"Essence" of vintage Santana

[PFDarkside]

Re: "Essence" of vintage Santana

I agree Lew, but you can say the same for the other artists I mentioned. Gilmour, Gibbons, EVH, they all have used a wide range of guitars, amps and effects, yet you always know it's them. However, each of us has an idea of what the artist's 'classic' tone is, and some of us have an idea how to get it. Believe it of not, with the right settings on the Road King and APH neck bucker I can get a good approximation of his tone. Not to mention, I'm not necessarily trying to copy his tone, just more interested in what he was using around the time of Abraxas. Pre or post boogie? LP or SG? Fuzz or no?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: "Essence" of vintage Santana

See if this link will work:

http://books.google.com/books?id=vq...jt7v&sig=GFcaU9BvSnYH0um6NzMadD69GVg#PPA34,M1

 

[newking70]

Re: "Essence" of vintage Santana

i love his tone on the song "game of love".....

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: "Essence" of vintage Santana

USED to be a great player wiht a killer tone, however now IMO he is simply a parody of his former self...

If you want to cop a killer Santana tone sustain and sing are the names of the game...and FWIW, I never thought about a Big Muff (or any fuzz for that matter) when i thought about Santana...