Santa Cruz Guitar Company has been consistently producing Dreadnoughts for decades which have set the bar pretty high for all competition, and this 1992 VA (Vintage Artist) with “The Tree” Mahogany and a 100-year-old Sitka Spruce top, is here to make sure that bar is raised even higher. Excellently balanced, this Vintage Artist has lots to offer for both the flatpicker and the fingerstylist. Are you the former, craving a Dreadnought with rich, explosive projection, or the latter, needing a clean, energetic response and string-to-string precision?
Regardless of your needs, this Vintage Artist can more than handle them! You’ll rip through flatpicked Bluegrass tunes like they were butter for starters, then you can showcase this Santa Cruz’s delicate side with a fingerpicked Doc Watson tune–all the time enjoying the rich voice and silky playability. This is number two of just 10 VAs that Santa Cruz made with The Tree Mahogany, so odds are you won’t see another beauty like this one for some time.
Here’s an additional demo with our own Al Petteway: https://youtu.be/h2dMniuR5W4
Here’s a wonderful Vintage Artist from Santa Cruz that has all the mojo you would expect from a gracefully aged instrument. The Sitka top is wide open and The Tree Mahogany upon which it sits adds a wonderful push and energy to the guitar. Awesome guitar for flatpicking or even fingerstyle. 
This is a beautiful instrument and has great balance for a dreadnought. The bass is controlled yet present, and the trebles are not too thin. I assume that has a lot to do with the 100-year-old Spruce used for the top. | Scale Length | 25.4 in |
|---|---|
| Nut Width | 1.73 in |
| String Spacing | 2.188 in |
| Woods | Spruce - Sitka, Mahogany - The Tree |
Santa Cruz Guitar Company has been consistently producing Dreadnoughts for decades which have set the bar pretty high for all competition, and this 1992 VA (Vintage Artist) with "The Tree" Mahogany and a 100-year-old Sitka Spruce top, is here to make sure that bar is raised even higher. Excellently balanced, this Vintage Artist has lots to offer for both the flatpicker and the fingerstylist
Here’s a wonderful Vintage Artist from Santa Cruz that has all the mojo you would expect from a gracefully aged instrument. The Sitka top is wide open and The Tree Mahogany upon which it sits adds a wonderful push and energy to the guitar
This is a beautiful instrument and has great balance for a dreadnought. The bass is controlled yet present, and the trebles are not too thin 