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.

This model has been updated with TCI-tuned pickups and nitro over cellulose (CAB) finish.

BODY
Top Wood: Carved Figured Maple
Back Wood: Mahogany

NECK
Number of Frets: 24
Fret Wire: Santana Fret Wire (Jumbo)
Scale Length: 24.5"
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Neck Shape: Santana Retro
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: Rosewood
Fretboard Inlay: Birds

HARDWARE
Bridge: PRS Patented Tremolo, Gen III
Tuners: PRS Phase III Locking
Hardware Type: Nickel

ELECTRONICS
Treble Pickup: Santana
Bass Pickup: Santana
Controls: Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector
Strings: 10's