Recent content by Matt H.

Thanks all. I've had mine for years, and just noticed it only had one at the 12th fret. Mine was made for a NAMM show in the 90's, and I thought it was an anomaly.

Does your Santana AP guitar (not the SE) have one or two side dots at the 12th fret?

I love the white backing, but I also love the clear finish on mine that shows the incredible grain of the mahogany. It looks like a special guitar, that's for sure, I know I would have one heck of a hard time selling it. P.S. I contacted Al's people and asked if he would be willing to sign the...

I paid $4800 for mine, and had it shipped from London, because it was the only one I could even find for almost a year, but I wouldn't sell it for $10,000, it's that good. Out of the 16 electric guitars I own, it's literally become the only one I play. I can get any type of sound out of it to...

I'm watching a replay of the PGA golf tournament (Golf Channel I think) and there's a very short NASCAR ad with Keith Urban (air guitar) playing a relic'd Strat style PRS, black finish with dark brown tortoise shell pick guard I think. At first glance it looked like a Strat, but the inlays hit...

Tuned something. Weirdest thing, there's only one wire in the connection.

Thank you. I needed to know if it was a standard mod, or if mine was a one off. I actually spoke to Ed Adair, Santana's guitar tech who has his own shop now, and he was kind enough to explain it was added to match the sound of Carlos' original pickups. Sounds like it may have come on them for a...

Thanks, yes. The adjustment of the pot has a negligible effect, but it does effect both pickups. I'm just trying to find out if this mod exists on any other Santana models in circulation.

I'm giving a shout out to the Santana Artist Model owners. I have a 1999 Santana, which I owned for a number of years before I opened the backplate to clean up the switch with some contact cleaner, and discovered a tiny trim pot adjustment for the pickups. I'm wondering if anyone else has...

I have always owned fairly light guitars before I acquired a Santana signature model, and they are pretty heavy, but of course they sound and play like magic honey butter! I have two other custom 22's that are just fine, but I bought a really nice, fairly pricy wider padded strap for the...

Okay, I've put up with this for a while, and before I try something more drastic than Contact Cleaner, I have two very expensive signature guitars that both have the same problem with noisy pickup selector switches. I'm thinking some kind of solvent, like alcohol or nail polish remover directly...

Interesting. I have been playing mine like crazy since getting it. The pups are amazing, and very different from the two others I have. Incredible clean, and gritty and full driven. It also looks way better in person than any picture can capture.

believe Al has one of those that I've seen in some vids. The white back is nice.

So 11 years after the original production, and mostly dead end searches for actual information about the PRS Al D, I am apparently left with the responsibility of actually giving it a solid, unbiased review since there aren't any. I'm still waiting for the guitar from the UK, because for some...

Great info, thank you.