The Darren Hippner Bouchet Model is a concert-level classical guitar built in the style of the legendary French luthier, Robert Bouchet.
When Hippner tackles a Bouchet style, he captures the specific structural philosophies that made the mid-century French master’s instruments famous for their balance, projection, and pristine separation
The Bracing Layout: Unlike a traditional Spanish fan bracing system that runs unimpeded under the bridge area, a Bouchet design places a transverse wooden bar directly beneath the bridge saddle, which structurally intersects the fan braces
