Bourgeois Guitars LDB The Standard Touchstone Series

Essential Information About the Bourgeois LDB The Standard Touchstone Series Guitar

• Torrefied Sitka Spruce Top: quick response, "broken-in" feel, and beautiful harmonic openness from the very first notes.


• Mahogany Back and Sides: present mids, clear lows, and an ideal balance to accompany a voice.


• Adirondack Spruce Bracing: projection, note sustain, and dynamics, particularly appreciated when playing with a pick.


• Premium Hardware: Schaller Grand Tune tuners, bone nut and saddle, high-end glossy finishes.

Touchstone Series: The "Standard" Spirit Serving a Modern Acoustic

This Bourgeois LDB "The Standard" follows an approach focused on essentials: luthiery designed for musicality, a coherent choice of tonewoods, and components that prioritize stability and precision. The Touchstone Series designation refers to a philosophy where sound performance and playability come first, with a sober, elegant aesthetic and technical choices that appeal to discerning guitarists.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

Thanks to its dynamic range and tonal balance, this LDB is perfect for intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a responsive and nuanced acoustic. It is especially comfortable in folk, bluegrass, country, and songwriting, where attack and chord definition make the difference. In fingerstyle, the mahogany provides clear melodic line articulation, while the torrefied top helps achieve an immediate response, very pleasant for subtle playing and touch variations.

A Sonic Signature: Warmth of Mahogany, Precision of Torrefied Spruce

The torrefied Sitka spruce soundboard is a key feature of this guitar: torrefaction tends to offer a drier, faster attack, with a mature feel in the upper spectrum. The result is clarity that facilitates the guitar's natural mix, silky highs, and harmonics that develop without harshness.

The mahogany back and sides bring warmth centered on the mids, with rounder and more controlled lows compared to very deep tonewoods. This combination is ideal for keeping chords clear, even during energetic strumming. The Adirondack spruce bracing enhances the sense of projection and note sustain: you get a guitar that "pushes" when played hard, while remaining expressive at low volume.

The choice of ziricote for the fingerboard and bridge adds a precise feel under the fingers: a dense wood often associated with a clean attack and great definition. Combined with a bone nut and bone saddle, it contributes to efficient vibration transmission, enhancing perceived intonation, presence, and sustain. Finally, the 25" / 635 mm scale length provides comfortable yet firm string tension, appreciated for stable tuning, power in standard tuning, and pick response.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

To get the most out of this acoustic, you can pair it with a set of steel acoustic guitar strings (bronze or phosphor bronze) suited for a 25" / 635 mm scale length. A capo for acoustic guitar and a selection of picks (various thicknesses) will allow you to explore the full dynamics of the torrefied top. Finally, an acoustic instrument humidifier is a wise choice to preserve wood stability, especially during heating seasons or in dry climates.

Technical specifications

Soundboard	torrefied Sitka spruce	Nut width	1 23/32" / 43.7 mm
Back and sides	mahogany	Nut material	bone
Bracing	Adirondack spruce	String spacing at saddle	2.2" / 55.9 mm
Bridge	ziricote	Saddle material	bone
Bridge pins	ivoroid	Tuners	Schaller Grand Tune
Finish	high gloss lacquer	Tuner finish	nickel
Neck	mahogany	Tuner buttons	ivoroid
Neck/body joint	14 frets	Series	Touchstone Series
Fingerboard	ziricote	Model	LDB "The Standard"
Scale length	25" / 635 mm