Santa Cruz is a famous American handmade guitar manufacturer, abbreviated as SCGC, known as the Lamborghini of the guitar world. SCGC does not position itself as a traditional guitar factory, but as a private custom shop, and they have spent years building up a very comprehensive custom catalog, with options ranging from wood types, beam construction, body inlays and edging, neck and headstock design, etc., which is why SCGC's production is also low in the field of handmade guitars, producing only about 1,000 guitars per year.
The temperature and humidity in the SCGC studio are strictly controlled, which makes the SCGC guitar extremely stable and able to withstand all kinds of harsh environments. For a long time, SCGC has established cooperative relations with many star artists in Europe and the United States, and its playing styles have also tended to be diversified, including the famous bluegrass master Tony Rice, folk singer Brad Paisley, fingerstyle player Eric Skye, etc.
SCGC's barrel types are mainly divided into Baritone type, OM type, D type, F type, and H type, among which OM type, D type, and H type are the most classic and best-selling models. Even if it is the same model, the SCGC guitar will be different due to different configurations, and the price is more than 30,000 yuan, which is aimed at high-end guitar enthusiasts.
The OM guitar has always played an important role in the history of music and the development of the guitar, first used in orchestral playing, known for its powerful volume and wide applicability, and its users ranged from pick-player James Nash to John Mayer and Elvis Costello, and SCGC was one of the first brands in the modern luthier industry to reintroduce the OM guitar into the mainstream. SCGC's OM guitar is one of the masterpieces, with clear and clean note clarity, powerful mids and highs, and just the right amount of low frequencies, perfect for gamers with fingerstyle play.
Bluegrass guitar playing is an offshoot of the country fingerstyle style, characterized by hard, fast rhythms and high, dense harmonies, and the SCGC created its signature model for the famous bluegrass musician Tony Rice, which also became the classic D-shape. After more than 30 years of working together to create the Tony Rice signature model, which has a clear note separation and better accentuation of the midrange and treble, it is suitable for country fingerstyle and especially bluegrass musicians.
The SCGC has also won a good response in the small H-body market, while the traditional folk guitar generally has the neck connected to the body at the 14th fret, while the SCGC H13 is connected to the body from the 13th fret, which allows the guitar to maintain a long effective string length, while deepening the body thickness, bringing greater volume and low frequency response. The H13 has less string tension and is extremely easy to drive, making it ideal for playing some blues music with a lot of push and tick strings.
SCGC has a number of agents and distributors, both online and offline purchase channels, and can also provide consulting and customized services in China, and Santa Cruz is a good choice for those who want to experience the unique charm of handmade box pianos.
