Bourgeois Very Vintage Mahogany Dreadnought Adirondack Spruce with Varnish Finish

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Bourgeois Very Vintage Mahogany Dreadnought Adirondack Spruce with Varnish Finish

The Very Vintage Mahogany Dreadnought from Dana Bourgeois is loaded with tone enhancing features that combine to make a stellar instrument with a tone that only these features can offer. Dana's guitars are already some of the finest made, so when you add some of these special upgrades you are truly in for something very special.

The finish is an oil varnish, which really takes the tone to another level. According to Dana, "The closest thing to the sound of a 70 year old nitrocellulose lacquer finish isn't a new lacquer finish, but a thin oil varnish finish. Properly applied, oil varnish smooths out the "jangly" sound of a new guitar in much the same way that lots of playing seems to accomplish." This makes the guitar sound more "broken in" from the start, not to mention the deep hue the varnish imparts on the finish is simply gorgeous.

Additional features include a 1 3/4" nut width, a Mammoth ivory nut, ebony bridge and pins, and hot hide glue construction.

This guitar was also built with Adirondack top bracing, as are all of Dana's guitars. The Adirondack bracing was painstakingly made by hand in the old fashioned method with hot hide glue. Hide Glue sets up very hard, like glass, allowing more energy transfer through the bracing. Hot Hide Glue adds responsiveness across the spectrum. This type of glue was used on the early guitars we have all fallen in love with, but later phased out due to the time required to use it, not to mention the mess it makes. The sonic benefits can't be ignored, adding not only responsiveness, but a new level of detail and clarity. The Adirondack Bracing helps to stiffen the top, making it that much more powerful with more headroom and overall volume.

We welcome you to come and try this guitar out before it finds a home with a lucky customer... you won't be disappointed!