYC tomorrow morning for some (hopefully) amazing gigs and an appointment at Fodera... but I think I've made the right choice

When do I get a number, eh?

[Basdyret]

Originally Posted by bigbadjonny

When do I get a number, eh?

Right now...! You get #47

And congrats on a very cool bass...!!

[Basdyret]

Updated member list here:

Oversoul: Roya 641 #1
Basdyret: Royal 5 "Platinum Roya Concept" 636, Roya 5 737, and Okon 4 1113 #2
EBMatt: roya 614 #3
Thunderitter: Roya 5 347, Roya 5 628, and Roya 5 "The Blue Orange" 927 #4
Folmeister: Roya 326 and 602 #5
Hasadari: Okon 428 and Roya 406 #6
Climb: Classic 3202 CL6 FM (older serial) #7
Fullrangebass: Roya 5 465 #8
Brian Barrett: Jupiter 5 "Damaged Copper" fretless, Classic 6 fretless, Royal 5 "Damaged platinum" fretless #9
Arbitrary: Classic 342 #10
John Turner: Roya 443 #11
Knarleybass: Classic 357 #12
Proton Lenny: Classic 4 640 #13
jordanm: Classic 4 (serial?)14#
Stefan Okon: Okon 9805 and Okon 0011 15#
Atrapp: Roya 515 #16
Voodobassist: Classic 5 #17
Beepo: Roya 409 #18
Johnny O'C: Roya 5 648 #19
WalWarrior: Roya 4 503 #20
vbass29: Classic 5 639 #21
cameronb000: Roya 5 306 #22
spiritchaser: Classic 5 349 #23
Aram Bedrosian: Classic 4 "Supernova" 835 #24
ovialexm: Roya 5 939 #25
DELACIUS: Okon 6 538 #26
LowRanger: Roya 6 822 #27
arcticreef: Roya 5 818 #28
ernval: Roya 4 940 #29
LaMarquis J: Raptor 526 and "The Bone" 1115 #30
R.I.: Okon 845 #31
Thunderthumb81: Rapton/Oktor 827 and Zephyr 534 #32
frizzle: Cora 1006 and R8 1212 #33
senmen: Roya 5 1017 #34
rollerberg2000: Roya 5 645 #35
JOEP054: Roya 5 931 #36
tnickk: Roya 5 467 #37
gregduboc: Classic 4 507 and Cora 5 1106 #38
VictorG: Classic 5 720 #39
elbassisto: Classic 5 303 #40
SneakyJak: Roya 5 801 #41
PazzoBasso: Roya 5 10th Anniversary 622 #42
mp40smg: Roya 5 2402 RO 5 ES #43
coreybox: Cora 4 1186 #44
Cleanhead_Tom: Classic 5 844, Classic 6 1122 and Classic 7 723 #45
dave88: Raptor 5 613 #46
bigbadjonny: Classic 7 723 #47
billostech: Roya 5 712 #48

[Thunderitter]

Some of my own pictures of new addition 0628:

[PazzoBasso]

Originally Posted by dave79

Nice pic. Anyway, back to my question: Does anyone here use a stand (preferably ground but I'll listen to hanging options also) for a Raptor 5?

Not sure if you found a solution yet, but I had similar issues with the standard Hercules yoke & my Roya 5.... The Hercules "universal" yoke is larger & worked for me...

http://www.herculesstands.com/guitars/GSP29WB.html

It comes in a floor stand version as well... I modded one to hang on salt wall...

Cheers.

[frizzle]

Nice pics Thunderitter!
Can I put these on the Ritter website?

[Thunderitter]

Originally Posted by frizzle

Nice pics Thunderitter!
Can I put these on the Ritter website?

Sure!

[bigbadjonny]

Here are a couple of shots of me playing live with the Ritter Classic 7-string #723 & an EBow at The Spill Festival, last Saturday night with the band I play in: Temper Temper. (Since getting it, I've been away and only had a chance to play it briefly the night before the show, but thought I might as well give it a go...)

What I don't understand is why so much is written about the way Ritters look, with so little about the way they sound, because holy cow on a cracker, the tone is fantastic - massive low end punch and terrific mid range detail! I particularly like the mid controls and there are plenty of different, really useable sounds to explore using the other controls. Seven strings are going to take some getting used to, but the neck is so well shaped and proportioned, it'll be a 'brain thing', not ergonomics.

Rather than wait for pics from the official photographer, I got a band mate to take some snaps during sound check, hence the quality's not great...

[Basdyret]

I got around to taking an updated pic of my Ritters:



Will work on recording some sound samples with my new Apogee One this weekend

[bigbadjonny]

Wowzaz! Some fancy-looking whiskies you have there. Ritters not too shabby either ;-)

[mp40smg]

My Ritter has been traded...

So, no longer a member of the club..

[frizzle]

Originally Posted by Basdyret

I got around to taking an updated pic of my Ritters:

Those 3 would look very nice at my place

[bigbadjonny]

So my mate Grand Wazoo just couldn't resist coming round to check out my new Ritter. He has quite a collection of basses, including a bunch of Dingwalls and he was blown away by the playability and craftsmanship and of course, the TONE(S!) He even overcame his '7-string fear'...

Here are a couple of pics he took of me & #723 with his new top-end camera (it has a gyroscope!) With the fisheye you can even see my rig on the other side of the room! ( Euphonic Audio Micro 550 into a Barefaced Midget T - a 1x12 with a tweeter)

[Basdyret]

Very cool ^^

I finally got around to recording sounds samples of my Ritters, posted them on Soundcloud here:

http://soundcloud.com/basdyret/sets/ritters

I'm a bit rusty and didn't bother to spend too much time with it - everything's first takes, just recorded to show what they sound like. Please listen with headphones to get the best results

The PU samples are just to show how the sound changes when changing PU settings, mainly. I had tons of fun with the OPA-drive and tremolo in the Okon...!

[frizzle]

Some nice new instruments available






I really like these next 2

[Thunderitter]

Does anyone else wonder what's up with the 'Eye of Horus' bass that keeps appearing on eBay? The auction always starts at below $5 and is always pulled by eBay within 24hrs. Obviously (IMHO) a scammer, but it does always have me wondering!

[Strokey]

Originally Posted by Thunderitter

Does anyone else wonder what's up with the 'Eye of Horus' bass that keeps appearing on eBay? The auction always starts at below $5 and is always pulled by eBay within 24hrs. Obviously (IMHO) a scammer, but it does always have me wondering!

I emailed the seller. They wrote me back and said that they wanted $1000 for it, and once someone wrote them and told them they wanted it, they would remove it. Apparently, someone decided to buy it. The situation is weird, but they do have 100% positive feedback. I have no idea why they wouldn't list it for $1000 if that is what they wanted for it. If it is legit, someone got a great bass for one heck of a deal.