Richard Hoover and Eric Schoenberg | Santa Cruz Guitars
October 13, 2025
Richard Hoover and Eric Schoenberg reminisce on resurrecting the OM and their 50-plus years around vintage and custom guitars.
Santa Cruz 1929 00 50th Anniversary
By: Teja Gerken
October 8, 2025
A fabulous all-mahogany 12-fret celebrates five decades of Santa Cruz guitars.
Santa Cruz OMPW 50th Anniversary
By: Teja Gerken
September 17, 2025
A great-sounding back-to-basics OM celebrates five decades of Santa Cruz guitars.
Brandon Lee Adams, “I’ll Follow Summer” | Santa Cruz Guitars
August 15, 2025
The "Life of a Musician" host performs his latest single with an all-star band.
How to Place a Custom Order | Santa Cruz Guitars
July 3, 2025
Organic Sound Select Guitars' Larry Sogolow discusses howe to order a custom Santa Cruz through an authorized dealer.
Tags: Lutherie, Santa Cruz Guitars
Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway, “Red Haired Boy” | Santa Cruz Guitars
May 23, 2025
Pacific Northwest duo flatpicks the jam session favorite on a pair of Santa Cruz guitars.
Jesse Glick: “Will You Be There?” | Santa Cruz Guitars
May 2, 2025
Singer-songwriter performs an original piece on a Santa Cruz Baritone guitar.
Santa Cruz RS Custom
By: Teja Gerken
March 26, 2025
A rich-sounding 12-fret dreadnought built with gorgeous Macassar ebony.
Santa Cruz Tony Rice
By: Teja Gerken
February 12, 2025
Mark Karan demonstrates the early 2000s Santa Cruz he bought during his tenure in Bob Weir’s RatDog.
Luke Black, “Angeline the Baker” | Santa Cruz Guitars
January 2, 2025
Mountain Grass Unit guitarist plays a fiddle tune classic on his Santa Cruz 1934 D Brazilian.
Cristina Vane, “Ramblin’” | Santa Cruz Guitar
December 6, 2024
Guitarist and singer Cristina Vane plays the Scrapper Blackwell classic at the Santa Cruz shop.
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12-String F Model “Victorious” | Santa Cruz Guitar
October 25, 2024
Guitarist Bill Walker demonstrates an elaborately appointed custom 12-string.
Busting Myths on Redwood | Santa Cruz Guitars
August 16, 2024
Santa Cruz Guitars founder Richard Hoover talks about the qualities and use of redwood in guitar building.
Tags: Guitar, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz H
By: Teja Gerken
July 24, 2024
A mahogany and Adirondack spruce version of the Santa Cruz classic.
Santa Cruz H13
By: Teja Gerken
June 26, 2024
This deep-body 13-fret small-body has become a Santa Cruz classic.
Spring String Sale | Santa Cruz Guitars
June 4, 2024
Santa Cruz is offering three sets of its strings for the price of two until the end of June.
Tags: Santa Cruz Guitars, Strings
Santa Cruz OO Custom
By: Teja Gerken
May 29, 2024
A fabulous 12-fret cutaway built with koa and Adirondack spruce.
Eric Skye: “Blue Monk” | Santa Cruz Guitars
April 3, 2024
Eric Skye performs a fingerstyle arrangement of the Thelonious Monk standard.
Vault Series | Santa Cruz Guitars
December 1, 2023
A limited edition line of custom guitars made from extra-special woods.
Tags: Lutherie, Santa Cruz Guitars
California Bluegrass Association Sweepstakes | Santa Cruz Guitars
November 9, 2023
A Santa Cruz OM-PW was the grand prize at this year's fundraiser.
Tags: Santa Cruz Guitars
Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway, “Chinquapin Hunting” | Santa Cruz Guitars
October 10, 2023
Pacific Northwest guitarists perform the flatpicking standard on a pair of Santa Cruz flattops.
Bill and Jilian Nershi, “Lonesome Blues” | Santa Cruz Guitars
July 26, 2023
String Cheese Incident guitarist and his vocalist wife perform a duet in the Santa Cruz shop.
