JP and Robin: The Boucher Story

Finally finished watching the complete video. It doesn't get any better than these masters of music creation. A player, a designer and a builder of what will e seen as one of the best guitars on this planet!
A superb video Big John, I even teared up!

Got to meet Robin at the Boucher clinic in Halifax. I was standing in the back watching JP play and he walked up to me and introduced himself. Very nice guy. Got to play 4 Boucher guitars after the show. Outstanding instruments, the feel and sound. Each guitar is a unique work of art.

So wonderful! To see the artisan and the art!!
Excellent!

Two thoughts: if half of the people who watched (as of now) it take two years to supply the demand.
About December of '83 I saw Gordon Lightfoot play a bar venue and stood about a dozen feet from him. The next day I bought a new guitar that I still enjoy.

JP: "I love you more!"
Robin: "No, Jay-Pee, I luv jyou moare!"
JP: "No, Robin, I love you more!"
...(hugs and kisses)

JP: "I got invited to come play some guitars, and Robin had brought 27 of his guitars. Let me tell you how I bought 27 guitars from Robin."

Thank you guys.

After hearing the SG21 Bubinga, I must have one! Incredible tone.. thanks Guillaume for the further details on these..

JP, please do more of these interview type videos, extremely interesting..

I cannot wait to own a boucher and be a part of the boucher family. Everyday I think about my future guitar and it brings positive energy into my life.

Robin is putting out some of the most beautiful, best playing and sounding guitars being made today. Boucher should have a huge piece of the American market, and I pity those who are missing out on what these guitars offer. Great video guys; I truly loved it!

Wow, what a great video - 132 minutes well spent. Thanks JP and congrats Robin and team. Wish I could play a Boucher. Blessings to you all

Just brilliant… thank you JP, Ginger, Robin and Guillaume for producing this amazing informative video.
For years I’d seen Boucher guitars hanging on the wall, but never played one because I felt it was out of my price range. But because of JP’s excitement for the brand I gave one a try. That was it... within the month I'd raised the money by selling a camera and my Martin D35.
This fall I bought a HG 56... it sounds as good as Yogi. I'm one very happy guy.

Tarzan would be a Kiho'alu cannon

How did Robin Boucher choose "goose" for naming his guitars?

Yeah, Boo Boo is phenomenal, never heard such clarity in an instrument and you really make it deliver and go to work!

Beautiful guitars with a great sound. I just wish they offered a wider nut than 1 3/4". I'm 6' 4" and as I've gotten older I've found that I need a wider fretboard and wider string spacing. I really like the feel of the 2 3/8" spacing at the bridge but I need a 1 13/16" nut now.

Truth is, I can't even afford a £500 guitar, but if I won the lottery I'd fly straight over to have a guitar built by Robin, not just for their astronomical sound and build, but what a lovely guy. My favourite video yet. Thanks for this brilliant watch and inspiration 👍

I have a Gibson J-45 faded brand new and a Martin HD28 I bought new in 2019. Together $6k US It be awesome to trade those for one of Robins guitars!

Hello JP, hopefully you read these post. You may be familiar with Stan Rogers, his canadian seafaring songs are beautiful and mostly played on 12 string. It would be nice to here you do some his music on the "Lightfoot"! Thanks Dale

What a review, what a passion these guys have , so tremendously inspiring ! To see attitude of this level... no, forget "attitude" - "love" is more likely, of both, a builder and a player, is to witness an almost extinct quality realm.

Here I am watching this video again when I should be sleeping because it's late right now. I have no words to describe the passion that emanates from this video.

Love your guys passion and chemistry

Does robin build a 12 frett norman blake style om or ooo guitar with stick bridge and extra long glue in saddle. With bridge placed some where in the mid center lower bout sweet spot. Choice of sound board would be bear claw engelman spruce. Red spruce xx scalloped braceing. African mahogany back and sides. A non slotted head stock and ebony round head waverly open tuneing gears and k and k pick up. With a low oval performance hard rock maple neck,ebony frett board and bridge,and lets top it off with waverly

, ebony button open back tuners. Thats not asking for to mutch is it.

I absolutely loved this video … and almost died when I realized it said Luthier Extra-Donair ….

Thanks for putting this up JP

boucher reminds me of a fellow I know well - George Wilson. Except George only built evenings and weekends as his day job was making violins and harpsichords and other stuff of the sort. But the stuff Robin does (chasing a lighter guitar rather than something heavy and strong and safe) and keeping the mids is very similar. It must be 10 times more complicated to try to do that with a group of people vs. building entirely by yourself and having control of every part of production.

You guys are Itialians, right? Russian?, Mexican?

J. P. This is the most enjoyable of all your enjoyable videos. Your last song like robin brought a tears to my eyes. Thank you. God bless.

Looking for my 1st OM and looking at and reading/listening to as many as I can. This video is immensely helpful in narrowing down my choice!
One minor detail...the Yogi/Boo boo reference is funny (I grew up watching Yogi Bear cartoons) BUT I must point out that actually...Boo Boo is the smaller bear, Yogi is the big fella. Opposite J.P.'s Boucher guitars. 😃
Awesome video, awesome guitars, awesome player!! Wow...

Pickus-Giganticous! That made me laugh so hard.

Windy and super hot!

This is the first time in my life where the smaller body guitars sound better than the dreadnoughts. Tarzan is stunning.

Wow those guitars n that playing absolutely mind blowing! Thank you both ,❤outstanding video phenomenal guitar playing with a master luthier Troubadour! 😅

I love this

How honored I would be to meet either one of these guys but preferably both in my lifetime!!!!

Sending you a little tip to thank you for all of the good info about Boucher Guitars...many hours of viewing videos with you and Robin! I'm an accompanist for a French Canadian trad fiddle session and a longtime member of an English ceilidh band, Rattlebone, playing a unique (obscure) repertoire of Anglo dance and folk tunes to an indifferent public. Recently I decided that a dreadnought would best serve my purpose after 26 years playing an OM (Larrivee). A few days ago, my beautiful BG-52 Gi arrived from Glenn in Antigonish. Played out with the fiddlers the other night and it was great. Looking forward to see how it holds up against melodeon, tuba and whistle in Rattlebone. I have to say thanks to you for getting me there along with Robin, Guillaume and Glenn (and my wife for coming around after her initial horror).

that jumbo sounds like a mature dreadnought like an elder in the tribe.

Robin Boucher is a genius

You tune up and get busy making music...

; )

Man , @ 42;11 Robin cannot contain his excitement and his emotions listening to those beautiful melodic chimes on what he created , his expression is priceless !!!!!

Merlin! Wow!

I just loved both sides now on merlin. What is exercising me at the moment is the consistency. One after the other. I think one should have to be interviewed at length to access if one deserves a Boucher. I certainly dont. Its too late for me to ever get that good. Nevertheless, its wonderful to know that there are such masterpieces out there for the worthy.

Robin seems to genuinely love everything about guitar. I'd be honored to own a Boucher someday.

Very entertaining and informative video. Robin comes across as such a nice and humble man.

JP, hey man what were you playing on the twelve string? Is that a Gordon Lightfoot song? or original of yours? Im tryin to learn that on my 6 string. It look like it was jumping from a C chord to an F and a bit of a G. Sounds awesome I gotta learn that. Thank you

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Violin - Antonio Stradivari
Pianoforte - Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg
Acoustic Guitar -Robin Boucher

Questions are where can buy from Boucher guitar & when can it be delivered to us assuming we have paid up already

I don’t know Robin but he seems like a nice guy. I’d do business with him if I had the cash flow.