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.

SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Body Construction Solidbody
Top Wood Maple
Back Wood Mahogany
Top Carve Violin
NECK
Number of Frets 24
Scale Length 24.5"
Neck Wood Mahogany
Neck Construction One-Piece
Truss Rod PRS Double-Acting
Neck Shape Santana Retro
Neck Depth At The Nut 7/8"
Width Of Fretboard At The Nut 1 11/16"
Width Of Fretboard At The Body 2 1/4"
Fretboard Wood Rosewood
Fretboard Radius 10"
Fretboard Inlay Birds
NECK/BODY ASSEMBLY
Neck/Body Assembly Type Set
HARDWARE
Bridge PRS Patented Tremolo, Gen III
Tuners PRS Phase III Locking
Hardware Type Nickel
Nut PRS
Truss Rod Cover Santana Om Symbol
ELECTRONICS
Treble Pickup Santana
Bass Pickup Santana
Controls Volume and Tone Control w/ 3-Way Toggle Pickup Switch
ADDITIONAL INFO
Strings PRS Signature 10-46
Tuning Standard (6 String): E, A, D, G, B, E
Case Hardshell Case
Options 10 Top with Hybrid Hardware