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Thread started 03/26/05 4:34am

pumpkin71

How does Prince make that guitar disappear?

OK I have seen this happen on more than one occassion and it also happened last night on the NAACP award show. How is it that when Prince is finished playing his guitar that he throws it up in the air and then it is gone just like that. Someone please tell me how that works because you definitely dont see any strings attached. This is really bothering me. Please clarify. confused
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Reply #1 posted 03/26/05 4:49am

PANDURITO

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Now you see it now you don't
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Reply #2 posted 03/26/05 4:51am

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That's hilarious, because every time I look at the While My Guitar Gently Weeps clip from the Hall of Fame induction I wonder what happens to the guitar at the end of the clip. Is someone there to catch it? confuse
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Reply #3 posted 03/26/05 4:55am

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David Copperfield has been going to 3121.
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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Reply #4 posted 03/26/05 4:57am

PRNelson

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.
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Reply #5 posted 03/26/05 5:07am

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PRNelson said:

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.


Yeah, I think if the guitar tech guy can catch it, he does. If he doesn't, it crashes to the ground. I guess they then check it over to see if it is still playable, if not they just break a new one out of the storeroom. He can afford it. Seems most tv performances he throws it up!
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Reply #6 posted 03/26/05 5:10am

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Damn, I'll take one of them Hohners if he's just gonna end up letting it crash to the ground!
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Reply #7 posted 03/26/05 5:21am

muirdo

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metalorange said:

PRNelson said:

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.


Yeah, I think if the guitar tech guy can catch it, he does. If he doesn't, it crashes to the ground. I guess they then check it over to see if it is still playable, if not they just break a new one out of the storeroom. He can afford it. Seems most tv performances he throws it up!


he has had the same Hohner for nearly 30 years and he has only had to
replace the neck twice and the body once.
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #8 posted 03/26/05 5:51am

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PRNelson said:

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.


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Reply #9 posted 03/26/05 6:28am

PRNelson

batmanx said:

PRNelson said:

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.


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Why, thank u. Nobody has ever commented on it before. cool
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Reply #10 posted 03/26/05 6:29am

Mach

its his connection with God ... ya know

here God .. *poof* its gone


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Reply #11 posted 03/26/05 6:47am

ButcherDog

Oww-oof!
Woof Woof..grrrr-oof


Butcherdog says that, after the success of Purple Rain, Prince was rich enough to hire a chimp which would hang from the stage scaffolding directly above his head. thus, when prince throws his guitar up in the air, the chip was able to catch it in his arms as he dangled by his feet.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Butherdog adds that, if you watch closely during the performance of 'computer blue' from the 'Prince & The Revolution 85' video, Prince throws his guitar in the air. if you look closely at the top of the screen during this point you can see the chimp in question. However, as you will see by watching the performance, the chimp fails to catch the guitar and the honer crashes to the ground. However, by the end of the Purple rain tour, the chimp got real good at catching.
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Reply #12 posted 03/26/05 7:34am

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Takumi.
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Reply #13 posted 03/26/05 8:03am

metalorange

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muirdo said:

metalorange said:



Yeah, I think if the guitar tech guy can catch it, he does. If he doesn't, it crashes to the ground. I guess they then check it over to see if it is still playable, if not they just break a new one out of the storeroom. He can afford it. Seems most tv performances he throws it up!


he has had the same Hohner for nearly 30 years and he has only had to
replace the neck twice and the body once.


If he only has the one Hohner, how do you explain the 2 on this pic? Clearly he has spares:

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The boys take a well earned break backstage. (1990)

© IM&RW

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[Edited 3/26/05 8:04am]
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Reply #14 posted 03/26/05 8:13am

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ButcherDog said:

Oww-oof!
Woof Woof..grrrr-oof


Butcherdog says that, after the success of Purple Rain, Prince was rich enough to hire a chimp which would hang from the stage scaffolding directly above his head. thus, when prince throws his guitar up in the air, the chip was able to catch it in his arms as he dangled by his feet.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Butherdog adds that, if you watch closely during the performance of 'computer blue' from the 'Prince & The Revolution 85' video, Prince throws his guitar in the air. if you look closely at the top of the screen during this point you can see the chimp in question. However, as you will see by watching the performance, the chimp fails to catch the guitar and the honer crashes to the ground. However, by the end of the Purple rain tour, the chimp got real good at catching.

LOL!
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Reply #15 posted 03/26/05 8:15am

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muirdo said:

metalorange said:



Yeah, I think if the guitar tech guy can catch it, he does. If he doesn't, it crashes to the ground. I guess they then check it over to see if it is still playable, if not they just break a new one out of the storeroom. He can afford it. Seems most tv performances he throws it up!


he has had the same Hohner for nearly 30 years and he has only had to
replace the neck twice and the body once.




