Shop Bouchereau Acoustic Guitars

Bouchereau Guitars is the one-man workshop of Loïc Bortot, a luthier born in Bordeaux, France, who relocated to Canada to pursue instrument building and now works out of Quebec City. The name Bouchereau is his mother’s maiden name, a personal touch that fits the hands-on nature of the operation. Bortot came to lutherie after a winding path through other fields of study and jobs, and he brings an artist’s eye to the craft, having developed a love of drawing and painting early on. He first caught the attention of the boutique guitar world at shows like the Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase, where his work stood out for its polish and its tone.

The guitars themselves are modern, refined, and built with the player in mind. The Mistral is the model most people associate with the brand, a medium-sized orchestra model that comes cutaway or non-cutaway and excels at fingerstyle thanks to slightly wider string spacing at the saddle, though it handles other playing styles with ease. The MJ-C small jumbo delivers a bigger voice with plenty of power, and the Maelstrom BC takes things further with an intense, dynamic personality. Bortot has an eye for beautiful and unusual tonewood pairings, with builds featuring cocobolo, wenge, quilted sapele, sinker redwood, and Honduran mahogany, topped with Sitka, Alpine, or Moon spruce. Details like lightweight tuners, bone nuts and saddles, and a magnetic truss rod cover round out instruments that look as good as they sound.

If you are interested in a Bouchereau guitar or want to learn more about current availability and ordering, reach out to us at Eddie’s Guitars. Our staff is happy to help.