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Few instruments carry a sense of time quite like the Bourgeois OMS 12C DB Signature Deluxe. Its soundboard was cut from Dark Forest Ancient Cypress carbon dated at an astonishing 3,758 years old. When this tree was alive, the great civilizations of ancient Egypt were still flourishing, Babylon had emerged as a center of power, Minoan palaces stood on Crete, and the final phases of Stonehenge were still within living memory. For millennia, this cypress remained preserved beneath the earth. Now awakened as the voice of a guitar, it brings an extraordinary piece of the ancient world into the hands of a modern player.

The top itself is visually mesmerizing, with fine, straight grain and an earthy palette of olive, smoke, and weathered bronze. It is surrounded by reconstituted turquoise top purfling and a segmented tile rosette whose vivid blue seems to glow against the subdued cypress. Figured koa binding traces the graceful curves of the OMS body and cutaway, continuing along the fingerboard and headstock, while a matching koa heel cap and tail wedge complete the theme. The figured Madagascar rosewood back and sides are every bit as dramatic, displaying deep reddish brown color, dark inked figuring, and wild natural movement that feels almost geological.

This is a guitar shaped by two of the most important hands in modern Bourgeois history. Founder Dana Bourgeois has spent decades refining the relationship between traditional American guitar making and exacting tonal control. His individually voiced soundboards, innovative use of torrefied materials, and relentless pursuit of balance have influenced an entire generation of builders and helped redefine what a contemporary boutique acoustic guitar can be. Master Luthier James Witkus carries that philosophy into the daily life of the Bourgeois workshop, bringing his own remarkable precision, experience, and artistic judgment to its finest instruments. Together, Dana and James represent both the foundation and the future of Bourgeois Guitars, while their work continues to resonate throughout the wider acoustic guitar industry.

The pairing of Ancient Cypress and figured Madagascar rosewood promises a compelling tonal personality. Cypress is prized for its immediacy, clarity, and dry, articulate response, while Madagascar rosewood adds depth, complexity, color, and a lingering harmonic bloom. Aged Tone torrefied Adirondack spruce braces give the body a mature, responsive foundation, allowing the guitar to speak quickly beneath a light touch while retaining the power and headroom needed for more forceful playing. The twelve fret configuration encourages warmth and fullness, while the cutaway preserves effortless access to the upper register. The result is an instrument conceived for nuance, dimensionality, and exceptional dynamic expression.

The decorative work is lavish, yet beautifully cohesive. Mother of pearl and reconstituted turquoise ivy inlays climb the ebony fingerboard, with related ivy motifs appearing on the belly bridge and solid ebony veneered headstock. A turquoise Bourgeois logo crowns the design, while the diamond volute lends the neck an unmistakably traditional sculptural detail. Gold Waverly tuning machines with ebony buttons and ebony bridge pins with turquoise dots provide the final elegant accents. A satin neck finish offers a smooth playing feel, while the gloss headstock and high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer body finish reveal the depth and character of every carefully selected material.

Built with a 25.5 inch scale length, 1 3/4 inch nut width, and generous 2 5/16 inch bridge spacing, the OMS 12C offers an ideal platform for expressive fingerstyle playing while remaining powerful and versatile enough for a broad musical vocabulary. It weighs 4 pounds 10 ounces, bears a Signature label, and is accompanied by a hard case.

The Bourgeois OMS 12C DB Signature Deluxe is more than an exquisite custom guitar. It is a meeting of ancient material, modern mastery, and generations of accumulated knowledge. Nearly four thousand years of natural history live within its soundboard, transformed by Dana Bourgeois, James Witkus, and the gifted craftspeople of Bourgeois Guitars into an instrument of rare beauty, profound musicality, and lasting significance.

Other specifications include:

  • Dark Forest Ancient Cypress Top - Carbon Dated at 3758 Years Old
  • Figured Madagascar Rosewood Back & Sides
  • Aged Tone Torrefied Adirondack Spruce Braces
  • Figured Koa Body, Fingerboard & Headstock Bindings
  • Figured Koa Heel Cap & Tail Wedge
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Top Purfling
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Segmented Tile Rosette
  • Solid Headstock with Diamond Volute
  • Ebony Headstock Veneer
  • Ivy Headstock Inlay
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Headstock Logo
  • Belly Bridge with Ivy Inlay
  • Mother of Pearl & Reconstituted Turquoise Ivy Fingerboard Inlays
  • Gold Waverly Tuning Machines with Ebony Buttons
  • Ebony with Reconstituted Turquoise Dot Pins
  • Signature Label
  • Satin Neck Finish
  • Gloss Headstock Finish
  • High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Finish
  • Standard Glue
  • Hard Case
  • 25.5" Scale Length
  • 1 3/4" Nut Width
  • 2 5/16" Bridge Spacing
  • 4 lbs 10 oz
  • #11273

For more information about the Bourgeois OMS-12C DB Signature Deluxe, please contact us.

