Below
are examples of some great guitars recently sent to our fine dealers. Call the dealer
listed for more information or to find out how to purchase.
Additionally, please see our
Models & Specs for
info on our Standard Models which our dealers keep in stock.
#5147. Guitar of the Week. 12 Fret Slot Head OMS in European Spruce
and Macassar Ebony Back & Sides. Here's a guitar we don't want you to
miss. I asked Bill over at Artisan Guitars to send me photos after I
listened to the wonderful sound clip on their website. When Tim McGraw's
guitar player, Bob Minner heard the sound clip for this one he called me and said
that it was one of the most beautiful sounding guitars he has heard. Take
a listen to it and see what I mean. It's played by Artisan Shop
manager, Adam Fluhrer. Adam is a great player . It's always a
pleasure to work with a shop who has a great player for a manager. Very
tasty sound clips. Dana
loves the OMS and wishes more were out there so folks could experience for
themselves how big and warm this little body sounds. 12 Frets to the body
with a strong 25.5" scale. Ziricote body binding with Soloist
purflings, rosette and Triangle heel inlay. To hear the sound clip
and to see more pictures click
here.
#5665. OMS 12 Fret Slot Head
with an Italian Spruce top and Curly Koa back and sides. Kate at Maple
Leaf was very particular when she ordered this guitar. The Cocobolo
body binding was hand- picked to tie together the look of the rich deep browns
of the fingerboard, our Tile Rosette and the pickguard with the beautiful colors
in this set of Koa. The Snakewood buttons on the 3-on-a Plate Waverly tuners are
the perfect. 1 3/4 nut with plenty of power in the 25.5 scale. Call our
friends at Maple Leaf
Music to hear about this one. It isn't just a looker, but a big, rich
sound.
#5628.
Another first. Our 00 in Brazilian & Adirondack in Varnish & Hot Hide
Glue. Koa Body, Head and Neck binding. Certified Fossil Ivory
Squares & Diamonds. Gold Waverly with Snakewood buttons. Hand
carved Fossil Pins. Call our friends at The
Music Emporium to purchase. Click here for asoundclipof this one of a kind guitar and to see more pictures.
#5588. The DB Signature OM for the first time
with a Cutaway. Madagascar Rosewood and rare bearclaw Adirondack
top. Koa Body binding with DB Signature Purfling, rosette and backstrip.
Gold Waverly with Snakewood buttons. Hand made Tor-tis pickguard.
Beautifully figured headstock veneer. Call Klem at Cathedral Music to
learn more.
#5603. The NEW "0 Classic". Indian Rosewood
and European Spruce. Our newest model is a short scale with 14 frets to
the body. Knowing our guitars, you'd expect complexity and balance but the
suprise comes from the power. This guitar belies its size.
Check it out here.
For more information on this particular guitar , visit
The
Twelfth Fret .
#5598. The D-150. Beautiful Adirondack and Brazilian. Triple
Bound Ivoroid purfle everywhere. Gold Waverly Tuners. Beautiful
Certified Fossil Ivory hand made bridge pins. Abalone rosette. If you would like to see
some really great close ups of this D-150, go to Mandolin Brothers'
listing. Right down to the matched peghead veneer this guitar is evidence
of the care and attention put on every detail of our guitars. What other
small shop can boast that the guy who has his name on the headstock is so
involved he actually picked out the head veneer ! That's micro-management
used for the good! Great pics: http://mandoweb.com/Instruments/Bourgeois-D-150+Brazilian+Rosewood/147.aspx
#5412. Custom Slope D. Beautiful Figured
Mahogany and Really Bearclaw Sitka. This is our contribution to "The
Sonic Sitka Project".
We dressed it up for the project. Hide glue constuction. Figured Mahogany B&S to compliment the
beautiful Sonic Sitka Bearclaw Sitka top. Matching Ziricote Body binding, Heel
Cap, Fretboard, Bridge and Headstock Veneer. Dana Bourgeois Snakehead
headstock. New Tile Rosette. Tiny Dot inlay. Fossil Ivory Pins. Dana Bourgeois
Backstrip.
In addition to our label, the guitar has will have a
tiny label identifying it as part of the "Sonic Sitka
Project". It also comes with a Certificate. The idea is
that the owner of the guitar will be welcome to bring the guitar to
various guitar shows over the next few years and have sonic measurements
taken so there will be a record of the sound progression.
