Bourgeois Touchstone Series Vintage Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar
D VINTAGE/TS
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Your next musical escape is always within arms reach. Drawing on Dana’s nearly half-century of lutherie experience, the Touchstone Series is designed to deliver a legendary Bourgeois tone and build quality to a broader range of players.
Our all-new Touchstone Series guitars feature Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce tops and Adirondack Spruce braces harvested from deep in our backyard, selected and hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine, by Dana Bourgeois and his team.
Using our renowned system of hand voicing, all Touchstone Series soundboards are optimized for tonal excellence by a team of skilled luthiers right here 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 Dreadnought.
Top Wood:Sitka Spruce
Back Sides:Indian Rosewood
Rosette:Black/White Vintage
Purfling:Vintage Herringbone
Head Veneer:Ziricote - Mother of Pearl Logo
Fretboard:Ebony
Bridge:Ebony Traditional
Neck:Honduran Mahogany - Square Headstock
Tuners:Schaller Grand Tune
Pins:Ivoroid - Black Dots
Finish:Standard - High Gloss
Body Binding:Ivoroid
Fretboard Inlay:Squares & Diamonds
Fretboard Binding:Black
The Flatpicker’s Flagship.
Standing the test of time. Keeping up with the times.
Over the last eighty years, the Dreadnought became firmly established as the world’s most popular acoustic guitar. It’s easy to see why. Its deep body, wide upper and lower bouts, exceptionally large air cavity and long, 25.5” scale length combine to set the standard for exceptional projection and low end presence.
Decades ago Dana noticed that during the first few years of a large guitar’s life under string tension, guitar tops “relax” until stretched to their limit, then later “harden” as a result of permanent distortion. During relaxation, bass is boosted and high frequency response dies off, often beyond desirable limits; balance is not restored for years, until hardening occurs. In the 1990s Dana modified the traditional Dreadnought bracing system by scalloping only the bass side of the X brace and lightening it’s tone bars. The result successfully counteracted a Dreadnought’s tendency to “unbalance”, and over the years has attracted scores of Dreadnought players including Bryan Sutton, Josh Williams, Andy Falco, Courtney Hartman and many others.
Add in contemporary options such as a cutaway or arm bevel to find exceptional comfort in this monster of a well-balanced guitar. Also available in large soundhole configuration.
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