Dana Bourgeois was born on 1953 and is a luthier, writer, lecturer and is considered one of the United States' top acoustic guitar makers.
11 Facts About Dana Bourgeois
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Some notable musicians playing Dana Bourgeois guitars include Luke Bryan, Ricky Skaggs, Bryan Smith, Ry Cooder, Scott Fore, Bryan Sutton, Vince Gill, Lee Roy Parnell, James Taylor and Guy Clark,.
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Dana Bourgeois attended Bowdoin College, where he studied art history, and graduated in 1975.
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Dana Bourgeois opened a shop repairing guitars in Brunswick, Maine in 1976 and continued honing his craft as a luthier.
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Dana Bourgeois worked at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.
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In 1986, Dana Bourgeois teamed up with guitarist Eric Schoenberg and established Schoenberg Guitars.
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Dana Bourgeois started his own company, Dana Bourgeois Guitars, which opened in 1993 and was located at Roy Continental Mill in Lewiston, Maine.
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Dana Bourgeois's use of premium materials, such as Brazilian rosewood, Adirondack Spruce and Indian Rosewood, as well as his ability to "voice" his instruments earned Bourgeois a reputation within the music world as an expert luthier.
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In 1999, Dana Bourgeois signed a distribution deal with Akai, a Japanese music and electronics company.
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The business model employed at Pantheon allowed Dana Bourgeois to focus on making the guitars he was known for while sharing marketing and manufacturing resources with other independent luthiers.
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Dana Bourgeois spends time training luthiers to carry on the trade.