Classical & Flamenco Guitars
Michael Batell, Instrument Maker
Introduction
Michael Batell classical guitars are concert instruments designed for the demands of professional performing and recording guitarists, students at conservatory level, and serious amateurs and collectors. They are constructed according to a considered integration of traditional aesthetics and design with modern and often innovative methods and techniques. My guitars have always been constructed in the traditional Spanish method, with tonality and aesthetics influenced by the greatest guitar makers of Spain - Manuel Ramirez, Santos Hernandez, Antonio de Torres, and many more.
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Selected Offer
Available:
2024 Batell Cedar double-top #131
- Soundboard: Cedar double-top
- Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Neck: Mahogany
- Fingerboard: Gabon Ebony
- Tuners: Scheller brass w/ Snakewood
- Weight: 1515 grams
- Neck width at nut, at 12th fret: 52.5, 62
- String lenght, spacing at nut-bridge: 650, 42.5-59
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This instrument, constructed in the Spanish tradition with the exception of the double-top soundboard construction, is my own design, developed during the course of my career, approximately comparable to a Santos Hernandez in size. Its response is effortless, with exceptional power, clarity, and ease of playing. (The video below shows this instrument reversed for a left handed client of mine to try prior to a commission. It is now back to normal and available for sale.) The guitar may be heard on the following video:
Video: Daniel Ramjattan: Capricho XVIII by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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