Bourgeois Guitars
SoldBourgeois Vintage D / Heirloom Series
This gorgeous Sunburst Heirloom Series Vintage D features an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top, East Indian Rosewood and a Full Aged Tone Package including finish and bracing for a tone that is hard to beat. The 1 23/32" width nut and long scale makes the guitar play fast and responsively. This guitar is voiced beautifully and is a keeper for sure! It comes with a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois O Vintage / Heirloom Series
We love the O size guitar for comfort and clarity and the combination of Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce and East Indian Rosewood gives this little beauty an extra warm tone. The semi-gloss Nitro Sunburst finish lends an elegant touch to this fine instrument and its short scale neck with a 1 3/4" nut width plays like butter. It comes with a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois OM Vintage Touchstone Series
This all-new Touchstone Series guitar features a Master Grade Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides and is hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine. The 1 3/4” nut width and Bourgeois neck carve make this guitar easy and fun to play. It comes with a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois Aged Tone Series DB Signature GA
This Deluxe DB Signature GA features a Full Aged Tone Package including an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top and bracing attached with Animal Protein Glue as well a a gorgeous set of Highly Figured East Indian Rosewood that we selected at the Bourgeois shop. The long scale neck plays like a dream thanks to its 1 23/32" nut width. If you've been looking for that extra-special guitar, this GA has it all, looks, sound, playability! With a Deluxe Hard Shell case.
SoldBourgeois Aged Tone Series Large Soundhole OM
This Aged Tone Series Large Soundhole OM has it all and then it has then some! The combination of Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce, premium Indian Rosewood and full Aged Tone package gives this OM a large, rich warm tone. The 25.5" scale neck with its 1 3/4" nut plays like a dream and its appointments include Vintage Herringbone purfling, Waverly Relic Oval tuners and Ebony bridge pins with pearl dots. It comes with a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois Country Boy/Heirloom Series OM
This OM's beautiful Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top is an instant tip-off that this is one special guitar! Matched with a premium set of Highly FiguredMahogany this guitar just rings! The 1 3/4" nut width, long scale neck makes this guitar perfect for both fingerpicking and flatpicking. The Madagascar Rosewood headstock veneer, 1930's style purfling and rosette, ebony bridge pins and Waverly Nickel Oval tuners add to the elegance of this very special instrument. A deluxe hard shell case is included.
Sold2022 Bourgeois Blues w/Lyric pickup
This used guitar is gig-ready with an LR Baggs Lyric pick-up and is in excellent condition with only light signs of play. All Mahogany construction, combined with selected body styles and proper voicing, provides punchy tone and warm, woody characteristics. Ideal for players seeking a warm, clear, tone with strong fundamental, long sustain, and headroom capability. With its original hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois Touchstone Dreadnaught
This big-sounding Touchstone Series Dreadnought guitar features an Old-Growth Alaskan Sitka Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood back and sides and is hand-voiced in Lewiston, Maine. The 1 23/32” nut width and Bourgeois neck carve make this guitar easy and fun to play. It comes with a hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois OM Country Boy Heirloom Series
This OM's beautiful sunburst Bearclaw Figured Aged Tone Sitka Spruce top is an instant tip-off that this is one special guitar! Matched with a premium set of Mahogany this guitar just sings! The 1 3/4" nut width, long scale neck makes this guitar perfect for both fingerpicking and flatpicking. The cut-through bridge, Brazilian Rosewood headstock veneer, 1930's style purfling, ebony bridge pins with pearl dots and Waverly Relic Butterbean tuners add to the elegance of this very special instrument. A deluxe hard shell case is included.
Sold2022 Bourgeois Adirondack Spruce 00-12/C Cutaway
This super-sweet little guitar is just perfect for fingerstyle and light picking with a quick, warm response thanks to its Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce, Premium Indian Rosewood and Animal Protein glue. The short scale neck with a 1 3/4" nut width plays like butter and the cutaway makes high fret access easy. Cosmetic features like Herringbone purling, a Madagascar Rosewood headstock veneer and nickel Waverly Butterbean tuners add a touch of understated elegance to this instrument. It comes with a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois Brazilian Rosewood OM Sunburst Vintage Heirloom Series
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 modern twist adding an understaed bear-claw Adirondack top and sunburst. The Brazilian Rosewood back and sides is the perfect match for the Adirondack top achieving that classic tone that we all love. Other choice vintage appointments include a cut-through saddle, vintage zig zag back strip and herringbone purfling/ivoroid binding. A short pattern slotted square and diamonds on the fretboard and a classic rosette. Did I mention the sunburst?! Absolutely stunning. But let's not get totally lost in the fact this guitar is a looker. It is a sounder too, oh what a sound. Excellent dynamic range, pure articulation and a mature tone/feel. What more could you want? How about a classic deluxe Bourgeois hard shell case with crushed mint green interior. There you have it folks, the complete package!
