Bourgeois Guitars
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Bourgeois M5-A A Style Mandolin
Original price $2,699.00
Current price $2,399.00| /This Bourgeois M5-A mandolin features a solid Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top, Aged Tone European Maple back & sides and an ebony fingerboard. ...
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Bourgeois Heirloom Series Country Boy GA
Original price $7,049.00
Current price $6,344.00| /This GA size combines the comfort of an OM with just a little bit more of everything...more robust tone and increased volume and presence. Its Aged...
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Bourgeois D Vintage Touchstone
Original price $3,299.00
Current price $2,969.00| /This all-new Touchstone Series Vintage D features an Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides and is hand-voiced...
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2006 Bourgeois Bryan Sutton Banjo Killer 11 of 30
$4,499.00| /This is the quintessential Dana Bourgeois Banjo Killer. Banjo Killer was coined by Bluegrass guitar legend Bryan Sutton to describe the loud and cu...
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Bourgeois - D Vintage - Professional Series
Original price $5,899.00
Current price $5,299.00| /This tapped-tuned, hand-voiced Aged Tone Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood beauty is loud and full of the delicious traditional tone that we all lov...
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Bourgeois Custom 00-12/C - Heirloom Series
Original price $8,699.00
Current price $7,829.00| /This incredible sounding 00 features a Bearclaw Figured Aged Tone Sitka Spruce top, a premium set of Indian Rosewood on the back and sides and Aged...
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Bourgeois SD Banjo Killer
Original price $10,724.00
Current price $9,650.00| /This extraordinary Banjo Killer pairs stunning figured tonewoods with Dana Bourgeois’ iconic double scalloped banjo killer bracing, aged tone finis...
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Bourgeois D Banjo Killer AT
Original price $8,974.00
Current price $8,076.00| /With “under-the-hood” options like Dana Bourgeois’ signature double scalloped banjo killer bracing and their complete aged tone package (AT finish,...
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Bourgeois D Vintage
Original price $5,899.00
Current price $5,499.00| /No one knows Dreadnoughts like Dana Bourgeois and this tapped-tuned, hand-voiced Aged Tone Sitka Spruce and Indian Rosewood beauty is loud and full...
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Bourgeois Professional Series Country Boy 0
Original price $5,599.00
Current price $5,039.00| /This perfect, comfortable smaller Mahogany guitar rings out beautifully with a warm tone thanks to its Aged Tone Sitka Spruce top. The short scale,...
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Bourgeois Heirloom Series Custom 00-12C Cutaway
Original price $8,699.00
Current price $7,829.00| /The OO size body and short scale combined with a cutaway make this one of the most fun guitar to play that you can imagine. This guitar has a gorge...
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Bourgeois OM Vintage Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce Brazilian Rosewood
Original price $12,899.00
Current price $11,609.00| /Built out of a beautiful straight grained Brazilian Rosewood and Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce this Bourgeois OM is a pickers' dream. Featuring a...
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Bourgeois Custom OM/C Soloist Legacy Series
Original price $12,299.00
Current price $11,069.00| /This luxurious OM features a cutaway for high fret access and an arm bevel for playing comfort. We personally selected the Italian Spruce top and T...
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Bourgeois Custom Vintage OM Heirloom Series
Original price $12,299.00
Current price $11,069.00| /Every detail of this OM Brazilian was meticulously spec'd by Ben here at Northern Lights taking inspiration from a 1930s style OM-28 but with a mod...
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Bourgeois Legacy Series Signature Deluxe SD
Original price $10,799.00
Current price $9,719.00| /Long favored by country musicians – and additionally popular with a variety of American roots stylists – the Slope D is widely regarded as a superb...
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Bourgeois D Vintage Touchstone Series
Original price $3,299.00
Current price $2,969.00| /This big-sounding Touchstone Series Dreadnought guitar features an Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides and ...
