Santa
Cruz Guitar Company founder Richard Hoover
" Each Santa Cruz guitar receives an extraordinary amount of individual
attention due to our "bench style" of building, which necessitates
that each worker not only perform his own specialty, but also review the
work of those who have completed stages before him. Over half of all the
instruments that we build are custom orders, reflecting to a high degree
the personality and unique playing needs of the buyer. Every guitar top
is graduated and tuned by hand to attain maximum resonance and sustain,
ensuring a high level of consistency of sound within each standard model
line as well as the ability for custom voicing. The balance, tone, volume,
and response of a Santa Cruz guitar are established before the guitar is
strung. By limiting the number of instruments built, we can practice a
style of lutherie born from a genuine love of the guitar, as opposed to
a production line approach that might favor greater numbers at the expense
of our attention to detail."
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