PRS Pre-Factory Santana I Limited Edition: Only 6 pieces worldwide!
Six limited edition guitars built for a good cause
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Finally, exclusivity for a good cause!聽While聽Fender聽and Gibson have both recently released very limited edition models at very high prices, PRS Guitars has decided to donate most of the proceeds of this Santana I Limited Edition to a charity, Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Center in Antigua.聽
Paul Reed Smith and Santana
In the fall of聽1980, the young luthier聽Paul Reed Smith聽made his way backstage to meet guitar legend聽Carlos Santana聽before聽he took to the stage. That night, Santana played a prototype PRS guitar.聽He later instructed Smith to build a guitar for him.聽It was the beginning of a lifelong connection between the two and one that turned out to be crucial to the success of PRS Guitars.
PRS Santana Limited Edition Pre-Factory 路 Source: PRS
Santana I Limited Edition
The PRS聽Crossroads Pre-Factory Santana I Limited Edition聽is modelled on this first guitar.聽The special features of this “Pre-Factory” model include the聽body shape, inlays, pickups聽and聽electronics.
The contour of the聽mahogany body聽with聽maple top聽is the precursor of the聽PRS Santana聽(affiliate link) available today.聽Even then, the striking聽bird inlays聽made of solid abalone were installed in the fingerboard.聽The eagle on the veneer of the top plate and the “OM” symbol on the truss rod cover were to become the聽trademark of聽the PRS Santana models.
PRS TCI Pickups
The pickups include an聽HFS treble聽and聽Santana bass pickup.聽Both undergo聽the new聽TCI process聽(Tuned Capacitance and Inductance).聽This new method developed by PRS can exactly reproduce the voicing achieved in the original guitars, we are told. Either way, it is an interesting new way of voicing pickups and possibly one we could see again in the future with other models from PRS.
PRS Santana Limited Edition Pre-Factory and Paul Reed Smith 路 Source: PRS
Electronics
The electronics consists of a volume control and two mini toggles.聽The latter are not responsible for coil splitting, as is the case with current PRS guitars.聽Instead, the pickups are only turned on or off.聽Santana himself wanted this layout, apparently, although a simple 3-way switch would have done the same job.
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- PRS Santana Limited Edition Pre-Factory with Om and Eagle 路 Source: PRS
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- PRS Santana Limited Edition with Pre-Factory Birds 路 Source: PRS
Crossroads Guitar Festival
Only six聽guitars will be available of the Santana I Limited Edition.聽They are built exclusively for the Crossroads Guitar Festival. Benefit concerts and the sale of these instruments will聽benefit聽Eric Clapton聽‘s聽Crossroads Center, a聽drug treatment聽centre聽in Antigua.
RRP – USD 11999
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