Boucher guitars

glt56

Has anyone else in the UK come across this French-Canadian luthier - http://www.guitareboucher.com/en/ ?  A few months ago I picked up a Boucher "Wild Goose 000" with a fabulous Adirondack Spruce top and East Indian Rosewood sides, all solid of course. It is really beautifully put together and has real depth and projection but with a very delicate tone.  Although it's called 000, it has a more OM body shape and is a real do it all guitar.  I see they are rather expensive in Europe with distributors in France, Holland and Germany, but none over in the UK yet.  Dunno why?  The Fellowship of Acoustics currently has a few Boucher guitars at around the €5000 mark, so like I said... seriously expensive!  Last weekend I managed to get my second Boucher, a Spruce Goose Dreadnought, which is built to a similar standard but is unusual as the top, back and sides is completely Adirondack Spruce, with what appears to be Cocobolo  back stripe, and top binding.  It seems Boucher are located in the largest Adirondack Spruce forest in Canada & North America, so they use it as a top for ALL their guitars, but as far as I know, this is the only one that's completely Adirondack.  The guitar has incredible clarity and is fantastic for fingerpicking but has piano like depth when strummed.  Incredible instrument!  Anyone else got one of these beauties in the UK?  Here's the two I have:

jellyroll

Nice. Enjoy. 

glt56

jellyroll said:

Nice. Enjoy. 

Cheers, out of interest, I just found this ad & video on a French website: http://www.laguitare.com/guitare-lutherie-banc_essai-boucher_guitars-10_guitares_boucher_en_test_et_video-6018-5.html

I think it's roughly translated to: STUDIO - SPRUCE GOOSE - Dreadnought

Here finally is the model hand made from all spruce! The sound projection is less powerful than on other models and the player should adapt his right hand to bring out the best of this model. The sound grain is quite original. The bass is shallow but warm, as for the midrange and treble, they are present. The projection is good and the sustain impressive. This guitar, in this format, is better for fingers than pick.

SERIES: STUDIO

MODEL: SPRUCE GOOSE

FORMAT: Dreadnought

 

Soundboard (classification): Adirondack Spruce (AA)

Bracing material: Adirondack Spruce (AA)

Bracing type: Hand-refined

Side & back (solid wood): Adirondack Spruce (AA)

Scale : 25.5 "/ 648mm

No. of frets: 14

Body Width: 16.00 "   /   406.0mm

Body Length: 22.875 "   /   505.0mm

Body Depth: 4.875 "   /   124.0mm

Nut width: 1.6875 "/   42.8mm

Width of the neck at the 12th fret: 2.125 "/ 54.0mm

Decorative strip on the back: Cocobolo

Decorative strip at the joint: Cocobolo

Binding: Cocobolo

Rosette: cocobolo

Neck material: South American mahogany

Fretboard material: Solid ebony

Truss rod: Double action

Nut material: Tusq

Saddle material: Tusq

Fret inlay material: Abalone

Inlay material (Boucher): Pearl mother of pearl

Headstock face material: Solid ebony

Sealed gear wrenches: Gotoh / Gold

Pickguard: Natural Tortoise

Finish of the neck: Satin

Top and body finish: Chandelier

Bridge pins: Tusq   4mm

Recommended string size: Medium 13-56

Factory-installed strings: D'Addario: EXP12 80/20

Inner label: Signed

Hard case molded and labeled: Series

Weird, I've never seen another ALL spruce guitar!

Winny_Pooh

They look very nice. Any closeups of the spruce back and sides in good light?

glt56

Winny_Pooh said:

They look very nice. Any closeups of the spruce back and sides in good light?

Best I can do with my stupid phone...

Kirky66

Nice guitars... I have a Boucher Heritage Goose Parlour in Adirondack and Rosewood that I'm hoping to sell. They are cracking guitars, loads of tone, mine is a pocket rocket.   

glt56

Kirky66 said:

Nice guitars... I have a Boucher Heritage Goose Parlour in Adirondack and Rosewood that I'm hoping to sell. They are cracking guitars, loads of tone, mine is a pocket rocket.   

How much are you looking for?  I might be interested...