Bourgeois

  Drawing inspiration from the elegant body styles of the Depression era, The Touchstone Standard captures a sense of authenticity and vintage charm. This timeless design and spirit is beautifully evoked with Bourgeois' classic slope-shoulder dreadnought. Elegant throwback appointments make it a true homage to tradition.
  The Standard's torrefied Sitka spruce soundboard delivers a warm, aged tone right out of the box, with dynamic response and clarity that only deepens over time. A sound that is as versatile as it is rich—perfect for strumming, fingerpicking, and everything in between.
  Paired with mahogany back and sides, the result is a balanced, versatile voice perfect for everything from gentle fingerpicking to robust strumming.

  The Bourgeois HSV-D features extraordinary Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, showcasing a stunning palette of colors: from deep browns to reddish hues, with distinctive spider webbing and a striking sapwood center. The Brazilian Rosewood on this guitar has a unique provenance: it was acquired by Dana Bourgeois from the estate of the late Don Sharp, a legendary master luthier. Don Sharp, who tragically passed away in November 2021, was celebrated for his exquisite custom handmade acoustic guitars, including his renowned harp guitars valued between $8,000 and $12,000. His legacy of craftsmanship adds a rich historical significance to this exceptional instrument.
  Paired with an Adirondack Spruce top, this guitar delivers amazing power, clarity, and responsiveness. The Adirondack top, famous for its wide dynamic range, gives you crisp attack and sparkling trebles that shine whether you’re flatpicking or fingerpicking. It's a guitar that not only looks incredible but sounds just as inspiring.

The Natural – a natural topped Mahogany box that packs some serious firepower. Pairing a natural Sitka Spruce soundboard with Honduran Mahogany back and sides, the natural harkens from a no-frills design approach to deliver a high performing short scale guitar perfect for vocal accompaniment.

  This Custom Build Banjo Killer is a standard square shouldered dreadnought with a premium bearclaw Sitka spruce top and figured mahogany back and sides. Square headstock shape. The bracing for this guitar is modeled after Bryan Sutton’s famous Bourgeois dubbed the “Banjo Killer". The fingerboard and belly bridge are figured ziricote wood. The Tor-tis pickguard is handmade, and the bridge pins are ebony with abalone dots. The tuners are Nickel Waverly with ivoroid buttons.
  Bryan Sutton has this to say: "From the first time I played the Slope-D Bourgeois that would come to be known as the "Banjo Killer", I was amazed at the range of tone and volume the guitar could produce. The guitar always seems to be to able to handle any dynamic level of play. I can hear the guitar clearly in a loud jam session without feeling like I have to overplay and also enjoy a full and sustained tone when I want to play softly.”

  Drawing on Dana Bourgeois' near half-century of lutherie experience, the Touchstone Series is designed to deliver legendary Bourgeois tone and build quality to a wider range of players than ever before.
  Bourgeois' all-new Touchstone Series guitars feature Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce tops and Adirondack Spruce braces harvested from deep in their own backyard, selected and hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine by Dana Bourgeois and his team.
Using their renown system of hand voicing, all Touchstone Series soundboards are optimized for tonal excellence by a team of skilled luthiers right there in Maine.
  The back and sides of the Touchstone Vintage/TS are made with carefully selected Indian Rosewood and assembled by the talented craftsmen at Eastman Music. Each specialized step is performed by hand to bring out the beauty and tonal complexity of your instrument.

  Drawing on Dana Bourgeois' near half-century of lutherie experience, the Touchstone Series is designed to deliver legendary Bourgeois tone and build quality to a wider range of players than ever before.
  Bourgeois' all-new Touchstone Series guitars feature Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce tops and Adirondack Spruce braces harvested from deep in their own backyard, selected and hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine by Dana Bourgeois and his team.
Using their renown system of hand voicing, all Touchstone Series soundboards are optimized for tonal excellence by a team of skilled luthiers right there in Maine.
  The back and sides of the Touchstone Vintage/TS are made with carefully selected Indian Rosewood and assembled by the talented craftsmen at Eastman Music. Each specialized step is performed by hand to bring out the beauty and tonal complexity of your instrument.

  Drawing on Dana Bourgeois' near half-century of lutherie experience, the Touchstone Series is designed to deliver legendary Bourgeois tone and build quality to a wider range of players than ever before.
  Bourgeois' all-new Touchstone Series guitars feature Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce tops and Adirondack Spruce braces harvested from deep in their own backyard, selected and hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine by Dana Bourgeois and his team.
Using their renown system of hand voicing, all Touchstone Series soundboards are optimized for tonal excellence by a team of skilled luthiers right there in Maine.
  The back and sides of the Touchstone Vintage/TS are made with carefully selected Indian Rosewood and assembled by the talented craftsmen at Eastman Music. Each specialized step is performed by hand to bring out the beauty and tonal complexity of your instrument.

It’s your daily driver. Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. With a name suggested by Ricky Skaggs in the late 90’s, the Country Boy features a AAAA grade Sitka Spruce top paired with premium Mahogany back and sides to create a versatile platform agreeable with any playing style.

The Large Soundhole Dreadnought is a flatpicking cannon inspired by some of our favorite bluegrass legends. Featuring a Sitka Spruce top, and beautiful Indian Rosewood back & sides, this guitar has an extra dose of projection and maintains all of the punch of Bourgeois' standard Dreadnoughts.

It’s your daily driver. Everything you need. Nothing you don’t. With a name suggested by Ricky Skaggs in the late 90’s, the Country Boy features a AAAA grade Sitka Spruce top paired with premium Mahogany back and sides to create a versatile platform agreeable with any playing style.

  This is a Custom Heirloom Series 12-Fret Dreadnought featuring an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top and Figured Walnut back and sides.
  We are still in awe of the magnificent American Vintage guitars that inspired generations of players and helped produce diverse traditions of iconic American music. The Heirloom Series is our tip of the hat to the guitars that inspired our careers in lutherie and ignited our never-ending pursuit of the essence of yesteryear’s sound and vibe.
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