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The rs is code for roy smeck, who was the biggest guitar hotshot of the 1930s and endorsed gibson 12fret dreadnoughts with big meaty necks, flush frets and a straight saddle all designed for hawaiianstyle playing. A totally unique scgc 12 string guitar sporting a truly spectacular m. Feb 20, 2006 the santa cruz dpw is by far one of the best values your money can buy. Acoustic guitar strings free delivery possible on eligible purchases.
H models santa cruz guitars have a wide range of classic h model acoustic guitars such as sonia, otis taylor chicago, and h to name a few. This lovely 00 size santa cruz acoustic guitar features a 12fret mahogany neck, solid adirondack spruce top, and striking brazilian rosewood back and sides. They offer a wide range of models and have a long list of custom options and tone woods to choose from. Santa cruz guitars down home guitars fine acoustic. Santa cruz 00 skye adirondackcocobolo acoustic guitar demo. An abundantly stocked guitar shop in santa cruz, california. Santa cruz parabolic tension acoustic guitar strings low. In that time hoover has gone from a struggling journeyman to the leader of a crew of a dozen skilled builders who produce almost guitars a year. Since bluedog guitars owner jenn got her new brazilian rosewood wee. The brilliantly crafted santa cruz guitar company thirtyfour d brings to life the ever sought after prewar herringbone dreadnought. Add brazilian rosewood and european spruce to the mix and you get the.
Eric skye demonstrates his 00size santa cruz signature model. By 1976 his focus was on the modern steel string guitar. It occurred to us to wonder, given rices association with santa cruz, whether that guitar might have played a role in the creation of this one. Santa cruz means the best of the best when it comes to guitars. Santa cruz, california is a place that has become a hub for some of the finest luthiers in the world, many of whom started their lutherie journeys working at santa cruz guitar company. Santa cruz was among the first modern builders to reintroduce this now smaller bodied favorite at the beginning of the eighties.
Santa cruz 1929 00 natural sapele acoustic guitar with hard case. Ive ever seen on a new guitar, with deep color, even grain, and perfect bookmatching. Santa cruz strings require precise core to wrap ratios and precision fit and finish for unprecedented tolerances of one half of one thousandths of an inch. Santa cruz guitars 00 acoustic guitar serial num 240 played at sound pure studios. Repairs, acoustic, electric, effects pedals, ukuleles and more at midtown guitar company. As what i have checked out, in the beginning, santa cruz guitar company was having an issue in terms of producing less than 800 instruments a year. Ef8559, fender jazzmaster, 195761, preproduction 1957 jazzmaster body with same dimensions as first production jazzmasters, 1961 neck with vulcanized fiberboard fingerboard an experimental fingerboard material typically used for pickup bobbins one of only two known examples with this fingerboard, the first fender instrument to feature custom.
One of the nicest custom pieces weve seen from santa cruz in a while. Santa cruz 00skye adirondackcocobolo acoustic guitar from santa cruz slotted headstock oo size guitar with a 24. For richard hoover, it will be 40 years since he first dissected and rebuilt his harmony guitar. Founded in 1976 by richard hoover, santa cruz guitar company is still as much a custom shop as it ever was. An acoustic guitar doesnt rely on electronics to make sound. About live music sambassa brazilian jazz trio enjoy the music over dinner or drinks or both. Santa cruz guitars is a product of that drive, offering consistently masterbuilt acoustic instruments, including traditional dreadnaught and om styles fit for bluegrass or fingerpicking. The business does not have an official quality department, nor has it purposely attempted to use tqm principles. Acoustic guitar senior editor scott nygaard demonstrates the santa cruz 00 1929. Dana bourgeois is legend in the business and has pioneered many building techniques. Utilizing both state of the art and old school technology scgc produces guitars that are a favorite of both touring pros and tone junkies alike.
Founded in 1976, the santa cruz guitar company brought boutique guitar making to the forefront of the steel string guitar business. Their complex sound derives from dovetail neck joints, nitro lacquer finishes, tap tuning, premium hardware, and more. Utilizing both state of the art and old school technology scgc produces guitars that are outstanding. With the use of old growth brazilian rosewood, adirondack spruce and hot hide glue this guitar is truly worthy of its name. Brazilian rosewood acoustic guitars eddies guitars. Built upon the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, each of their luthiers have become masterful in their current specialty and collectively embody nearly two hundred years of expertise. Paraphrased from the santa cruz company santa cruz guitar s new fire fly model is the actualization of a traveling session aces dream. Dreadnought guitars delivering a bolder, richer, and often louder tone with its much larger body, the dreadnought stands as the most common for acoustic guitars. Santa cruz ooo custom acoustic guitar played by carl. Late night while you wait 2011 santa cruz f brazilian italian lbs. Santa cruz guitar company free essays, term papers. Bookshop is usually open 363 days of the year and has only closed once before, due to the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. Jun 17, 2009 in fact, this guitar sounds remarkably like whites guitar, now played and curated by flatpicking maestro tony rice. Founded in 1972, elderly instruments started as a small store with a handful of instruments.
