The Santa Cruz Founder Collection honors 50 years of craftsmanship by returning to the models that helped define the company’s voice. Built with a clear focus on tradition, musicality, and refinement, the Founder Collection highlights the core Santa Cruz designs that continue to resonate with players today.

This OM is a beautifully balanced example of that philosophy. With Indian rosewood back and sides paired with a Sitka spruce top, it offers a warm, articulate voice with impressive depth and clarity. Scalloped Sitka bracing helps give the guitar a lively, responsive feel, making it equally at home for fingerstyle, flatpicking, and accompaniment. Classic details like herringbone trim, ivoroid binding, an ebony fingerboard and bridge, and Waverly tuners complete the build with a timeless Santa Cruz look and feel.

Elegant, versatile, and unmistakably musical, this Founder Collection OM delivers the kind of balance and tonal richness that has made Santa Cruz one of the most respected names in acoustic guitars.

Top: Sitka Spruce

Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood

Neck: Mahogany

Body Binding: Ivoroid

Fingerboard Binding: Ivoroid

Peghead Binding: Ivoroid

Bridge: Ebony, Regular Style

Fingerboard: Ebony

Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with Mother of Pearl Dots

Nut: Bone

Saddle: Bone

Neck Profile: V Neck with Volute

Peghead Profile: Solid Square

Frets: Standard Fret Wire

Peghead Veneer: Ebony

Tuners: Waverly Nickel with Nickel Oval Knobs

Backstrip: Zipper

Rosette: Herringbone

Scale Length: 25.375"

Bracing Material: Sitka Spruce with Titebond

Brace Pattern: Scalloped

Body Finish: Clear

Neck Finish: Matte

Pickguard: Tortoise OMPW

Strings: SCGC Low-Tension

Case: SCG-OMS