Custom built for Dream Guitars owner Paul Heumiller, this 2G is handcrafted from the finest Brazilian Rosewood and topped with powerful Adirondack Red Spruce. This creates a versatile guitar with Alan’s trademark punch and clarity along with additional tonal beauty thanks to the premium Brazilian Rosewood. The Beardsell design features advanced construction ideas such as radial back bracing, a smaller soundhole with large soundports on the side insuring the players gets full enjoyment of the tone. Alan’s neck profile is one of our very favorites, with a bit more mass on the treble side and slimmer top third. This one also comes with Calton Flight case which are now sell for $950. This is the finest Beardsell we’ve seen to date.

Here’s a bombshell from Mario Beauregard that’s aged in and opened up handsomely. This beautiful SJ was built in 1999 with brick-red Brazilian Rosewood back and sides and an amber-hued German Spruce top, Ebony bindings, and Maple appointments. 16 1/2” across the lower bout adds growl and projection to an already powerful voice, and the overall tone strikes a fine balance between richness and precision. Overtones enrich the voice but don’t overpower the clarity of individual notes. It’s easy to see why modern fingerstyle players like the inimitable Antoine Dufour play Beauregards—these instruments make every note count. This beau has opened up so sweetly over the past few decades, and we’re proud to offer it to you today.

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Mario Beauregard made a beautiful, resonant instrument in 2000 with this OMC–then in 2007 he had a second chance to polish it until it shined! In order to implement his latest voicing techniques, Mario retopped this OM and replaced the neck with one that featured the glassy profile it now boasts. That brand new German Spruce top, when paired the drop-dead gorgeous set of Brazilian Rosewood for the back and sides, gave this guitar a visual and acoustic aesthetic that’s summed up in one word: elegant.

The contour of the neck and 1 3/4″ nut feel smooth and intimate for the left hand, and the setup is dialed into that sweet spot for both fingerstyle and flatpicking. Digging into the bass strings brings out a panoply of rich, vibrant notes that fill out, rather than overpower, the voice; the name of Mario’s game here is balance, balance, balance. For the altered tunings guitarist, this Beauregard offers excellent string-to-string separation and trebles which maintain their crisp shimmer down into D tunings. Having opened up handsomely, this OMC has the dynamic and rich fundamental that professional musicians across the globe yearn for in their sweetest dreams.

To everyone who’s bid on a charity guitar, everyone who’s gotten the word out to lend a hand, everyone who’s just donated straight to the cause—Dream Guitars thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. We’ve been able to raise thousands of dollars for Puerto Rico hurricane relief, to support hurricane soup kitchens in Houston, Texas, and to help fight the forest fires plaguing California. But the fight is far from over! We want to wrap up 2017 with a strong display of solidarity for these and other causes. This time we’re auctioning three guitars at once! Help us help those in need, and get a great deal on a unique instrument in the process. These auctions are open until 12pm EST December 17th in order to make sure everyone has a chance to bid.

This 2011 Mario Beauregard OMC is on auction to continue to support the United For Puerto Rico fund providing food, water, and more to an island still struggling to survive. This guitar was originally $9,995, but bidding starts at only $4,995.

Follow the contour from florentine cutaway to fretboard, from the sharp peak to cinched waist, down to the 15 5/8″ lower bout. Take in the glassy smoothness of the finish, the way the Ebony bridge rises organically up from below the rosette, itself a quiet testament to the vibrancy of Abalone and Koa. Feel the gentle curve of the C-shaped neck in your left hand, fret ends rounded into half globes after the style of Ervin Somogyi. This 2011 OM-C from Mario Beauregard is a study in smoothness, in a calm and collected style that catches the eye with its simple elegance.

We’d expect no less from one of Somogyi’s graduates–and the voice cannot fail but to inspire. Bass notes have a clean, well-defined edge; the middle register lively, balanced; the trebles haunting in their sustain. For the fingerstylist who needs each string and every note to ring clear as its own bell, this Beauregard OM-C more than fits the bill. Listen to Al’s sample, you’ll hear what we’re talking about. Mario’s ability to voice a guitar to produce complex overtones on top of a pianistically precise projection utilizes the combination of African Blackwood and Cedar to be perfect for all kinds of music, and all sorts of tunings. We found DADGAD and CGCGAD to be lively and crisp, with a comfortable play feel.