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Acoustic Guitars
steel strings
Jura spruce top – Barrage new-latice PC
Box in Klas - flax fiber
Maple fingerboard and bridge
Basswood handle 3 ply
Blue nets and curly ash bindings
Openwork headstock – Gotoh tuners
19 frets 2mm – scale 650mm
Bone saddles - Galalith pegs
Electro system on request-
Some measures:
Body widths, 390-250-280 mm
Body depth, 105-90mm
Neck width, 44mm nut - 54mm 12th
Total weight: 1.6 kg
Developed on the Ouessant model, the KLAS materials(eco-composite made from flax fiber)Here we see a new application in this Parlor format model, very dynamic, powerful in bass and yet balanced!
The woods selected are European, Jura spruce for the soundboard, as well as maple and basswood for the fingerboard and neck.
Table composed of Jura spruce/linen –
PC spider dam -
Cormier fingerboard and bridge
Basswood and cedar handle
Red binding nets in Galalithe
Ring head – Galalithe plating
Gotoh 510 tuners
21 frets 2.§mm – scale 650mm
Bone saddles - Galalithe pegs
Electro system on request -
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 44mm nut - 54mm 12th
Total weight: 1.8 kg
Very special version of the Ouessant L1, body in Klas, and soundboard in spruce composite veneered on both sides in linen fiber, which brings a very special shine to the new Ouessant Milano.
In order to visually contrast with the warmth of the linen on the table, the choice of an ivory white lacquer was made for the linen shell, enhanced by the Galalithe and the orange-brown of the cormier.
Dolomite spruce top
Spider dam
Walnut body
Osage fingerboard and bridge
Basswood and cedar handle
Blue nets, curly ash bindings
Ring head – Mecha Davinci Schaller
21frets 2mm – scale 650mm
2.4 mm fretting
Electro system on request:
LRBaggs Element, Ischell inside C, ...
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 44mm nut - 54mm 12th
Total weight: 1,680 kg
Ushant double vents,
faithful to the Ouessant series, all in non-tropical wood, this guitar has the unique feature in my collection of being decorated with a fingerboard in Osage wood, known as Osage orange, "Osage Orange" among our friends in America from the north, where this wood is known as the "Bow tree" highly prized by the Osage Indians for making their bows.
The bridge is also Osage, both were given to me by a luthier based in Woodstock (NY), where these trees grow in quantity. It is hardwood, a natural saffron yellow, and obviously very dynamic, resistant and highly elastic.
The walnut for the back and sides comes from central France, and the spruce comes from the Dolomites (Italian Alps).
Here we test the Ouessant Osage model; without a soundhole, the sound projects less forward and creates a bubble of sound around the player. These guitars are very responsive and sensitive to nuancesgame.A detailed sound, punchy in the mids, the strings are well separated and generate less sympathy for a more raw and precise sound. The vents on the sides are very practicalin the studioto vary the sound recording and one projects beautiful bass almost already compressed. (All this is subjective, it's listening and feeling and it depends on the musician's playing). I have already tried other versions of the ouessant (with linen shell, cedar table, etc.) and this is a characteristic that we find on the different possible variations. The principle of having a fixed linen shell and working more on the table and the vents guarantees good mastery of the important characteristics of the instrument.
Jura spruce top – Kopodirac dam
Linen fiber crate
Cormier fingerboard and bridge
Basswood and cedar handle
Blue nets and cormier bindings
Ring head – Mecha Gotoh
21 frets 2mm – scale 650/680 mm
Fan fretting
Electro system on request:
Fishman Infinity or Ischell inside C
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 47mm nut - 56mm 12th
Total weight: 1.8 kg
7-string version of the Ouessant L1
To allow the low B to sound at its best, I opted for a multi-scale of 650 to 680mm, and therefore a light fan fret, distributed between the nut and the bridge.
The linen shell provides good projection here and promotes balance through its mechanical stability.
Local woods always for the basswood neck, cormier fingerboard and Jura spruce top.
Sitka soundboard -
Pre-stressed spruce “spider” bracing -
Bio-composite flax fiber body -
Three-ply basswood and cedar handle -
Walnut Fingerboard -
Walnut easel -
Ring head – wavy walnut veneer –
Walnut binding -
Gotoh 510 gold tuners -
Jumbo box 41 / 250 / 275 -
Sleeve width 44/54 -
Enclosure 14th box -
Handle thickness 20.5 / 22.5
22 frets fingerboard – Scale 650 mm
Red and white Galalith inlays
Radius: 18’’ – Frets 2.5
Weight – 1680g
A second vent on the left shoulder gives the guitarist an excellent perception of the sound and the subtleties of his playing.
