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Add to CompareBrand New Guidry SG-2 Birdseye Maple/Engelmann Spruce
We’re quite pleased to offer a new addition to DG’s stable: a brand new 2016 SG-2 from luthier Sam Guidry, the senior instructor at the Galloup School of Guitar Building and Repair. By hybridizing the typical SJ body, Guidry provides the player with an instrument characterized by depth and expressiveness, a delicate balance which he achieves with aplomb. For the fingerstylist, this SG-2 is a tool of deadly precision, with an almost surgical separation of notes that allows your arrangements to ring out in all their complex glory. Explosive bass? Well-stocked here. Need treble strings crystalline but juicy? Think of these as sirloin diamonds.
Guidry’s aesthetic is understated to the point that the Birdseye Maple and Engelmann Spruce grab one’s attention, bound as they are by jet-black Ebony bindings and appointed with Spalted Maple around the soundhole and with Ebony lines inlaid into the headstock veneer. The well-rounded C profile neck is intensely comfortable such that the left hand is smoothly cradled from thumb to knuckles. Add to that a slightly elevated fingerboard and you’ve got an instrument well-honed for fingerstyle, or practically anything else you’d care to throw at it. If you’re looking for a responsive, articulate powerhouse, this SG-2 is a hands down winner.
We recently hosted Clive Carroll for a series of lessons and performances here at Dream, and while he was here he recorded “The Prince’s Waltz” on Sam’s SG-2. Click here for a link to the YouTube video: www.dreamguitars.com/detail/5400-guidry_sg2_2016/. Clive was kind enough to offer us a copy of the TAB, which you can find here: www.dreamguitars.com/tab/The_Princes_Waltz.pdf.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Engelmann, Maple - Birdseye 
Add to Compare1994 Randy Wood Custom 0000 Cutaway Koa/Adirondack (Red)
This Randy Wood 0000 is wonderfully unique from the tone to the appointments; all speak to a rockin’ vintage vibe. The Koa back and sides are evenly colored and figured in two directions, and the Adirondack Spruce top is tight grained and aged to a warm, amber color. Tonally, this guitar has all the great “bark” of Mahogany, but with clarity and wholeness of sound thanks to twenty years of maturity and Randy’s decades of experience working as a luthier and repair artist working for some of the biggest names in Nashville, Tennessee.
Randy was ahead of his time in returning to the traditional roots of the craft by constructing this guitar entirely with hide glue. Playability is top notch for both the fret hand and the picking hand–this guitar is as light as a feather with a crisp projection!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.31 in Nut Width 1.78 in String Spacing 2.31 in Woods Spruce - Adirondack (Red), Koa 
Add to Compare2006 Petros Dream Series GC Brazilian/Italian
This Dream Series GC is amongst the very finest Petros guitars we’ve laid our hands on. This series was a limited edition of just 10 guitars built with the finest Brazilian Rosewood. This Petros Dream Series is a big, rich-sounding guitar with a tremendous amount of volume and superb projection. Strumming a first position G chord, the attack is punchy and full and the sustain is incredible! Played softly with one’s fingers, and the Petros GC has the sweetest tone, rich in harmonics, with excellent note-bloom.
This is a very versatile instrument with a brilliant voice, built by two of the very best luthiers on the planet.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.19 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2006 Petros Dream Series FS Brazilian/German
We are very proud of our Dream Series instruments. They are truly special among modern guitars. Special because they are crafted without compromise using the very finest materials and designed with one-of-a-kind features. This Petros Guitars FS (Fingerstyle) Dream Series is adorned with rare Amboyna Burl for the rosette, truss cover and handmade tuner buttons. In addition the entire guitars is bound in Applewood for an elegant contrast against the Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood and master grade Italian Spruce top. What’s most impressive though is the tone. The Petros voice is open and rich and with these premiere woods it has added depth and detail.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare1993 Schoenberg Soloist OMC Brazilian/Spruce
One of Eric Schoenberg’s earlier collaborations with T.J. Thompson and Martin, this 1993 Soloist OMC is a firebomb fingerstyle guitar: crisp trebles and a glassy setup with a low profile soft-V neck. With some gorgeous Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides (with sapwood colors the envy of Cocobolo) and Adirondack Spruce fo the top, this Soloist has the right calibre munitions to drive its fat, juicy trebles right through the mix.
