{"product_id":"santa-cruz-tunnel-13-om-preowned","title":"Santa Cruz OM 'Tunnel 13 Redwood \/ Indian Rosewood' Preowned 2021","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Santa Cruz OM is one of the finest and most tonally rewarding orchestra model guitars produced in Santa Cruz, California - and this example is a particularly rare and significant instrument, built with a Tunnel 13 Redwood top that places it firmly in the category of genuinely unrepeatable custom guitars. Tunnel 13 Redwood is one of the most celebrated and sought-after tonewoods in American acoustic guitar making - old-growth salvage redwood recovered from the timbers of the Tunnel 13 railway tunnel in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon, a structure built in the 1880s and demolished in the mid-twentieth century. The decades of drying and compression within the tunnel structure produce a tonewood of extraordinary density, stability, and tonal maturity - warm, complex, and organically resonant in a way that freshly cut redwood cannot replicate, with the natural sweetness and harmonic depth that old-growth salvage timber uniquely provides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIndian rosewood back and sides contribute deep bass response, rich overtones, and the brilliant, complex harmonic character that has made rosewood the benchmark back and sides material in fine acoustic guitar making for over a century. Adirondack braces bonded with hot hide glue, scalloped bracing, and a custom 2-1\/4\" bridge spacing optimised for fingerstyle playing complete the tonal specification. The custom appointment package - 42-style fingerboard inlay, tortoise body and fingerboard binding, 1929-style rosette, purfle combo top border, thin black back strip, script logo on an unbound peghead, ebony bridge and end pins with ivoroid dots - gives this OM a beautifully cohesive vintage aesthetic that is as considered and distinctive as the instrument's tonal character. Nickel Waverly tuners, V profile neck with volute, and SCGC low tension strings complete a guitar of exceptional provenance and tonal distinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis 2021-built guitar is in wonderful condition, with minor playwear and a perfect medium action. There's a small line of raised lacquer at the bridge from pressure over time, which has been checked over carefully by our luthier - it's non-structural and only visible when looking closesly, and we're confident that it presents no issue. Sonically, this guitar is a tour de force, and the Santa Cruz build quality and attention-to-detail is mind blowing. A true heirloom guitar in every sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTunnel 13 Redwood top - salvage old-growth redwood recovered from an 1880s Oregon railway tunnel - delivers a warm, organically resonant, and harmonically complex tonal character of extraordinary maturity that freshly cut tonewoods simply cannot replicate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndian rosewood back and sides with Adirondack braces bonded with hot hide glue and scalloped bracing contribute deep bass response, rich overtones, and the brilliant harmonic complexity that makes this tonewood pairing one of the most celebrated in fine acoustic guitar making.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustom 2-1\/4\" bridge spacing and 42-style fingerboard inlay reflect a specification tailored for the most demanding fingerstyle playing - wide string spacing for clarity and note separation, premium inlay for visual distinction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTortoise body and fingerboard binding, 1929-style rosette, purfle combo top border, thin black back strip, script logo on unbound peghead, and ebony bridge and end pins with ivoroid dots create a beautifully cohesive vintage aesthetic of genuine refinement.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNickel Waverly tuners, V profile neck with volute, clear top finish, and SCGC low tension strings reflect Santa Cruz's characteristic commitment to traditional materials, tonal purpose, and playing comfort throughout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch5 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel: Santa Cruz OM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody: Orchestra Model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop: Tunnel 13 Redwood (salvage old-growth)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack \u0026amp; sides: Indian rosewood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack strip: Thin black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBracing: Adirondack, scalloped, hot hide glue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRosette: 1929 style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop border: Purfle combo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody binding: Tortoise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck: V profile with volute\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFingerboard binding: Tortoise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFingerboard inlays: 42 style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFingerboard side dots: Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth at nut: 1-3\/4\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth at 14th fret: 2-3\/16\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge spacing: 2-1\/4\" (custom)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale length: 25.375\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeghead: Solid square, unbound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeghead overlay: Ebony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeghead logo: Script\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTuners: Nickel Waverly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge pins: Ebony with ivoroid dots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnd pin: Ebony with ivoroid dot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickguard: Tortoise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTop finish: Clear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack \u0026amp; sides finish: Clear\/buffed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck finish: Clear\/matte\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrings: SCGC low tension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectronics: None\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in: USA (Santa Cruz, California)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Santa Cruz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48431820243165,"sku":"CON12577","price":11499.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0367\/8045\/files\/0H3A7861_691b7935-8275-423a-ac05-fde9ea0c9404.jpg?v=1788501350","url":"https:\/\/www.acousticcentre.com.au\/products\/santa-cruz-tunnel-13-om-preowned","provider":"Acoustic Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}