Tony Rice's personal 2007 Santa Cruz

TME is excited, honored, humbled, insert-your-favorite-adjective-here ... to host Tony Rice's personal 2007 Santa Cruz guitar. This instrument holds a special place in the development of the Tony Rice "Pro" model: according to Tony himself, it sounded and felt the most like an old guitar of any instrument Santa Cruz made for him over the years. (The instrument includes a letter from Rice attesting to this sentiment.)

Also included in this video, and offered alongside Tony's personal guitar, is a 1991 Santa Cruz Tony Rice Anniversary model ~ number 5 of a batch of 10 guitars made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the working relationship between Rice and Santa Cruz. While Tony did not personally own that guitar, he did perform with it during a 1994 tour in support of the "Tone Poems" record.

The audio for the demos was recorded with a Samar VL37A ribbon mic, running through a Grace "Felix" DI. No other editing or EQ has been added.