Professional Series

Soloist - OM Cutaway

 
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"Nearly 20 years ago, inspired by Eric Schoenberg, I built what I believe was the first OM having a style of cutaway that has since become something of a modern classic. Eric and I later founded a company to produce the new model, which we named "The Soloist", after an elegant fingerstyle guitar from the Victorian era. Years later, Eric and I agreed to produce separate versions of the Soloist. Aside from a handful of one-off examples, however, this is the first time I have offered the Soloist as a regular model.

 
The Bourgeois Soloist is a true fingerstyle OM, featuring an European spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, a 2 5/16" ebony pyramid bridge, and the original Soloist style cutaway. Maintaining the spirit of the original Soloist, I have combined the finest woods with the simplest of appointments, including Brazilian rosewood body bindings, simple wooden rosette, short pattern slotted squares and diamonds inlay, and a distinctive slotted triangle on the heel cap. While on the subject of decoration, I should note that the marquetry backstrip that I first designed for the Soloist (and now use on many of my guitars) has been as widely emulated as the Soloist cutaway, and is presently available through a number of lutherie suppliers. Far from being offended, I am delighted by the notion that other luthiers have mistaken this for vintage design!"

Except as noted, all Bourgeois models include the following features:   
25.5" Scale Length, One piece Mahogany Neck,  Bone Nut & Saddle, Ebony Fretboard & Bridge, High Gloss Body and Satin Neck Finish, Mother of Pearl Bourgeois headstock inlay, Bourgeois Premium Tortoiseshell style pickguard, Ivoroid Bridge and Ed Pins, Deluxe Hardshell Case and a Limited Lifetime Warranty.  A variety of optional tonewoods, appointments, hardware and finishes are also available.

These guitars are available at one of our fine retailers.

List price: $7895

Feature	Description
Body Style	Cutaway OM
Head Style	Square
Nut Width	1 3/4"
Top	Premium European Spruce
Rosette	Wood
Back and Sides	Premium Brazilian Rosewood
Backstrip	Bourgeois
Body Binding	Rosewood with Soloist Purfling
Fretboard Binding	Black
Fretboard Inlay	Short Patterned Squares, Diamonds
Headstock Binding	None
Headstock Veneer	Rosewood
Bridge	Ebony Pyramid
Tuners	Gold Waverly
Finish	Natural
Additional Features	Bourgeois Triangle Heel Inlay.  Bone Bridge and end pins. No pickguard.

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