springwell
The Springwell Mandolin is a Celtic mandolin designed in collaboration with Kevin MacLeod, a fantastic traditional folk player from Edinburgh. It is an Archtop flat back Mandolin with a Portuguese or Sobell style neck joint. In terms of sound, it has full bright trebles and a solid mid range, a strong bass with great balance and sustain across the range.
“If you want a mandolin that delivers tone, volume, attack, sustain, shimmer and balance, looks stunning, is silky smooth to play, and worth every penny, then, to my mind, these are the best of their type. It is not a Gibson F5 bluegrass mandolin, but a very British styled mandolin, versatile and of the utmost quality. Highly recommended!”
- Kevin Macleod, 2022
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Back and Sides
Indian Rosewood or Rippled Maple
Top
Swiss Spruce or Cedar
Neck
Reclaimed Mahogany, carbon fibre and two-way truss rod
Details
African Blackwood headstock veneers with matching back-graft
African Blackwood fretboard bound with Royal Fenland Oak
Bone nut and saddle
Hand-carved African Blackwood bridge
Bindings on the front and back in Royal Fenland Oak with white pin line purfling
Solid brace buckle compatible with loop or ball end strings
Schaller Grand Tune Tuners in gold with Snakewood buttons
Gewa Hard Case
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Scale - 360mm
Frets to body - 14
Body length - 285mm
Max body width - 300mm
Depth - 70mm
Width at nut - 33mm
Spacing at saddle - 41mm
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All prices exclude taxes (i.e. VAT)
Back and Sides
4-piece Cocobolo + £500
Birdseye Maple + £400
Royal Fenland Oak + £400
Scottish Walnut + £300
Soundboard
Adirondack Spruce + £350
Neck
Scottish Walnut + £200
Pick Up Systems and Calton Cases available - please enquire
Springwell commissions start at £5,700 (excl. VAT) / £6,840 (incl. UK VAT).
Price includes fully insured worldwide shipping.
International customers are not charged UK VAT (local duties or taxes may apply).
To reserve a build slot, we ask for a £600 non-refundable deposit.
“This year I won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the year. I think I was the first mandolin player in its history to be able to do that and I don’t think I would have been able to do it quite the same without this instrument.”
-Calum McIlroy, 2024