We just had to brag a little because we couldn't be more pleased.  We've been hearing from customers for the last year or so that Doc Watson has been out there playing a Bourgeois guitar.  Last week we saw it for ourselves when someone in the shop saw Doc on YouTube. 

Thanks to Dan Miller of "Flatpick" magazine for this picture 

of  Doc at Merlefest 2007 playing his Bourgeois Dreadnought

 

 

Here's the story of how Doc Watson came to be playing our guitar.  A couple of years ago, Ricky Skaggs called and asked if we could build Doc a guitar for his 80th birthday.  Ricky wanted us to build a dreadnought with Dana's cutaway, just like the cutaway on Sean Watkin's (Nickel Creek) OM.  We were happy to oblige.   We sent Doc a Custom Vintage D Cutaway with a 1 3/4 " neck, trimmed to the old "Ricky Skaggs Model" specs:  It has an Adirondack top and Indian Rosewood back & sides, Abalone rosette and Ivoroid binding on the headstock, fingerboard and body.  

 

Here's the YouTube video.  It's worth watching so you can see our guitar, but mostly because Doc is singing and playing great.  Click here to see Doc Live at the Variety Playhouse playing "Sixteen Tons" followed by a rousing rendition of "Shady Grove". 

 

Page last updated:  August 23, 2007