skywalker said:

I actually can appreciate what you are saying. He certainly looks better with the cloud - but I dont think he has played that publicly in years. I never really liked the symbol axes. Oddly enough, the most classic guitar moments in iconic Prince guitar hero imagery usually invovle his oldest and least notable instrument: the Telelcaster (with animal print pick guard and strap of course).

Of course. This guitar is classic Prince and it forever shall be great in my book. Plus, the animal print gives it this glam slammin' gaudiness that elevates it from looking plain. I guess what I am saying is that it "goes" well with Prince.

I love em' all.

Prince looks nice with the light blue guitar..I didn't care much 4 the light blue guitar on the toy doll...because I thought it was too plastic looking.

He plays Fenders now 'nuff said But I myself am a Fender man so.

I think the strat looks too big for him. Like a 10 year old getting his first guitar for Xmas.

It just dwarfs him a little. And when you're 5,2 that's not a good thing!

TyphoonTip said:

I agree. He looks silly holding a Strat.

I wish he'd bring back the Clouds too.

a strat isn't boring you '"àç§)à!'çà!

skywalker said:

Skywalker, i agree with everything u just said.

Geeze... its not some fashion show or something

My main interest is how he makes his guitar(s) sound.

I'd love to see the Auerswald model C brought out again - sustain city!
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I'm more concerned with the notes coming out of the guitar, which are fantastic.

The yellow Cloud model is one sexy mother. And yes, his current fav guitar (nicknamed "Sonny") isn't visually appealing at all.

It is not about the look, it is about the playing, His sonic blue and target red custom fender strats are true works of art, with a Floyd rose and screaming EMG's. Which gives him the ability to play songs such as dreamer, shhh, and in general his more guitar heavy work due to the more powerful sound and the whammy bar. His hohner (telecaster copy) on the other hand is a great guitar for his legendary funk licks and his great creamy sounds for example when he does those santana like pieces at the end of some songs. His strats are more for rock etc and his hohner for his classic stuff where he does not need all too much guitar focus. His symbol was pretty much replaced by his blue strat "sonny" but that guitar as well was very well crafted. I never was a real fan of the cloud, i mean it looks good and all but it often was a little too bright for my taste (obviously also fault of effects and amplifier settings) But the tones he's reaching now are far better than with the cloud. Now if your interested in knowing how he gets his sound, he uses close to all BOSS pedals, a line 6 unit and digitech whammy pedal and a classic cry baby wah. His amplifier is a Mesa Boogie Heartbreaker/Lonestar- There is some dispute of which one he uses between the Heartbreaker and the Lonestar. I believe its the Heartbreaker
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Lovesymbol2 said:

First he used the heartbreaker but since london he's been using the lonestar, lonestar special to be precise

skywalker said:

you are metaphorically poetic.

P has gone back to a more organic sound so I think the Strat kinda fits. Plus I'm sure the Fender guys were thrilled to see him play one of their guitars. They probably sent him more.

But I've said it before, I hate him with that Floyd Rose. His natural vibrato is waaaay better.

I don't think it really matters what it looks like,it's not the guitar I'm looking at anyway.

SPYZFAN1 said:

I noticed Prince's Strats (at least the light blue one and the red one) have different pickups than what Fender usually has. He's got a humbucker at the bridge and a single coil at the neck (not the standard 3-pickup Fender style). This is the same pickup design as the cloud and symbol guitars he's used before.

I think he's got the Floyd Rose for doing those "divebomb" string-bending effects. I used to have a Floyd on my old Kramer guitar, but if you broke a string, it would make the rest of the strings go out of tune.

I still think it's a little strange he's using real Fender Stratocasters, but still using the Hohner Telecaster copy guitar, instead of a real Fender Tele, but (from what I've heard) won't endorse the Hohner Tele model that he's played for years.

Dammit the guitars have to coordinate ....




JESUS FASHION CHRIST !

Vinniecent said:

Thanks for that. Was always wondering

Here i have found the exact amps he uses (from the mesa boogie website)

2X12 Rectifier Cab-Horizontal
4X12 Standard Rectifier Cab-Straight
Lone Star 1x12 Combo
HTBRKR HEAD,BLK,BG

I know nothing about the technical aspects of guitars, but the cloud guitar shore is purdy. I loves it.

Doesn't matter what the guitar looks like because when he lays his hands on them they all rock

nurseV said:

Exactly!
When they are in his hands they are the complete oposite of boring.

CrimsonLot3s said:

Or a nerd. Thanks for the compliment.

skywalker said:

I actually agree with you on this. I miss the cloud guitar very much and I loved the guitars too. They made helped make Prince look that much more unique and fly while playing them.

You prefer those gaudy silly looking guitars? Maybe the peach is okay. The rest of those yesteryear ones (besides the only one that matters, the hohner) are akin ot those goth metal v-neck cartoon monstrosities.