SoldBourgeois 000 Vintage Professional Series
This beautiful tap-tuned 000 delivers real vintage tone thanks to an Aged Tone Sitka top and master grade Indian Rosewood back. This short scale guitar is easy to play and features a 1 ¾” nut width and satin finished neck. It comes with its original hard shell case.
Sold2019 Bourgeois OM Large Soundhole
This gorgeous Mahogany OM is in excellent condition with only very light signs of play. It features Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top along with Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce bracing attached with animal protein glue. It is also gig ready with a great-sounding K&K Pure Mini pickup installed. These large soundhole models are legendary and this delightful instrument will exceed your hopes and expectations! With its original hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois OMS Country Boy Heirloom Series
Fingerstyle perfection in Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce and Mahogany! In the late 1920s, 12 fret, slotted head guitars began their historic transformation into the still-dominant designs of the 1930s. Left behind, however, were larger upper bouts, longer air cavities and optimal bridge placement at the center of the widest part of the lower bout. The OMS combines a large upper bout,a long air cavity and optimal bridge placement at the center of the widest part of the lower bout with a slotted headstock and a 25.5” scale neck to create a design coveted by fingerstylists – and not a few flatpickers.
Sold2023 Bourgeois Adirondack Spruce Country Boy / HS OM Heirloom Series
This Heirloom Series features an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top and Aged Tone Adirondack Bracing attached with Animal Protein Glue that makes this guitar pop!The headstock has a beautiful full gloss Madagascar Rosewood headstock overlay. The tone is balanced and clear, articulate and rich. With the full harmonic response of a Dana Bourgeois guitars. They know how to pick Mahogany at Bourgeois, this set is striking and tonally exceptional! The nut is 1 3/4", the scale is regular long scale and this instrument comes with a deluxe Bourgeois hardshell case.
SoldBourgeois Vintage / HS GA Heirloom Series
A full Bourgeois Aged Tone Package give this GA a real tonal boost! This is the guitar for you if you've been looking for great traditional Rosewood tone! A deluxe hard shell case is included.
SoldBourgeois OM/C Vintage / Heirloom Series
This sweet cutaway Bourgeois OM is everything you'll need to sound great fingerpicking or flat-picking. The Indian Rosewood and Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce combine to give a clear, warm, balanced, present tone. The 1 11/16” width nut and long scale make this neck perfect for playing a wide variety of styles, from Bluegrass and folk to Jazz and Blues and the cutaway gives you great higher fret access. With a hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois OMS Vintage / Heirloom Series
This OMS is a very comfortable guitar to play and has great tone thanks to an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce Top, Premium East Indian Rosewood Aged Tone bracing attached with Animal Protein glue. With a large upper bout, longer air cavities and optimal bridge placement at the center of the widest part of the lower bout, he OMS combines these throwback features with a slotted headstock and a 25.5” scale neck to recreate a design still coveted by fingerstylists – and not a few flatpickers. It comes with a hard shell case.
Sold2022 Bourgeois OM Generation
Here we have a spectacular example of the Bourgeois Generation OM. This guitar is as excellent as used gets, so good that we would describe this one as practically new old stock. It doesn't appear that the single owner of this 2022 guitar played it much at all. So what is so great about these Generation models? Well first of all, they are the only Bourgeois that comes standard with an LR Baggs pickup system, they also feature beautiful torrified Sitka tops lending a vintage/mature tone and to top it all off, they are simply appointed to deliver maximum bang for the buck. These guitars are top quality despite being at the entry level for Bourgeois guitars and are rather uncommon, considering that most of the Bourgeois guitars tend to be more ornate (and more expensive). So basically, this guitar has all the tone and nuance that one would expect from a fine made in USA Bourgeois but at a wildly attractive price point and with the added practicality of a pickup installed. Amazing. Comes with its original deluxe Bourgeois hard shell case.
