Celebrating History with the PRS Santana Retro Electric Guitar in Tobacco Burst Custom Color
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
- Finish: High Gloss Nitro
- Neck/Body Assembly Type: Set
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 1/2 Fret: 7/8″
- Neck Depth at the 12 1/2 Fret: 31/32″
- Neck Width at the Nut: 1 11/16″
- Neck Width at the Body: 2 1/4″
- Fretboard Wood: Rosewood
- Fretboard Radius: 10″
- Fretboard Inlay: Birds
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
Manufacturer: PRS Guitars
Model: 105899:CC:N-TB
SKU: I730796-N-230354988-0-WHXD
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