Santana Retro
Celebrating History
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.
For 2020, this model has been updated with TCI-tuned pickups and nitro over cellulose (CAB) finish.
Specifications
| Body | |
|---|---|
| Top Wood | Carved Figured Maple |
| Back Wood | Mahogany |
| Neck | |
|---|---|
| Number of Frets | 24 |
| Scale Length | 24.5" |
| Neck Wood | Mahogany |
| Neck Shape | Santana Retro |
| 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 w/ 3-Way Toggle Pickup Switch |
| Additional Info | |
|---|---|
| Strings | |
Colors
Antique White
Aquamarine
Black
Black Gold Wrap Burst
Charcoal Burst
Charcoal Cherry Burst
Dark Cherry Sunburst
Emerald
Faded Whale Blue
Fire Red Burst
Gold Top
Gray Black
McCarty Sunburst
McCarty Tobacco Sunburst
Orange Tiger
Santana Yellow
Trampas Green
Violet
Violet Blue Burst
Yellow Tiger