Well, friends, Google AI sez:

Carmel Guitar Co. (Luthier/Builder) [1]

• Background: Founded in 2010 by Eric Padilla (a former Santa Cruz Guitar Co. employee) and Todd Flory, this company produced high-end custom acoustic guitars.

• Production: They built a limited number of guitars, estimated at around 100, focusing on high-end woods like Italian Spruce, Madagascar Rosewood, and Ziricote.

• Key Models: Known for their OM (Orchestra Model) and Parlor guitars.

Status: Production has stopped, making them rare, high-end collector items.

Here’s what I say: YOW!

This really unusual combination of woods, yields really unusual set of overtones. I've seen bloodwood used frequently as bridges and fingerboards, or as trim, but rarely as a back & side wood. The best way to describe the overall sound is, I suppose, "majestic.” But decide for yourself. Come play it.

• top: primo redwood

• b&s: bloodwood — heavy, but worth it

• signed: “Padilla/Cox”

• scale: 24.9” (short scale!)

• nut width 1-¾”