Bourgeois Guitars
D Country Boy Dreadnought Guitar
Listed at Mak's Guitars · London, England · Dealer ref #9958
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Mak's Guitars’ site.
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Specs
- Top
- Sitka Spruce
- Back / Sides
- Mahogany
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- Dreadnought
- Scale length
- 25.5"
- Nut width
- 1 3/4"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Cutaway
- No
- Condition
- New
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.
Mak's Guitars
Mak's Guitars is a family-run independent shop at 56 Rathbone Place in London's Fitzrovia, owned and operated by Mak — a 25-year veteran of the British guitar industry. The catalog is curated rather than comprehensive: a deliberately narrow boutique-acoustic shelf focused on builders most London guitar retailers don't stock. Their British and Irish luthier coverage is the strongest in the Tonewood Atlas index — Atkin (Canterbury), Brook (Devon), McNally (Armagh), and Ralph Bown (York) sit alongside American boutique workhorses Bourgeois and Collings. Open Tuesday through Saturday, with private rooms set up for unhurried playing.