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Originally Posted by Godfather

If you are considering other brands/models...Check this out.

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=579810

Thanks

Thank you for the link! Unfortunately, I am only considering Santa Cruz right now.

Originally Posted by jgottsman11

Just curious, why only Santa Cruz? Not interested on Collings or Bourgeois?

Originally Posted by brencat

Because I’m bored, I’ll offer a few possibilities having owned a few :

1. Consistently closer to the bass biased Martin vintage voicing.
2. Dovetail neck joint
3. More lightly built, often ‘right to the edge,’ for optimal resonance.
4. More forgiving playability, especially after initial break-in.
5. Resale not as good as Collings = extreme value bought used.

Let’s compare these to the OP when he responds.

In addition to the great points brencat brought up, there are two reasons why I am exclusively considering Santa Cruz guitars:

1) I really like Richard Hoover and the operation he is running.
2) When playing Santa Cruz OMs compared to Collings, Huss & Dalton, etc. I found the tone and playability to fit my preferences the most.

Each of these companies make great guitars, but quite simply SCGC matches my preferences.

Originally Posted by cliff_the_stiff

I think I saw something that fit that at Shoenberg Music.

Thank you for letting me know. I took a look, but I did not see an OM model listed.