Re: Carlos Santana

[Chris Richards <kohntarkosz@yahoo.com>]

<<That said, I still don't think Santana really 
  sells guitars.  Everyone who cares about the
"Carlos" tone knows that he uses Santana model
PRS's, which cost two fortunes, and I can't say
I've every seen someone other than Carlos use one
on stage, or even in a magazine.>>

One of the guitarists from a band called 311, I
think, did a PRS ad once, where he was playing a
Santana model. I remember it because you could
see that he had re-wired it, removing of the
small toggle switches and replaced the other one
with a larger Gibson style switch. I remember it
because he had his right hand placed on the
strings like we were supposed to believe he was a
jazz fingerstylist or something. 

Besides which, I think anyone who knows guitars
knows Carlos (and the rest of us, for that
matter) gets his sound from his hands, not a
particular guitar, amp, etc. He had an amazing
tone back when he was playing the Gibsons and
then later the opulently inlayed Yamaha guitars,
too. 



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