Bourgeois Guitars
2017 Bourgeois Soloist, Italian Spruce, Brazilian Rosewood - USED
2017 · Listed at Acoustic Music Works · Pittsburgh, PA
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Acoustic Music Works’ site.
Photos hot-linked from Acoustic Music Works’ site — never rehosted.
Specs
- Top
- Italian Spruce
- Back / Sides
- Brazilian Rosewood
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- Orchestra Model
- Scale length
- 25.5"
- Nut width
- 1 3/4"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Cutaway
- No
- Condition
- Preowned
- Year
- 2017
Bourgeois Guitars
Bourgeois Guitars are built in Lewiston, Maine, by a shop led by Dana Bourgeois — one of the most quietly influential voicers in American acoustic guitar making. Dana spent decades voicing tops for other respected shops before opening this one, and players who care about acoustic tone have long traded notes about "Bourgeois thump" the way wine drinkers talk about terroir. The guitars sound dry, fundamental, and unmistakably his. Eastman acquired the shop in 2019, which set off some hand-wringing in boutique circles — five years on, Dana's still in Lewiston voicing tops, and the worry has faded.
Acoustic Music Works
Acoustic Music Works is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shop with a deep new-and-used boutique acoustic catalog. Their inventory leans heavily on Collings — Hill Country, Brazilian rosewood, and pre-war-spec builds at the high end — alongside Huss & Dalton and Bourgeois. They also host in-store concerts by touring artists.