Re: Phil's new bass

On Nov 10, 12:37 pm, LP <so.you...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Nov 10, 9:35 am, LP <so.you...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 10, 8:59 am, Mark Scalise <markscal...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Interesting design . . .

http://flickr.com/photos/mikeskliar/3017215482/sizes/l/

It's a Ritter Jupiter custom made to Phil's specific requests.

http://www.ritter-basses.com/ritter-basses-baesse/ritter-basses-jupit...

Far out indeed. Does the anchoring of the strings way past the bridge
have any sonic benefits?
.

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