Sold2021 Bourgeois OM Generation
Talk about an awesome gig worthy Bourgeois, no frills just a lean mean picking machine. These Generation models pack many practical features into an instrument with a tremendously warm and rich tone. One of the big additions to this guitar that you don't find on many Bourgeois guitars is the LR Baggs pickup system making it an absolutely practical gigger. Sporting a gorgeous torrified Sitka Spruce top, this instrument has a crisp and mature tone often associated with the finest vintage instruments. To round it out, the Mahogany back and sides give a nice, dry and round voice. To tie it all together, the body is bound in an elegant faux tortoise binding, to match the pickguard. This is an awesome guitar! Comes with the original deluxe Bourgeois hard-shell case. This instrument is in excellent condition with only light fret-wear at the typical under the B string first few frets location. There is light pickguard wear where one would expect on a gently used guitar. Simply put, this guitar is great bang for the buck and has tone in spades.
SoldBourgeois Country Boy GA / Heirloom Series
This is an exceptional Mahogany GA, one size up from an OM, with killer tone thanks to it full Aged Tone Package. The Aged Tone package, including an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top with Aged Tone bracing attached with Animal Protein glue and Aged Tone finish really super-charges its tone. The 1 23/32" width nut makes the neck on this guitar feel very comfortable and it's long scale is perfect for both fingerpicking and flatpicking. With deluxe hard shell case.1
SoldBourgeois Vintage OM
The Bourgeois Vintage combines traditional tone-woods with a classic design to deliver you a robust, warm and balanced OM. It's 1 3/4" nut width and long scale are perfect for fingerstylists but also stands up to a pick for strumming and flat-picking. Look no further if you've been searching for a great OM! It comes a deluxe hard shell case.
SoldBourgeois The Championship D / Aged Tone Series
The Championship is one killer Mahogany Dread! It features an Aged Tone Adi top, Sinker Mahogany back and sides and a 1 23/32” nut for easy playing. Bourgeois' hand-voicing technique makes this guitar sound robust and balanced. It comes with its hard shell case.
Northern Lights Music is your premier authorized Bourgeois guitar dealer, offering a large in-stock selection of Bourgeois guitars in every shape, size and tone-wood combination. Whether you entering the high-end guitar market with a Touchstone Series guitar, or acquiring your forever Heirloom Series instrument we have you covered. We have Dreadnoughts, OM, OOO, Grand Auditorium and more!
Bourgeois guitars feature the best of contemporary design with traditional craftsmanship to offer you a uniquely beautiful guitar playing experience. A unique bolt-on neck system for longevity and ease of adjustment, Torrified wood to pre-age the tone, special tap tuning of the top wood along with Pleck'ing. These numerous elements come together to provide a wonderful example of New England ingenuity and craftsmanship.
Bourgeois guitars is widely regarded as amongst the finest guitars ever made, owing to their exceptional craftsmanship, ingenious design and attention to detail. Founded by master luthier, Dana Bourgeois, Bourgeois guitars are made in Lewiston, Maine and are favored by some of the finest guitar players in the world including Ricky Skaggs, Bryan Sutton, Courtney Hartman and Andy Falco. Renowned for their comfortable, modern neck shape, tap-tuned soundboards and utilizing the finest materials available, these instruments are heirloom quality fit to be passed down the generations. Whether you play in the comfort of your own home or are a world touring musician, Bourgeois guitars have the quality you can depend on. Find your next Bourgeois guitar at Northern Lights Music.
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Here is a video we made of our visit to the Bourgeois factory in Lewiston, Maine. We interviewed Dana Bourgeois about his guitar philosophy and juxtaposed those words with video of his small crew hand crafting these fine guitars. As you can see, it is like something from the old days, so much hand crafting and attention to the details. At each step in the guitar construction process skilled luthiers carefully complete their task. Whether it be carving, sanding, stringing and setup each stage requires experience and care. This is what makes these Bourgeois guitars so great.
While Bourgeois has broadened their global reach through their Eastman collaboration called the Touchstone series, all other series such as the Professional, Heirloom, Legacy, Agetone etc... are completely hand crafted in the USA at the Lewiston factory under the watchful eye of Dana Bourgeois.