Five Santa Cruz Models | Santa Cruz Guitars
June 8, 2023
Organic Sounds' Larry Sogolow demonstrates a selection of five new Santa Cruz guitars.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Jackson Wetherbee, “Gimmie Love” | Santa Cruz Guitars
April 20, 2023
Roots-reggae artist performs his latest single on a Santa Cruz Custom D.
Plek services | Santa Cruz Guitar
January 28, 2023
Santa Cruz now offers Plek setup services for guitars of any brand.
Santa Cruz OM Grand Brazilian
By: Teja Gerken
January 11, 2023
A dream guitar built with stunningly beautiful Brazilian rosewood.
Tree of Life OM | Santa Cruz Guitar
December 24, 2022
Bill Cooley plays a great custom Santa Cruz at The North American Guitar.
Richard Hoover and James Nash | Santa Cruz Guitar
December 2, 2022
The Santa Cruz founder and flatpicking virtuoso team up for a presentation about the company at Organic Sounds Guitars.
Tags: Lutherie, Santa Cruz Guitars
Parabolic Tension Strings | Santa Cruz Guitar
October 22, 2022
A look at Santa Cruz' strings prior to installation.
Eric Skye and Adam Levy, “Bag’s Groove” | Santa Cruz Guitars
September 15, 2022
Acoustic jazz guitar aces perform a spontaneous duet of the Milt Jackson standard.
Santa Cruz Parabolic 12-String Set
By: Teja Gerken
August 10, 2022
The latest addition to Santa Cruz’s line of strings is a set for 12-string guitar.
1992 Santa Cruz FS
By: Teja Gerken
July 8, 2022
A modern classic optimized for fingerstyle playing.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
2007 Tony Rice Signature Model | Santa Cruz Guitar
May 4, 2022
Andy Cambria demonstrates one of Tony Rice's personal signature model guitars at the Music Emporium.
Tags: Santa Cruz Guitars, Tony Rice
Lisa Liu and James Nash: “Blue Bossa” | Santa Cruz Guitar
March 17, 2022
A spontaneous duo version of the jazz standard played on a pair of Santa Cruz OMs.
Tags: Jazz, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz DADGAD Strings
By: Teja Gerken
February 23, 2022
The latest set of Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension strings is optimized for DADGAD tuning.
Lisa Liu and James Nash: “Blue Monk” | Santa Cruz Guitar
January 26, 2022
A great duo version of the Thelonious Monk standard played on a pair of Santa Cruz OMs.
Tags: Jazz, Santa Cruz Guitars
Moon Spruce | Santa Cruz Guitars
January 19, 2022
Santa Cruz founder Richard Hoover discusses "moon" spruce, choosing a top, and more on the Santa Cruz Coffee Break podcast.
Tags: Lutherie, Santa Cruz Guitars
FireFly Custom Koa | Santa Cruz Guitars
December 3, 2021
Fingerstyle virtuoso Richard Smith plays "Danza Paraguaya" on a small-body Santa Cruz.
Tags: Fingerstyle, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Baritone Strings
By: Teja Gerken
November 22, 2021
We check out the latest addition to Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension strings using a pair of Santa Cruz baritone guitars.
Santa Cruz at 45 | Santa Cruz Guitars
September 22, 2021
A 45th anniversary message from Richard Hoover and his team at Santa Cruz Guitars.
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Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s 45th Anniversary String Special
September 13, 2021
Buy two sets of Santa Cruz Parabolic Tension Strings and get a third set free.
Tags: Guitar, Santa Cruz Guitars
2015 Santa Cruz 1929 000 Custom
By: Teja Gerken
September 6, 2021
A great all-mahogany 12-fret with custom upgrades.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Eric Skye: “Stella By Starlight” | Santa Cruz Guitars
August 19, 2021
Eric Skye performs a fingerstyle arrangement of the jazz standard.
HT/13 | Santa Cruz Guitars
June 11, 2021
Happy Traum plays and discusses his new signature model guitar.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz HT/13
By: Teja Gerken
May 20, 2021
A beautiful signature model for folk legend Happy Traum.
