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eye of horus
PostPosted:Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:03 pm
by Naataanii
has anyone here built or have built for them a "eye of horus" bass? i mean there of lots of tiger and wolf builds out there, just wondering if anyone had the gumption of taking on this bass, its pretty freekin awesome.
Spencer
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Tue Aug 09, 2016 6:10 am
by Rusty the Scoob
It can easily be done if you have the money! Jens Ritter is still building them.
https://ritter-instruments.com/jupiter.php
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:58 am
by seanc
I played a Ritter jupiter 6 a while back (same as Phil's w/o inlay).
I was not all that impressed. It is MASSIVE. I mean like clown shoes kind of massive. I am @ 5'10 and Phil is a good deal taller than me, at least a head taller. But the thing was just silly big.
That said.
It did play well. It sounded very good. Balance was perfect and his use of light weight woods made it surprisingly light. It inspired me to buy a a Ritter Roya. Jen's work really IS fantastic, impeccable and astounding. Aesthetically, you either love or hate his work and that is completely subjective.
But seriously, NOBODY is going to any sort of justice to any sort of Ritter knock off. He is just in a field of his own as far as workmanship and the things he does. Especially in the Jupiter line, it is just too complex. If that is what you want save up and buy one new or used.
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:59 pm
by seniorpesca
Phil's Ritter is at the Smithsonian American history museum now
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:09 pm
by zambiland
Phil's not that tall. I'm 6' and he's at least 6" shorter than me. Unless he was walking on his knees when we met.
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:22 am
by Rusty the Scoob
zambiland wrote:Phil's not that tall. I'm 6' and he's at least 6" shorter than me. Unless he was walking on his knees when we met.
It's too early in the morning for carpentry but... that would only make him 5'6" by my math. That doesn't sound right.
Re: eye of horus
PostPosted:Mon Sep 26, 2016 9:09 am
by zambiland
Rusty the Scoob wrote:zambiland wrote:Phil's not that tall. I'm 6' and he's at least 6" shorter than me. Unless he was walking on his knees when we met.
It's too early in the morning for carpentry but... that would only make him 5'6" by my math. That doesn't sound right.
Well, it was too late in the evening for math for me, but he was much shorter than I expected. Although a bit taller than Bootsy Collins.