Benjamin Grießhaber attended the violin making school in Mittenwald from 1998-20002. He worked in the ateliers of Willem Bouman in The Hague, Oskar Kappelmeyer in Passau and Adam Korman in Tel Aviv. Since 2011 he and Annegret Mayer-Lindenberg are running their own workshop together in Cologne.

He plays the double bass, since the age of 11- according to his own words for the better or worse.