This is about as good as it gets folks... A Santa Cruz D-45 Brazilian
Rosewood Back and Sides and German Spruce Top from the lovely year of
2000 - a rare USED Santa Cruz. A thing of beauty - and a tonal monster.
The
Dreadnought: the design that introduced boutique lutherie. In the early
1970s, it was the rare player who would consider any guitar smaller
than a dreadnought. Stellar players were handicapped by the traditional
D’s predominant bass and thin trebles. The strength of the typical
dreadnought guitar is in its power and volume, which are achieved by the
guitar’s large body size. The increased air space also gives the
instrument a predisposition to the bass range, an asset to some playing
styles, and a detriment to others.
The Santa Cruz D Model has a
unique tapered bracing, voiced to enhance the midrange and treble
without compromising the bass volume. This voicing gives the D Model a
more even balance and a greater versatility than traditionally braced
dreadnoughts. The Santa Cruz Guitar Company Dreadnought Model was
carefully conceived to accommodate the modern player’s need for
sophisticated balance with more substance in midrange and treble. To
deliver these qualities in the acceptable dreadnought-sized body
required a very non-traditional approach, as compared to the factory
offerings of the day. Using time-honored lutherie skills, SCGC created a
Trojan Horse – familiar on the outside, dangerous on the inside. SCGC’s
innovative D Model remains a mainstay of artists who require acoustic
volume without compromising the quality of higher frequencies.
Other specifications include:
- Quartersawn Old Growth Brazilian Rosewood back and sides
- German Spruce top
- Ivoroid/black/ivoroid peghead binding
- Brazilian peghead overlay
- Torch inlay on peghead
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2-1/4" width at 14th fret
- 2-5/16" bridge spacing
- V-shaped, fuller (1/16" deeper) neck profile with dart
- 45 (abalone) body, fingerboard and top inlays
- SCGC logo between 14th and 15th fret
- Extra 3-7/8” deep at neck and 4-7/8" deep at tail
- Tapered, advanced X bracing
- Scalloped tone bars
- Snowflakes in bridge feet
- Pickguard unattached
- Waverly gold tuners
- Hard Case
- Originally Built for Steve Swan
- Completed March, 2000
- #2749
For more information about this Santa Cruz instrument, please contact us.