Bourgeois JOMC Custom "The Harlequin" 2004 NAMM Guitar 2004 - Natural with Hard Case

For your consideration, we present one of the most unique acoustic guitar offerings ever to grace the KHG showroom.  

According to Dana Bourgeois, this JOMC Custom was  built as a novelty guitar for the 2004 NAMM convention and was later purchased by legendary guitar oddity collector and composer Henry Kaiser.  This guitar showcases ALL the tonewoods, resulting in a menagerie of wonderful textures and finishing details.  Starting from the headstock face, the overlay is split down the middle, with ebony on the bass side and Brazilian Rosewood on the treble side.  The 2-piece top consists of both tight-grained cedar and heavily-bear-clawed Spruce.  Each side is also different, with a mahogany bass side and a flamed maple treble side.  The reverse of the body is the most dramatic mixup of the entire instrument, consisting of Flamed Koa and beautifully figured Brazilian Rosewood.  The entire instrument is bound in flamed maple and is accented with alternating herringbone and abalone purfling and a split abalone/herringbone rosette.  Bourgeois set this instrument up for success with a bone nut, compensated bone saddle, and a set of gold Waverly open-gear tuning machines.  The previous owner opted for a premium electronics package and added an aftermarket Trance Audio Amulet M Dual Mono system.

Tired of plain jane acoustics?  Bring this Harlequin into your guitarsenal and spice things up with EVERY tonewood!

From Trance Audio:

The Amulet M Dual Mono Guitar Pickup SystemTrance Audio quality at an astounding price!

100% Analog design for incredibly accurate reproduction of the tone, dynamic range and response of your instrument

Renowned Acoustic Lens TM triple shielded polyplanar transducers, still hand-made in the USA

Dual Mono system provides separate preamps for each transducer for maximum signal clarity and separation, and perfect balance

User-adjustable balance control to provide the perfect blend between the bass- and treble-side transducers

Connects via a standard ¼″ mono guitar cable

Incredibly easy installation with NO SOLDERING

For almost 20 years, Trance Audio TM has been the choice of discerning musicians like Jackson Browne, Sheryl Crow, Beck, Aerosmith, Michael Hedges, Yusuf (Cat Stevens) and many more, and our systems and solutions have unfailingly powered incredible performances on stages and in studios night after night, the world over. Our new Amulet M TM has distilled the wisdom gained from our many years of experience working with these top-flight acts into a new system that retains the same exacting standards and performance you've come to expect in an astoundingly affordable new package.

Like all Trance Audio products, the Amulet M is designed with the criteria of super-wide dynamic range, extremely low noise and distortion, flexibility and reliability. The heart of the Amulet M is the renowned Acoustic Lens TM pickups. Our Acoustic Lens pickups deliver crispness and accuracy, coupled with incredible warmth and presence, and the Amulet M's preamp package perfectly complements this incredible transducer.

The unique Dual Mono design of the internally-located preamp allows you to easily adjust the bass and treble balance of your guitar without using any EQ whatsoever. Power is provided by an on-board 9volt battery with more than 100 hours of battery life available. A precision designed low-cut filter is included to eliminate unwanted low frequencies without removing any of the low end power of your guitar, even on instruments that are tuned far below standard pitch. The signal leaving the guitar via the high-quality Switchcraft ¼″ endpin jack is low impedance, making it immune to hum and buzz, and enabling long cable runs with no loss of signal or quality, and no cable handling noise.

Our goal at Trance Audio is to further state-of-the-art, acoustic guitar music. The Amulet M series provides the true sound of your acoustic guitar to any mixer or amplifier system in microscopic, wondrous detail.

Amulet M system fits a standard ½″ endpin hole, and up to 7/8" endblock depth

Newly designed Acoustic Engine TM Preamp Technology gives superior audio performance

100+ hours of battery life from a single 9 volt battery

Feather light and invisible installation

Rugged, road-ready system is completely shielded to eliminate hum and buzz

Ultra Low Noise Floor > -100dB

Ultra Wide Dynamic range 118dB

Ultra Low Distortion <.006% THD

Extended Frequency Response -3dB @95K

One-of-One, Built for NAMM 2004
​Cedar & Bearclaw Spruce Top
Flamed Maple & Mahogany Sides
Brazilian rosewood & Flamed Koa Back
One-Piece Mahogany Neck
"C" Neck Profile
Ebony Fingerboard & Bridge
Brazilian Rosewood & Ebony Headstock Faceplate
Herringbone & Abalone Purfling
Flamed Maple Body, Fingerboard, & Headstock Binding
Bone Nut & Compensated Saddle
Gold Waverly Open-Gear Tuning Machines
Trance Audio Amulet M Electronics
25.4" Scale
14" Radius
1.75" Nut Width

This guitar is in Excellent-to-Very-Good condition, showing signs of light-to-moderate use and careful storage.  There are light scratches throughout the instrument which are difficult to see unless held to the light.  There is some light buckle worming and buckle rash on the reverse of the body, which is mostly noticeable when held to the light yet is masked by the grain of the wood.  There are light dents on the tip of the headstock and some minor impressions on the reverse of the neck.  This package is complete with a hard case.  This instrument has been inspected and professionally set-up by our expert techs.  Should you require more photographs of this instrument, please reach out to us via Reverb or directly at the shop.