Played with a flatpick or just nails, the tight, focused voice soars, wel-balanced and clear. These fine tonewoods have had plenty of time to open up, and brother have they–there’s plenty of that quick response and instant projection that only come with age.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.4 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2003 Sobell Model 1 East Indian/European
We’re grateful each time a Sobell blesses our shop with its presence–Stefan’s builds are consistently resonant, dynamic, and eminently playable. This 2003 Model 1 is no exception! With a 1 13/16″ nut for left hand comfort and 25 5/8″ scale for crisp intonation in lowered tunings, this Sobell is all the arsenal a fingerstylist could need. You hardly apply any pressure and the notes start leaping off the fingerboard; to say this is a responsive guitar undersells it. Sobell’s instruments sell for a pretty penny these days, so this Model 1 with Indian Rosewood and European Spuce comes at an excellent bargain–and it’s in splendid shape, but broken in nicely. From Irish airs in DADGAD to country blues in Standard, this Sobell remains a big-voiced tour de force.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.63 in Nut Width 1.81 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Indian 
Add to CompareNew Bouchereau Mistral Ziricote/Lutz
We’re quite excited for this Mistral OM as the start of our relationship with Canada-based builder Loïc Bortot of Bouchereau Guitars–one strum, and you’ll see why. This 2016 Mistral is a finely-honed machine capable of rendering your black-and-white arrangements in full technicolor. The voice is remarkable: profoundly clear, instantly responsive, a focused edge with flatpicks, enveloping and colorful with fingertips. With its wedge-shaped Ziricote-and-Lutz–Spruce body and slim neck for fast fretting, this Mistral is built with a smaller person in mind, but still effortless to play if you’re of a larger persuasion.
The setup is so glassy smooth it’s as though fretting notes were as easy as breathing. We put the Mistral through its paces in Standard, DADGAD, and Cadd9, and the result was consistently mesmerizing: the bass strings remained crisp and present, the string feel comfortable but not floppy. Honestly, this Mistral blew us away, from Bortot’s refreshing aesthetic (check out the relief carved into the heelblock where it meets the sides) to his effective voicing techniques.
Add to Compare1962 Gibson RB-250 Mastertone Mahogany/Fiber Head
This Gibson is formal enough you could wear it around your neck for a banquet–or at least the bowtie inlays across the fretboard. It’s the real deal, all-original and playing like a professional: a 1962 Gibson RB-250 Mastertone. Other than the addition of a few railroad spikes, this Banjo remains untouched, and only bears light evidence of play wear on its head and frets. In case you were wondering, yes–this Gibson is fearsomely loud! But the setup feels so lovely it’s easy to miss the fact that you’re playing with the volume at 11.
We really can’t say enough good things about this Mastertone, except to marvel at its condition and soak up all the vigorous, juicy tone of this RB-250.
Add to Compare2004 Goodall TMdROM Madagascar/Adirondack (Red)
Interested in a livewire OM with crackling trebles and crisp responsiveness? Look no further than this 2004 TMDROM from the father-son duo at Goodall Guitars with Madagascar Rosewood back and sides and Adirondack Spruce for the top. Part of their Traditional line, this OM has tasteful herringbone trim, a partially scalloped bracing system, and open gear Waverly tuners for all those good vintage vibes.
Set up for both fingerstyle and flatpicking, this TMDROM performs beautifully under a medium attack, and offers a well-balanced voice that’s colored by warm midranges and chirpy treble strings. When played with fingers, this Goodall wratchets up the warmth and dynamism to lend extra color to your arrangements. We’d expect no less from the folks at Goodall Guitars–this TMDROM is an excellent choice for Blues, Bluegrass, and even some forays into altered tunings. Don’t forget: there’s a Fishman Matrix Infinity pickup/preamp too for when you plug in at your next gig.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.5 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare2006 Antonio Marin Montero Bouchet Brazilian/Spruce
This 2006 Bouchet model from the father of the Granada school of builders, Antonio Marin, is richer than King Midas and sweeter than ambrosia. Featuring a fabulous set of Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides and Spruce top, this Bouchet model is beautiful to both the eye and the ear–and both your left and right hands, as the setup on this Classical is glass-smooth and effortless to play.
We found the trebles to be energetic and vibrant, with a quick response that had notes leaping off the fretboard. When played in the upper registers, the treble strings are round, complex, and projective. By comparison, the bass strings are rich but with a pronounced clarity that fills out the voice and balances the lively trebles. Finding a Marin is difficult enough, but finding one with such evenness of tone and depth of voice is even harder; this one won’t linger long in the shop.
SOLD Sale! Read moreScale Length 25.59 in Nut Width 2.05 in String Spacing 2.28 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to Compare2016 Noemi Baritone Koa/Adirondack (Red)
Paul’s been pretty busy as of late wrangling new builders for the shop, and as a result we have some powerful new additions to our lineup. Enter: Noemi Schembri, an Italian builder with an original aesthetic and loudly expressive guitars. Here we have a new 2016 Baritone which Noemi built for the Santa Barbara show and was an instant hit at the event. We’re not surprised: this Baritone is a great feat of contemporary design.
