Santana – Santana: The Woodstock Experience
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2009 album Santana: The Woodstock Experience.
Music from Santana: The Woodstock Experience
Artists on Santana: The Woodstock Experience
Gear Used On Santana: The Woodstock Experience
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Santana – Santana: The Woodstock Experience (2009). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Carlos Santana
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Guitars used by Carlos Santana on Santana: The Woodstock Experience
Gibson Les Paul (SG) Standard with Sideways Vibrola 1961 - 1962
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Carlos played this guitar during the Woodstock gig in August 1969. It featured cherry red finish, brazilian rosewood fingerboard, two P90 single-coil pickups, Grover tuners, ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge and a wrap-around stop-tailpiece. The Maestro tremolo (VMA-1 version – often used on cheaper Epiphones) which originally came with the guitar was moved back to make space for the stop-tailpiece. The strings were never attached to it, but for some reason Santana kept it on the guitar – most likely to balance the guitar’s weight, or he just hoped it’ll add more sustain to the sound.
Carlos stopped using this guitar going towards 1970, when a black SG Special with white P90s took it’s place. He allegedly destroyed it because it wouldn’t stay in tune.
