The guitar featured maple body and two super-humbuckers designed by Bill Lawrence. Although it was endorsed by many of the popular guitarists at the time, it was eventually dropped from the catalog in ,.
Nowadays many consider this to be the most underrated of all the Gibson solid body guitars. Santana most likely used the guitar to some extent on the studio recording of Borboletta in They went for neck-through-body design, meaning that the neck and the body are now actually glued together. They used what is now known as the T-Cross construction, where there are two pieces of mahogany surrounding the center maple part going thought the whole width of the guitar, with a piece of teak wood maple was used on mass-produced model on the top of the body.
All the hardware was replaced with brass, and a sustain plate was installed to sit underneath the bridge. Santana used this guitar from around the time it was finished in early , to around when he switched to PRS. It featured dark natural finish, and custom Buddha headstock inlays, as well as body decals. His second most widely SG was a black model featuring somewhat similar decals.
Several different models were made through the years, and most of the time Carlos does not stick to one guitar in particular. The first ever PRS Santana I was made in , which means that Paul made guitars for Carlos for 15 years before they actually decided to make a signature line. The pickups used on all Santana models are designed by PRS, and in the beggining they were mostly all without the pickup covers with zebra patterns on the Santana I, but since Santana II and III they mostly feature metal covers.
The body shape was designed by Paul himself as a sort of a crossover between a Stratocaster and a double-cut Les Paul Junior, and it is built using mahogany as a base, and specially selected maple wood as the top.
The neck features The fretboard was Indian rosewood on the Santana I model, while the later ones feature Brazilian rosewood. If he ends up liking it which he almost always does according to Paul , it becomes a part of his arsenal, and he takes it on tour. He talks very highly of Paul Reed Smith, and he trusts his skills and judgments when it comes to taking care of his guitars.
The guitar appears to be a gold-top model with sort of a metallic finish, and a single-cutaway body. He had three of them, and it is likely that they were modified in some way. It is a solid-state amp, and Carlos was actually one of the first people to buy it. Santana is one of those players who use very small numbers of effects.
In the earlier years and prior to when the V-Picks company was founded, Santana was seen using black-colored triangle picks of unknown manufacture.
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Unsurprisingly, with all of his different tones throughout the years, Santana manages to sound unique in his own way, and his guitar riffs are instantly recognizable — the mark of a true artist. But the essential ingredient is physical placement of the guitar in relation to the speakers. Once the spot is found, it is marked with tape. Thus, Carlos can move to that spot when he needs to make a note last for a long time.
You could see models made by big name brands such as Gibson, while he also used some custom made models as well. However, one brand seem to have become his go-to option.
Carlos Santana is a huge fan of Paul Reed Smith guitars. He owns numerous models, and has also created his signature series in cooperation with Paul Reed Smith.
On any given night, Santana will play the whole gig using a single guitar.
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