A maple/spruce cutaway flattop with an arched back, originally an early SCGC design explored beyond traditional flat-top construction.
Santa Cruz Guitar Co. ✓ Verified
Builds: Guitars · Est. 1976
Legendary acoustic guitar shop in California, known for custom builds, vintage tone, and meticulous luthiery.
Founder: Richard A. Hoover
Notable players
Tony RiceBrad PaisleyJanis IanColin HayJuanesBill NershiHappy TraumOtis TaylorCatfish KeithEric SkyeScott LawGretchen MennGreensky BluegrassThe Wailin' JennysDon Edwards
Notable gear
Guitars
View all 41 guitars →A 12-fret dreadnought with a slotted headstock, combining dreadnought power with 12-fret warmth for fingerstyle playing.
A vintage-recreation 14-fret herringbone dreadnought built from period-cut Brazilian rosewood and old-growth Adirondack spruce with hot hide glue.
A parlor/jumbo hybrid with more bass response than a typical parlor guitar, built from East Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce.
A fixed-spec signature dreadnought developed over 30+ years with flatpicking legend Tony Rice, voiced for fast, clear lead work.
An all-mahogany, 13-fret deep-body variant of the Otis Taylor signature model, voiced for growling trance-blues tone.
The full-size OOO version of the 1929 vintage-recreation series, built from master-grade mahogany with period-correct appointments.
A fixed-spec signature small jumbo built with singer-songwriter SONiA (Disappear Fear) for loud, well-separated strummed accompaniment.
A slightly larger-bodied OM variant for more bass response and volume while keeping OM-style comfort.