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Post subject: Carlos Santana playing a Hendrix Strat?
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:49 am
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Everyone knows Carlos occasionally uses Fender Stratocasters and Gibson Les Pauls onstage and in the studio despite his long-term association with Yamaha and PRS.

During the 1970s his guitar arsenal included a late 1960s maple-cap Olympic White Strat flipped upside down and a Gibson Flying V besides his Yamaha SG2000.

Found this photo of him playing that "Hendrix" Strat:

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Post subject: Re: Carlos Santana playing a Hendrix Strat?
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:08 am
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He plays a ripping Strat solo in his cover of the Zombies' "She's Not There" from his 1977 album "Moonflower".

Really a stand out tone for him. Brighter, more dynamic, with squealing harmonics.

He makes all his other guitars and amps sound pretty much the same -- smooth, compressed, fat, warm. Les Paul, L6-S, PRS through Fender, Boogie, and Dumble amps -- even his P90 SG through a solid state Gallien Krueger amp at Woodstock.

All interchangeable to my ears. The only time I can recognize what guitar he's playing is when he plays a Strat.


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Post subject: Re: Carlos Santana playing a Hendrix Strat?
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:04 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 8:40 am
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It looks so awkward playing a Strat upside down like that.

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Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:07 pm
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I associate that more with Joe Perry than anyone else. I don't even count Hendrix because he did it out of necessity being left handed...

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