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Ok, so I hope I'm allowed to post here, as I'm not a Ritter owner (yet!), but I thought I'd let you know about the interesting time I had last night here in London, UK, in the company of a certain Mr Ritter and a handful of his creations....

Jens was in London to talk about all things Ritter and, since a company here has just become a distributor, he'd decided to deliver the stock in person!

There was a talk from Jens about how he started, how he makes instruments etc. and a Q & A, interspersed with performances from a scratch band from the music college whose premises we were in.

Some fascinating facts came to light, from a glimpse of Jens' 1st customizing attempt, to why Jens prefers bolt-on necks and his reasoning behind the 10 or so neck bolts...

I had a chat with Jens afterwards and found him to be an enthusiastic and inspiring person...a real individual!

Gutted that I missed this :(

However, Link Removed are now the new UK distributor and they are just 15 minutes from my house :)

Looks like the solid flamed maple body Cora 4 at the front of your picture is heading to my house very soon indeed!

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Molan said:
Gutted that I missed this :(

However, Link Removed are now the new UK distributor and they are just 15 minutes from my house :)

Looks like the solid flamed maple body Cora 4 at the front of your picture is heading to my house very soon indeed!

And head to my house it did :)

Absolutely loving it as well.

Haven't had a bass in quite a long time that calls out to me like this one, I keep reaching out just to stroke it!

Have played it every day as well and pretty much every other bass has been relegated to the rack.
 
Wow, two new Coras on order at the same time - congrats on being able to do that ! :D

I've been very busy recently, and maybe I've missed handing out a new member number or two - if somebody feels overlooked, please send me a reminder here or through PM with your serial number(s), and I'll add you to the list ASAP :)

I plan to pay Jens a visit in a month or two to pick up my new Okon... it's seriously a nerve-wracking wait for this one :p
 
Actually, I was planning to ask Jens about February 11-12, as I'm going to Lyon with work and could get a cheap flight to Frankfurt from there. Beats driving for 9 hours from here... :p Only thing is, I have no clue how to get to his place from Frankfurt airport.

I'll talk to Jens when he's back from NAMM - do you know when that is?
 
There are quite a few Ritter owners here on TB...! :)

I own the Platinum Roya Concept, which I have posted to death here over the last few months - here's two of the pics again:

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The rest of the pics are here:

Platinum Concept pictures by Basdyret - Photobucket

I also have a custom Roya 5 on the way, Jens has promised me pics and updates for a loooooong time, but as great as he is at building basses, he just can't manage to communicate with customers by e-mail. I guess I should call him - my bass should have been finished in March.

That looks amazingly sleek, the whole fretless and non-showing tuners make it look really cool :D
 
Wow, two new Coras on order at the same time - congrats on being able to do that ! :D

I've been very busy recently, and maybe I've missed handing out a new member number or two - if somebody feels overlooked, please send me a reminder here or through PM with your serial number(s), and I'll add you to the list ASAP :)

I plan to pay Jens a visit in a month or two to pick up my new Okon... it's seriously a nerve-wracking wait for this one :p

I visited him before christmas and saw your bass! NICE!

Okon ftw!
 
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