Old growth Alaskan Sitka paired with Madagascar rosewood punches well above its weight sonically. A perfectly balanced instrument that can provide deep lows and crisp highs for both strumming and fingerstyle. If you're looking for a great all arounder, look no further. The Signature Touchstone’s 14-fret, one-piece Genuine Mahogany neck, 25.5″ scale length, and 1 23/32″ bone nut provide a comfortable playing experience, while the Ebony bridge, ivoroid pins and Schaller Grand Tune Gold/Ebony tuners complete a truly boutique aesthetic, ensuring optimal stability and tuning accuracy.
This OM is part of Bourgeois Guitars' 'Touchstone Series', combining the world's finest hand-crafted soundboard voicing, performed by the Bourgeois crew in Lewiston Maine, with the quality and experience (and cost savings) of the Eastman Guitars luthiers in Beijing China.
From the Bourgeois Guitars web site:
"Drawing on Dana’s near half-century of lutherie experience, the Touchstone Series is designed to deliver legendary Bourgeois tone and build quality to a wider range of players than ever before.
Our all-new Touchstone Series guitars feature Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce tops and Adirondack Spruce braces harvested from deep in our own backyard, selected and hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine by Dana Bourgeois and his team.
Using our renown system of hand voicing, all Touchstone Series soundboards are optimized for tonal excellence by a team of skilled luthiers right here in Maine.
Be sure to check out the demonstration video featuring our good friend Doug Yeomans!
