Santa Cruz Guitars

 

 
 
 
Santa Cruz Guitar

 
       Richard Hoover has been crafting the "creme de la creme" of flattop steel-string guitars in California for over 20 years. His attention to detail coupled with an array of stunning aesthetic appointments set Santa Cruz Guitars apart from the competition. A well defined bass register in conjunction with complex "shimmer" overtones in the high end make these instruments some of the most responsive we've ever had the pleasure to play.

 
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Santa Cruz Dreadnought guitar Santa Cruz FS guitar Santa Cruz model H guitar Santa Cruz OM guitar Santa Cruz Tony Rice guitar Santa Cruz Vintage Artist guitar
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Tony Rice Model
  • reproduction of Tony's legendary 30's D-28 owned by Clarence White 
  • huge bass response of prewar Martin but with enhanced mids and highs 
  • herringbone trim 
  • advanced scalloped bracing 
  • rosewood bk & sides 
Santa Cruz DH Custom Guitar
 
Santa Cruz Model D
  • shallower body and unique tapered bracing system voiced to enhance midrange and treble to make a more balanced response dreadnought 
  • Indian rosewood back and sides 
Vintage Artist Model D 
  • as used by Doc Watson 
  • "advanced" pre war scalloped X brace 
  • meticulous attention to "top voicing" yields deep bass while maintaining good distinction and clarity 
12 Fret Dreadnaught
  • slotted head 
  • larger body w/more air volume produces powerful and articulate instrument 
  • "pattern" grade mahogany sides and back imparts snap and clarity to tone as used by Norman Blake
Santa Cruz H13 Guitar
Santa Cruz H Model
  • small but deep body makes this model a favourite of fingerstylists who need more volume and punch 
  • available with spruce top and rosewood back and sides or koa top, back and sides 
  • this model is one of the nicest sounding and looking parlour sized guitars we've ever come across!
Santa Cruz Model F
  • completely even response between treble, mids and bass makes this possibly the most versatile of all models 
  • spruce top 
  • rosewood back and sides 
  • 15.95" across lower bout! 
Santa Cruz Model F Guitar
Santa Cruz Model FS
  • same body shape as the Model F but with shorter scale and cedar top to make it more of a contemporary fingerstyle instrument 
  • top voiced for extra clarity needed for open tunings 
  • rosewood back and sides 
  • brazilian rosewood binding with cobalt blue purflings 

 
 
 
 
Santa Cruz Brozman guitar
Bob Brozman Baritone

 

     The Bob Brozman Baritone model is the ultimate guitar for blues, Hawaiian slack-key, world guitar styles, and any kind of open tuning fingerstyle music. The 27" long neck scale length creates a whole new voice in guitar music. The curved back and sides are designed to bring out the upper mid-range and treble response. The active slightly arched top bracing provides more immediate attack and cleaner, more controllable sustain and decay of each note. These unique features, combined with figured koa back and sides, German spruce top, and Santa Cruz's extremely high standards, deliver a volume, presence and tone unheard of in contemporary acoustic guitars.


 
 
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