The voice is rich yet balanced, with treble strings that are dripping with juicy goodness; try a Cadd9 chord in standard and you’ll see what we mean. Set up to Ab standard, this Baritone has an easy playability and smooth setup, and the notes that pour out of its elliptical soundhole are huge and airy, thanks to the Koa back and sides and Adirondack Spruce top. In further dropped tunings, this guitar held up wonderfully, even thrived–the equivalent of DADGAD made this Baritone an almost cosmic force.
Even though this guitar has a larger than average body, the weight is incredibly light–we’ve played many regular steel strings that are half again as heavy as this Baritone. Add to that a Manzer-style body wedge, and you’re looking at a uniquely accessible Baritone guitar. For us it was love at first sight (or strum).
Add to Compare2014 Noemi SJ Madagascar/Sitka
The second guitar from the Santa Barbara show that Paul hand picked from Italian luthier Noemi Schembri, this 2014 SJ is the balanced, expressive, and lightweight solution to all your needs. Clean and loud whether with flatpicks or fingertips–you’ll love the consistently bright and responsive voice for everything from DADGAD ballads to Bluegrass solos. The treble strings are very present, and complement the dry bark of the middle registers, themselves balanced by the crisp bass notes.
Noemi’s lightweight builds are exceptionally comfortable to play, and this SJ is no exception. It’s been a while since we’ve heard a Madagascar–Rosewood-and-Sitka–Spruce guitar with so much gravel and bark in its voice, making this a good choice if you’re inclined to Blues riffs or other more driving musical machinations. Dynamic and precise, projective and controlled, this SJ from Noemi Schembri is a bombshell of a guitar.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 25.63 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.22 in Woods xx, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare2009 Otto Rauch Mumbo Jumbo Madagascar/Italian Spruce
From German luthier Otto Rauch we have a powerful example of the kind of richness and clarity a nylon string instrument can achieve. This 2009 “Mumbo Jumbo” Concert Classical is built from a beautiful set of Madagascar Rosewood for the back and sides and an Italian Spruce top–and the latter gives this Classical its fierce projection. Designed with a smaller player in mind, this Classical features a narrow neck (1 3/4″ at the nut) and an elevated fingerboard extension for easy playability–if you’re interested in a Classical with a more accessible neck, this Rauch is the ticket!
We couldn’t find any wolf tones lurking within the fretboard, we’re happy to report, and while we we’re checking we discovered that the trebles have some angelic, haunting overtones that gave us goosebumps. Add to that a killer Fishman Matrix Infinity pickup/preamp, and you’ve got a powerhouse of a Classical!
SOLD Read moreScale Length 24.4375 in Nut Width 1.75 in String Spacing 2.38 in Woods Spruce - Italian, Rosewood - Madagascar 
Add to Compare1985 Jacobson Classical Brazilian/European
This Paul Jacobson classical has the quintessential Spanish tone: clear and even. The combination of bold, resonant Brazilian Rosewood and strong, articulate European Spruce is phenomenal, and clearly demonstrates why the two are industry favorites. Craftsmanship of this level is not often achieved; every detail has been been executed impeccably. The playability is perfect for the concert musician with string spacing perfect for your left hand.
This is a brilliant guitar that transports the player back to the age of Segovia, rich and vibrant, and comes wrapped up in a Hoffee flight case for maximum protection.
SOLD Read moreScale Length 26.14 in Nut Width 2.13 in String Spacing 2.25 in Woods Spruce - European, Rosewood - Brazilian 
Add to CompareNew Rein RJN-3C Malaysian Blackwood/European Moon
We count our lucky stars when a fingerstyle guitar of this calibre comes into our store. Hot off the presses from St. Louis builder Thomas Rein, we have a brand new, 2016 RJN-3C that’s packing some serious heat with its combination of Malaysian Blackwood and European Moon Spruce. In light of increasing restrictions on Brazilian Rosewood trade, many builders are turning to alternatives like Malaysian Blackwood–and we couldn’t be happier. Check out the photos; the back and sides are gorgeous, with inky back bands to offset the chocolate grain pattern. Tonally, the Malaysian Blackwood gives this RJN-3C great depth of tone and a profound sonority that’s balanced perfectly with glassy treble notes that seem to swell after the initial attack.
Rein’s use of European Moon Spruce, moreover, gives this guitar a smooth and balanced voice with a pianistic separation of notes. Featuring Rein’s proprietary RJN, or Rein Adjustable Neck joint, the player can quickly and safely modify the angle of the neck by adjusting a set screw in the heelblock inside the guitar, making this an instrument that will continue to perform flawlessly for many years to come. All of that is to say–this RJN-3C is an outstanding fingerstyle guitar that’s built to last.