Are you hunting for something really different? Are you tired of big, boomy bluegrass cannons with suspension-bridge string tension? Well, my friend, here's the guitar for you. Bourgeois's Victorian "Piccolo" Parlor hearkens back to the Martin Size 3 guitar, a model from well before the dreadnought and the OM were apples in Martin's eye. It boasts elegant era-correct appointments, most notably the half-herringbone purfling and marquetry. The guitar's sonic strengths lay in its warm mids and nylon-like response, thanks largely to the aged Adirondack spruce top, but it also shows off the character of its Madagascar rosewood back and sides with plucky bass and airy treble. Despite the incredibly compact footprint, it still has a scale length of 25", slotting it right between familiar Martin and Gibson scales, and it feels loose yet reactive under the fingers. All things considered, it's a remarkable blend of an archaic, nearly-forgotten design and state-of-the-art know-how.

From the Victorian Parlor to the recording studio, performance arena, or your own pickin’ parlor.

Modern guitars were not simply created out of thin air in the 1930s. They evolved from the instruments that preceded them, bearing improvements such as longer necks, solid head stocks, larger bodies, higher string tension, greater volume and superior presence. Our Victorian model is a tip of the hat to an elegant, long lost pre-pre-war aesthetic that deserved to survive into the modern era, featuring half-herringbone (also know as “rope”) purfling, Ivoroid binding and a once-common pyramid bridge. 

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