A gorgeous, pre-loved 12-fret dread from Santa Cruz!
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Condition: Used, Very Good
You'd be hard-pressed to find many dreadnoughts that sound better and play easier than this Santa Cruz D-12. It screams old-school elegance, from the herringbone purfling and rosette to the slotted headstock with butterbean tuners, but the throwbacks don't stop with aesthetics. The 12-fret design with a shorter-scale, soft-V neck contributes to a classic sound and feel perfectly complementing the vintage look, and that timeless sound is naturally accentuated by the warm woodiness of those mahogany back and sides and rounded tone of the Sitka spruce top. Combined with a 1.75" nut width, you get an extremely versatile guitar that accommodates any playing style, from well-balanced strumming to delicate, expressive fingerpicking. The only facet pointing to a 21st-century guitar is the included LR Baggs system, allowing you to plug in and play with clarity and confidence from studio to stage.
SP Luthier Notes: Partial refret (7) and setup
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.
Model: D-12
Serial: 6134
Year: 2010
Body Wood: Mahogany
Body Finish: Clear/Buffed
Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
Top Finish: Tinted
Back Stripe: Zipper
Binding: Ivoroid
Side Purfling: None
Rosette: Herringbone
Top Purfling: Herringbone
Bracing/Voicing: Scalloped
Neck Finish: Clear/Matte
Width at Nut: 1 3/4"
Fingerboard: Ebony
Peghead: Slotted
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Overlay: Ebony
Headstock Inlay: SCGC Mini
Bridge: Ebony
Scale Length: Short Scale
Neck Shape: Round
Side Dots: White
Fingerboard Inlay: Long Diamond & Squares
Neck Width at 12th Fret: 2 3/16"
Fingerboard Binding: Black
Pickguard: Tortoise
Tuners: Nickel Waverly
Electronics: L.R. Baggs Anthem
Case: Hardshell
LR Baggs Presents Santa Cruz Guitar Company. This short film narrated by Richard Hoover, founder of Santa Cruz Guitar Company, documents the culture of their boutique lutherie and a mission to provide exceptional instruments for musicians that truly change the world.
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