Santana’s/West Street LTD’s/KL33’s are more versatile guitars than people (who haven’t played them) give them credit for.
Yes, there are no splits/taps available from the factory, but that doesn’t mean you can’t add them.
Sure, those guitars will do Carlos’ rolled-back-tone-knob thing, but that’s not the
only thing that that can do. I have used mine for punk, reggae, R&B, soul, funk, disco, metal, Latin, and many, many more styles. The guitar isn’t the only thing that makes a guitar “versatile”, the player is the bigger thing.
If you think back to the guitar that actually started it all for Paul, the one that got rockstars to
buy guitars and recognize him as a talented builder...: it wasn’t no CU22 with an extra knob.