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Condition: Used, Good - Some minor playwear/scratching
This is an incredible guitar from Santa Cruz, technically a custom build this is an Arlen Roth model without the signature at the 12th fret. With East Indian RW on the back and sides with a Sitka top you get an OM with incredible balance across the frequencies thanks to the warmth from Sitka and the scoop that is heard from the Rosewood. This OM is powerful and can be used for more traditional fingerstyle and blues playing but thanks to it's tonewoods this is a no brainer if you want a comfortable medium sized guitar that has a bit more power and a wider tonal pallette than a traditional OM would have.
Watch & listen
In this video, Sound Pure acoustic guitar specialist Barrett Brooks, describes and demonstrates a used Santa Cruz Custom OM/AR Acoustic (Serial #4349). This guitar features a sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood body.
From Santa Cruz Guitars
It is almost impossible to not have heard Arlen Roth’s stunning guitar work. His discography includes contributions to many of the world’s top guitar players and recording artists. Arlen’s debut album won the Montreux Critics Choice Award in 1978. He’s the coach behind Ralph Macchio in Crossroads and his current work with Levon Helm covers an impressive spectrum of styles. In his signature model, versatility was Arlen’s top requirement, an instrument that would be exemplary for fingerstyle or flatpicking lead work. The same instrument needed to be capable of jazz phrasings or a classical repertoire. The adaptability of our OM made it the perfect foundation for this signature guitar. The specially selected vintage Sitka Spruce soundboard on the finest old Indian Rosewood body is treated with an elegant amber sunburst fade and trimmed in Tortoise and Ivoroid binding. This hot rod instrument is voiced for an even EQ with power beyond expectations. This is a guitar that can handle it all and look great doing it.
2011
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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