Not trash ;)

[aphantomvaper]

That guitar is WOW!!!!! What a top. So sweet thanks for sharing that!!

 

[watelessness]

noyce!

 

[nicotele]

That is amazingly gorgeous!! congrats!! Love it!

 

[Permanent Waves]

That guitar is so obscenely beautiful, I almost hit the report button! I also liked the fact that they are putting a backplate on a Santana, looks like a new thing to me!

 

[Assumer]

That’s hot.

 

[ViperDoc]

Did someone call my tailor? That smoke burst is altering my pants.

 

[Lewguitar]

2022 Santana Retro, McCarty Tobacco Sunburst, TCI tuned Santana neck pup, TCI tuned 58/15 bridge pup, absolutely amazing!

I would so love one to play one of those! What a beautiful guitar.

Looking at the photo i see things about the Santana I've never noticed.

#1 is that the bridge pickup seems to be mounted closer to the bridge itself than it is on guitars like my CE22's and other PRS guitars.

Is that standard for a Santana?

 

[Going Modal]

Looking at the photo i see things about the Santana I've never noticed.

#1 is that the bridge pickup seems to be mounted closer to the bridge itself than it is on guitars like my CE22's and other PRS guitars.

Is that standard for a Santana?

Wow, good eye! Yes, indeed it does appear so! I just checked my West St. Limited (a Santana-style guitar) and it's like this Santana Retro, too. Whereas on my "regular" Custom 24 the treble pickup & bridge have a larger gap between them. I wonder if this is somehow a consequence of the Santana being 24.5" scale vs. the 25" scale of most other PRSi.

 

[Lewguitar]

Wow, good eye! Yes, indeed it does appear so! I just checked my West St. Limited (a Santana-style guitar) and it's like this Santana Retro, too. Whereas on my "regular" Custom 24 the treble pickup & bridge have a larger gap between them. I wonder if this is somehow a consequence of the Santana being 24.5" scale vs. the 25" scale of most other PRSi.

I don't think so. It must be Carlos's tonal preference.

Maybe because the neck pickup is moved towards the bridge pickup to allow for a 24th fret he wanted to increase the distance between them again by moving the bridge pickup towards the bridge? It would affect the tone when the two pickups are combined.

That's all I can come up with!

 

[sergiodeblanc]

The treble pickup is that close to keep goobers from putting guitar synth pickups on there.

 

[markd21]

That is a BEAUTIFUL guitar!! Congrats and enjoy!!

 

[tyfu20]

Looking good, but never trust a big butt and a smile.

 

[theDeepender]

2022 Santana Retro, McCarty Tobacco Sunburst, TCI tuned Santana neck pup, TCI tuned 58/15 bridge pup, absolutely amazing!

Nice