Catfish Keith and Richard Hoover | Santa Cruz Guitars
March 4, 2021
The blues guitarist discusses his signature model with Santa Cruz founder Richard Hoover and Peghead Nation's Teja Gerken during a Facebook Live session.
Tags: Catfish Keith, Santa Cruz Guitars
Join Richard Hoover and Catfish Keith | Santa Cruz Guitars | Facebook Live, Friday, February 12
By: Dan Gabel
February 1, 2021
The blues master and Santa Cruz Guitars founder talk about the Catfish Special guitar and much more!
Tags: Blues, Santa Cruz Guitars
A True Custom Shop | Santa Cruz Guitars
January 29, 2021
Eight Santa Cruz dealers discuss how they help their customers order their dream guitars.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz’s Richard Hoover and Eric Skye
By: Teja Gerken
December 17, 2020
A conversation between the Santa Cruz founder and signature artist from a recent Peghead Nation Facebook Live event.
Join Richard Hoover and Eric Skye of Santa Cruz Guitars on Facebook Live, Friday, December 11
By: Scott Nygaard
November 30, 2020
Peghead Nation hosts the Santa Cruz Guitars founder and one of their signature artists live on Facebook, Friday, December 11 at 3 PM Pacific Time, for a special conversation.
1997 Santa Cruz OM
By: Teja Gerken
October 19, 2020
Bruce Molsky demonstrates his touring guitar.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Eric Skye “Chinquapin Hunting” | Santa Cruz Guitars
October 7, 2020
Eric Skye flatpicks the well-known fiddle tune on his Santa Cruz signature model.
Tags: Guitar, Santa Cruz Guitars
James Nash: “Jack-A-Roe” | Doc Watson Tribute | Santa Cruz Guitars
September 17, 2020
The guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the Waybacks pays homage to Doc Watson with a medley of "Bright Sunny South" and “Jack-A-Roe,” a traditional song that became a mainstay of the Greatful Dead.
Tags: Guitar, Santa Cruz Guitars
Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway | Santa Cruz Guitars
August 10, 2020
Eric Skye and Jamie Stillway play Skye's original "Kathryn By the Delaware"
Tags: Guitar, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Legends in Lutherie FS
By: Teja Gerken
July 20, 2020
A stunning redwood and mahogany guitar, built in collaboration with Heartbreaker Guitars.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Guitar Company Shop Visit, Part 2
By: Teja Gerken
April 14, 2020
Santa Cruz’s Richard Hoover and Carolyn Sills discuss the process of ordering a custom guitar.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Guitar Company Shop Visit
By: Teja Gerken
January 9, 2020
Santa Cruz co-founder Richard Hoover discusses the company’s approach to building a custom instrument.
Santa Cruz OM Grand 12-String
By: Teja Gerken
December 9, 2019
A powerful 12-String from California’s custom guitar specialists.
Carolyn Sills Combo, “Feleena” | LR Baggs
By: LR Baggs
October 11, 2019
The Western Swing group plays a song from their forthcoming album “Return to El Paso,” a celebration of the Marty Robbins hit song from 1959.
Santa Cruz OM Custom
By: Teja Gerken
April 22, 2019
A contemporary OM with a cedar top and walnut back and sides.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz OM Custom
By: Teja Gerken
February 4, 2019
An Orchestra Model built with spectacular Brazilian rosewood.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Catfish Special
By: Teja Gerken
August 6, 2018
An all-mahogany 0-size 12-fret made for blues guitarist Catfish Keith
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz Brad Paisley (B/PW)
By: Teja Gerken
February 26, 2018
A signature model dreadnought for country star Brad Paisley.
Tags: Guitar Demos, Santa Cruz Guitars
Santa Cruz OO-Skye
By: Teja Gerken
February 1, 2018
Eric Skye demonstrates his 00-size Santa Cruz signature model.
Santa Cruz Otis Taylor Chicago
By: Teja Gerken
February 9, 2017
The Santa Cruz signature model for bluesman Otis Taylor is all about mahogany.
Richard Hoover Among Giants
By: LR Baggs
November 6, 2014
A short film about the history of Santa Cruz Guitars, with the founder of the company, Richard Hoover.
