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Premium Eastern Red "Adirondack" Spruce/Madagascar OM with stunning appointments and that boutique tone and feel you've been searching for
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Condition: Used, Very Good
As with all 'DB Signature' models, this OM was built start to finish by Dana himself and boy does it show. The harmonic complexity of the Madagascar back and sides is rich with overtones while maintaining a clear and woody fundamental tone. The beautifully bursted Adirondack top is expertly matched in tonal balance and looks. The trifecta of looks, feel, and tone straight from the hands of a true master!
SP Luthier Notes: Setup, neck adjustment, and bridge reglue
We started this model as a Dreadnought and then had a request for it in an OM shape. It has since become a very popular model. In appearance it is subtle, elegant and refined in tone it is everything and more that you can get from a Dana Bourgeois OM. For the DB Signature model, designed a new rosette and herringbone purfling to compliment his earlier design of the Dana Bourgeois backstrip. He also decided to pick his top and back woods primarily for tone. The Adirondack and Madagascar Rosewood he chose for his DB Signature Woods may not be the most pristine examples of those species. But we can guarantee that they are some of the best sounding.
Here's what Dana says about his experience with Madagascar : "Madagascar rosewood will probably get you closest to the sound of Brazilian, and at a much lower price. Madagascar has much of the same rich overtone range as Brazilian, as well as a slightly "reverby" quality. It's a little heavier than Brazilian, so I have to be careful about selecting the right top and the right neck in order to keep the weight down and not adversly effect its response characteristics. " Since Dana himself still picks every top, back and side for each guitar we build, this isn't a problem for us.
This guitar features "Signature" Adirondack and "Signature" Madagascar RW. The traditional Squares & Diamonds inlay are made unique by cutting them from Certified Fossil Ivory. With finely flamed Curly Koa body binding, Gold Waverly tuners, Bone pins and a premium pickguard you will be hard pressed to find more value and beauty in a single guitar.
Model: DB Signature OM
Year: 2013
Serial: 6435
Top: Premium Eastern Red Adirondack Spruce
Back & Sides: Madagascar Rosewood
Scale Length: Long Scale
Rosette: Signature Wood
Backstrip: Multicolor Herringbone
Endpiece Inlay: Body Wood
Body Binding: Figured Koa
Purfling: DB Signature Herringbone
Head Shape: Square with Diamond
Head Veneer: Ziricote
Head Inlay: Bourgeois Logo
Head Binding: None
Fretboard Wood: 14 Fret Ebony
Fretboard Inlay: Fossilized Mammoth Ivory Squares & Diamonds
Fretboard Binding: Black
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Heel Cap: None
Tuners: Waverly Gold with Snakewood Buttons
Bridge: 2 5/16" Ebony Belly
Pins: Bone
Pickguard: Tor-Tis
Pickup: None
Label: Dana Bourgeois Signature
Neck Finish: Satin
Headstock Finish: Gloss
Body Finish: High Gloss
Top Color: Sunburst
Cutaway: None
Case: Hardshell