Non Warwick German High-Class Workmanship

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Holy Moly ... not as sweet as a Thumb NT but the finishes...holy shit 8)
 
theres loads of brilliant luthiers making some mind blowing instruments,especially in europe.Tha luthiers access group is an excellent way to source some.Check jerzy drozd from spain,the mans hands build basses that'll make you weep.since it's not warwick i wont link it here as per forum/mods rules, :wink: But i will say google.that is all. :D
 
that ritter guy sure likes to add an insane amount of screws to keep the necks in place. i mean COME ON! :D
 
I like the woods he uses, but I'm not a big fan of these shapes. They make the bass look very un-natural, but it's all a matter of taste.
 
+1 Thumperton. There are some amazing luthiers out in Europe. Germany itself has Warwick, Ritter, Sandberg, Hotwire, BassLab, and more. Elsewhere in Europe you have Jerzy Drozd, Pagelli, Shuker, Celinder, Manne, Overwater, Leduc, Sei, and I'm just barely scratching the surface here. (I'd mention Wal as well, but I think they stopped taking orders a while ago and the waiting list on one is insane.)

And, yes, I'm not a fan of the Ritter body shapes either. But my housemate, who's also a bassise, thinks they're the most amazing things he's ever seen.
 
I've always thought the likes of Ritter basses are just too over the top! Great works of art maybe... but not for actually playing...

I can imagine turning up with one of those in some of the sweaty dives I've played in!
 
:o 13 friggin neck bolts?????? i mean wtf?is there a problem regarding neck stability on these basses or what?Thats what i'd be asking myself before considering buying one of these.Maybe its just to look good.
 
Maybe

Maybe some 200 guage strings, or piano wire!
 
SullenDoorNeal said:
+1 Thumperton. There are some amazing luthiers out in Europe. Germany itself has Warwick, Ritter, Sandberg, Hotwire, BassLab, and more. Elsewhere in Europe you have Jerzy Drozd, Pagelli, Shuker, Celinder, Manne, Overwater, Leduc, Sei, and I'm just barely scratching the surface here. (I'd mention Wal as well, but I think they stopped taking orders a while ago and the waiting list on one is insane.)

And, yes, I'm not a fan of the Ritter body shapes either. But my housemate, who's also a bassise, thinks they're the most amazing things he's ever seen.
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each to their own i guess,beauty is in the eye,& sometimes arse,of the beholder, :wink: i tend to agree with ya there neal.
 
not a fan of ritter basses at all... too over the top!
 
Hmm..I`m no specialist in all kinds of wood and how they sound, so bases on configs and looks, I must say Sandberg Bullet Special and Custom Thinline caught my attention, and not at a bad price either.

...and I actually contacted BassLab in Sweden 4 years ago, regarding a lefty STD, but the price cut my hands of at that moment.

Anybody tried one?
 
Charmand G said:
Hmm..I`m no specialist in all kinds of wood and how they sound, so bases on configs and looks, I must say Sandberg Bullet Special and Custom Thinline caught my attention, and not at a bad price either.
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I once checked a fretless 6-string of one of the simpler models (Bullet -?) with a simple ash body. The action was impressively low, but the B-string lacked definition. Seemingly this is a general problem of Sandberg as other players confirmed. Also the sound I found nothing remarkable.

Anybody tried one?
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I checked out one of the simpler models, a BassLine Buster 5 Fretless, not quite a year ago, and, alas, I must say I didn't find it acceptable any, it even was way too harsh sounding.

Of the fretless basses of German origin I checked back then I liked the Marleaux, which has a very fine tonaly quality, the Human Base Jonas, which "sings" quite nicely, but still didn't compare to the Warwick Fortress, not to speak of the Corvette Standard/Bubinga.

Alas, I didn't have the opportunity to check the .
 
I think the Ritter is way over the top for my tastes, and as far as the number of neck bolts are concerned, I think you should be getting a neck-thru bass for the kind of money we're talking about.
 
I agree fully gary,that many bolts has to be an aesthetic thing surely.But each to their own i guess.
btw good to see ya mate. :wink:
 
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