This is a cool guitar with a cool story and an interesting
pedigree. If you haven't heard about this project, check out this article in
" Acoustic Guitar Magazine" here
.
#5528. The
OM-150. Brazilian & Adirondack. is voiced to
provide you the maximum range of responses possible from a
guitar this size. Voiced to be more versatile than
simply fingerstyle. With an elegant triple bound Ivoroid
head, neck and body as well as side & back purflings.
Abalone rosette. Gold Waverly tuners. Bourgeois
premium pickguard. Here is where you can read more about
Dana's philosophy when designing The
OM-150
This is the first guitar we have shipped
to our new dealer in New Hampshire, Sutton
Strings. Visit their website to help us welcome
owner Adam Bronstein, our newest small shop high end great
guitars dealer. He has lots of pictures there.
#5563. 00/ Custom Acacia and
Italian. Didn't get a chance to photograph
this one before it left but wanted to talk about it
anyway. Nicely
appointed with Ziricote body binding and Soloist purfling.
Our new Arrowhead backstrip. Fossil Ivory Squares and
Diamonds. 1 23/32"nut and a 2.2. belly
bridge. Here's a picture of the back we took while
working on it...Dana wiped a little Naptha on it to give us an
idea of how nice it was gonna look. Great color and just
the subtlest bit of sapwood down the center to cradle that
fine new Arrowhead backstrip. Our 00's have a sound of
their own. Lively and loud - whether you are in front of
them or behind them...and they are really comfortable to play.
Call our great pal, Stan Burg at Guitar Vista in New Mexico
for more information on this one-of-a-kind piece!
#5268. The D-150. The
Premium of the premiums. Premium Adirondack, Premium
Brazilan. This is the guitar that was inspired by the
Ricky Skaggs Signature model. Elegant but simple
features that include Triple Bound on neck, head and body.
Abalone Rosette. Gold Waverly Tuners. Great color and figure on the Brazilian back and sides.
Check out the close up of the tail of the guitar and the shot
of the Dana Bourgeois Signature backstrip. Call Martin
Music in Memphis to learn more.
#5371. DB Signature Custom D in Premium Brazilian
Rosewood and Adirondack. Koa body binding, Dana
Bourgeois Signature Rosette, back strip and herringbone.
Gold Waverly Tuners with Snakewood buttons. And check
out the close up of the Pins. Hand made Fossilized
Walrus Ivory Bridge pins. Our friends in Oregon at
McKenzie River Music have a great shop. Bob McKenzie
knows a lot about guitars and he called when he recieved this
one to say just how great he thought it was. Give them a
call to learn more. McKenzie
River Music.
#5138. OO Dlx. 14 Fret. 25" scale.
1 23/32" nut and 2.2" at the bridge. Figured Mahogany & Bearclaw Sitka top.
YaHoo. This is a NAMM guitar. Sort of tricked out like a Country Boy Dlx, but with Bearclaw Sitka, Figured Mahogany and Ziricote body binding.
For NAMM we added a Ziricote bridge, fingerboard and matching Ziricote headstock veneer. Waverly Gold Tuners with Snakewood buttons wraps it up. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the new Ivoroid logo and dots on this model, real nice with the satin head.
The 00's have all been comfortable to play with a great big sound that stays rich even when you play it hard. (and did I forget to mention
bearclaw ? click on the picture to check it out ). Give Eric Martin down at Martin
Music in Memphis a call to learn more.
Custom Bourgeois Blues. #5456. Our good pal and great dealer Steve
Miklas at Acoustic Music Works in Pittsburgh is pretty famous
for having a big thing for mahogany guitars. He waited a
long time to get just the right set of Mahogany for the top to
make this a thumping blues machine. Figured Mahogany top, back
& sides. Firestripe Tor-tis pickguard.
Short Scale (25") and X Braced. Hide Glue
too. Call Steve at Acoustic
Music Works for the low down.
#4551 DB Sig OM / Madagascar and
Adirondack. Dana's Signature Herringbone & Rosette
with Curly Maple body binding. Fossil Ivory Squares
& Diamonds. Gold Waverly's, Brazilian RW headstock
veneer. If you want it call the
fine folks at in Takoma Park, MD, The
House of Musical Traditions.
