Golden Jubilee: Bob Taylor, Richard Hoover, and Dana Bourgeois Reflect on 50 Years of Guitar Making
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Winter NAMM 2019: Bourgeois Guitars
In this video from the 2019 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, Bourgeois Guitars founder Dana Bourgeois shows his Winter 2019 collection, including the JOMT Redhead (made from sinker Redwood and Walnut) and the SJ Custom Black with silver-sparkle trim. Get more 2019 Winter NAMM coverage.
Great Acoustics: Bourgeois Custom OMC Soloist
From the Workbench of Dana Bourgeois
Sponsored by Bourgeois “Years ago Tony Rice casually advised me to make my Dreadnoughts sound as balanced as OMs. After plowing that field literally for decades, I got a twisted notion to move in the opposite direction, bringing the OM closer to a Dreadnought by enlarging its soundhole. The result…
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From the Workbench of Dana Bourgeois
Sponsored by Bourgeois “Years ago Tony Rice casually advised me to make my Dreadnoughts sound as balanced as OMs. After plowing that field literally for decades, I got a twisted notion to move in the opposite direction, bringing the OM closer to a Dreadnought by enlarging its soundhole. The result…
Bourgeois Guitars Introduces the Whyte Rabbit & Other New Models: Winter NAMM 2017
By Greg Cahill Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks asked Lewiston, Maine, luthier Dana Bourgeois for a special guitar to be used on the country band’s recent “MMXVI” tour. The result was the White Lady, a spectral-finished LDBO (a version of a classic L-00). This year, Bourgeois introduced the production…
Watch Courtney Hartman (of Della Mae) Fire Off a Fiddle Tune on Bourgeois Guitars’ Tony Rice-Inspired OM: Winter NAMM 2017
Inspired by the Tony Rice tribute D-28 Bourgeois Guitars built and auctioned in 2014, Dana Bourgeois (AG‘s resident Guitar Guru) brings a new OM to Winter NAMM 2017. Watch above as Courtney Hartman of Della Mae (also, check out her excellent new solo EP Nothing We Say) performs a traditional fiddle tune on the OM. The OM features a large soundhole — like…
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Gear Review: Bourgeois’ L-DBO Delivers an Authentic Old-School Sound—and Much More [Video]
Bourgeois Guitars Introduces a Pearl of a New Axe at Winter NAMM 2016
At Winter NAMM 2016, Dana Bourgeois of Bourgeois Guitars unveiled a stunning limited edition presentation version of its L-DBO model, featuring Brazilian rosewood, a gorgeous mother of pearl fretboard inlaid with abalone flourishes, pearl tuning buttons and nut, and other exquisite detailing. Only ten of these beauties are being made,…