Santa Cruz OM German Spruce Bearclaw 2018

Santa Cruz OM Custom (2018) – Bearclaw German Spruce & Indian Rosewood – Boutique Orchestra Model – Excellent Condition

This Santa Cruz OM Custom 2018 — also searched as Santa Cruz OM Custom, Santa Cruz Orchestra Model, or Santa Cruz German Spruce OM — is a premium handcrafted boutique acoustic guitar combining exceptional tonewoods, world-class craftsmanship, and the legendary responsiveness for which Santa Cruz Guitar Company is renowned.

Built with a German Bearclaw spruce top and solid Indian rosewood back and sides, this custom OM delivers a rich, dynamic voice with outstanding balance, clarity, and harmonic complexity. The German Bearclaw spruce provides exceptional responsiveness and projection, while the Indian rosewood adds warmth, depth, and lush overtones, resulting in a remarkably expressive instrument equally suited for fingerstyle, flatpicking, and strumming. Similar Santa Cruz OM customs from this period featured German Bearclaw spruce, Indian rosewood, and custom decorative appointments such as Cowboy Rope purfling.  

The OM body shape offers excellent note separation and articulation while maintaining impressive volume and projection. Santa Cruz was among the pioneering modern builders responsible for the revival of the Orchestra Model, and their OM remains one of the benchmark designs in the boutique acoustic world.  

This Santa Cruz OM Custom (2018) is in excellent condition, showing only minimal signs of careful use and presenting beautifully throughout.

Includes original hardshell case.

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Specifications – Santa Cruz OM Custom (2018)

• Model: Santa Cruz OM Custom
• Year: 2018
• Body Size: OM (Orchestra Model), 14-Fret
• Top: Solid German Bearclaw Spruce
• Back & Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood
• Bracing: Scalloped X-Bracing
• Scale Length: 25.375”
• Nut Width: 1 3/4”
• Neck: Mahogany
• Fingerboard: Ebony
• Bridge: Ebony
• Headstock Overlay: Ebony
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Electronics: None
• Condition: Excellent
• Case: Original Hardshell Case