Paul Reed Smith SE Santana
SE Signature Electric Guitars by Paul Reed Smith
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Carlos Cantana is an artist and guitarist who does not need any special introduction. Over the course of four, almost five decades, Carlos has made countless memorable songs and albums, both on his own and with his band named Santana. He is the number one signature artist in PRS signature series section. SE Santana model comes with a solid, double-cut body and a set in neck. Mahogany is used for the back of the body, while the flame maple is used for the top. Top is carved, bound and finished in high gloss. The bridge on this model is a non-locking PRS tremolo with nickel plating. PRS Designed zebra humbuckers are featured in the front. Set in mahogany neck is topped with a standard 22-fret rosewood fingerboard.
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Body Construction
Double cutaway
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Body Shape
VIP
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Body Top Wood
Maple
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Body Type
Solid Body
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Body Wood
Mahogany
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Bridge
Tremolo
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Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
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Carved Top
Yes
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Controls
Tone
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Controls
Volume
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Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
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Finish
Gloss
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Fret Size
Extra Jumbo
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Fingerboard Inlays
Abalone Bird inlays
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Hardware
Nickel
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Neck Joint
Set neck
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Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
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Neck Shape
Wide fat
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Neck Wood
Mahogany
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Number of Frets
22
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Number of Pickups
2
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Number of Strings
6
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Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
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Scale Length
24-1/2"
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String Nut
Corian
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Body Construction
Double cutaway
Semi acoustic
Body Shape
VIP
LP
Body Top Wood
Maple
Maple
Body Type
Solid Body
Solid Body
Body Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Bridge
Tremolo
Stoptail
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Carved Top
Yes
No
Controls
Tone/Volume
Volume
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Ebony
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
Fret Size
Extra Jumbo
Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Abalone Bird inlays
12th fret position market
Hardware
Nickel
Chrome
Neck Joint
Set neck
Set neck
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Neck Shape
Wide fat
Wide fat
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Number of Frets
22
22
Number of Pickups
2
3
Number of Strings
6
6
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Scale Length
24-1/2"
25"
String Nut
Corian
Syntetic Bone
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1 User Review
Edko on 2012-10-12 14:23:41
I have always been a single coil guy and have used a strat and tele w/p-90 I finally came around to the idea of a humbucker equipped guitar. After 23 years i succumbed. ha ha Having worked in a music store I had the chance to try them all: Gibson, Ibanez, Hamer and was willing to spend a good chunk of cash on one. This awesome axe was the stand out. i had my eye on a Gibson les paul double cut and never really considered the santana, but while tuning one up for a customer to try out I realized what a gem it was. It is almost ridiculous how nice it is for the money. I ended up with this and spent half the amount of money and dd not lose a thing as far as quality, sound, playability or looks. It just feels great in your hands, the pickups, trem, and machine heads are all a++ the neck and fret work are killer and plays like butter. The finish and wood laminate on a maple top is really nice, its not a photo sticker laminate its an actual piece of curly maple stuck on to the maple top. The mohagany body, when you look close can see that its three pieces, but the grain and finish are great not cheezy wood by any means. the trem stays in tune for my purposes. The top has subtle carve to it, not as defined as the gibson or the High end version of this model but nice. my only criticizm is that the trem bar dosent really snap or screw in it just rests in there and there is the slightest bit of movement before it moves the trem, it wiggles in the hole just a bit but enough to affect the use as i dont dive bomb but use it more for a slight vibrato which needs the bar to fit snug in the trem bar hole. Im really nitpicking with this but it is my only critique. I dipped the trem bar end in some silver paint a layer at a time till it widened enough to fit snug and problem solved 3 dips is all it took. the pickups are full and santana-ish, and the volume is smooth and the tone control actually has a significant effect on things. The pickups clean up great when you back off the volume. I play thru a H&K Puretone amp, Its a class A EL 34 combo that is unforgiving with lesser quality guitars and this guitar passed with flying colors. PRS SE Santana is a keeper, low end model or not i wont regret buying this guitar or the 750.00 i saved on not being picky what the headstock said.
Paul Reed Smith SE Santana 4.11 out of 5 based on 8 ratings
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