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Dana Bourgeois was born on 1953 in Westbrook, Maine, is a Master luthier and acoustics voicing expert. Discover Dana Bourgeois's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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1837

He commemorated the building of his 5,000th guitar with the Bourgeois Victoria that was described in an Acoustic Guitar Magazine article as a "one-of-a-kind, sub-parlor-size custom 12-fret instrument inspired by American guitars made during the Victorian era (1837-1901), matched with a period-style wooden 'coffin' case."

He also spends time training luthiers to carry on the trade.

1953

Dana Bourgeois (born 1953) is a luthier, writer, lecturer and is considered one of the United States' top acoustic guitar makers.

Bourgeois's innovations in design and voicing techniques have earned him worldwide acclaim for his acoustic guitars from professional players, hobbyists and collectors alike.

Some notable musicians playing 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,

Dana Bourgeois was born and raised in Westbrook, Maine.

1964

As a child, his interest in guitars developed after seeing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

1970

By the late 1970s to 1980s Bourgeois worked in collaboration with Eric Schoenberg and Martin Guitars to design and build an OM style Guitar.

1975

Bourgeois attended Bowdoin College, where he studied art history, and graduated in 1975.

While at college, Bourgeois read a book called Classic Guitar Construction by Irving Stone, whose method in the book was, purportedly, "totally impossible."

After that, Bourgeois, working from his room on campus and using a machine shop owned by his grandfather, made a guitar of his own.

His father helped with the wood working.

1976

Bourgeois opened a shop repairing guitars in Brunswick, Maine in 1976 and continued honing his craft as a luthier.

He also worked at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

1986

In 1986, Bourgeois teamed up with guitarist Eric Schoenberg and established Schoenberg Guitars.

The company manufactured flattop acoustic guitars.

Bourgeois stayed with the company several years.

1993

Bourgeois started his own company, Bourgeois Guitars, which opened in 1993 and was located at Roy Continental Mill in Lewiston, Maine.

His 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.

Using a tapping method, he fine tunes individual pieces at key times throughout the manufacturing process.

This high-quality sound distinguished Bourgeois from other luthiers and began attracting the attention of top musicians.

1996

In 1996, Bryan Sutton, then guitarist in Ricky Skaggs' band, purchased a Bourgeois guitar in Nashville music store.

A year later, at the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Brunswick, ME, Sutton contacted Bourgeois to set up a meeting.

"This guy calls me and says he's playing in Maine," Bourgeois told Ray Routhier of the Portland Press Herald, "so I figure it could be anybody. But then he says he plays with Ricky Skaggs."

The meeting resulted in an endorsement deal, a collaboration with Skaggs', to make and sell the Ricky Skaggs Signature Model and Ricky Skaggs Country Boy Model guitars.

"At a casual glance, making guitars seems glamorous, but really we're just making sawdust," Bourgeois said, "But when we build one for a famous person, it's something everyone gets excited about."

1999

In 1999, Bourgeois signed a distribution deal with Akai, a Japanese music and electronics company.

With 16 employees and the prospect of growing his business internationally, Bourgeois expected to grow his business further.

For a time, Akai marketed the Bourgeois Artisan Series guitars: the DR-A dreadnought and JR-A jumbo orchestra model.

Along with the two guitars for international distribution, Bourgeois also made Martin Simpson and Ricky Skaggs signature guitars, though in limited editions.

However, the distributor stopped ordering new guitars, leaving Bourgeois without the backing necessary to meet operating expenses.

Despite attempts to find new investors and to sell directly to his customers online, Bourgeois was forced to liquidate the business, filing bankruptcy and auctioning off the guitar-making equipment.

After Bourgeois Guitars closed its doors, guitar hobbyist, collector and investment banker Patrick Theimer approached Bourgeois with another business venture.

2000

With Theimer, three other investors, and Bourgeois, who would oversee guitar production, Pantheon Guitars was formed in 2000.

The business model employed at Pantheon allowed Bourgeois to focus on making the guitars he was known for while sharing marketing and manufacturing resources with other independent luthiers.

Bourgeois continues to offer custom-designed guitars, including the BK/Slope D, which earned an Editor's Pick Award from Guitar Player Magazine.

Among Bourgeois' current offerings are also guitars (his Aged Tone Series) made with a wood-aging process called torrefaction.

While not "vintage", these guitars tend to replicate the look and sound of quality of instruments that are older, more "broken in".

2019

In October 2019, Dana announced via the Bourgeois website that Bourgeois Guitars "has entered into a strategic partnership with Eastman Music."

"In a nutshell, I have simply traded my former partners for Eastman. Moving forward, I will retain an ownership interest in Bourgeois Guitars and will remain as CEO. Our entire team will continue to produce acoustic guitars of the highest quality in our Lewiston, Maine, workshop. US distribution will continue to be handled through our Lewiston office. Eventually, overseas distribution will be managed by Eastman."