Visual art them :p.
 
Hell if I was loaded, Id snacth them up in a heart beat. I love em.

I agree, they look great. Just not in my price range.

The mammoth ivory on the Ritters is a nice touch.  They are mammothly expensive and beautiful, though really, a BOLT-ON neck for $100K?  At long last there's something that makes a Series or custom Alembic look affordable.  
 
I could get into playing one of the Flora series basses - that's a gorgeous design. I wonder what kind of electronics are in them.
 
jsaylor, your T-Bird is a neck through or set neck and thus much less likely to have the bolt-on dead spot.  Thanks for posting the very cool link.
 
Paul

Oooh, Aaah
 

Just noticed, body looks like an eighth note.  Cool.

Yes, thanks for the link. I didn't know of that maker.  
 
Hartmut

I thought a dead spot was like Winterland or the Avalon Ballroom!
 
Bill, tgo
 
I'm in Key West!!!!

Ba-domp-dah!

A dead spot is, as important as a dead fish - we need them...

Paul,
Bolt on necks can be extremely high quality if a good manufacture is making them. Bolt-ons also have more bite and speak better to the amps then neck through and set necks. However these basses are his museum basses. Here is his normal website : www.ritter-basses.com. Prices are around the $5000 mark with the triplebuckers. His Raptor comes with laser pickups! Some creative stuff is flowing out of Dutchland.

Much more affordable and playable.

Bill how long have you been in Key West?  If you have any extra days you don't know what to do with cruise on up to Jacksonville.  I'll buy you a pint.
Sorry, this wasn't the beer thread was it?
 
Sam

Sam:
 
We got into Miami Monday night.  Drove down to KW in a PT Cruiser convertible yesterday.  We're down here through Sunday for the annual NORML legal seminar.  130 of the nicest lawyers you could ever meet.  Thanks for the invite, but we're driving straight to the airport from here on Sunday.  
 
Last night there were a couple of guys (guitarist and singer), playing on the rooftop bar across the street. I pulled out my Baby Taylor and was jamming with them from my balcony.  They saw and invited us over.  I did a song and they invited me back anytime this wek.  The fiddle player in my band (another lawyer) arrives tonight with fiddle.  The guys at the bar said to bring him along.  We're gonna have a lot of fun.  
 
Now back to this thread ... here in Key West, gender seems to be fairly irrelevant!  LOL
 
Bill, tgo

There's a distinct Dr. Seuss flavour to those Ritter basses.  Not that that's a bad thing.  As in, My name is McWilliam McBurney MacFigg, and on weekends I play the Bass Thing-a-Majigg.  Or something.
 
Rick

The 'Okon' basses Ritter makes are too close to Carl Thompson's 'scroll bass' designs for my liking. The others are pretty interesting though.