Variations of this body style have traditionally graced a variety of guitars including smaller archtops, rhythm workhorses for accompaniment of singers like the Everly Brothers, and more recently, fingerstyle guitars for virtuoso solo performers. Specifically configured to suit the latter, this Bourgeois Small Jumbo combines Adirondack Spruce and Madagascar Rosewood to produce a full, rich tonal palette with a medium-wide 1 23/32" nut and a 25" scale.
The tone produces from this Bourgeois is rich in trebles with a balanced and powerful low end and a strong, punchy midrange. It excels when played fingerstyle and with an Adirondack top, loves to be strummed and flatpicked as well, withstanding moderately heavy playing with ease.
The Small Jumbo features an X-braced back to enhance lower register articulation. In the tradition of fine, handmade fingerstyle guitars, the Small Jumbo body is bound in figured koa. The custom Ziricote headstock is unbound for a classy look. Further appointments include a DB Signature herringbone backstrip and Gold Waverly tuners with luxurious snakewood buttons.
The featured backwood on this Small Jumbo is Madagascar Rosewood. Madagascar resonates evenly responsive across the entire tonal register and provides a crisp, sparkling treble commonly associated with Brazilian Rosewood. Madagascar is also becoming very scarce and this is a fantastic example of what a master luthier such as Dana Bourgeois can do with the wood.
Specifications:
- Top: Adirondack Spruce
- Back and Sides: Madagascar Rosewood
- Scale: 25"
- Nut Width: 1 23/32"
- Serial Number: 5541
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony Belly
- Bracing: Scalloped
- Headstock Shape: Square
- Headstock Overlay: Ziricote
- Headstock Inlay: Bourgeois Logo
- Tuners: Gold Waverly with Snakewood Buttons
- Inlays: Diamonds and Squares
- Rosette: Wood
- Body Binding: Koa
- Backstrip: DB Herringbone
- Pickguard: Tortoise Style
- Bridge Pins: Ivoroid
- Frets To Body: 14
- Body Depth: 4 3/8"
- Lower Bout Width: 15 3/8"
- Upper Bout Width: 11"
- Waist: 9 1/2"
This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: adirondack spruce, bourgeois, db signature, madagascar rosewood, small jumbo
