Mikaël Springer is a yound french guitar builder who operates under the brand Springer Guitars. His workshop is located in a small village in the Lorraine County in France, near the German and Luxembourgish border. There he builds electric guitars by hand, starting from the first design step together with the player to the final setup. The final instrument therefore is nothing less than the result of an intense and permanent dialogue between the luthier and the musician.
In order to provide the best possible quality in electric lutherie, he pays particular attention to select only the best available materials. He only uses extremely reliable hardware and electronic components, pickups from the best manufacturers, and last but not least handpicked and seasoned tonewoods.
Currently he offers 2 design shapes, the Seraph and the Infinity models. Both designs are meant to be customized and adapted to the player's needs and taste. Thus different tonewoods, hardware components, pickups, controls layout, colours, etc. can be combined, making each guitar a unique masterpiece.
More about Springer Guitars: http://www.springerguitars.com/presentation-en.html
The Seraph is a Single Cutaway type instrument, combining traditional features of legendary instruments with a modern and ergonomic design.Mikaël Springer has designed a beautiful shape which gives tha guitar balance in look and feel which is exceptional. A classic.
This guitar was one of the firts to be build in its final form and has extensively been shown at music exhibitions, and reviewed in guitar magazines (such as the french magazine GuitarXtreme).
Standard Specifications:
Body : Solid body, mahogany
Neck : Set neck, mahogany
Fingerboard : 25 ‘’ scale, ebony or Indian rosewood, 22 frets
Top : Maple carved top (figured or not)
Inlays : Dots, abalone or MOP (front : 6mm, side : 2 mm)
Pickups : 2 calibrated humbuckers by Bare Knuckle Pickups
Tuners : Sperzel locking
Bridge : Tonepros wraparound AVT2
Electronics : Volume, tone, 3 p. selector switch
Finish : Front polyurethane high gloss, satin back (open pore)
Frets : Jumbo medium, nickel silver 18%
Nut : Graphtech
The standard specs can be modified to meet the special needs and taste of the player. To get an idea of the available options, please have a look at the Price – Options list.