Ritter Royal Family

The Ritter Royal Family instrument are exclusively selected. They've been defined as a "Royal" because of their unique features or an exceptional design history aspect of Jens Ritter's career as a luthier.

Royal Family #2004 The Magic Frog More info

Royal Family #1945 The Confidential Party More info

Royal Family #1908 The Scoundrel Sword More info

Royal Family #1863 Mermaid Of Antartica



I got the inspiration for this instrument from artist Olafur Eliasson’s "Ice Watch" installation in London in 2018.

He brought 30 icebergs to the city and placed them in front of the Tate Gallery. The installation invited the Public to contemplate the devastating effects of climate change. For me it was a very touching moment to stand beside this ice blocks and watch them melting away connecting myself directly with the climate change. But on the other hand, it was also a very beautiful impression of color. Depending in which angle I walked around the ice, the sun reflected a beautiful sparkling color combination between blue, green, white and grey.



I wanted to materialize this impression in creating a guitar illustrating this moment.

After finishing the instrument, I tried to take realistic photos of the blue/green game of sparkling. It wasn’t possible at all with the contemporary digital photo equipment. I tried several high end cameras to capture this look, but today’s digital camera sensors are still not able to process the intense blues and green of this guitar. So you can only experience the true color range sparkling by seeing it live. More info

Royal Family #1747 The Golden Tool of Mankind More info

Royal Family #1746 He was such a free artist.

He was a music genius.

He was one of my biggest influencers.

Talking to him was like receiving unlimited energy for my creative soul.

We laughed together.

We were sad together.

I will never forget him!



Thank you Prince!



This instrument is covered with approximately 11 thousand Swarovski crystals. Each one was set by hand – piece by piece. The inlay design is the audio waveform of Prince’s song "Purple Rain". The inlay is entirely cut out of a solid piece of pure 24k Gold. More info

Royal Family #1736 Mémoires de Paris More info

Royal Family #1726 Ritter Royal "The Third Rose"



Each year I color one instrument with the rose petals of my Showroom Window. See an example here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G9Ihn0nGWE



Body: Quilted Maple Solid ONE PIECE

Neck: Mahogany

Fingerboard: Ebony

Fingerboard Inlays: 24k Gold Dots

Frets: Ritter Custom Gold Guitar

Backplate: Laser Engraved Back Plate Each year I color one instrument with the rose petals of my Showroom Window. See an example here:Body: Quilted Maple Solid ONE PIECENeck: MahoganyFingerboard: EbonyFingerboard Inlays: 24k Gold DotsFrets: Ritter Custom Gold GuitarBackplate: Laser Engraved Back Plate More info

Royal Family #1712 The Alcudia Bay



The inspiration for this instrument came to me during a dive with my family on Mallorca, the largest island in the Balearic Islands. We snorkeled in beautiful green / blue water and searched for gold colored sea shells on the bottom of the sea. I was lucky to find the perfect piece of wood for this instrument: A beautiful multi-colour one-piece Flamed Maple. The 24k Gold Dots in the fingerboard symbolize the sea shells we were looking for. More info

Royal Family #1634 The Roya Mars More info

Royal Family #1629 The Vintage London Flower More info

Royal Family #1621 The Loony Tunes More info

Royal Family #1619 The Red Dragon More info

Royal Family #1616 The Second Rose More info

Royal Family #1608 The Golden Angle More info

Royal Family #1544 The Lavender More info

Royal Family #1529 The Black Star More info

Royal Family #1527 The Golden Line More info

Royal Family #1526 The Flora Mare More info

Royal Family #1521 Red Dragon

20th Anniversary Instrument More info

Royal Family #1512 The First Rose More info

Royal Family #1428 The Pechstein More info

Royal Family #1412 The Drake More info

Royal Family #1410 Back in Black



The "Back in Black" is the 3rd instrument in my Blast from the Past series.

This Porsch Guitar has 2 Black diamonds (10ct) set in white gold in the Pot-knobs.Tunerheads, PU covers and the back of the instrument feature lyrics from the AC/DC song.

Special feature: 2 Black diamonds set in white gold in the Pot-knobs & Laser engraved backplate



At the age of 10 I got a very important Christmas present from my parents: My first record player with integrated stereo speakers and a fantastic first record: "The Smurfs"

I played this record again and again all over the 2 Christmas holidays. After Christmas I visited my neighbor. He was just a few years older than me and also got a record player from his parents. His record player was much cooler than mine. The speakers were connected to the power outlet and in each speaker there were 3 light bulbs - blue, red and yellow. These light bulbs switched on/off in the rhythm of the music. It was a fascinating atmosphere - listening to real cool music and watching the "dancing" lights. I needed to have this atmosphere at my home as well.

Of course I couldn't get this extremely expensive record player myself, but I had enough money saved to buy a cool music record the next day. This record made a huge impact on my musical taste. It was recorded by a band with a strange name - AD/DC - and the title of the record was "Back in Black" More info

Royal Family #1346 The Jim Beam - Campfire More info

Royal Family #1327 The Converse Chuck Taylor More info

Royal Family #1321 The Pass of Caradhras

Featuring custom artwork from Andreas « Heavy Metal covers God » Marschall.» ( Featuring custom artwork from Andreas « Heavy Metal covers God » Marschall.» ( http://www.marschall-arts.com/ More info

Royal Family #1253 The Paul Schupf More info

Royal Family #1247 The X-men More info

Royal Family #1241 The Aqua Marine More info

Royal Family #1235 The Wurstmarkt

Photographs by Simone Rutz More info

Royal Family #1206 The Black Dragon More info

Royal Family #1119 The Red Dragon

Phil Lesh Custom More info

Royal Family #1115 The Bone More info

Royal Family #1111 The Bogenholtz More info

Royal Family #1068 The Lotus

Handpainted by Simone Rutz More info

Royal Family #1055 The Infinity Sword More info

Royal Family #1045 The Birthday Party More info

Royal Family #0946 The Simpsons More info

Royal Family #0916 The Flamed Concept More info

Royal Family #0910 The Tramp Stamp More info

Royal Family #0814 The Flora Quattuor More info

Royal Family #0731 The Stone Age More info

Royal Family #0647 The Amboina More info

Royal Family #0637 The Flora Aurum

Floral Pattern Fingerboard Inlay made of massive 24Carat Gold

Every single Inlay-Leaf is decorated with a Black Diamond (set in Platinum)

The Bridge, the Tuner Buttons and the Knobs are hand cast in massive Gold 2 flawless Brilliant-Cut Diamonds (3,3ct) are placed on top of the 2 Knobs. Tiny green Brilliant-Cut Diamonds serve as Knob Position Marks

The hand shaped Body is made of a one piece Highest Figured Quilted Maple and The Nut of at least 10,000 years old Mammoth Ivory. More info

Royal Family #0636 The Platinum Roya Concept /span>

Winner of German RLP Design Prize. More info

Royal Family #0632 The Flora Sappirus More info

Royal Family #0610 The Golden Seal More info

Royal Family #0608 The Italian Marble More info

Royal Family #0546 The Zephyr Concept More info

Royal Family #0541 The Red Sting More info

Royal Family #0534 The Mythos More info

Royal Family #0531 The Golden Rora Concept

Winner of German RLP Design Prize. More info