Carlos Santana’s longstanding creative partnership with Paul Reed Smith has done much to shape the destiny of PRS Guitars. Over the years, we have honored this pivotal alliance by offering variations of his signature model instrument. The Santana Retro pays homage to the early „Pre-Factory“ guitars Paul built for Carlos in the early 1980’s. Several unique design elements are reintroduced on this model, including a deeper body carve, original style heel, and the original headstock shape and nut placement. The Santana Retro blends history and modern manufacturing to create a highly musical guitar good enough for the man himself.
Die Gespielin des Großmeisters…Carlos Santana hat sich schon vor ´zig Jahren eine Gitarre von Paul Reed Smith maßschneidern lassen. Die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den beiden Legenden ist nach wie vor sehr fruchtbar. Die Santana Retro stellt genau das dar, was der Latinosoundgroßmeister von einer High Quality Gitarre erwartet. Nämlich Perfektion und Spitzensound. Die Santana an einen (alten Mark 1) Boogie angeschlossen und schon steht „Black Magic Woman“ nichts im Wege….
- Top Wood: Carved Figured Maple
- Back Wood: Mahogany
- Number of Frets: 24
- Fret Wire: Santana Fret Wire (Jumbo)
- Scale Length: 24.5″
- Neck Wood: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Santana Pre-Factory
- Neck Depth At The Nut: 14/16″
- Width of Fretboard at the Body: 2 1/4″
- Width of Fretboard at the Nut: 1 22/32″
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony (Ebenholz)
- Fretboard Inlay: Birds
- Bridge PRS Patented Tremolo, Gen III
- Tuners PRS Phase III Locking
- Hardware Type Nickel
- Treble Pickup: 58/15
- Bass Pickup: Santana
- Controls: Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector
- Strings 10’s
- inkl. PRS-Koffer