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I've always liked Santana, he's one of my favorites. You might want to check out Los Lonely Boys too if you haven't already. They're also in the latin/rock/blues ballpark.

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With that new PRS custom 22 ,that your gas forced you to buy,his style is a great example of how that guitar can sound . Rock on snowy have fun.

There is a girl on Youtube, Ash Soular, that plays Santana. She's really good.

I know how to play one or two of his songs but I still can't play his songs. I guess it's the way he holds the notes and how he puts himself in it. I can't connect with that.

Agreed! Abraxas was my intro to Santana. I bought it when it was new and I was young. I remember struggling to play Black Magic Woman.

Probably my favorite guitar tone. I can play his style pretty well, but usually play like "me". His tone is something I use most of the time though. My strat into a Mesa Boogie is the most amazing tone to me. That thick tone, perfect gain and sustain can't be beat.

You know me so well bro that's exactly what turned me on to Carlos as for the fun part...... I stuck both cd's on my iPod, plugged said iPod into my spider jam. My spider senses told me to go to Zappa Solo tone programmed a few tracks (one being the chessey Game Of Love) and tried to play along. Man I had a blast! I'm gonna do it all again today, thanks for all the replies folks. Oh yeah..... and thanks Carlos, you're the man

So were the fans. "If you remember Woodstock, you weren't there."

Yeah just check out the drummer at woodsock. I wanna say his drummer was Michael Shrieve then. But man he was probably 20 years old and stoned out of his mind. I thought he would fall off the drum stool at any time!

he's one of a kind!

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That was nice...

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I've always been into Santana,ever since I started playing in the early seventies, I love jamming to that latin rock beat!
When I first heard Los Lonely Boys, I knew I had to check them out!
They played im my area two years ago, went to see them and they blew me away!
VERY talented musicians! Three Brothers making music and having fun!

Check out this video with "Carlos" jamming with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aDKAmnLUw0

Snowy
He plays alot of things in a harmonic minor scale usually A. I am a big fan and learned many of my licks from practicing his songs. His phrasing and melodic interpretation are what make him a unique player. Enjoy that PRS, but if you throw a bucker into the bridge of one of your Teles you can get that sustain with the right amp.

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I'm not slow... and I'm not fast... just sort of halffast...

she isnt tough to look at either! i definitely check her page often for ummm,, new music...

She has one song i really like, but I wont mention it here so I dont get anyone riled up...

I fool around with his stuff occasionally, it's not all that hard, it's his expression that makes it a really great sound. And you don't need the PRS to get the sound or even a humbucker. He used to have instructional videos on his website and for several of them he used his "practice setup": a Strat through a Cybertwin. Also, when they introduced the new Santana MD there was an interview at NAAM where he talked about how hard they worked to get the guitar to "sound like a strat"