Soloist/TS
LAUNCH EDITION
The Soloist Returns for a New Generation
The Soloist/TS Launch Edition marks the debut of a new era for Bourgeois’ celebrated Soloist model, now available for the first time in our Touchstone Series. Built on Dana Bourgeois’ legendary Soloist platform, the OM cutaway (OMC), which helped define the modern fingerstyle guitar.
The newest addition to our award-winning Touchstone Series features an individually carved and hand-voiced soundboard, crafted in our Lewiston, Maine workshop, preserving the luthier’s touch that gives Bourgeois guitars their world-renowned tone and response.
DANA BOURGEOIS’ SIGNATURE OM CUTAWAY
Design Details
Lutz Spruce Top
The Soloist/TS Launch Edition features a hand-voiced Lutz spruce top, paired with ebony back and sides. offering a tonal blend of warmth, clarity, and dynamic headroom. This limited edition wood combination produces rich overtones, long sustain, and a clear, articulate bass response, perfect for expressive fingerstyle playing or delicate rhythm work that supports vocals without overwhelming them.
Ziricote Binding
The Soloist/TS Launch Edition features a hand-voiced Lutz spruce top, paired with ebony back and sides. offering a tonal blend of warmth, clarity, and dynamic headroom. This limited edition wood combination produces rich overtones, long sustain, and a clear, articulate bass response, perfect for expressive fingerstyle playing or delicate rhythm work that supports vocals without overwhelming them.
Ebony Back and Sides
The Soloist/TS Launch Edition features a hand-voiced Lutz spruce top, paired with ebony back and sides. offering a tonal blend of warmth, clarity, and dynamic headroom. This limited edition wood combination produces rich overtones, long sustain, and a clear, articulate bass response, perfect for expressive fingerstyle playing or delicate rhythm work that supports vocals without overwhelming them.
AVAILABLE BODY SHAPES
INSTRUMENT DETAILS
THE HEART OF EVERY TOUCHSTONE
Hand-Voiced for Resonance
The Bourgeois tap-tuning process implemented in a Touchstone guitar is a masterful technique that brings out the natural frequencies of its soundboard. By tapping the wood and listening closely, our luthiers uncover its tonal potential, skillfully balancing stiffness and durability. The braces are meticulously hand-carved to refine the top and back, optimizing resonance and tonal richness. This careful attention to detail results in guitars with a unique, harmonically balanced voice, ensuring exceptional sound quality and a lasting legacy of craftsmanship that will endure for generations.
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Touchstone Series
With the Touchstone Series, Bourgeois Guitars continues to bridge the gap between tradition and innovation, offering an instrument that resonates with both the aspiring musician and the seasoned professional.
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