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Originally Posted by coldethyl
...Tone is in the fingers, or at least part of it is anyway!
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It definitely isn't the WHOLE answer, but it's sure a big part of it. If you put Carlos on a guitar that lacked the sustain of his PRS, through an amp that didn't give him those creamy/biting tones, it wouldn't be the same sound - but I'll bet the phrasing and style would still be recognizable.
Looking at the page Neil linked to, it would take a pretty fat pocketbook to duplicate Santana's rig. His PRS guitars are custom models, and Dumble amps are ultra-high $$$ - custom-made for each artist.