Benjamin Calmon was originally a bass player who began making instruments as a teenager. He makes his own standard ranges of basses and guitars (these start at around €1500) but also creates custom models to your own specification (starting around €1800). Calmon is based in South West France and attaches particular importance to working with local timber suppliers (walnut, alder from Aveyron, Vosges maple) to limit the use of exotic woods such as mahogany in his instruments.

Source: Calmon Benjamin website (28 January 2020).