2014 Santa Cruz Tony Rice Model D
$7,495.00 CAD
(USD $5,621.25)
For more details contact us at info@folkwaymusic.com or 855-772-0424.
The Santa Cruz Tony Rice Model was the flatpicker’s signature instrument for the better part of 30 years. It was designed by Tony and Richard Hoover of SCGC to offer the modern acoustic flatpicker a dreadnought with much better string balance than the standard Martin style herringbone 28. Santa Cruz’s builders voice this model for mid-range strength, treble string power, and deep but articulate basses.
This example was built in 2014; it’s top is dated adjacent to the letters TR, denoting its as a Tony Rice model, despite the label’s lack of the same. It features straight-grained Indian rosewood back and sides and a tightly quartered Sitka top with scalloped braces. The oversized soundhole has a 4.25” diameter, which raises the resonant frequency of the body’s air cavity and improves string balance. Herringbone trim and ivoroid bindings, mitred wooden purflings on the back and sides, tortoise celluloid pickguard, and gloss lacquer finish. The fingerboard’s only ornamentation is the SCGC logo at the 12th fret, and the ebony headstock overlay is blank as well. Nickel Waverley tuners, bone nut and saddle, ebony pins.
The guitar remains in excellent condition and is completely original. No cracks or repairs, almost no playwear, and an excellent set-up care of our shop.
The neck has a C carve with the slightest hint of a V. The nut width is 1-11/16”. String spread at the saddle is 2-3/16” and the scale is just shy of 25.4”. 1st fret neck depth measures .845”.
With original hardshell case
This example was built in 2014; it’s top is dated adjacent to the letters TR, denoting its as a Tony Rice model, despite the label’s lack of the same. It features straight-grained Indian rosewood back and sides and a tightly quartered Sitka top with scalloped braces. The oversized soundhole has a 4.25” diameter, which raises the resonant frequency of the body’s air cavity and improves string balance. Herringbone trim and ivoroid bindings, mitred wooden purflings on the back and sides, tortoise celluloid pickguard, and gloss lacquer finish. The fingerboard’s only ornamentation is the SCGC logo at the 12th fret, and the ebony headstock overlay is blank as well. Nickel Waverley tuners, bone nut and saddle, ebony pins.
The guitar remains in excellent condition and is completely original. No cracks or repairs, almost no playwear, and an excellent set-up care of our shop.
The neck has a C carve with the slightest hint of a V. The nut width is 1-11/16”. String spread at the saddle is 2-3/16” and the scale is just shy of 25.4”. 1st fret neck depth measures .845”.
With original hardshell case