The FS Model was designed in response to the renaissance of alternate tunings for complex fingerstyle arrangements. Tacoma and Windham Hill labels provided the showcase for these new and sophisticated steel string explorers who were attempting to express themselves on booming dreadnoughts. Will Ackerman, Robbie Basho, Daniel Hecht, Duck Baker and Michael Hedges all looked to SCGC for the teams’ expertise in achieving custom tone to make an instrument with the perfect voice for this new style. With input from the pros, the tiny SCGC team at the time, which included Jeff Traugott, Michael Hornick and Steve Palazzo, stepped up to the challenge with this concept: design and build a specialty fingerstyle instrumentthat responds with immediacy and volume to the minimized energy imparted from fingertips and the reduced tension of many open tunings. Give it a contemporary aesthetic of simple elegance and complexity of tone that the player can not outgrow. Twenty-five years and numerous awards andaccolades later, The Fretboard Journal credits the Santa Cruz FS as the inspiration for the guitar designs of some of the brightest lights in contemporary lutherie and a strong influence on major manufacturers. The FS is a truly sophisticated instrument that will allow the best possible presentation of your fingerstyle technique.
Santa Cruz 
1972 begann Luthier Richard Hoover mit dem Bau von Gitarren und Carved-Top Mandolinen, bevor er 1976 seinen Schwerpunkt auf Modern Steelstrings legte. Sein Ziel, in allen Belangen des Gitarrenbaus ein Meister zu werden, sieht er als lebenslange Aufgabe an. Während seine Firma, die Santa Cruz Guitar Company, im Laufe der Jahre immer mehr gewachsen ist, hat Richard Hoover seine handwerkliche Kunstfertigkeit und sein Wissen über Gitarrenbau immer weiter verfeinert und erweitert. Handgefertigte Custom Akustikgitarren und Westerngitarren von Santa Cruz werden von einigen der weltbesten Gitarristen gespielt, wie z. B. Eric Clapton, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Warren Haynes, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, um nur einige zu nennen.