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Bourgeois Guitars

Bourgeois Guitars are defining the future of vintage tone, combining old-world hand-voicing techniques with modern innovations in design and materials. Built in a ca. 1850s mill in the industrial town of Lewiston, Maine, master luthier Dana Bourgeois and his small team of highly skilled craftsman produce some of the finest steel-string instruments available today. Known for tonal excellence, meticulous craftsmanship and top-notch materials, they are played by six-string luminaries such as Bryan Sutton, Ricky Skaggs, Sean Watkins, Della Mae, the late Doc Watson and countless professional and nonprofessional enthusiasts. Bourgeois guitars have had a prominent role in the American steel-string guitar renaissance for more than two decades, helping shape acoustic music’s most recent rise in popularity.

With a range of guitars that starts with the diminutive Piccolo Parlor, includes 0, 00, and 000-sizes, moves through mid-size Jumbo Orchestra and Mini Jumbo models before arriving at round-shoulder and square-shoulder dreadnoughts, and finally a full sized jumbo model, Bourgeois offers a steel-string flattop for every player. And combined with the nearly limitless possibilities offered by Bourgeois’ stash of first-grade tonewoods, as well as numerous options for appointments and custom features, Bourgeois guitars please the eye as well as delighting the ear.

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Aged Tone M5A Mandolin | Bourgeois Guitars

Bourgeois introduces an A-Style mandolin.

Bourgeois Touchstone OM Vintage/TS

A collaboration between the Bourgeois and Eastman shop results in a great traditional-style OM.

Bourgeois OMS Victorian

A gorgeous 12-fret built for the 2022 NAMM show.

2022 NAMM Show Collection | Bourgeois Guitars

13 custom guitars made especially for display at the NAMM show in California.

1997 Bourgeois 12-Fret Orchestra Model

A stunning all-koa guitar from Dana Bourgeois’s early period.

2019 Bourgeois Slope D – Style 35

A vintage-style slope-shoulder built for the 2019 NAMM show.

Shop Tour | Bourgeois Guitars

A look inside the Bourgeois Guitars shop in Lewiston, Maine.

1995 Bourgeois JOM-C

A great maple flattop from early in Dana Bourgeois’ career.

The OM Style 45 | Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgeois discusses his approach to the iconic OM-45 design

Nova and Odyssey Models | Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgeois discusses two of his most contemporary designs.

New Custom Models | Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgeois discusses three recent guitars built for the Winter NAMM 2021 collection.

The Most Versatile Guitars | Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgoeis discusses his OM Large Soundhole and Grand Auditorium models.

Bourgeois OMS Style 42 Custom

An all-koa 12-fret 000 that sounds as good as it looks.

Handmade Guitars in Lewiston Maine | Bourgeois Guitars

A glimpse into the Bourgeois workshop.

Bourgeois Guitars | New Website

A new look and more content for Bourgeois Guitar's online home.

Bourgeois Guitars | Legacy Series 00/C Soloist

Guitarist Aaron Lefebvre demonstrates a 00/C Soloist built with Italian spruce and Brazilian rosewood.

Bourgeois Odyssey D

A thoroughly modern dreadnought with ergonomic features.

Bourgeois Guitars Behind the Scenes | Soundhole Sizes

Bourgeois Guitar's James Cook discusses the company's OM Large Soundhole.

Sierra Hull: “Everybody’s Talking” | Bourgeois Guitars

The two-time IBMA mandolin player of the year performs an original song on her Bourgeois L-DBO guitar.

Bourgeois OMSC Odyssey

A modern 12-fret OM built with a redwood top and master-grade Brazilian rosewood back and sides.

Bourgeois Guitars | Luthier’s Choice Custom “Jade Rabbit”

A striking L-DBO with bear claw Italian spruce, curly figured maple, and mother-of-pearl fingerboard.

Bourgeois Guitars | Legacy Series DS Custom | Andy Falco

The guitarist for the Infamous Stringdusters plays a beautiful 12-Fret dreadnought with a sinker redwood top and figured Cuban mahogany back and sides.

Bourgeois Guitars | Trey Hensley

The guitarist performs on his new Bourgeois Slope D 35, with Rob Ickes.

Bourgeois Guitars | OMSC Fingerstyle Custom Redwood and Brazilian Rosewood

Guitarist Aaron Lefebvre demonstrates a beautiful new Bourgeois decked out with Brazilian rosewood, a beveled armrest, and a soundport.

Bourgeois 00/C Coupe DB Signature

A new Bourgeois model takes a fresh look at the 12-fret 00.

Bourgeois Guitars | From the Breakroom

Watch a quick lunchtime jam from Steve and Rob, who work in the Bourgeois binding department!

Bourgeois L-DBO/S

A great L-00-style guitar built with maple back and sides.

Bourgeois Guitars | OMSC Fingerstyle Custom Demo

Aaron Lefebvre demonstrates the innovative new guitar from Bourgeois, built with an soundport, an arm bevel, Italian spruce top and master grade Brazilian rosewood back and sides.

