PSA - New Borys B165 available

[QAman]

Roger just informed me about a new B165 that is available. This is larger than the B120 , measuring 16.5 across lower bout. I took some measurements on my B165 and scale is 25” and sides are 2.875. If your interested reach out to Roger. I told him I would post this on the forum.

I played this last week when I picked up my B155 and it played effortlessly and sounded great. The price is $6500.

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[pingu]

thanks for the heads up

(I can’t justify getting a Borys at the moment ….)

ps apart from them being superb instruments …. the light sunbursts are so beautiful ain’t they ?

would you show a picture of
your new B155 ?
I like to dream ….

[QAman]

thanks for the heads up

(I can’t justify getting a Borys at the moment ….)

ps apart from them being superb instruments …. the light sunbursts are so beautiful ain’t they ?

would you show a picture of
your new B155 ?
I like to dream ….

Here is a pic of Roger holding my new B 155
This guitar is superb ! Acoustically - its sounds like a carved guitar .


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[nyc chaz]

Both of those guitars are beautiful.Borys deserves a lot more attention than he gets.My Borys is the easiset guitar for me to play and my aging hands more than appreciate that fact.

[D'Aquisto Fan]

[QUOTE=QAman;1361163]Here is a pic of Roger holding my new B 155

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk[/QUOTEThis guitar is superb ! Acoustically - its sounds like a carved guitar .

Beautiful, Steve! Congratulations! That guitar is in excellent hands!

[gitman]

My brand new B165 - I chose the slightly bigger model based on my previous ownership of a B120 (ca. 25 years ago), conversations with Roger and the recommendation of QAman (BIG thank you !!!). We have similar tastes in guitars !
This (iPhone 11) clip is the guitar (I have it since Saturday) straight into my BUD6, strung with med. roundwound Sadowsky strings , no post-production. The acoustic volume already increased noticeably over the past 3 days and plugged in is just what I wanted and expected : fat, warm, perfectly balanced with great tonal depth, sustain and effortless playability - Roger has this design down like no other builder ! My Trenier Special (also a lam-top but with a floating pickup) has a more airy and "acoustic" sound when plugged in, maybe a better choice when bigband /swing type comping is called for whereas this B165 fills the void that my BIIIG and HEAVYYY Super-400CES left behind: it has the punch and presence of a much larger guitar and THE SOUND I love in an electrified archtop guitar.

[pingu]

All absolutely beautiful Borys guitars

Thanks everyone

(Going back to my Ibanez laminate for now
of which I can't complain anyway !)

[JeanSut]

Gitman, those are very nice sounds! That guitar suits you.
I had the pleasure to play the guitar that Larry Koonse owns.
I liked it so much! He mentioned, that his guitar has a quite hot pickup. How is the output of your pickup ?
Playability of that guitar was
perfect! I wish I had one.

[foner]

What’s the pickup on your B165 gitman?
Looks like a single coil on a humbucker casing…
Sounds fantastic!

[tbeltrans]

As much as we hear the guitar, we are hearing formidable technique in gitman's video! Well done, both Borys and gitman.

Tony

[gitman]

What’s the pickup on your B165 gitman?
Looks like a single coil on a humbucker casing…
Sounds fantastic!

that pickup is a humbucker-sized single coil from Kent Armstrong. I can pull up on the volume pot which switches to a second output tap (less winds > brighter tone) , very useful for comping.

[foner]

Thanks gitman, that’s very good to know. Myself, I take volume down for comping, I get a slightly more acoustic tone (desirable) but it also darkens the tone a bit (not so desirable), so this pickup sounds very interesting.

I’d second tbel: great technique!

Enjoy your Borys!

[skiboyny]

So happy to see that Roger is still churning out guitars. Nice to see you have your B155. Never knew that model existed. I'm sure it's great. I like the color, he's just got a great recipe.

Roger just informed me about a new B165 that is available. This is larger than the B120 , measuring 16.5 across lower bout. I took some measurements on my B165 and scale is 25” and sides are 2.875. If your interested reach out to Roger. I told him I would post this on the forum.

I played this last week when I picked up my B155 and it played effortlessly and sounded great. The price is $6500.

Attached is a pic.



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[skiboyny]

thanks for the heads up

(I can’t justify getting a Borys at the moment ….)

ps apart from them being superb instruments …. the light sunbursts are so beautiful ain’t they ?

would you show a picture of
your new B155 ?
I like to dream ….

You can! He won't be around forever! Find a way you won't be disappointed.

[QAman]

So happy to see that Roger is still churning out guitars. Nice to see you have your B155. Never knew that model existed. I'm sure it's great. I like the color, he's just got a great recipe.

Skiboy,
Great to hear from you and hope all is well. The B155 is a model I learned about during one of my visits to Rogers shop. I played a completed one and was impressed with the voice. At that time , he had two B155 raw bodies complete , so I picked one for my build. It’s a great guitar.


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