Illustrator said:

yep, and I tickle them til they laugh again! I wish!

MickG said:

Many a guitar has taken a dive - Watch Lovesexy - After Lets Go Crazy Prince slings his Guitar offstage and you hear it crunch as it bites the dust - The Next Guitar he uses is the Peach Cloud - I once read that this was because the Blue cloud was in Intensive Care !!!

At the emd of Syracuse 1985 the White cloud bites the dust too.....Also during Rave on DVD if you watch I think it is the Bass that gets slung across the stage to the rear of the drummer stand (Might be confused with another concert though)

I look at it closely and I saw ropes.

Hey.. for those of us who are not afficionados...

Can you talk a little bit about the Hohner (it's the one with the animal print, right?). What sets it apart from others? Is it "rare?" When did Prince start using his?

It sure is a hot little number.

altavista said:

Read about it there.

They are next to his collection of teddy bears and heart shaped lollypops.

Prince throws the guitar up to heaven, Jesus or God catches it.

I thought everyone knew that??

Baby Magic.

SausagePlatter said:

true, i always knew it was all a bit of a ropy concept

Anyone seen this 1999 performance from back then (on Solid Gold)? He throws the guitar really far and high above the audience! They must have been shit scared.

UndercovaBrotha said:

Although it is more or less the same Guitar - The "Prinz" was actually a newer version of the Tele Prince owns and Hohner cheekily named it the "Prinz" because Prince owned it. Prinz meaning Prince in German.

The Original Prinz Guitar was available for as little as £200 back in the 80's but Princes Fame and use of the Guitar has pushed the Value sky high and collectors have been known to pay as much as £1 to £3 thousand pounds for an Immaculate Prinz Tele.

This is a good place to start for Info.


http://www.geocities.com/...92/g2.html

Does anyone remember the story Prince told at one of the ONA soundchecks about buying it at a gas station for 30 bucks or something like that?

calldapplwondery83 said:

Not heard that one but, I was under the impression that the one he played in the early days was a cheap copy I dont know at which stage he got around to buying a "real" one...

Didn't he also have something similar to a Les Paul ??

susannah said:

So what happens when u play the track of them laughing backwards while in a dim light basement on an old school boom box? Does it sound like they're crying?

Victor333 said:

If you look closely there is another guitar (same style/color) on the stage right by Lisa.
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If you look at the Prince and the Revolution LIVE during computer blue performance he whips his guiter so high and far back stage but you see an arm appear and catch it by the neck. I remember seeing his guitar room at Paisley Park and there was so so so so so so so so so so many guitars. 98% I have never seen before and there was posters of women in there (ones I have never seen before) and the tour guide said something like "Prince loves instruments like he loves beautiful women" or something like that.

PRIME
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I Liked the guitar he used in " The Live in Tokyo Concert in 1990..The white odd shaped one.I have seen a lot of his shows but that beauty never appeared again... Or did it??? If so, where???

IcicleKissesXO said:

I think you may be talking about the Model C?? Did it look lik this?





Used extensively on the "Nude Tour", this guitar and and it's Bass counterpart were designed and built by Auerswald guitars in Germany. The guitar featured a one piece Wengewood construction a String locking Bridge and the distinctive tie bar designed to aid sustain, which the Artist demonstrated by playing entire songs using only his left hand! Another feature of the guitar is the greenish Purple finish which incorporates 20 coats of aircraft paint.

The design of the guitar resembles the Roland GR 707 guitar synth once used by Wendy Melvion, though the story goes that the original was a gift from Princess Gloria of Thurn und Taxis in Germany, a replica of which was made by Jerry Auerswald as the original was too precious to use. A production version of the Anastasia will cost you a mere £2.500

Info Taken from this website: http://www.geocities.com/...92/g2.html

UndercovaBrotha said:

The cheaper construction of the Hohner gave rise to problems in the studio - according to Kyle Bess, one time staff engineer at The Recording Plant in L.A., Prince often insisted on the guitar, favouring it's tone which he once described as "Raggedy".

FunkMistress said:

that's what's so cool about The Hohner though--its raggediness.

btw, hey sessy.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Hey, gorgeousness.

I listened to Dirty Mind all the way through twice in a row this morning as I got ready for work and was reveling in the raggediness. Made me not even want to take a shower, man.

But I did.

FunkMistress said:

hawt. but yeah, i was listening to some of my dm-era bootleggage yesterday because i was compiling a few tracks for a friend. i haven't watched my copy of ritz '81 in forever.

oh yeah--check yer orgnotes in a couple minutes! i got somethin for ya.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Friend, huh?

FunkMistress said:

no, not THAT way...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I got it, I got it. Some other bitch is getting all your good CD-making lovin', but you turn around and swear to me that it means NOTHING.

FunkMistress said:

but he's gay as hell too, isweartogawd...

The "Model C" U referred 2 Looks a lot like the guitar.from Tokyo.. It was hard 2 tell 4 sure tho..In your picture He was holding it end ways and the picture was very small... Thanx 4 the in4mation tho ...

IcicleKissesXO said:

If you click the image it will come up larger in a new window Icicle.

prime said:

Whoaaa... how long ago was this? I would kill to have a tour of the place... even if he doesn't spend much time there anymore.