Ritter Lifeline

[TheGreek]

Footage of the latest bass from Jens. 

Bass looks great despite the fretboard. 

 

 

https://youtu.be/XKMDNeef4MA

[nilorius]

Yes, bass is great, but no matter you like the fretboard, before you open your acount, try to, try it out.

[fleabag]

Hey Mick, shut your account 

 

Bass is too wacky for me.  Looks like  John Travolta should be dancing on it.

[Chris2112]

It's an interesting looking bass but I'm not a fan of that 'elastic bands on a butter tub' tone. I've heard better sounding Ritters, with roundwound strings. 

[binky_bass]

18 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

It's an interesting looking bass but I'm not a fan of that 'elastic bands on a butter tub' tone. I've heard better sounding Ritters, with roundwound strings. 

I love the look of that bass - saw it a little while ago (on Jen's mailing list), but I completely agree on the tone... really quote poor to be honest, and the playing of that chap is a bit 'basic'. He might very well be an excellent player, but that video does not at all showcase how exceptionally good I believe that bass is in reality. 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I thought it sounded familiar...

 

 

 

[Chris2112]

I haven't seen that video in years, it certainly brings back memories of when a comparison to a Wishbass was an outright insult 🤣🤣

[Cosmo Valdemar]

24 minutes ago, Chris2112 said:

I haven't seen that video in years, it certainly brings back memories of when a comparison to a Wishbass was an outright insult 🤣🤣

That was my intention 😄

[TheGreek]

I must say that I love many of the Ritter designs  - at least he's doing more than churning out Fender copies. 

 

However I owned a Cora which I was afraid to take out in case it was damaged. No point owning a bass you're scared to play. 

[Cosmo Valdemar]

I should point out that I have no problem with Ritter's designs. It's the tone of the bass in that clip that is a bit... questionable. 

[Burns-bass]

That bass is amazing and I love it.

[wateroftyne]

To be fair… if you’re after that tone and you can’t do wet farts on demand, there aren’t many other options out there.

[greentext]

I usually love Ritter stuff but gotta say this one really isnt for me, that fretboard would both mesmerise and confuse if I was to play it

[Passinwind]

Love the look, the tone is fine by me  too.

[warwickhunt]

His fret lines are all wonky!   

[fretmeister]

I love it, and the tone.

 

[TheGreek]

I'm not sure we can just the tone of this bass by a 1:32 video. 

 

Pretty sure if it's got "Ritter" on the headstock it's going to be far from a one trick pony.

[Dad3353]

1 minute ago, TheGreek said:

...Pretty sure if it's got "Ritter" on the headstock it's going to be far from a one trick pony.

 

There was a headstock..? 

[Delberthot]

Forget the bass, what's with the chicken neck style impersonation the player is doing?

[StickyDBRmf]

Even the amp is futuristic.