Santa Cruz OM Grand 'Sitka Spruce / Mahogany' Preowned 2012

The Santa Cruz OM Grand is a bigger, lusher and more powerful version of Santa Cruz's acclaimed OM model, an enlarged body inspired by the C.F. Martin 0000 format that delivers the volume and projection of a dreadnought with the string-to-string balance and articulation the OM body shape is celebrated for. This 2012 example (serial OMG 006) is a custom build completed for Redwood Guitars, featuring a Sitka spruce top paired with mahogany back and sides, a tonewood combination that produces a warm, focused and beautifully balanced acoustic voice ideally suited to both fingerpicking and flatpicking. Adirondack bracing attached with hot hide glue enhances resonance, stiffness and long-term tonal development, while the wider 2-1/4 inch bridge spacing provides a generous, comfortable fingerstyle feel.

Custom appointments for this build include tortoise binding on the body, a custom Redwood Guitars rosette and top border, and gold Gotoh 510 tuners with black buttons, distinguishing this instrument from the standard OM Grand specification. The clean ebony fingerboard with no inlays gives the guitar a particularly refined, understated aesthetic, and a professionally-installed LR Baggs Lyric pickup system makes it ideal for a discerning player who wants the volume and presence of a large-body acoustic with the tonal clarity Santa Cruz is celebrated for, on stage or in the studio.

Features

• Enlarged OM Grand body delivers dreadnought-level volume and projection with OM-style balance and articulation.
• Solid Sitka spruce top paired with solid mahogany back and sides for a warm, focused acoustic voice.
• Adirondack bracing attached with hot hide glue enhances resonance, stiffness and long-term tonal development.
• Custom Redwood Guitars appointments including tortoise binding, a bespoke rosette and gold Gotoh 510 tuners.
• Professionally-installed LR Baggs Lyric pickup system delivers natural amplified tone for stage or studio.

Specs

• Model: Santa Cruz OM Grand (OMG 006)
• Year: 2012
• Body: OM Grand (16" lower bout, 4-3/8" deep)
• Top: Solid Sitka spruce
• Back & sides: Solid mahogany
• Bracing: Adirondack, hot hide glue
• Neck: Mahogany, V profile with volute
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Fingerboard inlays: None
• Bridge: Ebony
• Nut: Bone
• Saddle: Bone
• Nut width: 1-3/4"
• Bridge spacing: 2-1/4" (custom)
• Scale length: 25.375"
• Binding: Tortoise (custom)
• Rosette & top border: Custom Redwood Guitars specification
• Tuners: Gold Gotoh 510 with black buttons (custom)
• Finish: Clear buffed gloss
• Electronics: LR Baggs Lyric (professionally installed)
• Made in: USA (Santa Cruz, California)
• Colour: Natural