Mine arrived on Friday! It's beautiful AND they omitted the leopard print that was on the headstock in early promo pictures!

Pics on the way...

Lovely.

I had one but sold it because I had bought the Artist Elite as well as a Custom 22 Purple Paul Reed Smith so I had to unload the Artist. I noticed that the leopard pickguard is different on the Artist Elite.

Mars23 said:

What do you think of the sound?

airbak said:

I like it. I think it's very smooth and funky. It feels like Prince when I hear it.

Mars23 said:

Wow, that's beautiful. Enjoy!

Hmm. What kind of pickups are in it?

Funny, I just oreded a guitar yesterday. It's like one of Princes, but it's ash, not maple. But natural and brownish pickguard. Should be here soon

Mars23 said:

Where did you buy it from, how much, and are they still for sale?

Is it available on Hohner's site?

savoirfaire said:

Any Hohner dealer should be able to get them.

Theres a shop in charring cross road near tottenmham court rd central London, that sells it, its in the window with a pic of Prince,no price tag though.

pussy magnet?

lottielooloo1968 said:

That title can be applied to any guitar is played half-decent

Volitan said:

lottielooloo1968 said:

I don't understand the attraction, but it does work. I read that because guitars are generally shaped like women, it's a turn on for women to see men controlling it. I don't know if that's true or not.

Volitan said:

i wouldn't know where 2 begin

Mars23 said:

nice!

Can't wait for mine to arrive - where have you guys got yours from I ordered mine from Jacks Stores but not arrived yet - wondering if I will have to pay duty on it as I am in the UK - any one know please let me know Thanks

lottielooloo1968 said:

I hope not, as I'm a female! LOL

LittleNicci said:

LittleNicci, I got mine from Jack's Music Store too. They told me that I was the first one to place an order for the Artist. They did a great job too in getting me mine before everyone else. I ordered both. I got my Elite last week but the Artist I got in June. I paid $799 I believe for the Artist which I sold on Ebay and $1899 I think it was for the Custom. I think the Artist had a cooler looking pickguard but the Custom has a more souped up, funkier sound. My only gripe is that I would have wanted them to have written "The Artist or The Artist Elite" somewhere on the guitar!

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[Edited 8/5/08 7:09am]

airbak said:

woops!

lottielooloo1968 said:

No problem. I understand that playing guitar is still largely a guy thing!

airbak said:

On mine, the plate that holds the neck on is engraved with "The Artist Limited Edition" and is numbered.

Glad u posted this.
I was wondering if they were out yet.
Off 2 buy mine RIGHT now.

Thanks.

Very nice

looks much nicer than the original promo pics...I still wish they used a regular telecaster styled headstock like Prince's But Its Nice !
Congrats.

Mars23 said:[quote]

airbak said:

Do u know what the differences are in the 2 models?

http://www.photopix.ch/guitar/

read it and weep!. I have this page saved ready for when I buy. The 'Black Prince' looks great but is a heavy axe and I'm not too sure about the sound. The Elite on the other hand sounds like the 1 to go for?.

funkyhead said:

Thank u.

Graycap23 said:

The Elite is a more expensive, souped-up, hand-built Czech-made version of the Artist, which was made in Korea. I think they said Prince's techs had something to do with shaping the sound of the Artist which is cool so they have different pickups. I also noted that the pickguards are drastically different on both guitars. From a distance, I think the Korean version looks more similar to Prince's in my opinion. Here are some specs:

The Artist Elite

Specifications:
-Swamp Ash Body
-Flamed Maple Top and Back
-Maple Neck with Maple fingerboard
-Dual Hand-wound Single-coil Haussel Pickups
-Unique Leopard-print "Bridge-guard" and Pick-guard
-Fixed Strat-style tailpiece
-Strung through body

Finish: Natural


The Artist

Specifications:
-Soft Rock Maple Body
-Tiger Flame Maple book-matched top and back with Walnut "skunk" stripe
-Tortoise shell binding
-25.5" scale 1 piece Maple Neck
-Dunlop 6105 Fretwire
-Wilkinson mini-style 18:1 high ratio tuning machines
-Tesla custom-select Alnico VR-1 single coil pickups
-3-way "Blade" pipckup selector
-Master Volume and Tone Controls
-Custom-designed Hardshell case INCLUDED