Electro system on demand
Fishman, Bband, Ischell, ... according to your
preference
The very spherical bio-composit body, beyond playing comfort, provides a beautiful and very homogeneous reverberation, a very balanced projection with a warm tone.
Why linen? the use of composite in guitars has been a long-standing practice, but I wanted to move away from the too frequent use of carbon, which is very unecological in all respects - Linen fiber constitutes a real alternative, natural, warm, and can mechanically be as efficient as carbon!
Concept - Coming from the Ouessant acoustic model, the body is laminated in bio-composites, linen fabric and resin selected for its mechanical behavior. The placement of its vent is the result of a natural evolution which frees up the table for better mobility. Its “spider” table bracing is innovative thanks to the principle of pre-tensioning the sound bars.
Fourth edition of the Ouessant L1, table version in sitka, the walnut fingerboard is decorated with flax flowers, in reference to the plant which constitutes the body, the shell of the guitar laminated in linen fabric, small wink Look at Woodstock and Flower Power!
Jura Spruce soundboard -
Pre-stressed spruce “spider” bracing -
Bio-composite flax fiber body -
Three-ply basswood and cedar handle -
Macassar ebony fingerboard -
Ebony bridge -
Ring headstock – curly maple veneer
Binding in curly maple
Schaller Da Vinci machine heads
Jumbo box 41 / 250 / 275
Sleeve width 45/55
Enclosure 14th box
Handle thickness 20.5 / 22.5
21 fret fingerboard – Scale 650 mm
Radius: 18’’ – Frets 2.5
Weight – 1780g
A second vent on the left shoulder gives the guitarist an excellent perception of the sound and the subtleties of his playing.
Electro system on demand
Fishman, Bband, Ischell, ... according to your
preference
"Soïg Siberil" signature model, it takes on the characteristics of the L1, spruce top -The very spherical body in bio-composite, beyond playing comfort, provides a beautiful and very homogeneous reverberation, a very balanced projection of the timbre warm.
Why linen? the use of composite in guitars has been a long-standing practice, but I wanted to move away from the too frequent use of carbon, which is very unecological in all respects - Linen fiber constitutes a real alternative, natural, warm, and can mechanically be as efficient as carbon!
Concept - Coming from the Ouessant acoustic model, the body is laminated in bio-composites, linen fabric and resin selected for its mechanical behavior. The placement of its vent is the result of a natural evolution which frees up the table for better mobility. Its “spider” table bracing is innovative thanks to the principle of pre-tensioning the sound bars.
Third edition of the Ouessant L1, made for Soïg Siberil, with a French spruce top, it is also distinguished from the original L1 by an ebony fingerboard and bridge, galalith pick-guard, maple bindings.
Spruce top
ring head stock
Spruce top
Youtube: Soïg Siberil
Canadian red-cedar soundboard -
Pre-stressed spruce “spider” bracing -
Bio-composite flax fiber body -
Three-ply basswood and cedar handle -
Curly Maple Fingerboard -
Gilded leaf cormier easel -
Ring head – wavy walnut veneer –
Binding in walnut gilded with leaf -
Schaller Da Vinci machine heads -
Jumbo box 41 / 250 / 275 -
Sleeve width 44/54 -
Enclosure 14th box -
Handle thickness 20.5 / 22.5
22 frets fingerboard – Scale 650 mm
Radius: 18’’ – Frets 2.5
Weight – 1980 g
A second vent on the left shoulder gives the guitarist an excellent perception of the sound and the subtleties of his playing.
Electro system on demand
Fishman, Bband, Ischell, ... according to your
preference
The very spherical bio-composit body, beyond playing comfort, provides a beautiful and very homogeneous reverberation, a very balanced projection with a warm tone.
Why linen? the use of composite in guitars has been a long-standing practice, but I wanted to move away from the too frequent use of carbon, which is very unecological in all respects - Linen fiber constitutes a real alternative, natural, warm, and can mechanically be as efficient as carbon!
Concept - Coming from the Ouessant acoustic model, the body is laminated in bio-composites, linen fabric and resin selected for its mechanical behavior. The placement of its vent is the result of a natural evolution which frees up the table for better mobility. Its “spider” table bracing is innovative thanks to the principle of pre-tensioning the sound bars.
