Bourgeois Parlor Victorian AT Adirondack/Madagascar #9338  From Bourgeois

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.