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  1. molan

    Ritter R8 SOLD

    molan replied to BCH's topic in Basses For Sale

    My old bass! I think I was the first owner - no idea why I sold it 🤦‍♂️ Lovely thing with a fabulous woody / earthy tone. Records really well.
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    Perfect! Is the J the newer humcancelling version or a single coil?
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    Two quick questions: Any idea of weight? What is the width at the nut?
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    Does it have the classic 1.75” nut or the more modern 1.625” that Fender often use?
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    No one does quilt maple quite like Roger - beautiful bass!
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    I agree!
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    The extended B used to be an option on 5 string basses. I think the only model that came with it as standard (and not changeable) was the Lincoln Goines Signature. There's been loads of debate about whether it makes any difference whatsoever. The general view seems to be that it cannot affect either the direct tension or tone of a B string. Extending the string longer, either behind the headstock or through the body, makes no difference to tone (despite all the people who claim they can 'hear' a difference on through-body stringing). However, there is some physics that say the longer the string is, beyond the nut, the more likely it is that you might be able to 'feel' a slight looseness in flexibility of that string. To be honest I think this would only be the case if you were extending by way more than few centimeters on an Extended B bass though! Whenever questioned the guys at Fodera would always say that 'the customer is always right' - if someone requests something & it can be done they will build it for them. They will offer advice if they think something is really silly though. I did once have a conversation with Joey Lauricella and he said that in early days they received some strange requests and Vinny would say, this'll never sound good. They said that they only ever once built something that a customer absolutely insisted on that they knew wouldn't work. Customer refused to change his spec so they built it. As soon as he went to play it he said "this sounds really bad". The Fodera guys shrugged their shoulders and kinda said "we told you this". They then told the guy what needed to be changed and, if I remember correctly, they built him another that actually did sound right
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    Ah, I knew it had gone to a good home but couldn’t remember which one 🤦‍♂️
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    Great basses - inspired me to drag mine out of storage. Pretty much the same but bright pink instead of purple!
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    Link to red is above - this is the white one: https://ritter-instruments.com/instrument.php?id=1187
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    This one? https://ritter-instruments.com/instrument.php?id=1501
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    I used to own one almost identical to this but with a conventional 34” scale. Lovely thing it was too! I now have a pair of gloss finish Coras - one white & the other red. This would look great to go with those two but I’d need to sell stuff first
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    If I thought I could sell something quickly then I’d have this without a second thought. I have a US Lakland J in a, very funky, custom refinish by Martin Sims that is great to play but it’s a shade too heavy for me to gig with. This is a perfect gigging weight I think.
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    Couldn’t resist - have pre-ordered one from a shop that’s only getting one in stock!
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    First new Fender in an age that’s got me even remotely excited!
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    I sold my Fodera Monarch Elite for £12K. That’s the most I’ve ever sold a personal bass for. We did sell a couple of custom build Foderas for around that amount as well.
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    Jens does have a ratecard that’s supplied to dealers but he doesn’t publish them. One simple reason was that he sells all over the world & it was a major hassle keeping on top of exchange rate fluctuations.
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    No problems here. Simple install and everything working fine.
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    These are quite different beasts from the current 'Standard' models. If I remember rightly they were built in very small batches, maybe 10 - 20, and in the main custom shop by the, at the time, very limited number of luthiers. I think they were kind of a 'test' series to work out a way of batch-building to sit alongside the core custom lines. At the time the only way to get a Fodera was to place a full custom order. The idea behind these was to build the small batches in popular combinations but with no custom specs. All built alongside the custom basses. This allowed people to sample the full Fodera bass experience without the, circa 2 year, wait time and at a more affordable price (bearing mind that an 'affordable' Fodera is still a LOT of money to many players). The natural follow on to these was the Standard series we now have. Simpler construction, the biggest time saving is the straight headstock instead of angled back, followed by the rear cutaway, and generally larger build numbers. I've owned 5 or 6 Foderas and although my early standard is the lowest cost it's actually the only one I've hung on to! I certainly think these are worth a decent amount more than most of the current Standard models you'll see on the used market (although the newer Ltd editions are getting quite special / pricey now). Definitely worth £3K+
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    I see 2.92 has been released. Painless install for me. supposed to fix lots of small glitches in 2.91 / 2.90
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    From MarkBass: ”British bassist John McKenzie has worked with a vast range of very popular artists including Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Tom Scott, Morrissey Mullen, Seal, David Bowie, Eternal, Shakira, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Annette Peacock, James Ingram, Phoenix Horns, Wham, The Christians, Tim Finn, Lionel Richie, Steve Hillage, Man, Kajagoogoo, Eric Burdon, Andy Taylor, Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra, Serge Foubert and Raw Stylus. More recently he has toured with Bond, Wild, Ive Mendes, and concert pianist Maksim“
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    Just heard that John McKenzie has left us I remember him back from the mid 70’s with Man but his Recording and Live CV reads like a who’s who of artists to have played with.
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    I've been watching this one closely. Price doesn't really bother me but I'd like to see how good the 'neural capture' is. I have Jule, Demeter, ATS etc amps plus some pre-amp pedals that I'd love to sample & capture without the size and design of the Kemper. I have to admit that I bought the Stomp specifically to see how I'd get on with one whilst waiting for the Quad-Cortex to come out
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    Still loving this one. I've owned about 5 Celinders and each one has sounded great!
  25. molan
    I upgraded to 2.9 completely painlessly. The new tuner operation is great. Means the tuner is a decent live tool now. Very simple stuff but really makes a world of difference. I like the Alpaca Rouge a lot as well. Simply running it without any dynamics or amp/cab sims sounds very nice with my Sei J that’s relatively low output (for an active bass). Adding the SVT Pro4 sounded nice with this bass as well. Need to work more on the new compressor but it’s getting good reviews and I’ve seen some settings to try so will get on those tomorrow morning
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