Santa Cruz Style 1 Custom - German Bearclaw Spruce

A Cannon of a Parlor with Good Looks to Boot! Featuring a GORGEOUS Bearclaw Spruce top.

This guitar is finished in "Buttered Toast," something I think suits this guitar really well. Why? This thing cuts like a hot knife through...well, you know the rest. The volume of this small bodied guitar is something I'd easily put against any of our full sized dreadnoughts or jumbos, and on top of that the playing feel is just lovely, thanks in part to the excellent craftsmanship of our friends at Santa Cruz.

To properly introduce the Santa Cruz Style 1, it is necessary to echo the historic positioning of the SCGC PJ guitar.  The parlor-style body was the pinnacle of the art of guitar making up until the late 19th century. This was the optimal size for tonal perfection. The reason guitars got bigger was to make them louder. With amplification and modern recording techniques, we can once again embrace sound quality over sound quantity.

The original body shapes of the fledgling C.F. Martin & Co. included the Size 1, a relatively large guitar for the era. Fast-forward to the new millennium where this design is very well suited for contemporary fingerstyle techniques. Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s interpretation of this wonderfully sized instrument is in response to players’ demands for this traditionally sweet sounding guitar. SCGC’s ability to achieve surprising volume and presence in a smaller-bodied instrument gives the Style 1 a solid position in the contemporary guitarist’s repertoire.

Model: Style 1 Custom

Serial Number: 398

Top: Bearclaw Spruce

Back/Sides: Indian Rosewood

Finish: Buttered Toast

Neck Profile: Soft V

Fretboard: Ebony

Fretboard Radius: 14"

Nut Width: 1 3/4"

Scale Length: 24.75

Case: Hardshell; Santa Cruz