Bourgeois Touchstone Vintage D

Introducing the Bourgeois Touchstone series, a collection of hand-built guitars designed by the legendary Dana Bourgeois. These guitars are crafted with Bourgeois’s signature attention to detail, bringing his legendary sound and craftsmanship to more players than ever before.

Drawing on his half-century of experience as a luthier, Dana and his team carefully select Alaskan Sitka spruce for the tops and Adirondack spruce for the bracing, sourced deep from the northern forests of Maine.

The Touchstone series is a very close collaboration between Bourgeois Guitars and Eastman Music Company. After Dana has finished crafting the Touchstone tops, they are vacuum-sealed and shipped to Eastman’s workshop, where a select group of Eastman luthiers —carefully trained by Dana Bourgeois himself in tonal philosophy and construction methodology—integrate the tops into Dana’s designs and bring each guitar to life.

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The Touchstone series includes the Vintage and Country Boy guitars, each available in D (dreadnought) and OM models. The difference is as obvious as it is logical: the Vintage guitars feature rosewood sides and back, while the Country Boy models are crafted with mahogany sides and back. And yes, that certainly evokes the familiar designs of the iconic 18- and 28-style guitars. Nothing could be further from the truth; two centuries later, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. However, Bourgeois and Eastman, as a collective, are certainly striving to create the very best version here. 

AND HOW. You don’t have to be a purist to hear from the very first chord that this Vintage D is exceptionally well-built and crafted with the best possible materials in its price range. My God.
The first thing you notice is the volume. This dreadnought can be incredibly LOUD...but above all, it’s perfectly balanced. The low end is rich, the high end is clear, and the guitar has tremendous articulation. As a result, the dynamic range is unprecedented and limitless. The guitar handles it all well; whether you play loud or soft, small or big, chords or fingerstyle, it all holds up.

The collaboration between Bourgeois and Eastman turns out to be a brilliant move. The result is the ultimate blend of exceptional quality at an exceptional price. The Touchstone guitars can truly be called high-end player’s guitars and may well leave many of the established brands far behind.

The guitar comes with a hard case and a certificate of authenticity. 

Features:

• Top: solid Alaska Sitka Spruce
• Sides and back: solid Indian Rosewood
• Neck: 14 frets, Honduran Mahogany
• Fretboard: Ebony
• Scale length: 25.5"
• Nut: Bone, 1 23/32" (43.66 mm)
• Saddle: Bone, 2.2" (55.88 mm)
• Tuners: Schaller Grand Tune Nickel
• Bridge: Ebony with Ivoroid bridge pins
• Finish: Truetone Gloss
• Bracing: Adirondack Spruce