Second edition of the Ouessant L1, cedar table version, I wanted
offer it a precious approach, through these bindings and this gold-leaf bridge, a curly maple fingerboard, galalith pick-guard...
Youtube: Arnaud Lacarte
Jura spruce top
Pre-stressed spruce “spider” bracing
Bio-composite flax fiber body
Three-ply basswood and cedar handle
Brittany cormier fingerboard
Easel, cormier
Ring head – linen fiber veneer
Maple binding – walnut binding
Kluson black tuners
Jumbo box 41 / 250 / 275
Sleeve width 44/54
Enclosure 14th box
Handle thickness 20.5 / 22.5
21 fret fingerboard – Scale 650 mm
Radius: 18’’ – Frets 2.5
Weight – 1780g
A second vent on the left shoulder gives the guitarist an excellent perception of the sound and the subtleties of his playing.
Electro system on demand
Fishman, Bband, Ischell, ... according to your
preference.
The very spherical bio-composit body, beyond playing comfort, provides a beautiful and very homogeneous reverberation, a very balanced projection with a warm tone.
Why linen? the use of composite in guitars has been a long-standing practice, but I wanted to move away from the too frequent use of carbon, which is very unecological in all respects - Linen fiber constitutes a real alternative, natural, warm, and can mechanically be as efficient as carbon!
Concept - Coming from the Ouessant acoustic model, the body is laminated in bio-composites, linen fabric and resin selected for its mechanical behavior. The placement of its vent is the result of a natural evolution which frees up the table for better mobility. Its “spider” table bracing is innovative thanks to the principle of pre-tensioning the sound bars.
Design – the linen fiber body has been designed for maximum comfort, the laminated neck and hollowed head for greater lightness – The offset vent allows very good access to the end of the 21-fret fingerboard.
Ecology – Like all versions of Ouessant, each wood used is chosen from the most suitable regional species, cormier in particular for the fingerboard – 100% of the woods are European, and the linen fabric comes from Normandy, where it was grown and transformed. by the companyLineo.
Red cedar table
Curled ash back and sides.
Basswood and cedar handle.
Key & corkwood easel.
Curly maple binding.
Double vent on table and bottom.
Grover tuners.
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Handle: widths 44/54mm, thicknesses 20.5/22.5
22 frets 2.4 – scale 650 mm
Diameter: 650 mm. Frets 2.0.
Total weight: 1.6 kg
This steel-string acoustic guitar, from the Ouessant series, is made with pre-stressed “spider” bracing.
This version “Fraxinus” is built in regional wood like all those in the Ouessant series, curly ash from the Ardennes for the chest, cedar for the table, cormier for the structural parts, bindings in curly maple.
Electro-acoustic system on request, at the musician's choice:
Ischell – Bband – Fishman…
Jura spruce top – PC spider bracing
Background & cormier splint (density: 0.8)
Cormier fingerboard and bridge
Mother-of-pearl binding and curly maple binding
Ring head – Schaller “grand tune” mecha
Electro system on request: Fishman Infinity or Ischell inside C
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 44mm nut - 54mm 12th
22 frets 2mm – scale 650 mm
Total weight: 1.65 kg
300€ for electroacoustic system –
delivered in Iscox hard case
Ouessant “Cyclade” was born from the meeting with Soïg Siberil.
After trying several Ouessant, it was ultimately a synthesis between the Spider version and the Sorbus which seemed to suit him best; the roundness of the Sorbus, and the dynamics of the spider dam on a spruce top.
It's done, still 100% non-tropical wood, composed of a Jura spruce top with a spider-type X bracing and a corkwood back and sides, a wood with the density of rosewood.
Youtube: Soïg Siberil demo
Red-cedar table – PC spider dam
Background & cormier splint (density 0.8: like certain rosewoods)
Basswood neck & cedar
Cormier fingerboard and bridge
Abalone nets and cormier binding
Ring head – Mecha schaller “Da vinci”
Electro system: Ischell inside C
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 44mm nut - 54mm 12th
Total weight: 1.65 kg22 frets 2.4 – scale length 650 mm
Ouessant “sorbus” (sorbus:cormier); Cedar version of the Ouessant, still 100% non-tropical wood, composed of a red-cedar top with a spider-type maple, with the density of rosewood.
