Santa Cruz Style 1 Indian Rosewood Moon Spruce

SCGC's ability to achieve surprisingly high volume and presence in a smaller instrument gives the Style 1 a strong position in the contemporary guitarist's repertoire!

This compact guitar features a combination of Indian Rosewood for the body and beautifully bright Moon Spruce for its top. This combination of tonewoods gives this guitar an exceptionally rich and full character, while also greatly enhancing its appearance. In that regard, don't forget to take a look at the stunning Rope purfling and rosette!

What makes this 12-fret Santa Cruz truly stand out is its ability to effortlessly render the subtleties of solo fingerstyle playing. The inherent power of this guitar results in a full yet subdued sound that is effortless to produce, without sacrificing nuance.

To properly place the Santa Cruz Style 1 within the guitar landscape, it is necessary to recount the history of the SCGC PJ guitar. Until the end of the 19th century, the parlor body was the highest form of the art of guitar building; it was the optimal format 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 volume.

Among the body shapes introduced later was the Size 1, a relatively large guitar for its time. However, it is a small step to the present, where this design is very suitable for modern fingerstyle. Santa Cruz Guitar Company's interpretation of this beautiful instrument is an answer to players' demand for this traditionally beautiful-sounding guitar. SCGC's ability to achieve surprisingly high volume and presence in a smaller instrument gives the Style 1 a strong position in the contemporary guitarist's repertoire.

This instrument has been carefully inspected for originality, condition and playability, then set up to our Gold Standard by a luthier. We make sure it arrives in your hands exactly as it should: sounding its best, playing effortlessly and ready to be enjoyed from the very first note.