Maker
Santa Cruz Guitar Company
United States boutique acoustic guitar maker
Santa Cruz Guitar Company is a United States boutique, custom, or luthier-led acoustic guitar maker.
Models
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Santa Cruz Tony Rice
Steel-string guitar · United States
The Tony Rice signature model is a dreadnought developed over decades of collaboration between flatpicker Tony Rice and Santa Cruz founder Richard Hoover. It is voiced for substantial treble and midrange for lead playing with clean note separation and traditional bass, built with Indian rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top.
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Santa Cruz D
Steel-string guitar · United States
The D Model is Santa Cruz Guitar Company dreadnought, built with tapered bracing voiced to enhance midrange and treble without sacrificing bass, giving more even balance than a traditionally braced dreadnought. The standard configuration uses a Sitka spruce top with Indian rosewood back and sides.
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Santa Cruz OM
Steel-string guitar · United States
The OM is Santa Cruz Guitar Company Orchestra Model, a mid-sized guitar based on the 1920s OM design that the company was among the first modern builders to reintroduce in the early 1980s. It delivers clean, loud mid-range and trebles complemented by a slightly predominant bass, and is offered with extensive no-charge custom options.
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Categories
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Acoustic Guitars
Acoustic steel-string and nylon-string guitars, guitar model families, and related variants.
Representative model
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Santa Cruz Tony Rice
Steel-string guitar · United States
The Tony Rice signature model is a dreadnought developed over decades of collaboration between flatpicker Tony Rice and Santa Cruz founder Richard Hoover. It is voiced for substantial treble and midrange for lead playing with clean note separation and traditional bass, built with Indian rosewood back and sides and a Sitka spruce top.