Sound Pure's Take
The Santa Cruz H13 is a distinctive slotted-headstock OM that blends vintage inspiration with the refined craftsmanship and responsiveness for which Santa Cruz Guitar Company is known. Its Sitka spruce top and mahogany body produce a warm, focused voice with exceptional balance, clarity, and dynamic range, making it equally rewarding for fingerstyle playing and light to medium strumming. The standard V-shaped neck and pyramid bridge contribute to its old-world character, while the slotted headstock adds a touch of elegance and enhances the guitar's responsive feel. Finished with a beautiful Teardrop Sunburst top and tasteful ivoroid appointments, the H13 exudes understated sophistication. Warm, articulate, and incredibly expressive, it offers a unique voice that feels both vintage and timeless.
- Body Shape
- OM
- Back & Sides
- Mahogany
- Top Wood
- Sitka Spruce
- Soundhole Diameter
- 4"
- Rosette
- Ivoroid
- Bracing
- Sitka Spruce with Titebond
- Top Voicing
- Scalloped/Tapered
- Backstrip
- S29
- Body Binding
- Ivoroid
- Top Border
- S29
- Tail Strip
- Matching Backstrip
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck Profile
- Standard V
- Nut Width
- 1-3/4"
- Scale Length
- 25.375"
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay
- None
- Fingerboard Binding
- Ivoroid
- Headstock Shape
- Slotted
- Headplate
- Ebony
- Headstock Inlay
- Script Logo (Ivoroid)
- Headstock Binding
- Unbound
- Bridge
- Ebony Pyramid
- Bridge Spacing
- 2-3/16"
- Bridge Pins
- Ebony with Mother of Pearl Dots
- End Pin
- Ebony with Mother of Pearl Dot
- Tuners
- Waverly Nickel with Ivoroid Oval Knobs (4066)
- Pickguard Shape
- H13
- Pickguard Material
- Tortoise
- Finish
- Buffed
- Body Color
- Tobacco
- Top Color
- Teardrop Sunburst
- Neck Finish
- Matte
- Action
- 3/2
- Fret Wire
- Standard
- Strings
- SCGC Low-Tension
- Case
- SCG-H13S
- Weight
- 3lbs 8oz
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