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. ...

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Jerry Auerswald Custom-Made Symbol Guitar

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Prince can be seen with his custom-made Jerry Auerswald guitar in this picture.

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Custom Purple Taylor 612 CE

Steel-string Acoustic Guitars

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...

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Boss BD-2 Blues Driver

Overdrive Effects Pedals

In this pic of Prince's pedalboard you can see the blues driver on the left of the mic-stand.

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Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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

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Soldano SLO 100 100-Watt Tube Guitar Amplifier

Guitar Amplifier Heads

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...

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Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Distortion Effects Pedals

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...

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Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion

Distortion Effects Pedals

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 ...

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Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal

Distortion Effects Pedals

According to engineer Susan Rodgers, Prince used a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal in the studio.

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Mesa Boogie Mark IIB Coliseum

Guitar Amplifier Heads

“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.

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Fender Telecaster

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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"

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Epiphone Crestwood Custom

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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"

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Gibson L6S

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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

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Shure SM57

Dynamic Microphones

"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...

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David Rusan's The Cloud Guitar

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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

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Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive

Overdrive Effects Pedals

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 ...

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MXR M133 Micro Amp

Boost Effects Pedals

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.

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Boss BF-2 Flanger

Flanger Effects Pedals

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...

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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.

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Danelectro DD-1 Fab Tone Distortion

Distortion Effects Pedals

"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."

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Fender Stratocaster Purple - Hybrid

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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.

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Dunlop Cry Baby GCB95 Standard Wah

Wah Pedals

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.

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Fender Stratocaster ...

Solid Body Electric Guitars

At 22:00 and 23:30 he is seen playing this guitar

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Taylor 214E Deluxe Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric

Acoustic-Electric Guitars

Taylor 214E or 214 on serveral tv appearances

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Line 6 MM4 Modulation Modeler

Multi Effects Pedals

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Gibson 3-Pickup SG Custom - Alpine White

Solid Body Electric Guitars

Used In Prince's Music Video"Guitar"

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Sadowsky Madcat Copy

Solid Body Electric Guitars

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.

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Roland Jupiter-8

Synthesizers

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.

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Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker 100 watt Head

Guitar Amplifier Heads

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 ...

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