<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Carlos-santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/carlos-santana Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:11:33 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “John McLaughlin scared the hell out of me.” Narada Michael Walden on his 1970s adventures with Mahavishnu, Robert Fripp and Carlos Santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/narada-michael-walden-on-his-1970s-adventures-with-john-mclaughlin-robert-fripp-and-carlos-santana sQDc6YGxxzbGPaKQAFky6G Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:11:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I don’t have any fingers; I am only spirit.’ He wanted to utilize my body.” Carlos Santana says Stevie Ray Vaughan begged him to play his #007 Dumble amp from beyond the grave ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carlos-santanas-stevie-ray-vaughan-visitation dgRPoeBETGnZ7wykAMzze7 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:58:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Get off the stage!" The time Carlos Santana picked a fight with Kiss bassist Gene Simmons and caused one of the guitar world's strangest feuds ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/carlos-santana-feuds-with-gene-simmons WENrXQsztzakGx8u89w8dG Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:02:11 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:30:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Think you’ve heard the most jaw-dropping hardcore blues solos of all time? We don’t think so.” Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/50-badass-blues-solos-you-must-hear fMF5uapRBdjkgU3HaA7xub Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:48:28 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was trying to figure out what my sound was going to be. I didn’t have an answer until I heard 'Maggot Brain.'” Grace Bowers on Funkadelic, Leslie West and the 10 records that changed her life ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/grace-bowers-10-records-that-changed-my-life 2oujHw4kA7adh5CeXaSKAG Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:02:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The country a guitar is made in doesn't matter.” Guitar maker Paul Reed Smith tells guitarists the last thing they want to hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/paul-reed-smith-it-doesnt-matter-where-guitars-are-made jCcNf9bA9kck4NCDseoRDN Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:48:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had only one concern: Would Jimi Hendrix like it if he were here?" Carlos Santana on the making of the Supernatural album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/carlos-santana-supernatural s2LTW5K6tsHT9QjRYhQvHn Thu, 05 Oct 2023 21:32:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ A Favorite of Carlos Santana, Al Di Meola and John Frusciante, Yamaha’s SG-2000 Was Intended as a Les Paul Killer ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/yamaha-sg2000 NTM3vGUwZR5Rmm3h9NGYa3 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:34:42 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m Definitely Not a One-Guitar Person”: Carlos Santana Pulls out His Favorite PRS, Gibson and Fender Axes ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/carlos-santana-favorite-guitars rXk5YTQpCXnwrGTux3kCRT Wed, 12 Jul 2023 13:45:22 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of the Greatest Times of My Life”: Steve Lukather Recalls Six Magical Weeks in the Studio With Jeff Beck ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/steve-lukather-jeff-beck eYvXdfZEenD23JuH4ffDH8 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:10:55 +0000 Thu, 30 Mar 2023 06:57:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You Couldn’t Get the Information Because People Were Making It up on the Spot”: June Millington of Fanny Recalls Life in the Late-’60s Rock Scene ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/you-couldnt-get-the-information-because-people-were-making-it-up-on-the-spot-june-millington-of-fanny-recalls-life-in-the-late-60s-rock-scene vXafoCgq3jB4uPeCcMYxzc Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:35:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Here’s Why Santana’s ‘Abraxas’ Is a Lesson in Finding Your Own Voice on Guitar ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/heres-why-santanas-abraxas-is-a-lesson-in-finding-your-own-voice-on-guitar mo7XT2HakShKEHyZWhBdyB Thu, 26 Jan 2023 18:40:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-40-most-important-guitar-solos-of-the-20th-century RGtTzStEoDw26KeEmWJ7tW Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:15 +0000 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:13:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Ultimate Destination for Guitar Players is to Create Heaven and Wonderment”: 5 Spiritual Lessons for Guitarists by Carlos Santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/the-ultimate-destination-for-guitar-players-is-to-create-heaven-and-wonderment-5-spiritual-lessons-for-guitarists-by-carlos-santana kt3yk7XXDHSYPredn6akHj Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:04:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Love Santana. But I Think That It’s Vital for People to Recognize That There Are Many Other Important Players”: Beto Martinez Talks Inspiration ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-love-santana-but-i-think-that-its-vital-for-people-to-recognize-that-there-are-many-other-important-players-beto-martinez-talks-inspiration R7Td2rEqQ5dQGRuo42rFtn Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:18:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Carlos Santana Bringing Mesa/Boogie Amps and Yamaha Guitars to the Masses ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/watch-carlos-santana-bringing-mesaboogie-amps-and-yamaha-guitars-to-the-masses JN8FtPb8ChdniaJ6yihW45 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:51:48 +0000 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:01:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kirk Hammett’s Favorite Under-the-Radar Guitar Solos ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/kirk-hammetts-favorite-under-the-radar-guitar-solos VqiGsV9wRXNaiMsV3RYJoZ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 08:30:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Blues Turnarounds (Part 2) ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/blues-turnarounds-part-2 LWCNam4YmQXaPihXkc9vCP Thu, 14 Oct 2021 16:09:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I Wanted to Please My Wife and the Music”: How Carlos Santana Recorded ‘Give the Drummer Some’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/i-wanted-to-please-my-wife-and-the-music-how-carlos-santana-recorded-give-the-drummer-some odZUvSbhTk25bJEEJYysze Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:26:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Carlos Santana’s Infamous Acid-Fueled Woodstock Performance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-carlos-santanas-infamous-acid-fuelled-woodstock-performance v56obXZFxAEpHjhXFr5o7N Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:52:36 +0000 Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:51:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Carlos Santana's Magical 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/inside-the-magical-tone-of-carlos-santanas-1968-gibson-les-paul-custom ULqzhyqnoqZu78LiskrXeZ Fri, 05 Feb 2021 21:43:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ How Santana Took Their Blues-Rock Jazz Fusion to Exotic New Realms with 'Abraxas' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/how-santana-took-their-blues-rock-jazz-fusion-to-exotic-new-realms-with-abraxas 2ceyjB3t8ebKNcMdEiWAqB Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:24:30 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Paul Reed Smith Once Tried to Build a Guitar with 25 Onboard Effects for Carlos Santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/paul-reed-smith-once-tried-to-build-a-guitar-with-25-onboard-effects-for-carlos-santana vYLYRMKpjNMMxfrG4qr2yL Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:22:00 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 18:40:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Drummer Cindy Blackman Santana on Surrounding Herself with the World's Best Guitarists for a Very Special Album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/drummer-cindy-blackman-santana-on-surrounding-herself-with-the-worlds-best-guitarists-for-a-very-special-album P4Ta9psBx74wS3yf9i7QLA Fri, 18 Sep 2020 21:39:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Story of Carlos Santana's Psychedelic "Strat" ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/the-story-of-carlos-santanas-psychedelic-strat Z44iagSfHTeKE8rgUQTT53 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 15:03:00 +0000 Fri, 13 May 2022 15:07:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Stevie Ray Vaughan (Playing a Doubleneck Guitar) Jam with Carlos Santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-stevie-ray-vaughan-playing-a-doubleneck-guitar-jam-with-carlos-santana 8qnJ37B2yQTuECzFBgGQR6 Tue, 14 Jul 2020 18:56:30 +0000