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.

Gallery/workshop visits are welcome, please call or email for appointment.


Selected Offer

Available:

2026 Batell Spruce double-top, #138, elevated fingerboard

  • Soundboard: Spruce
  • Back & Sides: Indian Rosewood
  • Neck: Spanish Cedar
  • Fingerboard: Gabon Ebony
  • Tuners: Scheller brass w/ Snakewood
  • Weight: 1450 grams
  • Neck width at nut, at 12th fret: 53, 62.5
  • String lenght, spacing at nut-bridge: 650, 42.5-59
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This instrument, while constructed in the Spanish tradition after a Santos Hernandez of 1931, incorporates new features in the evolution of the modern guitar, including double-top construction, elevated fingerboard and tornavoz. Its response is explosive, with exceptional power, clarity, and ease of playing.

This guitar will be exhibited in Paris at Paris Guitar Days in October, at Osnabrück Guitar Festival in October and at Hanse (Hamburg) Guitar Festival in November. It is also available for sale at this time.

The guitar will be recorded soon in my studio and a video published here and in YouTube.




Next Exhibition

Thu, Oct 1, 2026 - Sun, Oct 4, 2026
Paris Guitar Days 2026 - France
I am very enthusiastic and honored to participate in this recently established festival in Paris, organized by Tomasz Radziszewski-Martin and Cassie Martin, including concerts, masterclasses, competition and expo. The official guitar exhibition takes place on Sunday, but I will be there to enjoy the festival Thursday through Sunday and I will have a few instruments which you are very welcome to try in advance - just find me at the festival and we'll find a time and place. I hope to see many of you there.

Next House Concert

Sat, Oct 10, 2026
Cimarosa Guitar Duo - Nicola Montella & Valerio Celentano - Italy - Duo Classical Guitar
(gallery opens at 7:30 pm, concert at 8:00 pm)