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    My new Maruszczyk---"nitro gloss"?

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    16 minutes ago, Beedster said:

    He might be cheap, but these days so are a lot of very good quality basses. 

    Is he cheap though? Just looking at the in stock Elwood's. They bounce between €1160 and around €1500. You can get a Sandberg California TT passive for the same money. I know which way I would go.

    Slightly off topic and slightly irrational I know, but the 'From Player to Player' thing on the headstock has always seemed a bit naff to me. I believe there are examples without it, may even be an option to not have it for all I know, but it's put me off buying used ones that do bear that phrase. (apologies to anyone who has one - it's just not for me).

    NB'sD: Music Man Stingray Special 5 Strings

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    Great post @Old Horse Murphy. That’s basically what forced me to knuckle down with 5’ers some years ago. For me, it’s not something I could dabble with as I always found myself having an excuse to go back to the 4’s. With the 80’s band there was no way around it, well not one that I wanted to pursue anyway.

    That said, there are a few 80’s songs I still like to play on a 4, but they’re few and far between.

    Congrats on the basses, they look awesome. I have a Special 4. It had a few set up issues, but now I’ve sorted that out, it’s a real cracker. Sounds like you’ve really lucked out with the weight as well. I think that’s similar to my Special, albeit mine is a HH.

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    Ritter basses

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    29 minutes ago, akabane said:

    Different strokes and all that :)

    That being said, I've only ever only found a couple of Jens' basses "beautiful", and those include one of his pure white builds and one of his black matte ones (unfortunately not remembering the model names). I've never played one and definitely looking forward to. They are definitely out there, and Ritter seems like one of the few bass luthiers around that keeps making statements (whether we might like them or not :) ) and I can only applaud him for that! 

    By the way, to whomever said they look like child drawings of a Carl Thompson...to me Thompson designs have always looked very, very bad (all the proportions feel wrong every time I've put my hands on one, or seen one). And I am a person who tends to like more 'baroque' design choices (which his designs are full of), so it's not even that I don't like the style. Just THOSE particular designs - almost never seen a CT I liked aesthetically. However, I did have a chance to play a CT and it was an absolutely impressive instrument! Which I reckon is the same experience I'd have playing a Ritter. So...who gives? :P

    There was a gorgeous Carl Thompson for sale here a few years ago. Still kicking myself I didn’t jump in when I had the chance. Unfortunately, the seller has now removed the photo’s from the thread, but it was a stunner, to my eyes at least.

     

    Ritter basses

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    Posted · Edited by hiram.k.hackenbacker

    1 hour ago, NancyJohnson said:

    While I've got little desire to own a Ritter, I have to say that that from a visual aesthetic, there's nothing not to like.  I do love the look of Warner Brother/Simpsons/X-Men finishes (I'd be hard pushed to actually come up with any franchise that I'd want adorned on a bass costing £7/£8K), but this one in particular blows my mind:

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    I reckon Jens just sees bass and guitar building as a playground and anything goes.  Credit to him for making instrumenst athat are so nuts to be honest.

    I wish I could find the video of that. It has a completely bonkers lighting system installed in it. All different colours and all light up randomly. Very clever. My take on one of his comic book finishes would be Batman/The Killing Joke.

    I bought a Ritter from @molan. If you’ve not had one in your hands, do yourself a favour and put it on your bucket list. Irrespective of what it looks like, it plays superbly, is fitted with quality components and to address one of the most discussed aspects of buying a bass - it’s very light. 7lb and change as I recall. 

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