Pre-owned Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute Carrara White
Rare birds tend to flock to Truetone Music, and we are used to seeing very interesting guitars float through the door. However, not many have commanded our attention like this one!
This Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute is one of the more unique instruments you'll come across. Originally, the German luthier had worked with the famous New York-based Rudy Pensa to design a guitar for the legendary George Benson. Here is how Jens Ritter describes the inception of this model:
"I designed this guitar for George Benson. He fell in love with my first "Baritone Princess" in the spring of 2010, and later that year I delivered a slightly modified Princess to him. The Scale is now a 24.75" (e.g. like a Gibson Les Paul). Fingerboard, pickup, bridge foot and trussrod cover are naturally finished. I also added a tone & a volume Pot. The "Benson-Tribute" is one of very few solid body Guitars in Georges Benson's huge personal Guitar Collection."
As amazing as this guitar looks, that's not really what it's all about - the feel is as smooth as it comes, and the tone is super sweet and clean. It's truly unlike any other guitar out there.
Body Thickness: The body is unusually thin, measuring approximately one inch in thickness.
String Attachment: The backside attached string bows function as an "attack delay" mechanism.
Semi-Floating Bridge: Instead of using a traditional "floating" bridge or attaching the bridge with studs into the body, the hand cast bridge foot is "mounted" into a small hollowed area carved into the body that exactly matches the contour of the bridge foot.
The bridge foot is held in place by a "friction setting" and only makes contact with a 2mm thin elliptical contour ridge along the hollow area. Thus, most of the surface area on the interior side of the bridge foot and the bridge studs "float" in the hollow area.
The combination of these exclusive features create a "hollow body" resonance, which results in a warm and open tone, typically found only in a hollow body guitar.
It comes with the original hardshell case, custom made for this guitar - be sure to check out the photos of it.
Please contact us with any questions. This is a unique instrument, and anyone that knows Jens Ritter's work knows the quality of the craftsmanship. We took this in recently and are excited to offer it - it's the only one we've seen in person, and probably ever will. If you are looking for a boutique, high quality, hand-made, solid-body electric guitar that barely anyone else out there has, here's the opportunity. Very few were made and they rarely come up for sale.
Specs:
Body: Light German Alder
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
$7,999.99
Pre-owned Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute Carrara White—
$7,999.99
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Pre-owned Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute Carrara White
Rare birds tend to flock to Truetone Music, and we are used to seeing very interesting guitars float through the door. However, not many have commanded our attention like this one!
This Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute is one of the more unique instruments you'll come across. Originally, the German luthier had worked with the famous New York-based Rudy Pensa to design a guitar for the legendary George Benson. Here is how Jens Ritter describes the inception of this model:
"I designed this guitar for George Benson. He fell in love with my first "Baritone Princess" in the spring of 2010, and later that year I delivered a slightly modified Princess to him. The Scale is now a 24.75" (e.g. like a Gibson Les Paul). Fingerboard, pickup, bridge foot and trussrod cover are naturally finished. I also added a tone & a volume Pot. The "Benson-Tribute" is one of very few solid body Guitars in Georges Benson's huge personal Guitar Collection."
As amazing as this guitar looks, that's not really what it's all about - the feel is as smooth as it comes, and the tone is super sweet and clean. It's truly unlike any other guitar out there.
Body Thickness: The body is unusually thin, measuring approximately one inch in thickness.
String Attachment: The backside attached string bows function as an "attack delay" mechanism.
Semi-Floating Bridge: Instead of using a traditional "floating" bridge or attaching the bridge with studs into the body, the hand cast bridge foot is "mounted" into a small hollowed area carved into the body that exactly matches the contour of the bridge foot.
The bridge foot is held in place by a "friction setting" and only makes contact with a 2mm thin elliptical contour ridge along the hollow area. Thus, most of the surface area on the interior side of the bridge foot and the bridge studs "float" in the hollow area.
The combination of these exclusive features create a "hollow body" resonance, which results in a warm and open tone, typically found only in a hollow body guitar.
It comes with the original hardshell case, custom made for this guitar - be sure to check out the photos of it.
Please contact us with any questions. This is a unique instrument, and anyone that knows Jens Ritter's work knows the quality of the craftsmanship. We took this in recently and are excited to offer it - it's the only one we've seen in person, and probably ever will. If you are looking for a boutique, high quality, hand-made, solid-body electric guitar that barely anyone else out there has, here's the opportunity. Very few were made and they rarely come up for sale.
Specs:
Body: Light German Alder
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
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Rare birds tend to flock to Truetone Music, and we are used to seeing very interesting guitars float through the door. However, not many have commanded our attention like this one!
This Jens Ritter Princess Isabella Benson Tribute is one of the more unique instruments you'll come across. Originally, the German luthier had worked with the famous New York-based Rudy Pensa to design a guitar for the legendary George Benson. Here is how Jens Ritter describes the inception of this model:
"I designed this guitar for George Benson. He fell in love with my first "Baritone Princess" in the spring of 2010, and later that year I delivered a slightly modified Princess to him. The Scale is now a 24.75" (e.g. like a Gibson Les Paul). Fingerboard, pickup, bridge foot and trussrod cover are naturally finished. I also added a tone & a volume Pot. The "Benson-Tribute" is one of very few solid body Guitars in Georges Benson's huge personal Guitar Collection."
As amazing as this guitar looks, that's not really what it's all about - the feel is as smooth as it comes, and the tone is super sweet and clean. It's truly unlike any other guitar out there.
Body Thickness: The body is unusually thin, measuring approximately one inch in thickness.
String Attachment: The backside attached string bows function as an "attack delay" mechanism.
Semi-Floating Bridge: Instead of using a traditional "floating" bridge or attaching the bridge with studs into the body, the hand cast bridge foot is "mounted" into a small hollowed area carved into the body that exactly matches the contour of the bridge foot.
The bridge foot is held in place by a "friction setting" and only makes contact with a 2mm thin elliptical contour ridge along the hollow area. Thus, most of the surface area on the interior side of the bridge foot and the bridge studs "float" in the hollow area.
The combination of these exclusive features create a "hollow body" resonance, which results in a warm and open tone, typically found only in a hollow body guitar.
It comes with the original hardshell case, custom made for this guitar - be sure to check out the photos of it.
Please contact us with any questions. This is a unique instrument, and anyone that knows Jens Ritter's work knows the quality of the craftsmanship. We took this in recently and are excited to offer it - it's the only one we've seen in person, and probably ever will. If you are looking for a boutique, high quality, hand-made, solid-body electric guitar that barely anyone else out there has, here's the opportunity. Very few were made and they rarely come up for sale.
Specs:
Body: Light German Alder
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
Neck: Switenia Mahogany
Fingerboard: Bavarian Maple
Frets: 22 Golden custom made "Hard-Alloy" frets
Scale: 24.75"
Finish: Frosted Transparent
Bridge: Schaller GTM Custom
Tuners: Gotoh SGL HAP-A 510
Nut: Rendered Cow Bone
Electronics: Volume & Tone
Pickups: Haeussel Custom Fat-Jazz
