Bouvier was the brand name of Dennis Bourke - a guitarist and recording engineer. Bourke had worked with Michael Tobais to source Corian to use for the nuts of his basses. Bourke formed Bouvier to explore the use of Corian for body-tops of electric guitars and basses, with the idea that Corian was a more consistent and hard wearing material than wood. Bouvier instruments had a 1/4" Corian top on a wooden body with a standard wooden neck. Bouvier guitars and basses were available from around 1998 to 2000.