RICHTER Handmade Luxury Bass- & Guitar Straps

Richter Guitar Straps are not just simple tools for practical purposes – far from it!

All Richter Straps are designed individually and therefore absolutely one-of-a-kind. Our custom-made premium products meet the highest demands of musicians and emphasize the aesthetics of every precious instrument. Richter Guitar Straps are exclusively handmade in Germany to guarantee outstanding quality and functionality. Naturally, we only use the finest and clearest leather materials available on the market. Our product concept means consequent continuation of stellar instrument designs with exclusive wood and hardware. Customers taking no pleasure in conventional guitar straps made from fabric, standard or artificial leather will consider Richter Guitar Straps as completely satisfying solution.

Richter Guitar Straps represent only the most exclusive materials. All exterior surfaces and belt parts consist of finest and clearest buffalo belting leather. This type of leather can be identified by its thick, firm feel and smooth finish. It is 100 % vegetable tanned and aniline dyed – this means an extremely eco-friendly production process. The smooth tight grain character results from a unique blend of vegetable tannage adds.
Our buffalo belting leather is oiled or waxed and dyed extensively and entirely by hand. The transformation from raw hide to processable leather takes about twelve weeks.
This enormous but very worthwhile amount of work is responsible for the outstanding quality and exquisite visual appearance of the complete Richter product range.
A complete buffalo hide measures about 4.5 sqm. Our belting leather is produced by cutting off all shoulder and belly parts, resulting in the so-called croupon as premium part of the hide. This “filet piece” normally measures only 1.5 sqm. Our extreme in-house quality standards strictly exclude usage of the remaining hide parts for Richter Guitar Straps. For the same reason, all cutting and sewing is exclusively done by hand. Only about 50 % of the already small croupon are actually cut out. That’s why the term “filet piece” really works without exaggeration.
In addition, all Richter Guitar Straps feature an internal microfibre padding. Of course, this breathable high-tech material does not lose any color. The handmade premium quality of Richter Guitar Straps entirely bases on traditional German craftsmanship – from raw material and cutting to sewing and hardware installation. Handmade pieces of highest value never appear sterile or artificial – thanks to a superb symbiosis of amazing visual appearance, formidable feel and natural charme.

Strap Details
• Richter Guitar Strap, custom-made in Germany
• Finest and clearest buffalo leather “cayman”
• Soft shoulder pad
• Sweat resistant microfibre lining, breathable and noncolour-fading
• Optional pre-installed security hardware system (pushbutton principle), two separate instrument pins. Dunlop Straplok® Flush Mount System.
• Width: about 7 cm (2.76”)
• Length: 107,5–153,5 cm (42.3”–60.4”), adjustable
• Weight: Only about 300 g

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Dominique di Piazza

Dominique di Piazza komt weer naar Amsterdam





Dominique, who resides in France, is of Sicilian origin and was raised by his gypsy stepfather, a heritage that would influence his musicality in later years. He played both guitar and bass for a period of time, and after hearing the infamous Jaco Pastorius in 1979 decides to focus strictly on the bass, and not long after starts finding the unique voice he becomes very well known for.
Being a self taught musician, he immediately started developing his own style of playing, and by the early 80's had refined his signature right hand approach. It began by using the thumb, index, and middle finger instead of the traditional two finger approach, and that move gave birth to the four finger technique which is used as a secondary technique by many of the top players in the world. In addition to that, he also enhanced this technique by using a pedal steel guitar pick on his thumb and index finger, and carved out a unique and distinctive sound on the instrument.
Beyond that, he also made a change over from a 4 string to a 5 string and introduced using a high C string as the 5th string instead of the low B, which was uncommon, and once again was embraced by many of the top players. On the « Que Alegria » album with John McLaughlin, which came out in 1992, the solo bass tune « Marie » would become one of the highlights of the recording, displaying his new « picking technique ».

These subtle but imaginative changes to his approach on the instrument, would have a ripple effect in the bass community and would be adopted by numerous players both here in the states and in Europe, such as Matthew Garrison, Adam Nitti, and Hadrien Feraud to name just a few.He also came up with a design for a special bridge to be used on a fretted bass to emulate the sound of a fretless bass.
This can be heard on the piece « Seven Up » from the album « Wait and See » recorded in 1993, which once again was another extraordinary performance by Dominique.
Add to that a strong background in the be-bop genre, his gypsy musical heritage, a neo-classical approach to his playing, and a strong sense of harmony, and you have one of the most original voices on bass in modern music today.
His career started in 1982 at the Hot Club de Lyon in France playing with Michel Perez. He became an established player on the Paris scene and toured as well with Didier Lockwood, Andre Ceccarelli and Gordon Beck.

