TO HEAR THE BOURGEOIS GUITARS PLAYED BY DAN & RON:
Check out the solo on the title song "Forget About It" to hear a Mahogany Bourgeois in action. "Lucky One" and "Stars" feature the Slope D and the fingerpicked part on "Daylight" is an OM model.
Ron Block tells us he loves his Bourgeois guitars because they give him an exceptionally clean, clear, beautiful sound . His favorite is a Figured Mahogany Bourgeois with a Cedar top. On Ron's solo CD, "Faraway Land", you'll hear Bourgeois Guitars played by Ron , Dan Tyminski and Nickel Creek's Sean Watkins. Dan plays a Bourgeois on "Your Heart has found a Home" , "Searching" and "Higher Man" and Sean can be heard on " Another Life I'm Living On" .
Listen for Bourgeois Guitars on Dan Tyminski's great solo release "Carry Me across the Mountain".
Here's an excerpt from an interview with Dan in "Flatpicking Guitar" magazine:
"I recently got a Bourgeois and it is an amazing guitar from the workmanship to the tonal qualities. Dana Bourgeois is a talented, talented man. Ron (Block) has one of his guitars too and although mine is a Brazilian and his is mahogany, it is equally a killer guitar. They are two different animals entirely, but his works well for the slow, pretty sustain type things that he does. They are built for two different purposes.
With every guitar that I've seen Dana build I have been very impressed with the workmanship. If you really get down into the nooks and crannies, you cannot see a bead of glue or a space or crack anywhere. He spends a lot of time making them right."
In 2005 we built Dan Tyminski a Vintage D in Madagascar Rosewood and Red "Adirondack" Spruce.
Page last updated: October 5, 2010
