Originally presented to the winner of the 2003 Merlefest guitar picking contest, we are happy to now offer this fine Gallagher Dreadnought to you. We have one of Gallagher‘s more popular models on our hands here, their Doc Watson Edition, complete with Mahogany back and sides and Sitka Spruce top.

Lots of bark to this bad boy, and a meaty midrange that absolutely sings when played with an aggressive attack. Definitely a guitar for flatpickers, this is a Dreadnought which will project a complex tone colored by great low-end depth with the best of them. Furthermore, this guitar straddles the line between the traditional—with its herringbone trim and tortoise-style pickguard—and the modern—with its Florentine cutaway and asymmetrical headstock.

This guitar comes with a TKL hardshell case.

Here we have a Gallagher guitar bearing the name of a great legend, Doc Watson. This Doc Watson model is built from excellent quality Sitka Spruce and Mahogany. As you would expect from anything bearing Doc’s name, this guitar is fantastic, perfect for fast licks and flatpicking. The voice is deep and rich with clarity on every string. As per Docs specs, this Gallagher has a Florentine cutaway making those high and fast runs easy as can be.

This is the most beautiful Gallagher we’ve seen to date. It’s crafted from a very rare set of Brazilian Rosewood from Mike Longwood’s (of Martin Guitars) personal collection and it is first rate, the kind builders lust over. It’s paired with a very silky Sitka top for an angelic voice that is warm and complete. The Dogwood inlay is stunning and accompanied by Maple bindings on the body, neck and head as well as an abalone top border, bridge inlays and very rare abalone herringbone backstrip. Again, the Brazilian Rosewood here is phenomenal, truly rare and special. This is a very unique Gallagher with an amazing tone.

From 2017, we have an excellent example of the magic that comes from Bryan Galloup’s bench: a G.2C large body guitar with a cutaway, Brazilian rosewood everywhere, and some incredible Italian spruce on top. This guitar has had a few years to open up, and it’s very lively. It features natural aesthetics and a powerful modern tone. Frankly, this guitar handles a wide variety of techniques and styles so well it’s ridiculous—flatpicking, fingerstyle, fingerpicks, you name it. This guitar would be perfect for the studio or the concert hall.

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Brand New and already oh so awake. Our latest G.2c from Bryan Galloup is phenomenal, and dressed to prove it. Brazilian Rosewood body with Italian Spruce on top, 25.5” scale, and some tasty appointments with interrupted profilings and geometric motifs. Playability is glass smooth, as is the voice. The top end has a lovely bell quality and some insane overtones; this Galloup has a rare quality of natural reverb that fills the room. It’s frankly haunting. Equally at home with Standard tuning as it is with DADGAD, or even C9.

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G.2C powerhouse! Bryan Galloup’s grand auditorium strikes a well-honed balance between power and clarity, dynamism and definition. It’s an incredible guitar, dressed to the nines in straight-grained Wenge and Italian Spruce and some really impressive inlays along the headstock, rosette, and back. Do we love this guitar? Yes, yes we do. It’s a testament to Bryan’s tuning technologies that this guitar has such a finely honed voice, and plays so well in so many different settings. We loved taking this one into C tunings just as much as Standard. If there’s a bad note on this G.2C, we haven’t found it yet.

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