#5498. The OM-150. I
didn't get a chance to take pictures of this beauty before it
left the shop but it was so nice I swiped the pics off of
Mandolin Brother's website. Our wonderful OM-150 with
premium Brazilian and Adirondack. Creamy Triple bound Ivoroid
purfles on head, neck and body. Abalone rosette.
Hand Made Fossil Ivory pins and Tor-tis pickguard. Gold
Waverly Tuners. This is a powerful Brazilian OM.
You can do most anything with it. Give the swell folks
at Mandolin
Brothers a call. Better yet, there is no place like
NYC in spring. Hop on the Staten Island ferry and go
visit this grand old shop and this small beauty in person.
#5139. The OMS / Adirondack & Cocobolo Back&Sides.
12 Fret Slot head. 25 1/2" scale. Wood tile rosette.
Ziricote body binding , Soloist purflings and a striking set
of Cocobolo. The DB Backstrip looks wonderful laid out against
the sapwood streak of the Cocobolo. We've made it
a bit more custom by using our "Tile" rosette
pattern. Short patterned Squares & Diamonds inlay. 1
3/4" nut and Ebony pyramid bridge. Waverly 3-on-a-plate
tuners with Ebony Buttons. Contact Spruce
Tree Music to learn more. While you are at it,
check out their super nice inventory of Bourgeois
guitars. Wil and Julie of Spruce Tree have always had an
eye for our most unique pieces including a rare Cutaway OMS in
beautiful Walnut, a DS-260 and a killer JOM in Madagascar
Rosewood. Located in Madison, Wisconsin Spruce Tree is
in their 31st year of business and Wil is also a great
repairman which comes in handy when you own a nice
guitar. If you haven't visited their site in awhile,
check them out. Great shop and one of our oldest
Dealers.
#5468. The Bourgeois Slope D in Mahogany &
Adirondack. Bourgeois Snakehead . Simple tiny dot
inlay. Simple Ivoroid binding with B/W purfle on body ,
neck and head. Beautiful Firestripe Tor-tis pickguard.
We haven't featured this guitar in awhile and so I kind of
forgot what an incredible looker it is. So elegant and
understated. And, more importantly what a versatile,
lively, warm woody great tone this guitar has. I have
heard it used for everything from old timey jams and country
blues to honking country to swing tunes, rock tunes, folk
tunes and even cajun tunes... This guitar has so much to offer
the versatile player. And again, in person, it is so
beautifully simple ...with a gorgeous sunburst sprayed
personally by Dana. Where else you gonna get that?
This one can be found at one of our newest dealers.
Larry Jones at The Deluxe Guitar Exchange in South Carolina is
a serious addition to the small group of excellent high-end
guitar dealers in the country. Great shop.
Great guy. He knows what he is doing. Give him a
shout. We think you'll really like him. Deluxe
Guitar Exchange.
#5361. OM 150 . Brazilian B&S and European Spruce top. Triple
bound Curly Koa binding on the neck, body and headstock.
New Tile Rosette . Gold Waverly Tuners and our beautiful
new Certified Fossil Walrus Ivory pins. 1 3/4" nut
and 2 5/16" spacing at the saddle. Call our
swell new dealer in Milwaukee Wisconsin, Redwood
Acoustics and speak to Tom Dircks. He'll tell you
all about it!
(Brian Wolfe)
#5198. New Small Jumbo
25" scale length. 15" Flamed Maple body.
Seriously premium Sitka top. DB Back strip. Firestripe
pickguard in case. Snake head with Ebony veneer. I'm not
bragging, just stating the truth, Dana Bourgeois makes maple
sound like you always dreamed it would
sound.
I have to digress. My job
is seriously cool. We are living in an age where there
are folks around that have been trading, selling, playing and
loving everything about guitars for 30 or 40 years. Brian Wolfe
at Acoustic Music.org is one of them. He is a virtual
encylopedia of the lore and fact and fictions of this great
age for guitars. I get to talk to guys like him almost every
day and benefit from the years of on-hands experience he and
guys like him have with almost every kind of guitar
imaginable. The world of beautiful acoustic guitars is
lucky to have shops like Acoustic Music.org out there.
Please support your local shop. Guys like Brian our why
we are able to do what we do. Give him a call or just
lose yourself on the "research and history " page of
his website . Acoustic
Music.org.
The Vintage Dreadnought. Adirondack & Premium
Indian Rosewood come standard on this Herringbone D, as well
as Nickel Waverlies, MOP Squares & Diamond Inlay.
