The BG-251 is the Bluegrass Goose OM Hybrid in Brazilian Rosewood. Boucher sets the back and sides under a hand-selected AAAA Adirondack red spruce top, braces it with the same spruce, opens the soundhole up to 4.125 inches and raises the top radius, with its modified V neck in satin. The figure of Brazilian Rosewood varies from one guitar to the next, so the photos show a single example.
Boucher builds the series in Berthier-sur-Mer, Quebec, for bluegrass players working live and in the studio, and describes its sound as rich lows, driving mids and strong highs with a big presence alongside other bluegrass instruments. For Brazilian Rosewood in the Dreadnought, see the BG-252. The BG-151 is this shape in Madagascar Rosewood.
Boucher's option packs cover finish, pickup, top grade and trim if you want to build it further, and the list follows below.
Options for this model include:
- Burst Pack: a hand-applied sunburst, tobacco burst, open amber burst or black top
- Gold Pack: torrefied Gold Touch top and Gotoh gold open gear tuners (not with the Vintage Pack)
- Intimate Concert Pack: K&K Pure Mini pickup, installed
- Master Grade Pack: master grade Adirondack red spruce top, abalone rosette, koa or maple body binding (not with the Ultimate Pack)
- Prestige Pack: Style-41 abalone trim
- Ultimate Pack: master grade Adirondack red spruce top, koa or maple neck binding, high gloss neck, a choice of fretboard inlays, Gotoh 510 open gear tuners (not with the Master Grade Pack)
- Left-handed build
Price subject to change based on options chosen.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: Canada (built in Berthier-sur-Mer, Quebec)
Body Size: OM Hybrid
Neck Joins Body At: 14th fret
Top: AAAA Adirondack red spruce (Picea rubens), hand-selected
Back and Sides: Brazilian Rosewood
Soundhole: Enlarged, 4.125" (105.0 mm)
Body Finish: Gloss
NECK
Neck Profile: Modified V-shape
Width at Nut: 1.750" (44.5 mm); 1.6875" (42.8 mm) on special order
Width at 12th Fret: 2.125" (54.0 mm)
Fret Markers: 2.0 mm dots, B inlaid at the 12th fret
Headstock: Tapered square
Neck Finish: Satin
HARDWARE
String Spacing at Bridge: 2.1875" (55.6 mm)
Nut: Bone
Tuners: Gotoh open gear, nickel
CASE
Case: Hardshell case



