2023 - Santa Cruz Don Edwards Cowboy Singer

Santa Cruz Guitar Company Don Edwards Signature Model #1170

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of legendary cowboy singer and poet Don Edwards' remarkable career, the Santa Cruz Guitar Company created one of its most distinctive signature instruments. Designed in collaboration with SCGC founder Richard Hoover, the Don Edwards Signature Model is a beautifully understated all-mahogany 12-fret OO that embodies the warmth, clarity, and timeless character prized by traditional fingerstyle players.

Built with a solid mahogany top, back, and sides, this guitar delivers a rich, woody voice with exceptional balance, focused midrange, and surprising harmonic complexity. Scalloped Adirondack spruce bracing, attached with traditional hot hide glue, provides outstanding responsiveness and dynamic range, while the comfortable V-shaped neck and short 24.75" scale offer an effortless playing experience.

Visually, the Don Edwards Signature is elegantly appointed with a vintage-inspired slotted headstock featuring the classic Santa Cruz script logo, a custom sunburst finish, ivoroid/tortoise/ivoroid rosette, tortoise OO-17 style pickguard, and premium gold Waverly three-on-a-plate tuners fitted with Snakewood buttons. The ebony fingerboard is highlighted by a distinctive Lone Star inlay and Don Edwards' signature, making this model both a tribute and a collector's piece.

At just 3 lbs. 10 oz., this guitar is exceptionally lightweight and remarkably resonant, producing the open, intimate voice that has become a hallmark of Santa Cruz craftsmanship.

Other specifications include:

• Body Wood Type Mahogany
• Back Stripe None
• Body Binding Mahogany
• Side Purfling Black .020
• Other 12 Fret
• Top Wood  Mahogany
• Rosette Ivoroid/tortoise/ivoroid
• Purfling Black .020
• Bracing/Voicing Scalloped Adirondack Attached with Hot Hide Glue
• Peghead Slotted
• Peghead Binding None
• Overlay Material Ebony
• Headstock Inlay SCGC Vintage Script Logo
• Width at Nut 1 13-16"
• Neck Shape  V
• Side Dots White
• Inlay  8mm Star & Signature
• Width at 14th Fret 2 5/16"
• Binding Black
• Scale Length 24.75
• Finish Type-Body Sunburst
• Type-Neck Sunburst
• Type-Top Sunburst
• Style-Body Buffed
• Style-Neck Buffed
• Style-Peghead Buffed
• Setup Pickguard Tortoise – OO17 shape
• Strings lights
• Action 32
• Gears Gold 3-on-a-plate Waverly Gears with Snakewood Knobs
• Dimensions Body Length 19.25"
• Body Depth 3.25-4"
• Lower Bout 14.375"
• Waist 8.5625"
• Upper Bout 10"
• Overal Length 38.25"
• Number of Frets 12
• Hard Case
• 3 lb 10 oz
• #1170

For more information about the Santa Cruz Don Edwards Cowboy Singer, please contact us.

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