This 2016 Bourgeois D Custom stands out from the pack with a sick Redwood top and Cocobolo body, figured Koa bindings, Ziricote bridge and fingerboard. Excellent playing shape, ready for more action, and outfitted with an L.R. Baggs Anthem pickup to carry you into amplified territory with ease.

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Built for the 2019 Winter NAMM, so of course Dana Bourgeois and his team went out of their way to make this Dreadnought a showstopper. Not only that, but this is one of Dana’s Championship models—spec’d out just like the Dread Luke Lovejoy used to take first place at the 2018 Walnut Valley Flatpicking Championship with Sinker Mahogany back and sides and an Aged Tone Sitka Spruce top. That, along with torrefied brace stock and animal protein glue construction, makes for great balance across the registers and superb note definition. This is one you can really crank up the BPM on; no muddiness at high speeds here.

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We’ve landed a unique little bit of Bourgeois history today! Here’s a Prototype Petite Jumbo pioneered for the 2005 NAMM show (number 2 of 10) that’s had a few years to open up and build out its richness and warmth. Madagascar Rosewood back and sides with Italian Spruce on top, with Curly Koa bindings and green Abalone treatment on top. Part of what makes this a prototypical build is Dana’s use of a hybrid back bracing system, eschewing a just a traditional ladder throughout for an X across the lower bout and only ladder braces at the waist and upper bout. We think this helps activate the Madagascar Rosewood backplate to add tonal complexity to the voice. Speaking of which, this Bourgeois has a lot of warmth and color, with individual notes exhibiting a gorgeous blooming quality that really comes out when you play slow passages. This guitar can fill the sonic space without there having to be a torrent of sixteenth notes.

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2019 Bourgeois DB Jumbo! Come and get it before it’s gone, baby gone. Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce up top, plus Sinker Mahogany back and sides to add dryness and woody flavor to the voice, plus great projection from Bourgeois’s 16” jumbo body. It weighs in at about 4.5lbs and is easy on the hands. It’s nearly new from 2019, but thanks to the torrefied Adi top it’s already wide awake and singing. Plus this beauty comes with a K&K Pure Mini plus volume knob for easy transition straight to the stage.

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With this vintage-style workhorse from Bourgeois and co, the name of the game is balance. That comes in the voice, matching a crisp treble register with sweetness and warmth in the mids and bottom end. It also comes in the setup, long scale plus a spacious 1 3/4” nut and 2 5/16” saddle spacing for comfortable left and righthand work. It even comes in the balance of aesthetics: classic Ivoroid bindings and nickel Waverly tuners match up with a Ziricote head plate. This 2020 OM Vintage Professional stands apart from the other Vintage Pros with an upgraded Adirondack Spruce top for added power and projection, here paired with Indian Rosewood back and sides. When we described this Bourgeois as a workhorse, we meant it: this OM Vintage Professional is equally at home with fingers as with flatpicks, and fits right into a wide range of music.

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Well, well, well. We’ve got a handsome prize on our hands here: a 2015 DB Signature from Bourgeois Guitars that’s got gorgeous tonewoods, hide glue construction, and a flawless fit-n-finish. Light-colored Koa back and sides are paired with a Croatian Spruce top (boasting the results of Dana’s Aged Tone torrefication process), Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons, and Fossilized Mammoth Ivory squares and diamonds inlaid along the fretboard. This Bourgeois doesn’t need much encouragement to really project, and it doesn’t top out easily to boot. We love this one with a flatpick almost as much as we do for fingerpicking; it lives up to the jack-of-all-trades reputation of the OM body.

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Gorgeous to a fault, with crisp trebles and a well-tempered midrange for even response and sweet, sweet clarity. This 2015 D-150 from Bourgeois and co is a fabulous Bluegrass machine. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides (check out that extravagant figure), Adirondack Spruce on top and hide glue construction throughout. Ivoroid bindings, Waverly tuners, and a soft V neck with silky setup for effortless playability. This Bourgeois has been well cared for, and has hardly a mark on it.

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