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Thread started 06/02/09 8:28pm

carmy

What Guitar is this?

Sorry I don't have a pic.But what was that white guitar Prince used sparsely during 88/89 era? It was a weird square shaped type deal and had a really cool sound .Seen in the C&D booklet. Peace,carmy
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Reply #1 posted 06/02/09 8:33pm

MajesticOne89

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The Model C?

chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #2 posted 06/02/09 8:43pm

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MajesticOne89 said:

The Model C? hey thanks ,yeah that the one. anyone who has any info on this great piece of work please feel free. I've always wanted to know about this guitar especially what songs it was used on and why he never really played it. peace carmy.

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Reply #3 posted 06/03/09 5:46am

thecloud

Tone-wise a very good sounding guitar, nice sustain also!
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Reply #4 posted 06/03/09 5:51am

Tame

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I guess that guitar is kind of cool, but I'm not crazy about it, I think the cloudz and the arrowz are so much nicer, although to a guitar player, the sound could make all of the difference...I wonder what Prince calls this one...I'd call it, "Put it back in the box from the triangular place it came from." ... cool
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Reply #5 posted 06/03/09 9:05am

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heart cool
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Reply #6 posted 06/03/09 11:37am

Lovesymbol2

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thedance said:



heart cool


The one in the two pictures is called the Model C from Auerswald guitars made in germany at the Bodensee. That big bow adds great sustain of notes and its a very very good guitar in general. He should of kept using it, with that guitar today his talent on the instrument would of blown us away even more, im telling yall wink

http://www.auerswald-inst...page4.html
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Reply #7 posted 06/03/09 11:47am

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Lovesymbol2 said:

thedance said:



heart cool


The one in the two pictures is called the Model C from Auerswald guitars made in germany at the Bodensee. That big bow adds great sustain of notes and its a very very good guitar in general. He should of kept using it, with that guitar today his talent on the instrument would of blown us away even more, im telling yall wink

http://www.auerswald-inst...page4.html



I love the sound of it but I think it looks fucking ugly ! lol
If I remember correctly this guitar was a gift of German Duchess Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. She used to be some kind of IT girl in the late 80s, married to a rich aristocrat. After his death she changed dramatically and is now a devout Catholic who loves to criticize people for sex outside of marriage and she has some really weird ideas about AIDS and Africans. She was a bit like Paris Hilton in the 80s but now she´s like Anakin Skywalker on the darkside and is notoriously famous for her rants on TV.

The guitar sounds nice though. She had some sort of friendship with Prince in the late 80s.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #8 posted 06/03/09 2:26pm

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KoolEaze said:

Lovesymbol2 said:



The one in the two pictures is called the Model C from Auerswald guitars made in germany at the Bodensee. That big bow adds great sustain of notes and its a very very good guitar in general. He should of kept using it, with that guitar today his talent on the instrument would of blown us away even more, im telling yall wink

http://www.auerswald-inst...page4.html



I love the sound of it but I think it looks fucking ugly ! lol
If I remember correctly this guitar was a gift of German Duchess Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. She used to be some kind of IT girl in the late 80s, married to a rich aristocrat. After his death she changed dramatically and is now a devout Catholic who loves to criticize people for sex outside of marriage and she has some really weird ideas about AIDS and Africans. She was a bit like Paris Hilton in the 80s but now she´s like Anakin Skywalker on the darkside and is notoriously famous for her rants on TV.

The guitar sounds nice though. She had some sort of friendship with Prince in the late 80s.


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Reply #9 posted 06/04/09 12:57am

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I talked to the luthier that repaired Prince's Auerswald, and he said the guitar was a bitch to play because the action was so high, and not adjustable due to the design. This may have been why Prince didn't play it beyond the Nude Tour.

Prince also had a matching bass. Auerswald made the Symbol guitars as well.
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Reply #10 posted 06/04/09 1:03am

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KoolEaze said:

Lovesymbol2 said:



The one in the two pictures is called the Model C from Auerswald guitars made in germany at the Bodensee. That big bow adds great sustain of notes and its a very very good guitar in general. He should of kept using it, with that guitar today his talent on the instrument would of blown us away even more, im telling yall wink

http://www.auerswald-inst...page4.html



I love the sound of it but I think it looks fucking ugly ! lol
If I remember correctly this guitar was a gift of German Duchess Fürstin Gloria von Thurn und Taxis. She used to be some kind of IT girl in the late 80s, married to a rich aristocrat. After his death she changed dramatically and is now a devout Catholic who loves to criticize people for sex outside of marriage and she has some really weird ideas about AIDS and Africans. She was a bit like Paris Hilton in the 80s but now she´s like Anakin Skywalker on the darkside and is notoriously famous for her rants on TV.

The guitar sounds nice though. She had some sort of friendship with Prince in the late 80s.



That's one terrible photograph
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Reply #11 posted 06/04/09 1:13am

Shango

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*nevermindedit*
[Edited 6/4/09 1:15am]
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