How many times can you replace the neck AND the body before it is a new guitar?

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Reply #16 posted 03/26/05 11:29am

pumpkin71

PRNelson said:

i think he throws it up and forwards so that the guitar tech catches it in the pit at the front of the stage.



No, no, no. I also saw him do it in a clip when he performed controversy/mutiny. He throws it up looks up quickly and then he keeps performing. So it is def. going up. God only knows where it goes.
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Reply #17 posted 03/26/05 11:49am

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ButcherDog said:

Oww-oof!
Woof Woof..grrrr-oof


Butcherdog says that, after the success of Purple Rain, Prince was rich enough to hire a chimp which would hang from the stage scaffolding directly above his head. thus, when prince throws his guitar up in the air, the chip was able to catch it in his arms as he dangled by his feet.

Woof! Woof! Woof!

Butherdog adds that, if you watch closely during the performance of 'computer blue' from the 'Prince & The Revolution 85' video, Prince throws his guitar in the air. if you look closely at the top of the screen during this point you can see the chimp in question. However, as you will see by watching the performance, the chimp fails to catch the guitar and the honer crashes to the ground. However, by the end of the Purple rain tour, the chimp got real good at catching.






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Reply #18 posted 03/26/05 12:25pm

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I work in theater and although I don't know what exactly he does, it is very probable that someone is up on the bridge above to catch it. It is possible!
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Reply #19 posted 03/26/05 1:15pm

pumpkin71

jenet8701 said:

I work in theater and although I don't know what exactly he does, it is very probable that someone is up on the bridge above to catch it. It is possible!



OMG could it really be as simple as that? God what if the person didn't catch it? I mean it's not as if he looks up first and if he does it is so quick and then throws it up could he really have that good a judgement?
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Reply #20 posted 03/26/05 1:50pm

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metalorange said:

muirdo said:



he has had the same Hohner for nearly 30 years and he has only had to
replace the neck twice and the body once.


If he only has the one Hohner, how do you explain the 2 on this pic? Clearly he has spares:

[img]

The boys take a well earned break backstage. (1990)

© IM&RW

[/img]
[Edited 3/26/05 8:04am]


The 2nd one is the one in fronts girlfriend, they were having a dirty weekend together , making sweet music .....
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Reply #21 posted 03/26/05 2:05pm

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Takumi catches it.

Check out the Rave DVD. (At least I think that's the one.) He finishes with the bass and just kinda chucks it across the floor like a bowling ball toward the back of the stage. Now THAT one kinda freaked me out!
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Reply #22 posted 03/26/05 2:26pm

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i'd be scared to death to catch 'em--what if the geetar bopped me upside the head and knocked me the fuck out or somethin? eek
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Reply #23 posted 03/26/05 2:30pm

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wallysafford said:

Takumi.


The man is AWESOME at taking care of P's guitars. We saw Takumi catch the guitar at an ONA concert. That's when you know how tight the band really is. He knows exactly when P is gonna toss that baby and where it is gonna go. I bet he's no butterfingers!

Oh, and I think it seems to disappear on TV because of the framing of the shot (like on the NAACP awards last night), though it is pretty cool to see it in person.
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Reply #24 posted 03/26/05 3:07pm

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oneradyear said:

muirdo said:



he has had the same Hohner for nearly 30 years and he has only had to
replace the neck twice and the body once.




How many times can you replace the neck AND the body before it is a new guitar?

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i was trying to be funny
looks as tho it went over most of your heads
Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!
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Reply #25 posted 03/26/05 3:10pm

AsianBomb777

Most of the props on stage disappear when Prince stashes them away in his anus.
He keeps all sorts of shit in there. Any day now, he's gonna whoop out a lynn drum and blow everybody away!
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Reply #26 posted 03/26/05 3:16pm

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AsianBomb777 said:

Most of the props on stage disappear when Prince stashes them away in his anus.
He keeps all sorts of shit in there. Any day now, he's gonna whoop out a lynn drum and blow everybody away!



I Love Vaginas! eek eek

I think his techs are on amyl nitrates (sic) and sell them for cookie dough ice cream.
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Reply #27 posted 03/27/05 9:22am

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I Love Vaginas! eek eek


I'm a big fan myself.

Wouldn't it be funny if the next time we saw Prince he catches the guitar from out of the blue as if it had been in the air since the NAACP awards performance ended?
lol
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Reply #28 posted 03/27/05 10:10am

machokitty

larry grahm catches it with his ass
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Reply #29 posted 03/27/05 12:44pm

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falloff @ this thread lol
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