"We are truly a custom shop, and pride ourselves on the ability to hand make any aspect of the guitar to meet the design and acoustic preferences of our customers and dealers. Our only limits are physics and good taste."
~ Richard Hoover
There's one word that sums up Santa Cruz acoustic guitars: tone.
Since 1976, Richard Hoover has been on an unending quest to build guitars that maximize tonal output, dynamic range and unsurpassed refinement and elegance.
Sustainable & Responsible
Downed trees, sunken logs, old tenements, building beams, master carpenter inventories… Santa Cruz finds the most resonant, best-sounding wood possible by responsible means. Tonal qualities improve with age due to the resins that crystallize once the wood is removed from a living tree. They use this secret to enable their new guitars to possess a legitimate vintage sound from the start.
Hand Voicing & Tap Tuning
Most modern guitars are assembled from pre-shaped parts which possess random frequencies that can cancel out overtones and limit sustain. No wonder you have to search for “the good one.” Santa Cruz employs the techniques of master violin luthiers to voice and tune by hand, manipulating the dimensions of the top and bracing. This creates consistent harmony, sustain and sophistication of complex tone on every instrument they build.
400 Guitars Per Year
At this modest number, Santa Cruz procures the top 1% of tonewoods and the world’s most passionate team of luthiers. Expertise and mastery can only be earned through practice, and their luthiers’ combined experience spans over a century. This solid foundation has enabled Santa Cruz guitar makers to become the best in the world at their specialties. Santa Cruz Guitar Company combines the timeless heritage of violin lutherie with a working camaraderie and ongoing symbiosis with some of the world’s top experts in acoustic science.
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