Gohar Vardanyan plays a Michael Batell classical guitar at Savage Classical Guitar Studios

Michael Batell is an American luthier now living in Germany. A man of excellent taste, his guitars are an extension of himself. I spent over an hour with her this afternoon, the Hemlock woods used are very similar to Spruce, lending a very woody and complex sound and affect to the overall sonority of the guitar. She is very gutty sounding, throaty in her mids and basses with an angelic voice in the trebles. Very sweet sounding. If you didn’t know better, you would not guess double top with a small latt