Celebrate 50 Years of Santa Cruz with this Lovely OM/PW
$5,805.00
The Santa Cruz OM/PW 50th Anniversary Guitar is a beautifully balanced acoustic that celebrates tradition with refined tone and elegance. Its solid Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood back and sides deliver a rich, articulate voice with shimmering highs, warm lows, and exceptional clarity across every note. The scalloped advanced X bracing enhances responsiveness, making it equally suited for delicate fingerstyle or confident strumming. A mahogany neck with a V profile offers a comfortable, familiar feel, while understated details like the violin purfle rosette add a touch of sophistication. Graceful, responsive, and deeply musical, this OM invites you to settle in and enjoy every moment of playing!
Given the opportunity to hear a truly sophisticated guitar, players experienced a paradigm shift in what they thought possible. This time-tested design ensures large bass response and overall volume. The Pre War design package is presented with understated and elegant appointments to emphasize master grade materials, tone and workmanship. Under the hood, the Pre War design package honors its pre-WWII predecessors with an advanced X and scalloped top bracing. The OM/PW's versatility and ergonomics lend great appeal for traditional picking styles and impressive rhythm work. Expect the predominant bass and throaty presence of the surviving pre-war antiques. Includes a unique 50th heel cap and interior label.
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.
Brand: Santa Cruz
Model: OMPW 50th Anniversary
Body Size: OM
Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce
Top Finish: Clear
Rosette: Violin Purfle Combo
Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
Bracing Pattern: Scalloped Advanced X
Back & Sides Material: Solid Indian Rosewood
Back & Sides Finish: Clear
Binding Material: Black
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Profile: V w/ Volute
Neck Joins Body At: 14th Fret
Scale Length: 25.375"
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay: 2mm Dots
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Tuning Machines: Nickel Waverly
Headstock Overlay Material: Rosewood
Headstock Inlay: SCGC Logo
Bridge Material: Ebony
Saddle Material: Bone
Pickguard: Tortoise
Case: Hardshell
Recommended Strings: Santa Cruz Low Tension
Country of Origin: United States
Weight: 4lbs 1oz
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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