5 String Ritter Roya FS [SOLD]

[ursusaltered]

Beautiful 5 string Ritter Roya Late Lounge For Sale. Body is Mahagony and AAAAA Quilted Maple, Neck is made of AAAAA Flamed Maple with a Macassar ebony fingerboard, High Gloss finish. 34 scale. Headstock is AAAAA Flamed Maple. Best sounding bass I have ever played. Great action, very fast neck, Smooth as silk. Ritter signature 3 band active electronics Bart jj pick ups. Ritters signature gold hardware, Ritter 3D bridge system. With all of the options on this bass, it cost $9000 brand new. It is in immaculate condition. I am looking for $6500 obo. Great bass at a very good price.  
http://s949.photobucket.com/albums/ad336/jonnydecker/Ritter/
 
all offers and inquiries can email me jonnydecker@hotmail.com

[llobsterbass]

wow. and wow again. that's blindingly beautiful. Ritter's such an artist ... how did Phil Lesh end up with that ugly Martian bass?

[ursusaltered]

A result of too much LSD hahaha. I think he worked with Jen too created that bass. It is a crazy looking piece of art. I dig it though. They are incredible basses!!

[gregduboc]

This is from Ritter's website:
It was made by Jens Ritter in a little town outside of Mannheim, Germany.
That's in Hesse, which is actually the part of Germany my ancestors came from.
I am not sure of the trail that led me to his website, but I was just surfing the Web -I wasn't looking for a new instrument- and I came across some reference to his instruments. I went to his website and was stunned by the look of these instruments. I saw this and just said to myself, that is the coolest-looking instrument I've ever seen - I want that! At that point I was just praying that it would sound good.
I talked to Jens on the phone, and went down to meet him at last year's NAMM show. I played a few of his instruments, and I loved their sound and how easy they were to play. So I commissioned two basses from him. The first one has a shiny black finish - I got that back in July- and this second one came just a few weeks ago. -Phil Lesh, talking about his Jupiter bass
 
(Message edited by gregduboc on February 04, 2011)

[ursusaltered]

If anyone has a Stanley Clarke Deluxe, I would be up for a trade.

[llobsterbass]

I know the story of how Phil got the Ritter. I just don't agree with his choice, for sound reasons alone, and am greatly relieved he's returned to his Modulus Q6 for live shows.
 
(Most) Ritters are beautiful and sound amazing. Body style of Phil's Ritter is not at all to my liking, but why should he care what I or anyone think about that?
 
The real problem is, at least when I saw him play it live several times, that particular Ritter has almost no low end. The midrange is gorgeous and twangy, but I was just not getting that chest thump, even up close in the Phil Zone.
 
At an outdoor Phil and Friends show in Philly a few years ago, the subwoofers from a nearby disco were louder than Phil's bass. True story.
 
The guy from moe. has a more conventional Ritter 5-string, with a AAAAAAAAAAAA curly maple top and seismic low end. Wonder what happened with Phil's bass? or maybe it's the way he had his rig set? any thoughts, Deadheads?

[llobsterbass]

but sorry to hijack the thread. I bet this Ritter sounds amazing.

[ursusaltered]

I don't know what to say about Phil's Bass, but I can tell you that my bass has a huge tone. Great Lowend, and Awesome Highs. Not to mention that it plays like butter.

[ursusaltered]

still for sale guys. Price drop $5500 or would consider a trade for a 4 string SC Bass or Brown bass.

[ursusaltered]

Sold. It is on it's way to Chi Town