2023 Bourgeois OM-42 Sunburst - Aged Tone Adirondack & Brazilian Rosewood #9964

The Bourgeois OM-42 Sunburst is an extraordinary example of Dana Bourgeois' commitment to exceptional tone, traditional craftsmanship, and exquisite detail. Combining premium Brazilian Rosewood back and sides with an Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top, this Orchestra Model delivers an expansive tonal palette with impressive headroom, remarkable projection, and exceptional dynamic sensitivity. The Adirondack top responds beautifully to a player's touch, offering a crisp, articulate attack when played lightly and opening up with powerful, piano-like authority when driven harder. Brazilian Rosewood adds depth, richness, and complexity, with a deep, resonant low end, focused and articulate mids, and sparkling trebles that produce a beautifully balanced voice. Individual notes remain clear and well-defined, even in complex chord voicings, while the instrument's impressive sustain and harmonic overtones give melodies and fingerstyle passages a wonderfully dimensional quality.

The torrefied Adirondack top and Aged Tone torrefied bracing further enhance its responsiveness, delivering the openness and played-in character of a well-seasoned instrument. Built with traditional animal protein glue construction and a long 25.5" scale, this OM-42 offers exceptional clarity, string separation, and dynamic range, making it equally rewarding for delicate fingerstyle passages, intricate flatpicking, and more aggressive strumming.

Visually, the OM-42 is a stunning tribute to the finest Style 42 appointments, featuring an elegant sunburst finish, abalone rosette, and Style 42 abalone back and sides purfling complemented by English Holly body and fingerboard binding. Additional details include a floating box body wood endpiece inlay, square headstock with diamond head shape, Brazilian Rosewood head veneer with floral inlay, and DB Snowflake fingerboard inlays.

The 14-fret ebony fingerboard, ebony belly bridge with matching snowflake inlays, Waverly gold engraved tuners, and antique bone pins complete an exceptionally refined presentation. With its combination of extraordinary tonal sophistication, vintage-inspired character, and exquisite appointments, this OM-42 is a truly special Bourgeois for the discerning player and collector.

Other specifications include:

• Premium Brazilian Rosewood back and sides
• Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce Top
• Long Scale 25.5"
• Abalone Rosette
• Floating Box Body Wood Endpiece Inlay
• English Holly Body Binding
• Style 42 Abalone B+S Purfling
• Square Headstock with Diamond Head Shape
• Brazilian Rosewood Head Veneer with No Logo Floral Inlay
• English Holly Head Binding
• DB Signature Backstrip
• 14 Fret Ebony Fretboard
• 1 3/4 Nut Width
• 2 5/16" Bridge Spacing
• DB Snowflakes Fretboard Inlays
• English Holly Fretboard Binding
• Celluloid Tortoise Pickguard
• Ebony Belly Bridge Bridge with Snowflake Inlays
• Signature Label
• Waverly Gold Engraved Tuners
• English Holly Heel Cap
• Antique Bone Pins
• Animal Protein Glue
• Sunburst Finish
• Satin Neck Finish
• High Gloss Headstock Finish
• Aged Tone Body Finish
• Aged Tone Torrefied Bracing
• Hard Case
• 4 lb 12 oz
• #9964

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