Riff Tone
Black Magic Woman
Santana
Original Gear
Amp Settings
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1970 (Abraxas album). The clean riff section is played on a late 1950s Gibson Les Paul Special with P-90 pickups into an early Mesa/Boogie Mark I combo. No evidence of PRS or Yamaha guitars on this recording. No pedal use confirmed for the clean riff; overdrive pedals are only mentioned for solos or later eras.
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Amp Settings
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1970 (Abraxas album). The clean riff section is played on a late 1950s Gibson Les Paul Special with P-90 pickups into an early Mesa/Boogie Mark I combo. No evidence of PRS or Yamaha guitars on this recording. No pedal use confirmed for the clean riff; overdrive pedals are only mentioned for solos or later eras.
Tone Character(10)
Difficulty
Black Magic Woman settings for your amp
Exact settings ToneAdapt players use on these amps.
- Black Magic Woman on Boss Katana
- Black Magic Woman on Fender Mustang LT25
- Black Magic Woman on Line 6 Helix Floor / LT / Rack
- Black Magic Woman on Neural DSP Quad Cortex
- Black Magic Woman on Fender Frontman 10G
- Black Magic Woman on Positive Grid Spark
- Black Magic Woman on Boss GT-1000
- Black Magic Woman on Orange Crush
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