Bourgeois Guitars has introduced two new models in the Downeast Series, instruments made to their exacting standards but offered at a lower price point than their professional models, which are used by touring and recording artists all over the world.
At a time when handmade, luthier-built guitars are selling in the $4,000-$6,000 range, Dana Bourgeois has worked hard to find a way to fashion quality instruments, all still made with solid wood, and finished with care and expertise. He has done so by designing guitars that are built in the Eastman Guitars factory overseas, using his proprietary neck shape and hand voicing techniques.
Now boasting of six models in total, with prices from $2,400-$2,800, Dana says that he feels quite confident putting them into the market.
“The Downeast Series enables us to introduce our signature high-fidelity sound to a new set of players, some of whom may be familiar with our name though not with our guitars. We’re greatly encouraged by players’ initial reception to the series and look forward to expanding these offerings.”
New in the series are the Hogtop 0014 (starting at $2,379) and Soloist OMCE (starting at $2,579), both smaller-bodied guitars of the sort often chosen for finger style guitar.
The Hogtop is an all mahogany guitar with an orchestra model body, fitted with Der Jung tuners and an ebony fingerboard and bridge.
The Soloist, also with an OM body, is made from Indian rosewood back and sides, with a Sitka spruce top, but offered with the subtle Bourgeois soft cutaway. It also features an ebony fingerboard and bridge.
Both use long-scale 14-fret fingerboards, and can be purchased from Bourgeois dealers all over the US.
