Santa Cruz Style 1 Custom - Figured Mahogany/Mahogany (NEW)

This custom Santa Cruz Style 1 guitar, with a gorgeous figured mahogany top and mahogany back and sides, sounds so big! Wonderful clarity and warmth, without the honkyness that sometimes characterizes small all mahogany guitars, this instrument is versatile and sweet, with plenty of bass and great balance. And it's not just for blues... And check out that figured top - spectacular!  This was also customized with adirondack bracing and hot hide glue construction, beautiful maple bindings and an abalone rosette.  Here is Santa Cruz's description of the Style 1:

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.