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Carlos Santana is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. That's right, that means he's better than you are. What type of guitar gear would a legend such as he play? Let's take a look at what Carlos Santana's Guitar Gear rig and Equipment looks like.  Carlos putting his soul into it  Want to sound like Carlos? Click the gear for more info and to buy at Musician's Friend
Guitars
Back in the 70's Santana played:
- Gibson L-6S guitar
- Fender Stratocaster   - red Gibson SG Special with P-90 pickups (played it at Woodstock)  - white Gibson SG Special   - Yamaha SG-175B
- Gibson Les Paul (on his "Supernatural" album) 
More currently Santana plays:
- Santana Model Paul Reed Smith guitars (only available by special order)
- Paul Reed Smith SE (this is Santana's beautiful and affordable signature model guitar):  
- Alvarez Yairi CY127CE Classical Guitar
Amplifiers and Cabinets
- Mesa Boogie Mark 1 combo amplifier
- custom built Dumble boutique amplifier with Tone Tubby Alnico hemp coned speakers
- Marshall amplifiers (for distorted rhythm)
 - Fender Twins for clean rhythm  - Boogie cabinet with Altec 417-8A speakers
- Marshall 4x12 cabinet with Celestion G12M "Greenback" speakers 
- Fender Cyber-Twin Amp is mostly used at Santana's home
 - Brown cabinet
Effects and stuff
- Mu-Tron volume wah wah pedal
- Dunlop 535Q wah (this is what Carlos Santana has more recently been using)  - T-Rex Replica delay pedal  - customized Jim Dunlop amp switcher Try the Morley amp switcher below - it's low cost and high quality and will do for you what Santana's custom switcher does for him. 
- Ibanez Tube Screamer
  - Ibanez Modulation Delay
- Heil Talk Box  - Shure KSM-32 microphones are used to pick up the sound, going to the PA 
Strings and picks
- GHS Carlos Santana Big Core Guitar Strings Custom Light  - Triangle Guitar Picks 
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