Jens Ritter is a Master Luthier from Germany. He grew up in a musical environment which fueled his passion and love for the electric guitar culture. In his first creative childhood attempts, Jens built “electric guitars” out of wire, cookie jars and waste wood, and constructed speaker cabinets using loudspeakers of defective TVs from local dumps.

Jens lives and works in Deidesheim, a lovely little town located at the border of the Palatine Forest, South-Western Germany, only minutes away from the Rhine River. This ancient area is a famous wine-growing district, well-known for its unhurried way of life, delicious food and friendly hospitality.

Annually, no more than 120 instruments are handcrafted by Jens and his team in Ritter’s old atelier – an aged winery built in the 17th century ‐ which offers the perfect setting for him to create his masterpieces.

Here are the new batch of basses Jens is unveiling at this year’s NAMM show. 

The Flamed Raptor

Model: Raptor bass

Identification Number: 2246

– Body Wood: 1-piece Flamed Maple

– Black Cherry High Gloss Finish

– Neck wood: Flamed maple

– Fingerboard: Dirty ebony 

– Scale: 34″ (863,8mm)

– Front Dot Ring inlays (Pure Silver) 

Included:

– Custom Lasercut Flightcase

– Book with Certification of autenticity & electronics information.

– All tools 

– Lifetime guarantee on construction (see our T&C )

The Black Concept

Model: R8-Singlecut Concept bass

Identification Number: 2217

– String Spacing: Vintage 4 (60mm – 30mm)

– Body Wood: alder

– Future frosted finish

– Maple neck

– Dirty ebony Fingerboard

– 24 Frets

– Scale: 33.3″ 

Included:

– Custom Lasercut Flightcase

– Book with Certification of autenticity & electronics information.

– All tools 

– Lifetime guarantee on construction (see our T&C )

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