Sound Pure's Take

This Santa Cruz OM Grand isn't just a guitar; it's a powerful investment and a vibrant musical partner! Experience the lush, commanding voice delivered by the classic pairing of a Redwood top and resonant Indian Rosewood body, beautifully accented with Herringbone trim and a Zipper back stripe. Featuring deluxe Nickel Waverly tuners and a supremely comfortable V-shape neck, this acoustic beauty is built for serious players. This heirloom-quality guitar is ready to sing for generations!

From Santa Cruz Guitars

SCGC’s OM Grand is a bigger, lusher, louder sister to their extremely popular OM model.  In comparison, the OM Grand embodies the same elegance, only in increased quantity of volume, projection and bass.  More isn’t necessarily better, though in the context of a band’s competing acoustic instruments the ‘more’ of the OM Grand assures the guitar’s rightful dominance in the ensemble.

At the 2012 NAMM Show in Anaheim, SCGC’s longtime friend and dealer, Harry Tuft, asked Richard about building a special guitar to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of his shop, The Denver Folklore Center. In honor of this prestigious accomplishment, and the historical impact Harry’s shop has had on the folk movement in this country, Richard was thrilled to accept. Harry wanted a custom OM guitar with a larger body size for an increase in power in a body shape reminiscent of C.F. Martin’s historic 0000. Harry further customized his guitar to his playability needs and aesthetic values, including inlays commemorating his milestone 50th anniversary.

 

In preparing the templates for this new body size, Richard saw this enhanced sized OM as a fine addition to the stellar line-up of SCGC standard models, and the concept of the OM Grand was born.The strength of the OM Grand isn’t limited to sheer volume. In the sometimes restrained presence of solo fingerstyle playing, the inherent power of this guitar will generate a forceful bloom, requiring less effort with no loss of nuance.The best available tone woods are selected, voiced and tuned, as they are on all SCGC models. These include Indian Rosewood, responsibly harvested from the highest quality timbers, Sitka Spruce from British Colombia and premium Mahogany from sustainable resources.

Body

Wood Type: Indian Rosewood

Back Stripe: Zipper

Binding: Ivoroid

Side Purfling: None

Top

Wood Type: Redwood

Rosette: Herringbone

Purfling: Herringbone

Bracing/Voicing: Scalloped

Neck

Peghead: Solid Square

Peghead Binding: Ivoroid

Overlay Material: Ebony

Headstock Inlay: SCGC logo

Scale Length: 25.375

Neck Shape: V with Volute

Fingerboard: Side DotsBlack

Inlay: 2mm dots

Width at 14th Fret: 2-3/16

Binding: Ivoroid

Width at Nut: 1-3/4″

FinishType-Body: Clear

Type-Neck: Clear

Type-Top: Clear

Style-Body: Buffed

Style-Neck: Matte

Style-Peghead: Buffed

Setup

Pickguard: Tortoise – OM/H Shape

Tuners/gears: Nickel Waverly

Strings: Lights

Action: 3/2

Bridge Spacing: regular, 2-3/16″

Pick-Up: None

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