The new hardshell case, by the way, is the deluxe ameritage with scgc badge that now comes standard with a tony rice pro, but it wasnt the case that came with this one in 1999. Santa cruz guitars interested in building your custom santa cruz with us. Find your santa cruz guitar at eddies guitars today by setting up an appointment. Santa cruz tony rice professional adirondack spruce and brazilian rosewood. When the santa cruz guitar company began building oms in the early 1980s. This instruments design pays homage to the simple and elegant instruments made for players enduring the great depression of 1929. Based in santa cruz, california richard and his crew produce some of the finest acoustic guitars in the world.
It wasnt until the late 80s and early 90s when the tree would see its first serious use in guitars, thanks to pioneering luthiers like tom ribbecke and richard hoover owner of santa cruz guitars. This is well and truly one of the finest instruments weve seen in our time representing santa cruz guitars, built to an unbelievable specification with a selection of the rarest and most beautiful tone woods and materials available. Guild acoustic guitars, guitar design, guitar chords, bass, music instruments. He spans the range of acoustic music from bluegrass to jazz and even singer songwriter folk. Home guitars santa cruz page 1 of 1 guitars acoustic flattop guitars archtop baritone guitars bass guitars brazilian rosewood classical nylon string electric guitars gypsy jazz gibson les pauls lefthanded guitars on hold 0 and 00 guitars 12 string guitars resonators sold specials stolen guitars. The holy grail of tone woods, see for yourself why this has been the choice for builders for centuries. Ever since they began in 1976, richard hoover and santa cruz guitar company have been making world class instruments that are second to none in tone, playability, and craftsmanship. In 2006, the santa cruz guitar company will celebrate its 30th anniversary. Santa cruz guitars uk best selection of santa cruz. Prior to 2019, sitka spruce was the standard top wood, but now this model comes available with a long list of custom options, including various top woods, that can be added for no additional charge. One of our best selling santa cruz guitar products, santa cruz guitar is a superior santa cruz guitar that not only looks fantastic but also has great price 0. Build with all old growth tone woods, this isnt like the old stuff, it is the old stuff. During this national health crisis, bookshop santa cruz will be closed to the public but will remain open with curbside pickup 10am6pm daily and online ordering 247.
Dec 29, 2011 this is a santa cruz 000 custom brazilian rosewood with a mastergrade sitka top. Shop quality guitars santa cruz midtown guitar company. Bourgeois guitars are some of the finest boutique acoustic guitars in the world. Many other songs and songbooks are available on our website at the linksukulele groups pages. Of course when you put all three together, the result is more gorgeous than any one elementthis 2004 santa cruz slope d sings like a throaty angel from another world. Santa cruz vintage southerner acoustic guitar played by. New listing santa cruz fc 950 one of one brazilian. Sf bay area musical instruments by owner craigslist. Bookshop santa cruz your independent bookseller since 1966. An orchestra model built with spectacular brazilian rosewood. Santa cruz 1934 d old growth brazilian rosewood and adirondack spruce santa cruz guitar company.
The santa cruz guitar company is an american manufacturer of acoustic guitars, located in santa cruz, california. It features custom inlays by the now famous larry robinson, done completely by hand. Summer namm 10 santa cruz guitar om, f custom, 1929 oo, and 1934 d. Richard hoover invites you to watch this short film by lr baggs, which documents the culture of scgcs small production lutherie and mission to provide musicians with exceptional instruments that truly change the world. The historical precedent for this classic shape was the gibson nick lucas special from the 1920s and 30s, the one bob dylan holds in early photos. Sambassa with nylon string guitar steel drumspercussion and vocals bob basa on nylon string guitar, steve robertson on percussionvocals, and timo guttierez on steel drum, vocals and percussion. Santa cruz guitars are based on timetested traditions and fine tone wood designs. This new santa cruz guitars 192900 12fret custom is in flamed maple with a. This hardworking instrumentalist has gained a loyal following both as a dramatic and expressive live performer and an indemand acoustic guitar instructor both in oregon and in the online music community. The detail on the inlaid butterflies is nothing short of amazing. Santa cruz guitar company the north american guitar. Bursting at the seams with energy and baked in a bundle of bad attitude, this is the sound of rock in 2015. This oneofakind guitar was commissioned by a collector fond of early santa cruz instruments. They provide a rich sound that is suitable for beginners and experts without the need of an amp.
