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Add to Compare2016 Beauregard OMC, Brazilian Rosewood/Sitka Spruce
Mario Beauregard is renowned as one of the greatest modern luthiers, and this guitar is a shining example of why. When legends like Antoine Dufour and Calum Graham use your instruments, there can hardly be a better testament or endorsement of the quality of your work. Equipped with a K&K Trinity pickup system, this instrument is ready for any application. With its short scale and wide string spacing, this guitar is a modern player’s dream. The back and sides feature some of the finest Brazilian rosewood we’ve ever seen, paired with European spruce on top, showcasing epic medullary rays. It also includes a segmented burl and abalone rosette, and a Venetian cutaway. This is the crème de la crème.
Other keywords/misspelllings: Luthiere, bespoke, canada, hiscox, EVO, 215
$18,720 Add to cartScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.375 in Woods Spruce - Sitka, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2008 Beauregard Nylon Jazz, Indian Rosewood/Cedar
In our experience, it’s difficult for a builder to thread the needle and build both nylon string and steel string guitars with equal skill. Mario Beauregard, for one, manages to make it look easy: this nylon string crossover is just as resonant and responsive as his steels. This beauty comes to us from 2008 with a carved Indian Rosewood back—similar to what John Buscarino does with his Cabaret crossovers—and a Cedar top with an elevated fingerboard and bent top profile in the upper bout to allow for easier access to the entire fingerboard, all the way to the 20th fret extension. With a slightly radiused fretboard and cutaway, this Nylon Jazz crossover becomes effortlessly playable. The carved back design creates a bigger air cavity without making the instrument actually feel bigger, the result being added power, projection, and bass response. Coupled here with Cedar on top for warmth and sweetness. When you want to go electric, the installed K&K Pure Mini pickup can take you there with a wonderfully faithful amplification of the aforementioned qualities of sweetness and response. Alessi tuners and a carved headstock veneer, plus Koa rosette, complete the picture of a perfect crossover.
Here’s an additional demo for your enjoyment: https://youtu.be/IND9Jem_T5E.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, fingerstyle, andy jurik, sn08, canada
SOLD Add to cartScale Length 25.6 in Nut Width 1.875 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Cedar, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareBrand New Beauregard MB, Bigleaf Maple/Spruce
A smooth operator from tuners to tail. This brand new MB model from Mario Beauregard is our first new build in a while, and it’s so good to be working together! The MB is a curvaceous, effortless, gorgeous approach to modern electric guitarbuilding, from the über curved sides to the carved Maple back and Spruce top, minimalist F holes, and Duneland Labs humbucker. Gold EVO frets ensure the setup will be smooth and clear for a long time to come; weighing under six pounds, you hardly tell it’s there. The back and sdies are carved from solid master grade Bigleaf Maple, and blends perfectly with the solid Spruce top and Maple neck thanks to a light amber honeyed finish. The pickup features a custom hammered cover that adds excitement to the svelte aesthetics, here mated with an Ebony pickguard/finger rest with included volume and tone knobs underneath.
Other keywords: duane simpson, fingerstyle, semi-hollow, f-hole, archtop, 2022
SOLD Add to cartScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.688 in String Spacing 2.094 in Woods Spruce, Maple - Flamed 
Add to Compare2008-2011 Beauregard MB Nylon, East Indian Rosewood/Spruce
Mario Beauregard’s crossover guitars are perfect, if you’re looking for a lightweight, responsive, stage ready instrument that practically plays itself. This beauty was built between 2008 and 2011 with a carved Indian Rosewood back, Spruce top, and a dual source K&K pickup system (combining a Pure Classic with a FanTaStick UST). This Beauregard MB Nylon Jazz weighs in right at four pounds, has a slightly radiused fingerboard and semi-hemispherical fret ends (plus side dots) for ergonomics, and a smart venetian cutaway to maximize fretboard access to the highest notes. This guitar is for the serious gigging musician, or frankly anyone who just wants an effortless nylon string playing experience.
