This Bourgeois Guitars - 'The Champ' dread delivers a classic tonewood pairing with some of Bourgeois' advanced construction techniques. Featuring an upgraded Aged Tone Adirondack spruce top, Aged Tone Bracing and a Mahogany back and sides this dread has the sort of string response, focused low end and dynamic high end that we look for in a flatpicking guitar. Thanks to Bourgeois' asymmetrical bracing pattern, this build delivers a dry, even responsiveness across the instrument without becoming boomy in the bass.
This model has its origins at the Walnut Valley National Flat-Picking Championships, a place we know and love, and was dubbed 'The Champ' after being played by Luke Lovejoy to win first place at the 2018 competition. Includes a free setup from our team of luthiers and the hardshell case.
Dreadnought with Aged Tone Adirondack Spruce top with Celluloid pickguard
Single-scalloped X brace system without a tongue brace
Aged Tone Torrefied Bracing
Mahogany back and sides with Black Line back strip
Tortoise Body Binding, Black/Maple/Black purfling
25 1/2" scale length
Mahogany neck with satin finish
Ebony fingerboard, 20 frets and Tiny MOP Dots Fretboard Inlay
Tortoise with Black/Cream Purfling Fretboard Binding