In 1987 he does a European tour with Gil Evans and the Big Band Lumiere of Laurent Cugny. He then recorded a trio album with Jean-Pierre Como and Stephane Huchard called « Padre » .Then in 1991, Dominique becomes a member of the John McLaughlin trio along with Trilok Gurtu. They do a worldwide tour of more than 300 concerts and record the « Que Alegria » album, which caught the ear of many well known bassists, and Dominique becomes an established player on the jazz scene.
John McLaughlin quotes, « His talent is immense, and I feel he is one of the most musical bass players in the world today ».

In 2000 the group « Front Page » is created featuring Dominique with Bireli Lagrene & Dennis Chambers. They tour Europe and eventually record « Front Page » which wins France's « Victoires de la Musique » award for the years best Jazz CD.

In 2005 and 2006 Dominique is touring again playing in the Island of Reunion, the Island of Maurice, and Madagascar, as well as 10 countries in Africa playing with pianist Meddy Gerville, guitarist Jean-Marie Ecay, and percussionist Horacio « el Negro » Hernandez. This collaboration records the CD « Jazz Amwin » creating what was called « Maloya Jazz », a blend of jazz and Maloya, a traditional music of the Reunion Island.

In 2006, Dominique is in India, recording a CD with the great Indian mandolin player U. Shrinivas, guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya, Selvaganesh (kanjeera), and Zakir Hussain (tablas). « Samjanitha » be released on Dreyffus/Sony label in March of 2008.
He has also recorded a CD « Woman's Perfume » with Italian pianist Antonio Farao and drummer Andre Ceccarelli, which was released the 23 January 2008 on Camjazz label (import Omagatoki Japan)

In 2008, John McLaughlin asked Dominique Di Piazza to join him on his major European tour, "The 4th Dimension", with Gary Husband (keyboards and percussion) and Mark Mondésir (drums). From Spring through to Summer they travelled across Europe, playing over 30 venues together in all the major cities, from Spain to Russia, Ireland and Eastern Europe. Dominique also accompanied John McLaughlin in India at the Blue Frog Club in Mumbai, for a unique concert by "The Floating Point" group, with Ranjit Barot (drums), Louis Banks (keyboards), Shashank (flute), Naveen Kumar (flute) and Shankar Mahadevan (vocals). Meanwhile, Dominique's trio with the Brazilian guitarist, Nelson Veras and drummer Manhu Roche brought out their album, "Princess Sita" on 26 August 2008 on Sunnyside Records (USA), distributed by Ryko.

Since 1985 he has been teaching at music schools in France and throughout the world. His unique voice, style and commitment to music have kept him at the forefront of the jazz scene, and we will be hearing a lot more of him in the near future.

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Davy de Wit workshop

Hoofd ArtEZ Popacademie, Coördinator minor Music - Universiteit Twente en Lid Managementteam ArtEZ Conservatorium (ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten [ Arnhem | Enschede | Zwolle ) | Commissielid NVAO September 2006 | Februari 2007 | December 2007.

Hoofdvakdocent Basgitaar ArtEZ Conservatorium
Hoofdvakdocent Basgitaar | Algemene Muziekleer | Harmonieleer ArtEZ
Popacademie.

7 snaren, 36 frets, 252 mogelijkheden, zijn antwoord op de vraag of je je muzikale voorstellingsvermogen moet aanpassen aan de mogelijkheden van een instrument of andersom...

Davy begonnen met musiceren vanaf 17 jaar, de eerste 4 jaar als autodidact vanuit daar naar het Conservatorium te Enschede (1 jaar) en daarna het Conservatorium te Hilversum waar hij 1994 / 1995 afstudeerde als docerend en uitvoerend musicus (2e fase).

Kernwoorden: Analytisch | Competentiegericht | Authentieke leerweg | ontwikkeling eigen identiteit | ontwikkelen van overzicht / bewustheid | Integrale aanpak werkend vanuit Constructivisme. Eigen methodiek ontwikkeld voor oa optimalisering fretboardknowledge en toonladderbepaling.
Grootste invloeden (geen bassisten...) oa J.S Bach | Take 6 | Michael Brecker.

Davy de Wit gebruikt Ellio Martina basgitaren (7-string, 6-string), Vanderkley Amps en GHS medium Basboomers.


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Accugroove Synergy Amp

NO COMPROMISE
38 years of passionate bass playing have been poured into designing the ultimate no compromise lightweight amp.
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KEEP IT SIMPLE
Total bliss comes from the careful selection of proper EQ and relentless engineering. Following our goal of Studio Quality sound for live applications, our simple 4-band EQ is dead flat when at 12 O’clock. This enables you to hear the true sound of your instrument as if you were still in the studio. There is no coloration like that that associated with other brands.

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Until now, you had to choose between tone or power. Lightweight usually means no power or tone. Likewise, great tone and power usually means hauling around a heavy lead-sled.
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