soopercrip Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 [url="http://www.luxuo.com/tag/bass-guitar"]http://www.luxuo.com/tag/bass-guitar[/url] Was wondering around google and found this... Quote
Happy Jack Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Yeh, there's a guy brings one of those along to our local blues jam. He's got the fretless at home, too. Quote
soopercrip Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='Eight' post='431239' date='Mar 11 2009, 08:36 AM']Ok that is pretty though.[/quote] Glitzy maybe, but can't see the point, I wouldn't dare play it (If Kiwi sees it he'll be looking to upgrade from his shuker... Quote
new2bass Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Just reading "...the nut is carved from 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory." Just puts me into a rage! Looks great but 250K. Looser I'd say. Quote
yorick Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 This was featured in Bass Player a couple of years ago. It was built to celebrate Ritter's 10th anniversary, with a customer already lined up for it!!! At the time it was supposed to have cost $100k..... Quote
soopercrip Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='yorick' post='431275' date='Mar 11 2009, 09:43 AM']This was featured in Bass Player a couple of years ago. It was built to celebrate Ritter's 10th anniversary, with a customer already lined up for it!!! At the time it was supposed to have cost $100k.....[/quote] Blo*dy inflation/Labour government/price of fuel/VAT etc,etc,etc Quote
dlloyd Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='new2bass' post='431263' date='Mar 11 2009, 09:14 AM']Just reading "...the nut is carved from 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory." Just puts me into a rage![/quote] Why? Quote
Eight Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='dlloyd' post='431453' date='Mar 11 2009, 01:18 PM']Why?[/quote] Finding a 10,000 year old mammoth, and then killing it just to make a nut seems excessive. Quote
yorick Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='dlloyd' post='431453' date='Mar 11 2009, 01:18 PM']Why?[/quote] Why not? At least it wasn't covered in siberian tiger fur!!! Quote
EBS_freak Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Yeah, but it's Ritter. That's what Jens does. He's the celebrity chef Heston type of the luthier world. Quote
dlloyd Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='Eight' post='431469' date='Mar 11 2009, 01:40 PM']Finding a 10,000 year old mammoth, and then killing it just to make a nut seems excessive.[/quote] While it might seem odd, mammoth ivory is actually fairly common, and quite 'cheap'. It costs around £50 for a kilo of material that would be suitable for making into nuts. Okay, not as cheap as bone or graphite, but not mega-expensive. There's no question here of scientifically important specimens being used for the vanity of the rich. Ritter won't be cutting up museum quality tusks (which would cost tens of thousands of pounds). Quote
KevB Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I'd expect it to be carved from unicorn horn at the very least for those prices...and a free mermaid skin gig bag. Quote
BigRedX Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I can remember when this was first announced and people complained about the price (then $100,000 IIRC). At the time I pointed out that my boss had just spent that much on a new car and that wasn't anything particularly flash. Given that kind of money I know what I'd have spent it on (a clue: it wouldn't be the car), plus judging by that article it looks as though the bass was a better investment - I doubt to car is even worth half what he paid for it now. Quote
RaNoFuNkY Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 i tend to avoid mammoth these days, prefering faberge egg shell Quote
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