Jens Ritter Instruments

Jens Ritter was born on July 11, 1972. When he was seven years old, Ritter constructed a primitive bass guitar out of an old food can, some wire, and a small piece of wood. At the age of sixteen, unsatisfied with the basses he'd been exposed to as a player, he decided to modify a bass to his liking and at age nineteen built a bass of his own design. After completing school at an academy of technical arts, he started his own company. More recently, Jens spent time studying Stradivarius violin-making and has also studied engineering and oscillation principles which he employs in his designs. Jens' atelier was built in the 17th century and was once served as a winery. It is located in Deidesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, just minutes from the Rhine river and not far from where he was born.

Models

Ritter Basses come in the following models, each with its own body shape and features: The Classic (discontinued), The Roya, The Okon, The Seal, The Jupiter and The Raptor. In 2010 Jens introduced The Cora model co-designed with bassist Josh Dunham (Prince). The R8-Singlecut was introduced in 2012 followed by the R8-Singlecut Concept in 2013 and the Okon Concept in 2015.

Models

After a meeting with George Benson in the spring of 2010, a variation on the Princess Isabella CO Baritone guitar was released, called the Benson Tribute. It has a scale of 24.75 inch (e.g. like a Gibson Les Paul). The fingerboard, pickup, bridge foot and truss rod cover are naturally finished. A tone and a volume pot was also added. The Benson-Tribute is one of very few solid body guitars in George Benson's guitar collection.

In 2011, the Monroe was released, followed by the PJS in 2012 and Porsch in 2015.