Welcome to Santa Cruz Guitar Company
Founded in 1976, the Santa Cruz Guitar Company brought boutique guitar making to the forefront of the steel string guitar business. Richard Hoover invites you to watch this short film by LR Baggs, which documents the culture of SCGC’s small production lutherie and mission to provide musicians with exceptional instruments that truly change the world.
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Custom D Model dreadnought featuring Indian Rosewood sides/back, Adirondack Spruce top, 1-3/4" nut width, tapered Adirondack Advanced X bracing with hot hide glue, diamond and square short pattern fingerboard inlay, nickel Waverly tuners. Setup with our SCGC Parabolic Mid Tension strings. Just shipped internationally to The Acoustic Centre in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia! Reach out to Ryan if interested.
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Beautiful Dred.
Folks in Australia just scored a huge beautiful WIN!!! Oh yes!!!
Bellissima
Custom OM orchestra model featuring Mahogany sides/back, Sitka Spruce top, scalloped Sitka bracing, Ivoroid binding on the body, fingerboard and peghead, zipper back strip, herringbone rosette and top border, SCGC logo inlay in the peghead, nickel Waverly tuners. Setup with our SCGC Parabolic Low Tension strings. Just shipped to Rudy's Music in New York City, NY! Reach out to Stephanie with any questions!
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Been looking for a great mahogany OM or OM Grand......Well....hello there! Outstanding!!!
Superb
| She is a stunner. Tuned her up to pitch and I don’t know how to say this. She has made every other guitar in my collection weep. I own some mighty fine instruments, two of your OMs, a Collings OM, a Bourgeois D Vintage Heirloom, a Huss and Dalton TD-R. This 1934 D feels and sounds like it’s in a class of its own. I am so grateful to your shop’s attention to detail and craftsmanship. I’ve played a few Brazilian backed guitars in the past (Martin, Taylor and Bourgeois) and can appreciate the tonal difference between Brazilian and East Indian rosewood. Brazilian just sounds so much sweeter, has a more balanced sound, and more controlled and pleasing overtones than East Indian. However none of the other Brazilian guitars inspired me to pay the extra money for them, and those guitars were half the price of the 1934 D. Santa Cruz isn’t just using Brazilian rosewood in the 1934D, they’re using the real deal old growth Brazilian. “The Good Stuff” as they say. This guitar took the positives I heard from the other BRW guitars, and turned up the dial to 11. This is truly a lifer. Heirloom quality both in aesthetics and in sound. What is amazing is that this was just finished by your shop earlier this year, so it’s “the worst it is ever going to sound” right now, and it’s already the best guitar I’ve ever played. It will only open up and sound more amazing in the years to come! |
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