Bouchereau MJ.C Acoustic Guitar, Cocobolo & Swiss Moon Spruce

The Bouchereau MJ.C is one of the first two new guitar to arrive at TNAG from Canada-based luthier Loic Bortot.

This MJ.C model features a wonderful straight-grained Cocobolo set for the back and sides, with a Swiss Moon Spruce top. The Honduran Mahogany neck is topped by an Indian Ebony raised fingerboard. The body has a clear gloss polyurethane finish while the neck has a satin finish.

Loic Bertot gave us his thoughts on this gorgeous build:

"The MJ.C (Mini-jumbo) model comes in quite a fancy spec, with a stunning set of tightly grained Cocobolo Rosewood, paired with high-grade Swiss Moon Spruce. It features a Florentine cutaway and a "squared" arm bevel. I think the back didn't need any back strip addition, as the beauty of the wood speaks for itself. The binding for the guitar is black Ebony with thin Maple purfling."

• MJ.C model (Mini-Jumbo), serial number #021
• Scale length: 25.34”
• 15-1/2" wide at the lower bout
• 4-1/2" deep
• General geometry: Raised fingerboard, 30 feet radius top, 16 feet radius back, 14th fret neck/body joint
• Neck Construction: Carbon-reinforced, double acting truss rod, scarf jointed head angle, one-piece jointed heel block
• Body construction: laminated sides, laminated Spanish cedar linings
• String spacing: 1.5” at the nut, 2.25” at the saddle
• Tuning machines: Schertler open-gear 18:1, silver with ebony buttons
• Strings: Elixir nanoweb phosphor bronze .012-.053
• Finish: Clear gloss polyurethane, satin finish neck
• Frets: 22, medium size, stainless steel
• Magnetic truss rod cover
• Case: Hiscox Pro II OM
• Top: Swiss “Moon” spruce (Picea Abies)
• Back / sides: Cocobolo Rosewood (Dalbergia Retusa)
• Neck: Honduran mahogany (Swietenia Macropylla)
• Fingerboard / bridge: Indian ebony (Diospyros Ebenum)
• Front head plate: Cocobolo Rosewood (Dalbergia Retusa) - Back head plate: Black veneer
• Binding: Indian ebony (Diospyros Ebenum)
• Bridge pins: Indian ebony (Diospyros Ebenum)
• Nut / saddle: Bone
• Fret markers: 3/32” copper rings
• Rosette: Cocobolo Rosewood, radial grain
• Endgraft: 0.25” ebony stripe
• Top purfling: 0.3mm black / white
• Back / sides purfling: 0.5mm black / white
• Headstock Binding: chamfered ebony with 0.3mm white trim - Fingerboard binding: Ebony with 0.3mm white trim
• Florentine cutaway
• “Squared” arm-bevel