Other keywords: lutherie, beauregard guitars, fingerstyle, andy jurik
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.625 in Nut Width 1.9 in String Spacing 2.219 in Woods Spruce, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to Compare2018 Beauregard Facettes Archtop 16,” Quilted Maple/Spruce
Mario Beauregard’s touch with chisel and plane, sandpaper and file, is unparalleled. This 2018 Facettes Archtop 16″ is an absolute feat of modern lutherie! Sumptuously figured Maple back and sides, Spruce top, gold Lollar pickup with volume and tone at the pickguard; upper bout soundport; effortless playability and response. This instrument is like inspiration in wood form. Mario engineers the top with these arcing facets that feature subtle soundholes integrated into their centers–we can’t imagine how he pulls this off so well–which you’ll also find across the carved Maple back for continuity. Note how the pickguard descends to a point above the bridge, its outside edge matching the curves of the facets. Setup is butter smooth and slinky, and this 2018 Beauregard comes wrapped up in a custom Hoffee case for maximum protection.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, guitarbuilding, duane simpson, fingerstyle, evo, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.188 in Woods Spruce, Maple - Quilted 
Add to Compare2015 Beauregard Facettes Archtop, Brazilian Rosewood/European Spruce
A work of functional art. We’ve loved Mario Beauregard’s guitars for so many years, and even so it feels like a new experience every time we have the pleasure of hosting one of his guitars in the shop. Here we’ve landed one of his coveted Facettes archtops, which by itself is incredible, but this 2015 Facettes has the added distinction of featuring a carved Brazilian Rosewood back. The result is truly remarkable. Not only has Mario painstakingly carved these curvaceous facettes into the top and back, he’s done so with a wood combination of European Spruce on top and BRW back and sides that you’re likely to hardly see ever again on an archtop guitar. Additional features include a custom Benedetti humbucker pickup, EVO frets, and a lightweight BAM case.
Other keywords: lutherie, guitarbuilding, arched top, brazilain, handmade, facet, facets, faccet, faccetts
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.688 in String Spacing 2.063 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2008 Beauregard MB, Maple/Spruce
Racecar curves, glassy setup, and butter-rich depths—the Beauregard MB is in a class of its own. Flame Maple body with Spruce top, Armstrong humbucker, and tasty Koa appointments throughout. The über curvy sides make for an incredibly comfortable playing experience, all while looking very attractive. A carved bridge and tailpiece complete the portrait. This gorgeous model MB comes to us from 2008, and is oh so ready for more action.
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, fingerstyle, canada, duane simpson, semihollow, gotoh, boblen
Add to Compare1999 Beauregard SJ, Brazilian Rosewood/German Spruce
Here’s a bombshell from Mario Beauregard that’s aged in and opened up handsomely. This beautiful SJ was built in 1999 with brick-red Brazilian Rosewood back and sides and an amber-hued German Spruce top, Ebony bindings, and Maple appointments. 16 1/2” across the lower bout adds growl and projection to an already powerful voice, and the overall tone strikes a fine balance between richness and precision. Overtones enrich the voice but don’t overpower the clarity of individual notes. It’s easy to see why modern fingerstyle players like the inimitable Antoine Dufour play Beauregards—these instruments make every note count. This beau has opened up so sweetly over the past few decades, and we’re proud to offer it to you today.
Other keywords: somogyi, fingerpicking, small jumbo, florentine, amboyna, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.375 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2008 Beauregard MB, Flamed Maple
Mario Beauregard’s MB model semi-hollow guitar set the guitar world on fire a few years back. Everyone who lays eyes on one just falls in love. But when you play one you really understand. What a feel! The neck shape seems just perfect and the setup is immaculate. Mario’s build quality is second to none and the MB design incorporates rounded sides that not only look amazing but make this guitar a joy to hold. The P90 pickups scream but also know how to behave, so from blues to rock to jazz you can do it all in style on this Beauregard MB from 2008.
Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/d2una6tsVAg
Add to Compare2005 Beauregard OMC, Brazilian Rosewood/German Spruce
Playing this guitar is bliss. Mario Beauregard is undoubtedly one of the finest luthiers working today for fingerstyle players. His instruments are the trifecta of playability, projection, and clarity. This 2005 OM is all that and more, from the beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back and sides and German Spruce top to the glassy setup. Regardless of tuning or attack, fingerstyle or flatpicked, this Beauregard offers up a velvet-rich response. Bass notes are enveloping, and treble overtones hang in the air for long seconds. The tone remains balanced at all times, even if played with an aggressive attack, and pours its sweet honey over your every note. This Beauregard could mean the end of your collection: it’s capable of anything, so why would you ever want to play anything else?
Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/tBi9V3vJ748
Other keywords: lutherie, luthier, finger style, antoine dufour, contemporary fingerstyle, guitarbuilding, canada, florentine cutaway, abalone, maple, gotoh
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.4 in Woods Spruce - German, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2000 Beauregard OMC Brazilian/German
Mario Beauregard made a beautiful, resonant instrument in 2000 with this OMC–then in 2007 he had a second chance to polish it until it shined! In order to implement his latest voicing techniques, Mario retopped this OM and replaced the neck with one that featured the glassy profile it now boasts. That brand new German Spruce top, when paired the drop-dead gorgeous set of Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides, gave this guitar a visual and acoustic aesthetic that’s summed up in one word: elegant.
The contour of the neck and 1 3/4″ nut feel smooth and intimate for the left hand, and the setup is dialed into that sweet spot for both fingerstyle and flatpicking. Digging into the bass strings brings out a panoply of rich, vibrant notes that fill out, rather than overpower, the voice; the name of Mario’s game here is balance, balance, balance. For the altered tunings guitarist, this Beauregard offers excellent string-to-string separation and trebles which maintain their crisp shimmer down into D tunings. Having opened up handsomely, this OMC has the dynamic and rich fundamental that professional musicians across the globe yearn for in their sweetest dreams.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2011 Beauregard OMC African Blackwood/Cedar
To everyone who’s bid on a charity guitar, everyone who’s gotten the word out to lend a hand, everyone who’s just donated straight to the cause—Dream Guitars thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. We’ve been able to raise thousands of dollars for Puerto Rico hurricane relief, to support hurricane soup kitchens in Houston, Texas, and to help fight the forest fires plaguing California. But the fight is far from over! We want to wrap up 2017 with a strong display of solidarity for these and other causes. This time we’re auctioning three guitars at once! Help us help those in need, and get a great deal on a unique instrument in the process. These auctions are open until 12pm EST December 17th in order to make sure everyone has a chance to bid.
This 2011 Mario Beauregard OMC is on auction to continue to support the United For Puerto Rico fund providing food, water, and more to an island still struggling to survive. This guitar was originally $9,995, but bidding starts at only $4,995.
Follow the contour from florentine cutaway to fretboard, from the sharp peak to cinched waist, down to the 15 5/8″ lower bout. Take in the glassy smoothness of the finish, the way the Ebony bridge rises organically up from below the rosette, itself a quiet testament to the vibrancy of Abalone and Koa. Feel the gentle curve of the C-shaped neck in your left hand, fret ends rounded into half globes after the style of Ervin Somogyi. This 2011 OM-C from Mario Beauregard is a study in smoothness, in a calm and collected style that catches the eye with its simple elegance.