Premium pickguard and a great price. We are pleased to offer
this guitar forsale through Dave Rogers of
the world famous Dave's
Guitar Shop to be represented by this venerable
venue. Check out Dave's Guitar Shop
for other Bourgeois Guitars including a Vintage OM and a
Slope D.
Here's what Brian Wolf of Acoustic
Music.org says about this guitar:
"About
the time it felt like the world was ending I started thinking
of the things I loved. There was my wife and children, my cat
and my old Martin 00-17. I was reminded of how the
simple ‘17’ series guitars issued in the late 20’s took
off around 1933, another time in our history when it felt like
the world might be ending. The 00-17 was a guitar of
lasting value at an amazing price. Well the world didn’t
end, and I’m not sure it will any time soon.
At winter NAMM this
year we tossed around the idea of a ‘Recovery’ model type
of guitar built in the tradition of the all mahogany guitars
of the 30’s. I sent Dana my 1944 00-17 and said, “make
us a guitar based in spirit of this guitar that you would be
proud of”.
Dana built us this guitar and it is everything we hoped for
with a few surprises, like sustain that goes on forever and a
damped down tubby bass that makes you dream of New
Orleans on a warm summer day."
All Premium
Mahogany. 14 Fret , 25" scale. Tortoise
binding. To round out the vintage look: Ivoroid logo, dots,
Vintage style Waverly Tuners, and a fantastic price to
match the perfect simplicity of the design.
#4750. Standard Dreadnought
in Sunburst. Premium Bearclaw Sitka and Premium Indian
Rosewood. Ivoroid & Herringbone. Squares &
Diamonds. Nickel Waverly Tuners. Look at the
Rosewood on this guitar. Call The Twelfth Fret for more
information about this guitar. Talk to Mike Gray and ask
him to tell you why they love our Sitka
Dreads. The
Twelfth Fret.
#4905. Custom OM in
Adirondack and Mahogany. Pale Burst.
Ivoroid bindings on neck, head and body. Tiny MOP dot
inlay. Nickel Waverly tuners. 1 3/4" nut and
ebony pyramid bridge. Great little OM burst. Call West
Chester Music to learn more.
#4746. Straight up Country Boy in
creamy silky Sitka and mahogany. We dressed it up with
HIDE GLUE! The bridge, braces, fingerboard, Head veneer,
tail block and neck block have all been glued up with Hide
glue. Subtle? Maybe, but there is something
special about this guitar. Brian Wolfe always orders the
guitar with the "pickguard in the case", so if you
want a pickguard for this guitar, they've got it. Call
Brian at Acoustic
Music.org and get him to play this guitar over the phone
for you.
#5083. DBJC with Redwood top and
Flamed Koa Back and Sides. Our friends at the Twelfth
Fret have the hold the honor of being our biggest dealer in
the world for 3 years in a row. They really get
us. And they love our DB Jumbo Cutaway. Just for
something different they asked us to build one with Koa back
and sides. We were happy to oblige. This is a
one-of-a-kind. The Flamed koa makes the statement on
this otherwise simply appointed fingerstyle
beauty. Call Mike Gray at
The
Twelfth Fret to learn more.
#5004.
OMS Custom Cutaway. Slot head. 12 Fret. Redwood top &
Figured Walnut. Nashville NAMM Show guitar. With the simple appointments of
our OMC. Black binding with an
understated Black/Maple purfling, Three on a plate
Waverly's with Ebony buttons. One of a kind. Wil
& Julie at Spruce Tree
Music
are always excited by our special
and rare offerings. They took this one back to their
shop. Give them a call.
#4916 Custom DS-260 Cutaway.
Mahogany & Redwood. This is a 12 Fret
Slot head version of our old Martin Simpson model. This
is a big fingerstyle 12 Fret. Sharp, understated look that
pairs Tortoise body binding with Black/Maple Purfling. Waverly
3 on a plate tuners with Ivoroid buttons. 1 3/4" nut with 2 5/16" belly
bridge. Made for a strong Fingerstyle player. This
guitar is on its way to Heart's
Home Acoustic in Boerne TX. Owners David &
Peggy Orf have built probably the most beautiful new shop I've
ever seen. Check it out here,
you won't believe it.
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"Every
once in a while a great piece of wood comes along and
tells you not only that it wants to become a guitar,
but what kind of guitar it wants to become!
When this happens, we just build it. "
Dana Bourgeois