Jens Ritter Princess Isabella George Benson (2023)

Jens Ritter is a German artist whose artistic work revolves around the electric guitar as a central milestone in the development of Rock music culture. Ritter's artistic mission is to capture the essence of this culture through versatile sculptural and conceptual works. With his series “Sleeping Beauties,” which includes this “Princess Isabella,” Ritter aims to draw attention to the conflict between the future of AI music production and pure, unadulterated human creativity. The “Sleeping Beauties” are unique, handcrafted masterpieces with the highest sound quality, which output jacks were sealed after completion, according to Jens, so that the deactivated instruments could be declared works of art and put to sleep for 100 years. Thus, the purpose of the electric guitar is postponed into the future, similar to astronauts in cryogenic sleep, but its wake-up date is clearly defined: a countdown of 36,525 days begins until the guitar is allowed to sing again. Until then we can at least enjoy the beauty and exclusive specs of the Princess, which also pays homage to legendary Jazz musician George Benson: body and headstock finish in white brocade fabric, white neck back in the special color “Carrara Frosted,” maple fingerboard with amethyst markers set in white gold, Ritter “Fat Jazz” pickup in the neck position, Ritter Gotoh tuners, ...and all this with a total weight of only 2.6 kg! With this conglomeration of beauty and luxury it is certainly not surprising that Jens sees his “Sleeping Beauties” as a wake-up call for future generations and wants to use these “useless” instruments to highlight the importance of music as an important means of human creative expression. The electric guitar serves as a symbol of true human creativity, representing all musical instruments in human history. Art at its best! But that's not all: the package even includes a second flight case containing the coffee table book “The Sleeping Beauties” (list price alone: EUR 1,200), a photographic compilation of these guitars, and two black gloves. So if you want to acquire a work of art that is extremely rare and at the same time expresses musical affinity and intellectual openness, this is the right choice for you. For further informations please visit this link: https://www.ritter-instruments.com/sleeping-beauties.

• Includes two Ritter flight cases, booklet with certificate, spec sheet and description, coffee table book “The Sleeping Beauties,” gloves, tools
• Weight: 2600 grams