We’d expect no less from one of Somogyi’s graduates–and the voice cannot fail but to inspire. Bass notes have a clean, well-defined edge; the middle register lively, balanced; the trebles haunting in their sustain. For the fingerstylist who needs each string and every note to ring clear as its own bell, this Beauregard OM-C more than fits the bill. Listen to Al’s sample, you’ll hear what we’re talking about. Mario’s ability to voice a guitar to produce complex overtones on top of a pianistically precise projection utilizes the combination of African Blackwood and Cedar to be perfect for all kinds of music, and all sorts of tunings. We found DADGAD and CGCGAD to be lively and crisp, with a comfortable play feel.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Cedar, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2006 Beauregard OM African Blackwood/Cedar
Fingerstyle guitars are definitely one of our specialties, and we’ve spent a lot of time with different scale lengths, wood combinations, body sizes, and nut widths. From those years of study, we’ve formed a mental image of what an ideal fingerstyle instrument needs in order to blow us away. This 2006 Beauregard OM–a living example of that ideal. Mario paired a dark-grained set of African Blackwood with Red Cedar, a newer pairing that luthiers are just now experimenting with, and the result is oceanic in its depth, and atmospheric in its clarity.
The bass strings have a fundamentally rich tonality, perfectly balanced with the other registers, which lends the entire voice an enveloping array of colors. The setup is glass-smooth with a 1 25/32″ nut and low action for effortless playing–and with an aggressive attack or gentle touch, this Beauregard’s voice is teeming with energy and sustain. To describe this guitar as lush in lowered tuning would be an understatement: played in DADGAD, this Beauregard has a profound resonance and harmonic palette.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Cedar, Blackwood - African 
Add to Compare2008 Beauregard MB Flamed Maple/Spruce
Let the good times roll! With an MB like this one from Mr. Beauregard in your hands, the world becomes a much more exciting place. Featuring gorgeous Flamed Maple for the back, sides, and neck, and a Spruce top, this MB’s voice has generous warmth, and excellent responsiveness. Observe how Mario completely carves the Maple sides, and backs the F-holes with black-dyed Maple baffles to moderate the air flow, reduce feedback, and maximize the MB’s warm Jazz Box tone–yielding a svelte, attractive design.
The contours are delectably smooth, and feel perfectly natural while playing–this is a guitar which fits securely in your arms, with an excellent balance that keeps it easily and comfortably in optimal playing position, thanks to its lightweight construction. The trebles are particularly quick and responsive with the single Humbucker pickup, and man! to hear this baby with an Overdrive pedal. Be it Jazz or Rock or something else entirely, you’ve got an extra ace up your sleeve with this 2008 Beauregard MB in your hands.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.88 in Nut Width 1.69 in String Spacing 2 in Woods Spruce, Maple - Figured 
Add to Compare2008 Beauregard MB Semi-Hollow Maple/Spruce
At Dream Guitars, we often have players visit of such calibre that we’re struck dumb when they take a guitar down to play. Not nearly as often are we reduced to silence simply at the sight of a guitar–but this 2008 Beauregard MB is just such an instrument. Whoa! Beauregard has outfitted this beauty with two powerhouse P90 pickups which can scream for Blues while at the same time remaining fat and warm for Jazz. Versatile, in a word. This is as dynamic as they come, with a glossy finish that is feather-smooth to the touch. With arcing curves like a drop of water sliding along the face of a wineglass, this Beauregard MB in Maple and Spruce might be the most beautiful Semi-Hollow or Archtop guitar we’ve seen. Its previous owner has been incredibly careful, too: this is a gem with no discernible marks to mar the surface of the Spruce or the Ebony bridge and tailpiece.
In the beginning of the ‘90s, while he was in sales and repairs at Tom Lee music in Vancouver B.C., Mario started guitar building with luthier Robert D’Crivouir. A few years later he moved back to Quebec where he received one of his first grants from “Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec”.
The Art council enabled him to attend the Roberto-Venn school of luthery where he met Ervin Somogyi in one of his master classes. He was invited to study with him, which represented a turning point in his career.
During weekdays he would work and study with Ervin Somogyi and during the weekends he would drive up to Taku Sakashta’s shop to learn about archtops. He also went on to work as the designer in the R&D department of Lasido for a period of 4 years.
Mario is presently a one-man operation in the small town of St-Denis-sur-Richelieu near Montreal, Quebec and continue to act as a consultant in the industry.
Mario and I are long time friends. He builds inspiring and superb playing guitars. His craftsmanship is spectacular.