Manufacturer
Bourgeois
Body Style
OM
Actual Weight
4.10
Model
OMS-12C DB Signature Deluxe
Series
Legacy Series
Condition
Brand New
Body Style
Cutaway
Body Style
12 Fret
Strings
6
Pickup
No
Color
Natural

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Few instruments carry a sense of time quite like the Bourgeois OMS 12C DB Signature Deluxe. Its soundboard was cut from Dark Forest Ancient Cypress carbon dated at an astonishing 3,758 years old. When this tree was alive, the great civilizations of ancient Egypt were still flourishing, Babylon had emerged as a center of power, Minoan palaces stood on Crete, and the final phases of Stonehenge were still within living memory. For millennia, this cypress remained preserved beneath the earth. Now awakened as the voice of a guitar, it brings an extraordinary piece of the ancient world into the hands of a modern player.

The top itself is visually mesmerizing, with fine, straight grain and an earthy palette of olive, smoke, and weathered bronze. It is surrounded by reconstituted turquoise top purfling and a segmented tile rosette whose vivid blue seems to glow against the subdued cypress. Figured koa binding traces the graceful curves of the OMS body and cutaway, continuing along the fingerboard and headstock, while a matching koa heel cap and tail wedge complete the theme. The figured Madagascar rosewood back and sides are every bit as dramatic, displaying deep reddish brown color, dark inked figuring, and wild natural movement that feels almost geological.

This is a guitar shaped by two of the most important hands in modern Bourgeois history. Founder Dana Bourgeois has spent decades refining the relationship between traditional American guitar making and exacting tonal control. His individually voiced soundboards, innovative use of torrefied materials, and relentless pursuit of balance have influenced an entire generation of builders and helped redefine what a contemporary boutique acoustic guitar can be. Master Luthier James Witkus carries that philosophy into the daily life of the Bourgeois workshop, bringing his own remarkable precision, experience, and artistic judgment to its finest instruments. Together, Dana and James represent both the foundation and the future of Bourgeois Guitars, while their work continues to resonate throughout the wider acoustic guitar industry.

The pairing of Ancient Cypress and figured Madagascar rosewood promises a compelling tonal personality. Cypress is prized for its immediacy, clarity, and dry, articulate response, while Madagascar rosewood adds depth, complexity, color, and a lingering harmonic bloom. Aged Tone torrefied Adirondack spruce braces give the body a mature, responsive foundation, allowing the guitar to speak quickly beneath a light touch while retaining the power and headroom needed for more forceful playing. The twelve fret configuration encourages warmth and fullness, while the cutaway preserves effortless access to the upper register. The result is an instrument conceived for nuance, dimensionality, and exceptional dynamic expression.

The decorative work is lavish, yet beautifully cohesive. Mother of pearl and reconstituted turquoise ivy inlays climb the ebony fingerboard, with related ivy motifs appearing on the belly bridge and solid ebony veneered headstock. A turquoise Bourgeois logo crowns the design, while the diamond volute lends the neck an unmistakably traditional sculptural detail. Gold Waverly tuning machines with ebony buttons and ebony bridge pins with turquoise dots provide the final elegant accents. A satin neck finish offers a smooth playing feel, while the gloss headstock and high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer body finish reveal the depth and character of every carefully selected material.

Built with a 25.5 inch scale length, 1 3/4 inch nut width, and generous 2 5/16 inch bridge spacing, the OMS 12C offers an ideal platform for expressive fingerstyle playing while remaining powerful and versatile enough for a broad musical vocabulary. It weighs 4 pounds 10 ounces, bears a Signature label, and is accompanied by a hard case.

The Bourgeois OMS 12C DB Signature Deluxe is more than an exquisite custom guitar. It is a meeting of ancient material, modern mastery, and generations of accumulated knowledge. Nearly four thousand years of natural history live within its soundboard, transformed by Dana Bourgeois, James Witkus, and the gifted craftspeople of Bourgeois Guitars into an instrument of rare beauty, profound musicality, and lasting significance.

Other specifications include:

  • Dark Forest Ancient Cypress Top - Carbon Dated at 3758 Years Old
  • Figured Madagascar Rosewood Back & Sides
  • Aged Tone Torrefied Adirondack Spruce Braces
  • Figured Koa Body, Fingerboard & Headstock Bindings
  • Figured Koa Heel Cap & Tail Wedge
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Top Purfling
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Segmented Tile Rosette
  • Solid Headstock with Diamond Volute
  • Ebony Headstock Veneer
  • Ivy Headstock Inlay
  • Reconstituted Turquoise Headstock Logo
  • Belly Bridge with Ivy Inlay
  • Mother of Pearl & Reconstituted Turquoise Ivy Fingerboard Inlays
  • Gold Waverly Tuning Machines with Ebony Buttons
  • Ebony with Reconstituted Turquoise Dot Pins
  • Signature Label
  • Satin Neck Finish
  • Gloss Headstock Finish
  • High Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Finish
  • Standard Glue
  • Hard Case
  • 25.5" Scale Length
  • 1 3/4" Nut Width
  • 2 5/16" Bridge Spacing
  • 4 lbs 10 oz
  • #11273

For more information about the Bourgeois OMS-12C DB Signature Deluxe, please contact us.

Manufacturer
Bourgeois
Body Style
OM
Actual Weight
4.10
Model
OMS-12C DB Signature Deluxe
Series
Legacy Series
Condition
Brand New
Body Style
Cutaway
Body Style
12 Fret
Strings
6
Pickup
No
Color
Natural

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Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
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Case for Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood
Bourgeois OMS12C DB Signature Deluxe Acoustic Guitar with Dark Forest Ancient Cypress and Figured Madagascar Rosewood

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