Bourgeois Guitars | The “Coupe” 00 Model

Brad Hendrickson demonstrates a brand new small-body model from Bourgeois, this one with koa back and sides and a white spruce top.

Bourgeois Guitars: Employee Spotlight Series 2

Greg from the Bourgeois finish department tries out the brand new OMSC featuring an arm bevel and sound port.

Bourgeois Guitars: Employee Spotlight Series 1

Andrew Olson, Process Engineer and Artist Relations Manager at Bourgeois steps away from the CNC for a few minutes to pick a tune on our new D/C Generation.

Bourgeois Victorian Piccolo Parlor

A beautiful parlor guitar that blends vintage and modern styles.

Bourgeois Large Soundhole OM

A superb OM built with Panama rosewood and Adirondack spruce.

Bourgeois Guitars | Jeff Nauss and Waylon Robichau, “Bourgeois Breakdown”

Guitarists from The Bluegrass Unit play a smoking flatpicking tune at the 2017 Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival.

Bourgeois Fully Torrefied Aged Tone D

A mahogany dreadnought with innovative construction and great sound.

Sawyer Fredericks, “Half a Mind” | Bourgeois Guitars

The guitarist and songwriter performs a new original song live on his Bourgeois Ray Lamontagne Signature Series guitar.

Bourgeois Soloist 30th Commemorative LE

Eric Schoenberg demonstrates the anniversary edition of the cutaway OM he and Dana Bourgeois designed 30 years ago.

Northern Lights Music Visits Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgeois shows visitors from Northern Lights Music his process for voicing a guitar top.

Courtney Hartman, “Turn On Your Radio” | Bourgeois Guitars

Guitarist, songwriter, and member of Della Mae plays the Harry Nilsson classic on the Bourgeois Soloist 30th Anniversary Commemorative Edition.

Bourgeois L-DBO Presentation Limited Edition

Luxuriously appointed Brazilian rosewood L-00-style guitar.

2004 Bourgeois Country Boy Deluxe Demo

Dreadnought body with cocobolo back and sides and an Adirondack spruce top.

Verlon Thompson, “The Guitar” | Bourgeois Guitars

The guitarist and songwriter tells how Guy Clark gave him a Bourgeois Ricky Skaggs model and plays “The Guitar,” a song he co-wrote with Clark.

Courtney Hartman, “Ridge Road Gravel”| Bourgeois Guitars

Guitarist, songwriter, and member of Della Mae plays the Norman Blake and Tony Rice classic “Ridge Road Gravel” on the Bourgeois Tony Rice Tribute guitar.

Bourgeois OMC Soloist Aged Tone Demo

Matt Chulka from Eddie's Guitars demonstrates a beautiful Bourgeois OMC Soloist Aged Tone guitar with Brazilian rosewood back and sides and Adirondack spruce top.

Courtney Hartman, “Willow and Oak”| Bourgeois Guitars

The guitarist, songwriter, and member of Della Mae plays her original song “Willow and Oak” and talks with Jason Verlinde about getting started on fiddle and guitar.

Bourgeois 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Dreadnought

A stunning quilted mahogany guitar to celebrate a milestone.

Sawyer Fredricks, “Any of My Trouble” | Bourgeois Guitars

The winner of "The Voice" plays his original song on a Bourgeois OMSC guitar at The Music Emporium in Massachusetts.

A Look Inside Bourgeois Guitars

Dana Bourgeois interviewed by Maine television station WCSH, with footage from the Bourgeois shop.

Della Mae | “Boston Town”

Watch a live performance of "Boston Town" by Della Mae, with Courtney Hartman and Celia Woodsmith both playing their Bourgeois guitars.

Bryan Sutton & Courtney Hartman Play Bourgeois 40th Anniversary Guitars

Bourgeois is celebrating 40 years of building guitars with a small run of 15 special instruments. Watch Courtney Hartman and Bryan Sutton play the OM and D variations of this special guitar.

Scott Fore, Winfield Flatpick Champion: Red Haired Boy & Whiskey Before Breakfast

Scott Fore played a Bourgeois Fully Torrefied Aged Tone Dreadnought during his winning performance at the 2015 Walnut Valley Flatpick Guitar Championship in Winfield, Kansas.

Scott Fore Plays the Bourgeois Bryan Sutton LE Dreadnought

Scott Fore demonstrates the Bryan Sutton Limited Edition Dreadnought from Bourgeois with fingerpicked versions of "Cannonball Rag" and "Whiskey Before Breakfast". Using Bryan's D-150 as inspiration, Bourgeois crafted this limited model with new advances in our Aged Tone torrefaction process, including the bracing.

Celia Woodsmith and Courtney Hartman: “If I Needed You”

Della Mae members Celia Woodsmith and Courtney Hartman play a Bourgeois Vintage OM a and the Bourgeois tribute guitar for Tony Rice on their version of a Townes Van Zandt classic.

Bryan Sutton Plays Schumann

Bourgeois Guitars presents the flatpicking master with a gorgeous take on Schumann's Night Pieces, Op. 23 played on a custom Bourgeois 0 with Brazilian rosewood back and sides.