300€ for electroacoustic system
– delivered in Iscox hard case
Youtube: Demo Brice Delage
Baritone fan-shaped fretting, cedar top, scale 680-710 mm,
tuning in B-E-A-D-G-F#-B
Mahogany back and sides, cedar top, mahogany and cedar neck, fingerboard and
ebony bridge – Fan fretting – diap 710-680 mm
Youtube: Demo Michel Gentil
This model, released in November 2013, is a more conventional proposition, with essences of
traditional woods of the acoustic guitar and a flat head, slightly openwork all the same.
This guitar also has 2 vents, a vent on the top increasing the cutaway for
access to the end of the fingerboard, and the other on the side for the comfort of the guitarist.
Background & wavy mahogany sides – Cedar top – 22 fret ebony fingerboard – 2.5 frets – Shaller tuners
Youtube: Demo Michel Gentil
Red-cedar table – PC fan barrier – Background & curly ash splint
Basswood neck & cedar – Cormier fingerboard and bridge – Fan fretting
Ring head – Gotoh tuners
Some measures:
Body widths, 410-250-280 mm
Body depth, 112-98 mm
Neck width, 47mm nut - 57mm 12th
Total weight: 1.65 kg
scale 650-680 mm
Second edition of the Ouessant baritone and 7 strings, from low B to high E, with fan-shaped fretting which allows the most suitable tension for each of the strings. Ash version of the Ouessant, always 100% non-wood tropical, composed of a red cedar top, pre-stressed fan bracing and a curly ash back and sides.
Optional electronic system: Ischell AirBagC = 320€ – Bband = 250€
Background & French ash sides –
Jura spruce top –
Fingerboard, bridge, pickguard and bindings in French cormier –
Satin cellulo varnish, tinted on demand.
Diameter: 650 mm –
2mm frets –
Side event on table
Simple event on side
Total weight of the guitar: 1620 g
Electro-acoustic system on demand: Ischell, Fishman, Bband…
Simplified version with a simple vent on the side, the Spider offers the new “pre-stressed” bracing in X, aptly called “spider” dam.
Spruce top, always "non-tropical" for the regional woods which constitute it:
ash, lime, cedar, cormier!
As I hoped, the spider bracing provides more precision in tuning playing, while retaining the dynamics, power and roundness of the previous models.
Youtube: Demo Arnaud Lacarte
Spruce table. Ash back and sides. Basswood and cedar handle.
Fingerboard, bridge & cormier binding.
Double vent on table and bottom.
Wewerly Schaller tuners.
Diameter: 650 mm. Frets 2.4.
The Ouessant steel string acoustic guitar is the latest model from the Kopo workshop, made in collaboration with luthier Gérard Audirac for the bracing of its soundboard. . This “Insitu” version is made of regional wood, that is to say European, French Ash for the body, Spruce for the table, and Cormier for the structural parts.
Youtube: Demo Michel Gentil
12-box neck –
Spruce top, from Jura
Ash back and sides –
22 frets fingerboard and cormier bridge - Diap 650 mm –
Cormier bindings
-The spirit of Ouessant -
From the headstock to the bridge, including the vents, the principle of interlocking the neck are all components designed according to each other. The optimal goal sought is for the finished instrument to appear obvious, almost classic, despite a resolutely contemporary line.
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“Simplicate and add more lightness” William B. S, that’s what I sought to do with this first version of the Ouessant in situ, that is to say in regional wood. I wanted it simple and concise, sober and effective. I attempted a systemic approach to the guitar, ensuring that each technical innovation and each material fit as logically as possible into the whole, without complicating the production methods or the line.
Youtube: Demo Antoine Dufour //Demo Michel Gentil
This guitar is part of the first generation of the Ouessant Insitu, 12 fret neck version, this guitar is made with a Cedar top, back and sides in ash, and the structural parts such as the fingerboard, the bridge, the bindings, are in Cormier, the most regional wood that I chose to successfully replace rosewood or ebony, and which demonstrates great stability in addition to its resistance.
Youtube: Demo Brice Delage
First Ouessant manufactured according to new research on the location of the vent, with a fan-shaped dam which tended towards the dam which we then applied with the Kopo-dirac models.
Red cedar top, rosewood back and sides, basswood neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, maple binding, rosewood veneered ring headstock.
Youtube:Demo Jean-Luc Thievent
Parlor type 00 guitar, in the great tradition of small jumbo models, 12 fret neck, very powerful and designed for blues.
Table composed of spruce/cedar. Cypress back and sides. Basswood and cedar handle. 21-box key & easel in Macassar. Event on table and background. Mechanical Schaller – Slide: 650 mm – Frets 2 mm
