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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This morning we have an OM orchestra model heavily customized with Old Growth Mahogany sides/back, Moon Spruce top, Adirondack Advanced-X bracing with hot hide glue, 1-11/16” nut width, V neck profile, tortoise binding on the body, fingerboard and peghead, Blue Paua rosette and top border, Solid Square peghead, Brazilian Rosewood peghead overlay, Blue Paua Tree of Life peghead inlay with Mother of Pearl SCGC logo, Ebony bridge/end pins with Abalone dots, gold Waverly tuners with oval knobs, and a strap button. Setup with our SCGC Parabolic Low Tension strings. Just shipped to Down Home Guitars in Frankfort, IL! Reach out to Steve with any questions.
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This timeless example of an OM orchestra model was customized with 45,000 year old Ancient Kauri sides and back, German Spruce top, Cocobolo fingerboard, Cocobolo bridge, 2-1/4" bridge spacing, scalloped Adirondack Advanced-X bracing with hot hide glue, Cocobolo binding on the body, fingerboard and peghead, Cocobolo backstrip, Cocobolo rosette, purfle combo top border, Cocobolo peghead overlay, diamond and square long pattern fingerboard inlay, nickel Waverly tuners with Snakewood buttons. Setup with our SCGC Parabolic Low Tension strings. Just shipped to Eddie's Guitars in St. Louis, MO! Reach out to Matt with any questions.
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The Kauri must be from New Zealand right? Maybe salvaged from San Francisco?
Have a sound
Have a wonderful sound
Bob Belloff
| 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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