Boutique acoustic builder Bourgeois Guitars is rising its extra inexpensive Downeast Sequence with two new additions: the Hogtop 0014 and Soloist OMCE.

Designed to supply a style of the corporate’s signature tone and craftsmanship at a cheaper price tag, the brand new fashions be a part of a rising lineup aimed toward making the Bourgeois identify extra accessible to working musicians.

The 2 newcomers each centre across the Orchestra Mannequin physique form, however every takes a distinct tonal method.

The Hogtop 0014 is an all-mahogany OM designed for gamers who favour fingerstyle and lightweight strumming. Bourgeois says its “distinctive voicing technique” helps draw out the wooden’s naturally heat tonal character, producing singing trebles, balanced bass and a surprisingly full voice from its compact physique.

The Soloist OMCE, in the meantime, is a contemporary tackle one of many firm’s most influential designs. It pairs Indian rosewood again and sides with an Aged Tone torrefied Sitka spruce high, including Bourgeois’ comfortable cutaway for simpler upper-fret entry. The end result, in line with the corporate, is an acoustic with loads of “readability, stability and projection” that’s equally at residence within the studio or on stage.

Each fashions characteristic long-scale 14-fret necks, ebony fingerboards and bridges, in addition to Der Jung tuners. The Soloist OMCE is completed with Abalone Slotted Squares & Diamond inlays, whereas the Hogtop 0014 sports activities Mom of Pearl Classic Type Dot inlays.

“The Downeast Sequence permits us to introduce our signature high-fidelity sound to a brand new set of gamers, a few of whom could also be aware of our identify although not with our guitars,” says Bourgeois Guitars founder Dana Bourgeois. “We’re vastly inspired by gamers’ preliminary reception to the sequence and stay up for increasing these choices.”

Like each guitar within the Downeast Sequence, each devices are constructed to Dana Bourgeois’ exacting requirements and hand-voiced beneath the steering of Bourgeois and Grasp Luthier James Witkus to ship the stability, readability and responsiveness the model is understood for.

Costs for the Hogtop 0014 start at $2,379, whereas the Soloist OMCE begins at $2,579. Each can be found now by Bourgeois authorised sellers throughout North America, with Europe, Asia, and Australia set to observe later this summer time and early fall.

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