Description
For the Downeast Launch Edition, Dana Bourgeois personally voiced the first 125 guitars, establishing the tonal foundation for the series.
Model: SDS/DE-Walnut-LE
Neck Material: 1- piece Honduran Mahogany neck with Bourgeois Contour Head stock and standard bolt on Bourgeois neck joint
Fingerboard: Ziricote
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1-23/32"
Fretwire: Jescar Vintage
Scale Length: 25"
Body Style: Bourgeois LDB and SD shapes
Body Dimensions : Bourgeois LDB and SD specificaton
Body Top: Thermo Cured Sitka Spruce
Body Back/Sides: Walnut
Back Inlay: None
Butt Wedge: Body wood w/ .030" black purflings .030”
Head Cap Inlay: Bourgeois Logo
Head Cap Veneer Material: Ebony
Backside Head Cap Veneer: None
Truss Rod : Double Acting
Headstock Style: Contour Bourgeois headshape
Body Binding : 0.060" thick X .170" tall (not including side purfling)
Binding Material:: Grained Ivoroid
Top Purfling: Black .030/ Ivoroid on End .040/ Black .020-
Side purfling: Black .030"
Back purfling: Black .030"
Head binding : None
Head purfling: None
Fingerboard Binding: Ziricote
Fingerboard Purfling: None
Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl dots 3 mm at frets 3,5,7,9,12,15
Logo: Bourgeois Mother of Pearl script Logo
Headstock Inlay: Bourgeois Logo
Logo Material: Mother of Pearl
Inlay: Bourgeois Logo
Inlay Material: Mother of Pearl
Rosette: Single Ring .030 black .040 Ivoroid on end .020 black .040 Ivoroid on end .030 black
Truss Rod Cover : None
Side Dot Colour : White 1.5mm
FINISH :
Top Colour : Natural, no colour
Body/Sides Colour : None
Neck Colour: Stain
Body Finish Top Coat: Gloss
Neck Finish: Satin
Headstock Finish: Gloss
Hardware/Setup:
Hardware Colour : None
Pickguard: Firestripe
Tailpiece : None
Tailpiece Material:: None
Bridge : Ziricote Bourgeois Rectangle
Bridge Pins: Ivoroid with no dot, unslotted
String Spacing:: 2.2" (55.88mm)
Pickup: None
Tuners: Derjung tuners designed by Dana Bourgeois
Strap Peg: Ivoroid with no dot
Strings: D'Addario XS 012-053 Phosfor Bronze
Action Height: Low E: 3/32" High E: 2/32"
Tuning: EADGBE
Heel cap: Ivoroid
Accessories::
Case: HARDCASE
Tools: Truss Rod Wrench
