There are many guitars that employ a smaller curvy body size, like a Jumbo that was put in the drier for too long. The idea is to get a more comfortable and manageable body size but still retain a lot of the power and tonal depth that you get from a larger instrument. However, few guitar actually achieve this feat. The Bourgeois Small Jumbo takes this idea and hits one right out of the park!
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Norman Boucher founded Canada’s first guitar manufacturing company in La Patrie Quebec in 1968 and began to built Dreadnought style guitars with “X” bracing patterns inspired by C.F. Martin. Norman’s son Claude continued to build and research guitars after Norman Guitars Inc. closed its doors and sold its trade mark in 1988. Today Norman’s nephew Robin and cousin Claude run Boucher Guitar Products Inc. building high quality acoustic guitars and sharing their passion with Claude’s son Nicholas.
MORE →The Ramirez Model 4N-E carries on a long standing tradition of high quality “Estudio” guitars from Jose Ramirez. These instruments feature solid bookmatched Western Red cedar tops with custom soundhole rosette, solid East Indian rosewood back & sides, Spanish cedar neck with ebony fingerboard and ebony reinforcement strip and 650 mm scale length.
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Master-Luthier Amalia Ramírez has been working with double tops for several years. She has been determined to incorporate this 21st century concept into a new model of Ramírez guitar. After a great deal of experimentation she has perfected the design and announced this new model to the public for 2010.
MORE →Kenny Hill’s Torres model is modeled after the model FE 12 built early in Torres career. It has classic Torres bracing with the 7 bar fan, and a beautiful body shape slightly smaller than the current standard.
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Here is a very cool early 70’s strat in Lake Placid Blue! The guitar has seen some wear and tear and has a bit of neck and body damage due to dampness but it plays really well and has a wonderful vibe.
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