https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:41:40 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203188 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:53:29 +0000 Opinions and Polls teegee420 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203188 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203172 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:31:42 +0000
Regarding option #2, if I have a CT6 built, should I forgo the coil tapping option, or could I have the pickups swapped out without any further work? First of all, I think the pickups on the CT6 are excellent. You can play them for a while and see how you like them. If you want to understand how exactly you should have it built so that you can easily replace the pickups, I suggest you go over to the forums on the carvin website and ask. There are some serious Carvin fans there who can guide you on every option available, including a variety of "unlisted" options.

(For example, there are colors that are not on the website, but available by request.)]]> Opinions and Polls vink https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203172 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203161 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:51:57 +0000 Opinions and Polls Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203161 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203108 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 16:48:39 +0000 here.]]> Opinions and Polls teegee420 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203108 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203085 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:38:31 +0000 Opinions and Polls lovedastrat https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-203085 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-202862 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:40:00 +0000
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Well, the PRS SE flametop is $499 new, and the hardware upgrade are probably $100 (when you sell the old stuff that came with the guitar) and the pickups are $200. You could swap everything out yourself, but if you wanted a pro to do it I'm thinking you could get the upgrades and the setup done for $150. So... 500+100+200+150 = $950. If you use ebay to buy/sell the stuff, you could get away with $700 total, easy.

On the Carvin. I'd do the coil taps and everything if they could do it without the switches. If they could built with the push-pull pots to mask the tapping (and avoid having little switches on the guitar) I'd do that, and whatever pups you decide to upgrade to (or even keep the Carvins) will have the ability to be coil-tapped, so no worries. Plus, with the Carvin you can get the tremolo as a Wilkinson trem unit, which I think is superior to the PRS tremolo. A custom CT6 will run you $1400 - 1600.

Another option would be to pick up a used PRS CE for $900 and upgrade the pups to the Santana pups. Then you have a USA PRS, with the beautiful top, and PRS Santana pickups.]]> Opinions and Polls The Dali https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-202714 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-202671 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 19:57:32 +0000
Regarding option #1, would it still be worth my while in terms of price if I paid a tech to do all of the work you suggested? I wouldn't trust myself to work on it. What do you think that would run me?

Regarding option #2, if I have a CT6 built, should I forgo the coil tapping option, or could I have the pickups swapped out without any further work?]]> Opinions and Polls teegee420 https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/santana-iii-on-the-cheap/#post-202671