- Bourgeois Guitars - Bourgeois Guitars, created by guitar maker Dana Bourgeois, is a top American guitar brand, alongside Collings and Santa Cruz. The guitars are made using carefully selected materials, solid technical skills, and designs born from Dana's extensive experience, and they combine ``high precision as an instrument'' with ``a musical, rich tone,'' earning them high praise from many musicians. - Touchstone Series - The appeal of the Touchstone Series lies in Dana Bourgeois' hand voicing system (also known as tap tuning, which involves striking the wood to check the tone). Over the past 50 years, he has honed this time-honored technique and is now recognized worldwide as a leading expert in voicing guitar tops, selecting the finest tonewoods in the world by reading the tonal potential hidden within their fibers. To maximize the "tone" of each wood, each brace is painstakingly carved and hand-voiced to ensure the sound is perfect. Once a Touchstone Series top is completed, only those that have passed a final inspection by Dana are vacuum-sealed and shipped to the Eastman workshop. There, Eastman's hand-picked luthiers, meticulously trained in Beaujois' philosophy and construction methodology, bring each guitar to life. This instrument, the "Country Boy/TS D," is in the classic dreadnought D-18 style. It has an uncompromising, authentic specification with a Sitka spruce top, Adirondack spruce bracing, mahogany back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Schaller pegs. The sound is also excellent, rivaling that of the all-USA-made Beaujois. It features the thick, lustrous fundamental tone and voluminous midrange characteristic of Beaujois, as well as beautiful, lingering overtones and a long sustain without being too assertive. All of these are blended in exquisite balance, producing a pure tone that brings out the player's nuances. This #T2403213 has the appealing tight and punchy sound character that is typical of Beaujois. While possessing the rich volume that only a dreadnought body can provide, it also features a moderately tight, easy-to-handle low end and a smooth midrange. It also has a brilliant overtone feel and pleasant sustain, producing a very beautiful sound. The overall sound is tight and the response to picking nuances is outstanding, making this a wonderful guitar that fully brings out the player's nuances. I would recommend this guitar for a wide range of playing styles, from vocals to fingerstyle. At just over 400,000 yen, this model is very affordable within the Beaujois range, but it would be a shame to describe it as cost-effective; it has been crafted with no compromises whatsoever, resulting in an instrument that allows you to experience overwhelming sound quality. Please take this opportunity to experience it for yourself! T4Body Shape: D Top Wood: Alaskan Sitka Spruce Back Sides: Mahogany Neck: Mahogany Fretboard: Ebony Bridge: Ebony Traditional Scale Length: 25.5 (647.7 mm) Nut/Bridge Width: Nut-1 23/32(43.7mm) Bridge-2.2(55.8mm) Saddle: Bone Tuners: Schaller Grand Tune Nickel Pins: Ebony Finish: High Gloss Bracing: Adirondack Spruce Hard case included
