Prince
Prince
ALL 180
Guitars 36
Amplifiers 20
Effects Pedals 26
Bass Guitars 15
Pianos 1
Keyboards and Synthesizers 35
Microphones 4
Studio Equipment 40
DJ Setup 1
Strings 1
Music Accessories 1
Jerry Auerswald Custom-Made Symbol Guitar
Prince can be seen with his custom-made Jerry Auerswald guitar in this picture.
moreSubmitted almost 9 years ago
Custom Purple Taylor 612 CE
Prince featured this guitar as part of a more extended acoustic set throughout his Musicology tour in 2004.
source: http://acousticpickers.blogspot.com/2016/04/guit...
moreSubmitted over 7 years ago
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
In this pic of Prince's pedalboard you can see the blues driver on the left of the mic-stand.
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop
Prince used the guitar on multiple occasions, it is a one off Fender Custom Shop Strat built at his request, note absence of middle pick-up and locking tuners, he also used a 'Fiesta Red' and a Gold Stratocaster guitar with extremely similar specs to the one shown here
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier
when prince was auto-named "the artist"
Used on the following albums from www.guitarcloud.org:
o(+> (Prince) Soldano Caswell X99, Soldano SLO-100, Mesa Boogie Strategy 500, Marshall 1960 and Peavey 5150 (EV speak...
moreSubmitted almost 9 years ago
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
When it comes to effects, Prince seemed to like Boss Pedals. While it very well could be that Prince owns the entire Boss line of effects, he was commonly seen with a metal zone in the mid 90s. It was put in his pedalboard between his Diamonds and Pearls Tour and Act I& II Tour (support for Love...
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion
This image comes from this article from Pro Guitar Shop where they write "Along with his love of Boss effects, Prince is a regular user of the ...
moreSubmitted about 9 years ago
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
According to engineer Susan Rodgers, Prince used a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal in the studio.
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
Mesa Boogie Mark IIB Coliseum
“There were three of these 300 series amps,” says Bendinelli. “The original two were Mark IIBs, and this is one of them. They’re all dated 1981, and Prince had them by the time he did the 1999 tour. --- They had 180 watts of clean headroom, and it was a big, loud sound onstage.
Prince lik...
moreSubmitted over 7 years ago
Fender Telecaster
Early On In Prince's Career He Used A Modified Fender Telecaster And A Gibson L6S Before He Recieved His Hohner Madcat In 1982,Guitar Can Be Seen Being Played By Dez Dickerson In The Music Video"Dirty Mind"
moreSubmitted about 6 years ago
Epiphone Crestwood Custom
In this photo, Prince can be seen playing a Epiphone Crestwood Custom. Borrowed from Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots for a performance of "Bambi"
moreSubmitted almost 9 years ago
Gibson L6S
Prince's "Go To" Axe Early On In His Career He Later Sawed Off The Horn And Adorned The Guitar With LED Lights And Faux Leopard Print Fur
moreSubmitted about 6 years ago
Shure SM57
"That means he has everything routed into his SSL exactly as he wants. He was all of his favorite devices wired to the specific boxes that he wants; he had three pedalboards sitting underneath the SSL and he has his trusty Linn drum just to the side of the classic rolling Pro Tools keyboard. He c...
moreSubmitted over 4 years ago
David Rusan's The Cloud Guitar
In the feature pic, Prince can be seen playing his custom guitar.
More information about the guitar can be found here: http://uniqueguitar.blogspot.com/2011/09/princes-guitars.html
... moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
In the Manic Monday Music video you can see Prince bent down messing with his pedal. You can see it on 0.42. There is also a photo of Prince’s pedalboard set up for the Sign ‘O’ The Times Tour and can the pedal on. Here is a link ...
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
MXR M133 Micro Amp
This is a picture from Prince’s Guitar Book released by Paisley Park. You can see the MXR Micro Amp pedal on the right side.
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
Boss BF-2 Flanger
Prince has used the Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal in many of his concerts and performances for several years. He has used the Boss BF- 2 Flanger pedal on Jay Leno's Tonight show and the 21 Nights in London concerts. The Boss BF-2 Flanger pedal can be spotted on the left side of Prince's effects pedal b...
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Auerswald Cleo
Prince used an Auerswald Cleo bass in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prince can be seen playing it in the studio for the recording of Partyman.
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
Danelectro DD-1 Fab Tone Distortion
"The only bass effects on the record are a Zoom 9030 (usually on its "slap wah" setting) and a Danelectro Fab Tone pedal for fuzz."
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Fender Stratocaster Purple - Hybrid
Prince had bought a couple of fender stratocasters from Japan and had them altered. He added EMG pick ups an Emg humbucker 81 and an Emg single coil SA. He also added an Original Floyd Rose and Nut locking.
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95 Standard Wah
Along with his love of Boss effects, Prince is a regular user of the Digitech Whammy, Dunlop Crybaby Wah (though he has been known to use a Colorsound Wah as well), and Line 6 MM4 modulation modeler.
moreSubmitted about 8 years ago
Fender Stratocaster ...
At 22:00 and 23:30 he is seen playing this guitar
moreSubmitted over 6 years ago
Taylor 214E Deluxe Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric
Taylor 214E or 214 on serveral tv appearances
moreSubmitted over 6 years ago
Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler
This image comes from this article from Pro Guitar Shop where they write "Along with his love of Boss effects, Prince is a regular user of the ...
moreSubmitted about 9 years ago
Gibson 3-Pickup SG Custom - Alpine White
Used In Prince's Music Video"Guitar"
moreSubmitted about 6 years ago
Shure Beta 57A
Partially Correct, Supported via MixonlineSubmitted over 4 years ago
Sadowsky Madcat Copy
Prince played Sadowsky copies of the Hohner Madcat on the Purple Rain tour. He had four - two with a natural finish and tortoishell pickguard and two with a custom flower design, one in pink and one in purple.
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
Roland Jupiter-8
Notable users include Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, Jean Michel Jarre, The Prodigy, William Orbit, Underworld, Moby, Devo, Rush, Tears For Fears, Tangerine Dream and Prince.
moreSubmitted over 8 years ago
Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker 100 watt Head
There’s a few of pictures of Prince using the Mesa/Boogie Heartbreaker heads. Here’s other link of a picture where he is playing Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful on the Jay Leno show in 2009 where you can see the Heartbreaker heads ...
moreSubmitted about 4 years ago
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Hohner Madcat
Solid Body Electric Guitars
In this photo, one can see Prince with a Hohner Madcat, as well as in this video, playing "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", with Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others. ...
moreSubmitted almost 9 years ago