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2021 Bourgeois SD Signature Deluxe - Legacy Series
$9,199.00| /This custom SD, in excellent condition with only light signs of play, has a killer combination of features! Long favored by country musicians – and...
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Bourgeois OMS-12/C Fingerstyle Deluxe
Original price $10,249.00
Current price $9,225.00| /We personally selected the woods for this custom 12 Fret OMS cutaway with the guidance of Dana Bourgeois at his shop in Lewiston, Me. Once we had s...
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2022 Bourgeois OM Vintage HS - Brazilian
Original price $12,850.00
Current price $8,999.00| /Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce and Brazilian Rosewood combine to give this nearly new Orchestra Model unsurpassed tone. The long scale neck with a 1 3...
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Bourgeois M5-A Mandolin
Original price $2,669.00
Current price $2,399.00| /This Bourgeois M5-A mandolin features a solid Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top, Aged Tone European Maple back & sides and an ebony fingerboard. ...
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Looking for Bourgeois guitars? We are proud to offer Bourgeois guitars for sale as a longtime authorized dealer. We have a large in-stock selection of Bourgeois guitars available for purchase today!
Bourgeois Guitars is widely recognized as a top small shop, boutique acoustic guitar company. The brainchild of master luthier Dana Bourgeois, we are proud to be one of the top Bourgeois Guitar dealers. The factory is located only about two hours away from our store so we often drive to the factory to select the best tone-wood and explore new innovations. Popular standard models include the OM Vintage and Country Boy and the OO. Favored by artists such as Ricky Scaggs to Andy Falco, these instruments are coveted by home enthusiasts as well as professionals.
Where are Bourgeois Guitars made? Bourgeois Guitars are made in Lewiston, Maine.
How long has Bourgeois been making guitars? Bourgeois has been making guitars since 1993 in Lewiston, Maine.
Where to buy a Dana Bourgeois guitar for sale? Northern Lights Music is a top authorized dealer for Bourgeois guitars, with a large in-stock inventory for sale and a close relationship with the Bourgeois factory, being located only 2.5 hours from the factory.
How many guitars does Bourgeois Guitars make a week? Bourgeois guitars makes around five to seven guitars a week, totaling only around a little over 300 guitars a year whereas a big guitar company like Taylor produces around 170,000 guitars per year. This gives Bourgeois guitars the ability to produce a small selection of guitars using the finest available materials and with attention to every detail, making each guitar with the finest tone possible.
Which artists play Bourgeois Guitars? Since its inception, Dana Bourgeois has attracted many of the finest guitar players in the world to his guitars.
Doc Watson played a Bourgeois Dreadnought with a cutaway.
Sean Watkins played an OMC (orchestra model, cutaway).
Ricky Skaggs was a D-150 player (Dreadnought with Adirondack and Brazilian Rosewood).
Bryan Sutton played on a Banjo Killer for a good stretch (sloped dreadnought with a Rosewood bridge plate)
Courtney Hartman plays many different Bourgeois models.
Andy Falco of the String Dusters is often seen with his futuristic Nova custom.
What makes these top players like these ones choose Bourgeois guitars? They have a comfortable, modern neck shape that is slim but with a slight v, enough to fit the crook of the hand. Each guitar is tap tuned so that the sound board has optimal resonance for each given piece of wood.
Video demos, comparisons & reviews:
Here is a video demonstration of a beautiful Bourgeois Soloist with figured Mahogany back and sides with German Spruce. The Bourgeois Guitars soloist is one of Dana's most popular designs, an orchestra model with a cutaway and pyramid bridge along with some other elegant appointments.
Here is a review/ demo video of the new Touchstone series from Bourgeois guitars:
What is the Bourgeois Touchstone Series? It is a more affordable series of guitars co-produced with Eastman Guitars, where the tops are made in Lewiston, Maine and the bodies/necks are produced and tops are glued on by Eastman in Beijing, China then sent back to Bourgeois in Lewiston for final setup. The result is a Bourgeois guitar that is more accessible to players on a budget.