A custom-ordered Arlen Roth model!
This one is sold. Don't miss the next one. Some things never even make it to the site so stay up to date on our used collection.
We get in many oddities, rare and vintage products, most of which go fast. If you're on the hunt for something specific, something unique, or something priced right, let us notify you on our used collection before the items even hit the site.
Want to know if one lands?
Notify MeWant to discuss what's coming?
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.
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.
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.
Interested in building your custom Santa Cruz with us? Email us at acoustics@soundpure.com, or call us at (919) 682-5552! Richard Hoover began building guitars and carved-top mandolins in 1972. By 1976 his focus was on the modern steel string guitar. The task of becoming a master at all aspects of guitar making is a lifelong pursuit, and Richard has patiently refined his craftsmanship and knowledge as his company has grown. It was and is Richard's intent to translate his skills and sensitivities as an individual builder to an exceptional team of craftspeople, each of whom could become an expert in their specialty. Richard's style of allowing his craftspeople to interpret his vision has propelled Santa Cruz Guitar Company to the forefront of modern guitar making. Each Santa Cruz guitar receives an extraordinary amount of individual attention due to our "bench style" of building, which necessitates that each worker not only perform his own specialty, but also review the work of those who have completed stages before him. Over half of all the instruments that we build are custom orders, reflecting to a high degree the personality and unique playing needs of the buyer. Every guitar top is graduated and tuned by hand to attain maximum resonance and sustain, ensuring a high level of consistency of sound within each standard model line as well as the ability for custom voicing. The balance, tone, volume, and response of a Santa Cruz guitar are established before the guitar is strung. By limiting the number of instruments built, we can practice a style of lutherie born from a genuine love of the guitar, as opposed to a production line approach that might favor greater numbers at the expense of our attention to detail. We believe that our approach ensures that every Santa Cruz guitar is exceptional. Our intent is to create a uniquely sophisticated instrument that will inspire and challenge its owner throughout a lifetime.
2011
Serial Number: 4349
Bold = Custom Appointments
BODY
Wood Type: Indian Rosewood
Back Stripe: None
Binding: Tortoise w/ Ivoroid
Side Purfling: Violin Purfling
TOP
Wood Type: Sitka Spruce
Rosette: Violin Purfle Combo
Purfling: B/W/B Violin
Bracing/Voicing: Adirondack Braces w/ Hot Hide Glue
NECK
Peghead: Solid Square
Peghead Binding: Tortoise w/ Ivoroid
Overlay Material: Brazilian Rosewood
Headstock Inlay: SCGC
Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
Neck Shape: V w/ Volute
FINGERBOARD
Side Dots: White
Inlay: None
Width at 14th Fret: 2 3/16"
Binding: Tortoise w/ Ivoroid
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
FINISH
Top: Arlen Sunburst
Back & Sides: Clear/Buffed
Neck: Clear/Matte
SETUP
Pickguard: Tortoise
Tuners/Gears: Nickel Open-back
DIMENSIONS
Body Depth: 3.25-4.25"
Number of Frets: 21
Frets Clear of the Body: 14
Lower Bout: 15.25"
Waist: 9.25"
Upper Bout: 11.25"
Case: Original Santa Cruz Hardshell
© Sound Pure LLC 2024. All Rights Reserved.
919-682-5552