The world's most expensive bass...

[ptg]

Close...the gig bag is made from the Shroud of Turin. Jens cuts no corners.

Jesus, that's a great feature! Wait a minute....

 

[carsbybigd]

I want a 10,000 year old mammoth tusk nut....

How do we know it's 10,000 yrs old ?

 

[bongostealth]

So.... would it ruin it if I bought it and changed the pickups to EMGS, put in an Aguilar preamp, and changed the hardware to Hipshot???

 

[Lloydtownsend]

I'm sure Ritter makes great instruments (I think he was an engineer) but the fact that he puts jewelry into a bass and gets spots on display in Washington DC (or someplace like that) over some Alembic or Spector or old BC Rich is absurd. Any of those companies have had infinitely more impact on the world of music that a bass with a few rich women's wedding rings in them.

If I put a Ferrari into a Pbass does that make me awesome? No (other than logistically figure out how to do that).

Ritter has cool finishes. They are cool ideas but nothing compared to the company's I mentioned (and others too).

 

[mark beem]

Flea needs to buy it and put a sticker on it like he did with his '61 Fender Jazz.

 

[Atshen]

But, how does it perform for metal?

Yeah, but is it good for metal?

Isn't gold the heaviest metal? So there's your answer.

 

[rogerbmiller]

Wow. Idk if I'm the last to know or if anyone else has seen this but DAAAAYUUMMMM!
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Who would play this??

I remember when these first came out and they "only" cost $100,000!

 

[MVE]

How do we know it's 10,000 yrs old ?

Um... when was the last time you saw a Mammoth????

 

[AltGrendel]

Only Jens could come up with something like that and make it work. He really deserves the title of "Artist".

 

[Atshen]

Um... when was the last time you saw a Mammoth????

I think he means that it could be only 9,999 years old.

 

[Kukulkan61]

I would play the Hell out of it and then thrash it death punk rock style!!!

 

[SERPENT865]

looks ok how does it play and sound

 

[bongostealth]

looks ok how does it play and sound

Ritter basses do sound good. Like everything else, there are people who don't like the sound, but overall, they sound awesome.

 

[bongostealth]

In all seriousness, the bass is not $250,000. The bass is actually only $1.50. The shipping is $249,998.50.... through the trusty United States Parcel Service.

 

[cnltb]

looks ok how does it play and sound

Those I have played were ok, but not more than that.
The interesting thing about these was the varnish.

 

[Jazz Ad]

It's amazing what you can do with bad taste and too much money.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

As a general rule, I try not to play basses that are worth more than houses.

 

[Medicine Man]

Jens is a superb artist. Maybe your Ford Mustang can smoke a Rolls Royce off the line at a stoplight, but it will never match the fit and finish. The highest end luxury anything is never more practical than the proletariat version, but practicality is rarely the point.

 

[spectorfreak]

I would string it with flats and have a tort PG made for it.

 

[carsbybigd]

Um... when was the last time you saw a Mammoth????

I've never seen a live one , but I saw a skeleton ( or a replica) in the LACMA museum . It didn't have a " Made in 8,800 B.C. " stamp on it though .