The santa cruz 1934d brazilian is the pinnacle dreadnought. Premium appointments include brazilian rosewood binding and soundhole rosette with herringbone top purfling, a slotted headstock with brazilian rosewood overlay a. Richard hoover began building guitars and carvedtop mandolins in 1972. Santa cruz makes a prewar guitar in 2009 and we get to play with it. Eddies guitars offers a huge selection of premium brazilian rosewood guitars. Pre war d28 style collings or santa cruz the gear page. Guitar amp, cool guitar, learn guitar chords, thing 1, light music, beautiful guitars. Tony rice stands amongst the greatest guitar players ever, regardless of musical genre. Between the dark sunburst adirondack spruce top, the brazilian rosewood back and sides, and the 12fret neck, its hard to tell which is more attractive. Enter discount code immc15 at checkout excludes all ex demo ex display b stock products. Santa cruz parabolic tension strings are currently available for sale at chicago music exchange while our shop is closed due to the home isolation mandate issued by santa cruz county. Our practice of combining the most desirable attributes of old and new, rather than copying, made for a very successful introduction of the santa cruz guitar company to a whole new audience.
From hard to find vintage examples to top end contemporary luthiers our selection of brazilian rosewood guitars is unmatched. Richard hoover of santa cruz guitars fretboard journal. See the dedication founder richard hoover puts in to every instrument. Santa cruz 1934 d guitar brazilian rosewood dreadnought id. Santa cruz guitars down home guitars fine acoustic instruments. Paraphrased from the santa cruz company santa cruz guitars new fire fly model is the actualization of a traveling session aces dream.
These luthiers, and others, were crucial to popularizing the tree within the guitar building community. Portland based jazz guitarist eric skye was named by 20th century guitar magazine as one of the best rising stars of the american acoustic jazz scene. Eddies guitars features a variety of santa cruz acoustic guitars. Over 40 years later, weve grown into one of the worlds most respected sellers of new, used, and vintage fretted instruments. Santa cruz strings are engineered to do what others cannot, to put the exact tension on each individual string to create the appropriate download pressure. The brazilian is used on the back, sides, fretboard, bridge and headstock. Master grade brazilian rosewood back and sides cut in the 1930s and an old growth adirondack spruce top with hide glue construction is the powerhouse combination and is what this is all about. Escher inspired fretboard and peghead inlay by larry robinson and beautiful german spruce top with old growth brazilian rosewood back and sides, all bound in ivoroid and abalone 45 style inlay. Below are the standard specifications for this particular model. Live music sambassa brazilian jazz trio at little owl. The santa cruz rs is an interesting take on the 12fret dreadnought.
Recently the company introduced a true acoustic bass, and it continues to build signature models for arlen roth, bob brozman, ian janis, and tony rice. This sweet 00 from santa cruz features the reverence, mystique and superior tonal and visual quality only premium master grade brazilian rosewood can give. After more than 40 years in business, richard hoover and santa cruz guitar co. Located in lewiston, maine bourgeois guitars builds only about 350 guitars a year.
F models santa cruz ftc guitar, awarded guitar of the year by acoustic magazine, 2016 is an example showcasing f models to be a type of guitar above the rest. Santa cruz 00skye adirondackcocobolo acoustic guitar. The company was started in 1976 by luthier richard hoover, who is reputed to have trained some of the most accomplished contemporary luthiers in his workshop, and investors bruce ross and william davis. Buy santa cruz parabolic tension acoustic guitar strings low tension. Santa cruz om custom acoustic guitar, 2020 namm special. Santa cruz guitars shop electric guitars, acoustic guitar, amps. Santa cruz guitar company wishes you all good health and happiness. Santa cruz 00 custom premium brazilian rosewood and european spruce. Santa cruz nomad carbon size large excellent truck vid brostet, ryggen och pa armarna. The company was started in 1976 by luthier richard hoover, who is reputed to have trained some of the most accomplished contemporary luthiers in. Santa cruz brad paisley signature pre war model dreadnought acoustic guitar demo. We are delighted to be representing santa cruz guitar company here at the north american guitar.
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