Description: "I've wanted to make a Slope D with maple back and neck for quite some time. To my ears,
this is the quintessential rhythm guitar for most music genres outside of bluegrass. The Luthier's
Choice label gives me the license to do it up right, with sunburst top, back, side and neck and a varnish
finish. The hand-rubbed coloring on the top is only reproducible with heavily figured bearclaw,
the quality of which we are lucky to see every year or so. No traditional looking Slope Shouldered D is
complete without a banner decal, so I had to add one of those too. A lightweight TKL graphite reinforced case
says "I'm a player's guitar, take me to the gig."
-Dana Bourgeois
Specs:
Top: Master Grade Bear Claw Sitka
Back & Sides: Master Grade Curly Maple
Neck: Master Grade Curly Maple
Rosette: Ivoroid End-Grain
Body Binding: Ivoroid/Black
Top Border: Ivoroid End-grain/Black, with Back and Side Purfling
Backstrip: Black Line
Head Shape: Square Head with Diamond Volute
Head Veneer: Ebony
Head Binding: Ivoroid with B/W Purfling
Fretboard Wood: Ebony
Nut Width: 1 23/32''
Fretboard Inlay: Floral Pattern
Fretboard Binding: Ivoroid with B/W Purfling
Pickguard: Celluloid Firestripe
Bridge: Ebony Belly
Signature Label: Dana Bourgeois Luthier's Choice
Tuners: Nickel Waverly with Ivoroid Buttons
Heel Cap: Ivoroid
Pins: Bone
Nut: Bone
Finish: Oil Varnish, Full Body Sunburst
Other: Hide Glue Construction