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Ritter Phil Lesh Eye Of Horus Bass

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Pick Ups -- Ritter Master Quattrobucker Electronics -- Phil Lesh Custom Mid Para / 4 Coil Switch Hardware -- Black Gurtpins -- Schaller Security Locks Tuners -- Ritter BT Tuners (Custom made by Gotoh) Nut -- Bone Bridge -- Ritter 3D Bridge and Soundfin String Attachment Body Wood -- Mahogany (One Piece) Neck -- Maple Bolt-on 3-Pieces Fingerboard -- Ebony Scale -- 35" (889mm) String spacing -- Bridge: 74mm - Nut: 44mm Finish -- Futura Frosted Special Features -- Blue Side and Front LEDs and Solid Silver "Eye Of Horus" Inlay

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Ritter Instruments - Phil Lesh -"Eye of Horus" Artist series

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Phil's "Eye of Horus " Bass built by Jens Ritter (Furthur 12/30/09 Bill Graham Civic)

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Phil Lesh

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Grateful Dead

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Phil Lesh is listed on Ritter Basses website as using this custom made, 6 string bass he calls EYE OF HOURS. Phil Lesh talking about his instrument in BASSPLAYER Magazine:

"This instrument is teaching me to play in an entirely different way." Lesh says of his radical new Ritter bass. "This bass is like a revelation to me. It's like a Stradivarius- it speaks."

"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."

"It's a unified concept, and very German his detail and execution. The work is absolutely first-class. He fixes the neck to the body with ten humongous bolts. It's a very solid instrument that stays in tune very well, even though it's made out of wood. That's something I've been seeking for years and years. It's amazingly easy to play."