Nine Custom Bourgeois Guitars made especially for the 2007 Austin NAMM show.  

Each is numbered and signed by Dana as a Summer NAMM 2007 instrument.  See below to find out where you can reserve one.  

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#4370. The Custom Soloist. Premium Red " Adirondack " Spruce and Premium Brazilian Rosewood. The Soloist is a replica of the original Schoenberg that Dana & Eric Schoenberg built for Martin Guitars. The ultimate fingerstyle guitar. Features the Original Soloist Cutaway . To make this NAMM guitar a little special, we used  Cocobolo body binding with Soloist purflings. Soloist Wood rosette. Short patterned Squares & Diamonds inlay. Original Triangle heel inlay. 1 3/4" nut and Ebony pyramid bridge. Gold Waverly Tuners with Snakewood buttons to accent the Cocobolo binding. Exquisite. Call Martin Music to reserve.

#4360. Custom Advanced Slope D.  Steve Miklas wanted something really special for the NAMM show so he asked if we had any Cocobolo that we found to be exceptional.  We did.  This guitar is built from Premium Cocobolo back & sides and Premium Bearclaw Sitka Spruce top.  Our most versatile guitar.   Triple bound Ivoroid head, neck and body. Dana Bourgeois Snakehead and Sunburst. Floral Inlay. Call Steve Miklas at Acoustic Music Works to reserve.

#4330. Dana Bourgeois Signature Dreadnought in Brazilian and Adirondack.  Dana's Signature model dressed up with a great set of old growth Brazilian and a creamy Adirondack top for the show. Featuring Dana's new Herringbone backstrip and purfling designed especially for this model, as well as Ivory Squares & Diamond inlay. Curly Maple body binding, Gold Waverly tuners, Bone pins and a premium pickguard.  SOLD.

#4335. Short Scale Slope D / Natural (non-burst) top. Red "Adirondack" Spruce and Mahogany. 25" scale length. We are loving this new Short Scale. The specs exactly like our famous Slope D. Ivoroid body binding. Ebony Snakehead headstock with 1 23/32" nut. Tiny MOP dot inlays. Nickel Waverly tuners with Ivoroid buttons. Premium Fire Stripe pickguard.   Call Steve Miklas at Acoustic Music Works to reserve.

#6971. Custom Dreadnought Cutaway. Red "Adirondack" Spruce and Indian Rosewood. Sadly, this guitar was shipped from our shop before we got a chance to take finished pictures, but click on the YouTube link below and see Doc Watson playing the original.  It looks and sounds great and this one is exactly the same.  You can also probably get pics from Michelle at Boutique Guitar Exchange.    1 3/4" nut, same as Doc requested. Abalone Rosette. Triple Bound Ivoroid on head, neck and body and Back & Side purfling. Nickel Waverly tuners. Bone pins. Call Boutique Guitar Exchange for more information. Click here to watch Doc Watson play the Bourgeois that was the model for this one!

#4315. The BK (Banjo Killer) Slope D with Pale Sunburst. Premium Bearclaw Sitka Spruce and Quilted Sapele Mahogany. This guitar is inspired by the famous guitar built for Bryan Sutton that he dubbed "The Banjo Killer". Just like the original, it features Ivoroid body & neck binding and an unbound Brazilian Rosewood Headstock veneer, Ebony pins with Abalone dots.  Custom Firestripe pickguard.   Brazilian Fingerboard and Brazilian Belly bridge. This one features Dana's beautiful Custom Pale Sunburst. Dana says: " The BK Slope D has a deep, broad tone. Through wood selection and voicing, we push it in the direction of a bigger bottom end, a "lush" top end, and greater volume, similar to the characteristics of Bryan's original BK. When I first started making slope shouldered Dreadnoughts, I went for something as different as possible from the balanced and focused sound of my standard Dreadnought. The Banjo Killer gets me back to that original idea."  Call The Twelfth Fret to learn more or listen to a sound sample !  P.S. This one was photographed to be used in an upcoming ad. See your guitar in a magazine!  SOLD

#4336. Custom OMS 12 Fret Slot head. Adirondack & Pao Rosewood & Floral Inlay. Someone sent me a picture of a beautiful OMS that Dana built several years ago. It had his Floral inlay on the fingerboard and I thought it was so elegant and just a perfect addition to the model. We've put it on this guitar. Also, this will be our 4th guitar out of the wonderful Pao Rosewood stash that we discovered. This very old rosewood delivers some great tone.  I asked Dana for his thoughts about this wood and here is what he said: "Pao Rosewood is an african wood that looks a bit like Honduran Rosewood. Tonally it's in the same general category as Brazilian, Madagascar, Honduran Rosewood and Cocobolo. Within each of these species there is considerable variation in tone qualities, with condiderable overlapping between species. A good set of Pao can sound a lot like Brazilian Rosewood, or can have something unique that is rarely found in Brazilian. It can also be said that a lot of Brazilian Rosewood sounds more like some of the other species than like other sets of Brazilian. In the end, it all comes down to whether or not you like the sound of the guitar." SOLD.

#4343. Country Boy Extra Deluxe.  Silky, creamy Red " Adirondack " Spruce and Figured Mahogany. Square headstock with a Brazilian Rosewood veneer. 1 23/32" nut width. The Extra Deluxe part is the Cocobolo binding on the Head neck and body and the gorgeous tight curl on the mahogany back and sides. The headstock binding has  Black/White purfling for a subtle something extra. The tuners are Nickel Waverlies with Snakewood buttons. With an Abalone rosette and Dana Bourgeois backstrip. Tiny dot inlay. Premium pickguard. Bone bridge & end pins. Call Martin Music to reserve.  SOLD

#4338. Custom JOM with Cutaway. Redwood top and Figured Walnut back and sides. Square headstock with Brazilian Rosewood Veneer. This guitar is simply, but elegantly appointed just like the DBJC. With 1 3/4" nut with 2 5/16" Ebony belly bridge. Gold Waverly tuners. Our newest dealer in Germany, Station Music has this guitar.  Call Hans-Peter Bentheimer for more information.

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