Paul Reed Smith PRS Core Santana Retro Rosewood Fingerboard Faded Emerald Smokeburst

Celebrating History Carlos Santana’s longstanding creative partnership with Paul Reed Smith has done much to shape the destiny of PRS Guitars. Over the years, we have honored this pivotal alliance by offering variations of his signature model instrument. The Santana Retro pays homage to the early “Pre-Factory” guitars Paul built for Carlos in the early 1980’s. Several unique design elements are reintroduced on this model, including a deeper body carve, original style heel, and the original headstock shape and nut placement.



The Santana Retro blends history and modern manufacturing to create a highly musical guitar good enough for the man himself.

Core Electrics Since 1985 we’ve aimed to push musicians’ expectations of what a guitar can be. USA-Made modern, vintage, and specialty stylings, each model built to our exacting specifications to feel right in your hands & sound great to your ears.

• Model: PRS Core Santana Retro
• Builder: Paul Reed Smith - PRS
• Year: 2022
• Body Type: Solid Body
• Top Wood: Flame Maple
• Body Wood: Mahogany
• Finish Type: Gloss nitro over celluose (CAB) finish
• Finish Color: Emerald Smokeburst
• Binding: Cream Binding on Fingerboard
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
• Neck Carve: Santana
• Scale Length: 24.5"
• Neck Radius: 11.50"
• Frets: 24 - Santana Fret Wire (Jumbo)
• Nut Width: 1 11/16"
• Nut Material: Bone
• Neck Finish: Gloss
• Inlays: Green Ripple Abalone PRS Birds
• Headstock: PRS Santana
• Neck Pickup: Santana
• Bridge Pickup: Santana
• Hardware: Hybrid
• Bridge: PRS Patented Tremolo, Gen III
• Tuners: PRS Phase III Locking
• Controls: Volume and Tone Control with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector
• Case: PRS Black Tolex Hard Shell
• Weight: 7.95 Pounds (7 lbs 15 oz)